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In reply to the discussion: We Are Just A Selfish Stupid Ass Nation That Deserves What We Get. [View all]marions ghost
(19,841 posts)IMO is the most important quality to develop in managing the incredible amounts of information and opinion coming at us these days.
Rigid thinking is characteristic of the old ways, the black & white thinking of the Fuxed and Rushed among us. The future is to The Flexible. I look at the picture of the Bush Liebury and I see a monument to the old paradigms, a dusty mausoleum for the vulture capitalist mindset, a
Stalin's tomb that only serves to remind us of the mistakes of the past.
Thanks for your insightful post--which I do understand is a caution to rush to judgment. Which I agree with. But when the time comes to judge, one must also judge. We seem to be --collectively--trying to figure out the balance. And we're also learning not to depend on one source, no matter who it is, for our whole world view. It's much more creative. We can only glimpse the way these societal trends will play out. Fascinating times...