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Grins

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21. I don't know about this one..

Tue May 26, 2020, 04:28 PM

May 2020

My first thought, and looking only at the title,

”An interesting but unfortunate take on what's happening in our country“

my first thought was “another Reich-wing meme”.

I constantly get emails from those on the Reich with titles exactly like this. THEY know the problem! THEY have the answer! It is so simple!

Change this one from the transactional world to, say, the “lack of prayer in schools”, or a “permissive society”, toss in a “unlike our parents and grandparents” and maybe a “greatest generation” and it’s the same.

I’m leery of this one...

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An interesting but unfortunate take on what's happening in our country [View all] PaulRevere08 May 2020 OP

That was an excellent insight... Newest Reality May 2020 #1

Very nice! lunatica May 2020 #5

+1000 alwaysinasnit May 2020 #19

I don't see anything. smirkymonkey May 2020 #2

Here ya go, SM.... KY_EnviroGuy May 2020 #6

Thank you KY_EnviroGuy! smirkymonkey May 2020 #11

Yes, it's simplified but much core truth to it. KY_EnviroGuy May 2020 #17

Damn, and I thought that Marx said: La pizza est l'opium du peuple. GoneOffShore May 2020 #20

The Mall is their mega-church and the dollar bill is their God. TeamPooka May 2020 #22

Unfortunately, in our society, both religion and consumerism are just forms of entertainment. patphil May 2020 #23

Sounds like she is a neoliberal, but like most Americans does not know what liberalism is. c-rational May 2020 #13

Trump is a transactional president luvtheGWN May 2020 #15

Exactly. NT enough May 2020 #3

How about this take? Brainfodder May 2020 #4

Interesting take. Newest Reality May 2020 #8

So, prostitutes without sex involved? Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #7

it's a take qazplm135 May 2020 #9

Excellent insight dlk May 2020 #10

Exactly. We have been moved away from civic engagement so that we no longer PaulRevere08 May 2020 #16

One of the many downsides of vulture capitalism dlk May 2020 #24

It's a unique paradox for Americans... Roc2020 May 2020 #12

I consume therfore I am.... jalan48 May 2020 #14

Even church is transactional rainin May 2020 #18

I don't know about this one.. Grins May 2020 #21

i.e. we are being trained to think of ourselves as economic units, not citizens. eppur_se_muova May 2020 #25

This is so true, and so sad. GoneOffShore May 2020 #26