Rudeness and over population

@fmf said
Who is "he"?

Here I thought you were half ways smart. 😛

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I am a firm believer that education is the path out of stupidity, poverty, and dysfunctionality. This does not necessarily mean schooling, but expanding the mind in any case, is essential. Travel abroad, for example, is a very good way for young people to expand their minds.

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There are no badly trained dogs, only badly trained dog owners. That's why the owners should be shot, not their dogs. Dogs can still be rescued.

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Fully agree. My youngest sister teaches in a deprived area. The stuff she deals with on a daily basis is appalling.

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It's about attitude, not about calendars.

@a-unique-nickname said
Yes, you're both in your early 80s.

Out by more than a generation.

In my case, that is. In geester's case, I can only speculate.

@the-gravedigger said
All these conglomerates have to obey the laws of the country they are operating in.

Oh, you sweet summer child!

As if any multinational corporation ever obeyed any country's laws...

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No. No, it isn't.

The problem is exacerbated by the top 0.001% taking all the resources, and leaving those who had nothing, with less than nothing.

Stop blaming the poor for being poor and doing the only few things they can to give them hope. Start executing the ultra-rich for stealing even the single second of hope they ever had from the poor.

@moonbus said
I am a firm believer that education is the path out of stupidity, poverty, and dysfunctionality. This does not necessarily mean schooling, but expanding the mind in any case, is essential. Travel abroad, for example, is a very good way for young people to expand their minds.

You would be correct in a sane world.

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I have also noticed more of that on the trails.

@shallow-blue said
No. No, it isn't.

The problem is exacerbated by the top 0.001% taking all the resources, and leaving those who had nothing, with less than nothing.

Stop blaming the poor for being poor and doing the only few things they can to give them hope. Start executing the ultra-rich for stealing even the single second of hope they ever had from the poor.

The few things they have to create hope is having a bunch of kids?

Dive is correct more or less in what he's trying to say. Poorer families have more kids and in the UK get help from the government to support those kids. In other countries without government help the poorer families have children so they can work and earn money for them.

As the more educated have less kids the population gets dumber and dumber.

Moonbus mentioned traveling, that's a great way to open people's eyes but what you see is the fact that being born in a country like the UK, while not perfect is much better than being born in many, many other countries.

But, to travel in the first place you need some money and a mindset to travel. Most don't have that.

No one can tell me that the world is a better place now than it was 20 years ago and it will only get worse.

@shallow-blue said
Start executing the ultra-rich for stealing even the single second of hope they ever had from the poor.

Thats been tried throughout history.
It never ends well.