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duffyduff

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21. Globalism and Neoliberalism are evil

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Wed Aug 14, 2013, 03:05 PM

Aug 2013

The real blame belongs to Washington politicians who slavishly followed the Milton Friedman playbook, and we are now suffering the consequences.

Nothing of what corporations and the rich fantasied would have come true were it not for the idiots and traitors in Washington.

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Your Education Is Only Worth $10 - No Matter How Much You Have [View all] TheMastersNemesis Aug 2013 OP

high school here ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2013 #1

Lucky you abelenkpe Aug 2013 #2

not lucky... ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2013 #4

I'm sure you do work hard abelenkpe Aug 2013 #16

unfortunately we have made a mess of both sides of the equation ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2013 #19

Typical envy .... oldhippie Aug 2013 #8

Sure, it's "envy." duffyduff Aug 2013 #23

May I ask, how? What type of Job? n/t PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #5

is started to get a degree in history... ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2013 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #9

i think you missed the word FROM ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2013 #11

No, I didn't PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #12

i said i am in the technology field ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2013 #13

So you are a senior administrator now? Rex Aug 2013 #32

most of what I do now is troubleshooting and consulting ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2013 #36

I think it depends on what education you have ...... oldhippie Aug 2013 #3

Or workers unite in a global revolution nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #6

Regardless of their politics, have you seen Egypt and what happens to protestors? Death, is what. WinkyDink Aug 2013 #24

Who said this was going to be clean and free of death? nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #29

This situation is akin to the prerevolutionary period in France, Russ. where the educated segments leveymg Aug 2013 #10

The balance of weaponry is much different today. WinkyDink Aug 2013 #25

Present Education Memes Mean That The 75% Of Workers Without Education Will Be Poor TheMastersNemesis Aug 2013 #14

Speak for yourself, sparky. nt Dreamer Tatum Aug 2013 #15

Getting a good job takes much more than having a good education cbdo2007 Aug 2013 #17

"Merit"? What a joke. It's largely connections. n/t duffyduff Aug 2013 #22

Nope, care to guess again? cbdo2007 Aug 2013 #33

So to you, Mitt Romney is a great guy? WinkyDink Aug 2013 #26

Oh, you got me! You're so clever with your non-discussion posts! cbdo2007 Aug 2013 #34

there is another huge problem here hfojvt Aug 2013 #18

we screwed up somewhere along the line ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2013 #20

And with so much technology now, a 4 yr degree may not be worth much SoCalDem Aug 2013 #28

Globalism and Neoliberalism are evil duffyduff Aug 2013 #21

Nationalism also has an ugly side Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2013 #30

Living standards falling in the first world is a price worth paying for them to rise elsewhere. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Aug 2013 #27

Its more complicated then that. Notafraidtoo Aug 2013 #31

No, it isn't. And it isn't a matter of living standards rising elsewhere. duffyduff Aug 2013 #35