See i think the first step is we must not allow them to change language or nuance. A common "language" is crucial key to sharing time-experience with others.
Force them to confront reality. If they won't its just opportunity cost for us. Memes are a way to do this; that's why they throw tantrums and get upset because reality clashes with …
See i think the first step is we must not allow them to change language or nuance. A common "language" is crucial key to sharing time-experience with others.
Force them to confront reality. If they won't its just opportunity cost for us. Memes are a way to do this; that's why they throw tantrums and get upset because reality clashes with their worldview.
But, indeed many are lost...just like the people who keep taking the vaxx. There's no going back because reality is kryptonite to their worldview; they'd have to face up to sunk costs and the fact that they are not morally superior.
I remember Michael Savage's line "Borders...language...culture." And here we are. If I leave my house and interface with others, besides those who speak English but will not hear, inevitably I hear foreign tongues everywhere. I have no idea what they are saying and they have plenty of company, which negates the need to learn English. These are the ones I think about. Will we be able to use the universal language of a smile, and open our arms, inviting them into our homes?
Real Rule of Law, official English, and the need to find work are great integrators. This is how our immigrant ancestors became Americans. If you couldn't speak English, you had a hard time finding work, or communicating with coworkers, and without work you were doomed to poverty. Strong motivator.
And with the media backing up this nonsensical behavior a person has to invest time and effort into digging into and finding out the facts. Many (most?) ppl don't like to get their hands dirty.
I was thinking about my grandparents, they were some of those immigrants. My mother (the first of the offspring to get a high school diploma) and her siblings could speak the native tongue. My grandparents spoke broken English, but could understand us. Things have changed. Back then,, they wanted to become Americans and had to learn the language. Nowadays, not so much.
They were likely proud of each bit of English they acquired, and insisted that their children speak only English. They worked hard to get where they were.
That WAS indeed the case - three, or even two generations ago. Today, not so much. We have somehow severed the connection between self-reliance and work. And replaced it with dependency and welfare.
"our immigrant ancestors became Americans"
Too many of today's immigrants choose instead to become parasites, living off of Americans.
I would argue that welfare allows immigrants to concentrate in ethic slums and avoid most interactions with the rest of society. This is not just an American phenomenon, but can be seen in various French, Swedish, and British cities. They develop their own cash mini-economies using their welfare payments for the bulk of required external transactions. Without welfare these communities would not be able to support themselves.
Or each of them wants to be considered his/her own independent country with his/her own independent laws. But, of course, they still want all the goodies that Uncle Sam continues to give out.
Funny that in the early 1900s immigrant parents WANTED their children to 'speak English'. A hundred+ years later we are encouraging a Tower of Babel culture.
Think about Germany or Japan after WWII, or Russians after the fall of the USSR. People walking around with shocked, blank looks on their faces and nothing to say.
Is that not the core problem? Many of these unfortunate souls are, sadly, unable to accept, or in many cases, even perceive reality. They live in a world devoid of humanity, able only to chant the mantras of their cult.
In our centuries of exposure to cults, we have certainly learned to de-program individuals - but how do we bring hundreds of millions back to sanity?
"You might be in a cult if you don't recognize a situation where any sane person would recognize they'd be whistling past the graveyard if participating in similar behavior/activity; a situation where the cult members participation is strictly objective"
I submit that those not in the 'cool crowd' have catered to their demands & coddled their notions far too long. There are limits. And they need to be adhered to.
See i think the first step is we must not allow them to change language or nuance. A common "language" is crucial key to sharing time-experience with others.
Force them to confront reality. If they won't its just opportunity cost for us. Memes are a way to do this; that's why they throw tantrums and get upset because reality clashes with their worldview.
But, indeed many are lost...just like the people who keep taking the vaxx. There's no going back because reality is kryptonite to their worldview; they'd have to face up to sunk costs and the fact that they are not morally superior.
Who would want to confront that?
I remember Michael Savage's line "Borders...language...culture." And here we are. If I leave my house and interface with others, besides those who speak English but will not hear, inevitably I hear foreign tongues everywhere. I have no idea what they are saying and they have plenty of company, which negates the need to learn English. These are the ones I think about. Will we be able to use the universal language of a smile, and open our arms, inviting them into our homes?
Real Rule of Law, official English, and the need to find work are great integrators. This is how our immigrant ancestors became Americans. If you couldn't speak English, you had a hard time finding work, or communicating with coworkers, and without work you were doomed to poverty. Strong motivator.
What's even more insidious is changing definitions in the still of the night like with vaccine and herd immunity.
How many people know the definitions were changed...maybe 5%.
This is a way to quietly change/eliminate history by removing sign post on the map of reality.
Don’t forget about the definition of pandemic!
oh my....how could I forget. dang it...silly me.
it is scary though, because history is being changed right in front of our eyes...and very few recognize it.
Or "woman."
"Gender affirming care"
"Minor attracted person"..
DEPRAVITY
And with the media backing up this nonsensical behavior a person has to invest time and effort into digging into and finding out the facts. Many (most?) ppl don't like to get their hands dirty.
I was thinking about my grandparents, they were some of those immigrants. My mother (the first of the offspring to get a high school diploma) and her siblings could speak the native tongue. My grandparents spoke broken English, but could understand us. Things have changed. Back then,, they wanted to become Americans and had to learn the language. Nowadays, not so much.
They were likely proud of each bit of English they acquired, and insisted that their children speak only English. They worked hard to get where they were.
Exactly. They assimiliated. Those pouring in aren't doing that especially muslims.
Haha, I just made this same point!! Great minds.
"without work you were doomed to poverty"
That WAS indeed the case - three, or even two generations ago. Today, not so much. We have somehow severed the connection between self-reliance and work. And replaced it with dependency and welfare.
"our immigrant ancestors became Americans"
Too many of today's immigrants choose instead to become parasites, living off of Americans.
I would argue that welfare allows immigrants to concentrate in ethic slums and avoid most interactions with the rest of society. This is not just an American phenomenon, but can be seen in various French, Swedish, and British cities. They develop their own cash mini-economies using their welfare payments for the bulk of required external transactions. Without welfare these communities would not be able to support themselves.
Or each of them wants to be considered his/her own independent country with his/her own independent laws. But, of course, they still want all the goodies that Uncle Sam continues to give out.
Funny that in the early 1900s immigrant parents WANTED their children to 'speak English'. A hundred+ years later we are encouraging a Tower of Babel culture.
Never. Our country has been invaded by millions across our borders (or even in planes). They have been put here for a reason.
Think about Germany or Japan after WWII, or Russians after the fall of the USSR. People walking around with shocked, blank looks on their faces and nothing to say.
"Force them to confront reality."
Is that not the core problem? Many of these unfortunate souls are, sadly, unable to accept, or in many cases, even perceive reality. They live in a world devoid of humanity, able only to chant the mantras of their cult.
In our centuries of exposure to cults, we have certainly learned to de-program individuals - but how do we bring hundreds of millions back to sanity?
Yeah for some.
I want to say to them:
"You might be in a cult if you don't recognize a situation where any sane person would recognize they'd be whistling past the graveyard if participating in similar behavior/activity; a situation where the cult members participation is strictly objective"
I submit that those not in the 'cool crowd' have catered to their demands & coddled their notions far too long. There are limits. And they need to be adhered to.
Logical consequences is always a great equalizer.