Comments by "Piccalilli Pit" (@piccalillipit9211) on "Texas Republicans spark URGENT Teacher Crisis they don't want you to know about" video.

@maxfastest - GOOD ON YOU - but the problem, as you know, is the entirety of western society, your upbringing, your goals in life, the way you value yourself as a human being, they are all based on the premise of buying sh!t you don't actually need. I need shelter, food, water, electricity, internet connection, second-hand clothes - THATS IT. And working about 2 hours a day covers those for me.
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The GOP defunded education for 40 years for a reason. And it worked..! This is the story of why America is full of idiots. In the late 1970's and early 80's computers became a thing and you could process lots of statistical data for the first time. And the political parties did... The data showed the GOP they would be demographic-ed out of existence in a couple of decades. It also showed the GOP that stupid badly educated people - amazingly - voted for them. Voted AGAINST their own interests, as blue-collar workers and for the GOP. So the GOP started to breed their own supporters. They systematically defunded education - in 1976 education was 5.7% of GDP. In 1983 it was 3.4% Some of the specific changes they made were to STOP teaching critical thinking skills, skills that ALLOW people to spot a lie. And it was wildly successful. America now has an uneducated subclass of 35% idiots and it is enough to swing elections.
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@maxfastest - I was born into a very impoverished family in the UK. We went to school in trash bags too poor to afford coats. I bought into all the BS that being a success was the only thing in life that mattered and if I achieved that I would be happy. In 2014 I was worth €6 million - but I wasn't happy and I was working 15 hours a day, I naturally assumed it was because I was not rich ENOUGH Then in that year I was mugged for my Rolex Daytona watch and suffered brain damage. 18 months later I was bankrupt and homeless. I got things together enough to get a small - completely empty apartment - 1 has 1 chair, 1 coffee table, a computer and my dog. 1 knife, 1 fork, 1 plate. At first I felt incredibly ashamed and embarrassed by my poverty, but as time end by I started to ENJOY the emptiness, enjoy the simplicity, I mean I was broke as hell, but I didnt hate it any longer. Things got a little easier when I published a book about my experiences and about $600 a month started to come in, this is in Bulgaria, so its more than $600 would buy you in the USA but bot not a lot. A shop assistant would earn that part time... I would never have given up the money because my brain was incapable of even entertaining the possibility that money was not the solution. I bought a Mercedes CL500 and it kept me happy for 3 months before I wanted a Bentley and then I was miserable for 6 months cos the Mercedes was not a Bentley - If I only had a Bentley I would be happy... Our minds are programmed from birth to believe that if we only had the next thing "we would be happy". Once you have your basic needs, no amount of "stuff" is going to make you happy once the novelty wears off - if a $140,000 Mercedes only makes you happy for 3 months - you are screwed... EDIT: The mistake poor people make is assuming they will get the same or more joy from buying an expensive thing as a rich person as they do now with anything as a poor person. The joy a poor person experiences at getting - say a new iPhone is immeasurable. And let them have their bit of joy. But a rich person can afford pretty much anything so nothing has meaning. Ferrari has worked this out - they won't just sell you a Ferrari new. You have to PROVE you are an enthusiast to buy one, you have to have owned a few 2nd hand Ferraris before they will sell you a new one. A rich person gets 1/10th the joy from a $140k Mercedes as a poor person gets from a new iPhone. In reality its like buying an apple to a rich person - so being rich is almost poitless.
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The GOP defunded education for 40 years for a reason. And it worked..! This is the story of why America is full of idiots. In the late 1970's and early 80's computers became a thing and you could process lots of statistical data for the first time. And the political parties did... The data showed the GOP they would be demographic-ed out of existence in a couple of decades. It also showed the GOP that stupid badly educated people - amazingly - voted for them. Voted AGAINST their own interests, as blue-collar workers and for the GOP. So the GOP started to breed their own supporters. They systematically defunded education - in 1976 education was 5.7% of GDP. In 1983 it was 3.4% Some of the specific changes they made were to STOP teaching critical thinking skills, skills that ALLOW people to spot a lie. And it was wildly successful. America now has an uneducated subclass of 35% idiots and it is enough to swing elections.
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The GOP defunded education for 40 years for a reason. And it worked..! This is the story of why America is full of idiots. In the late 1970's and early 80's computers became a thing and you could process lots of statistical data for the first time. And the political parties did... The data showed the GOP they would be demographic-ed out of existence in a couple of decades. It also showed the GOP that stupid badly educated people - amazingly - voted for them. Voted AGAINST their own interests, as blue-collar workers and for the GOP. So the GOP started to breed their own supporters. They systematically defunded education - in 1976 education was 5.7% of GDP. In 1983 it was 3.4% Some of the specific changes they made were to STOP teaching critical thinking skills, skills that ALLOW people to spot a lie. And it was wildly successful. America now has an uneducated subclass of 35% idiots and it is enough to swing elections.
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The GOP defunded education for 40 years for a reason. And it worked..! This is the story of why America is full of idiots. In the late 1970's and early 80's computers became a thing and you could process lots of statistical data for the first time. And the political parties did... The data showed the GOP they would be demographic-ed out of existence in a couple of decades. It also showed the GOP that stupid badly educated people - amazingly - voted for them. Voted AGAINST their own interests, as blue-collar workers and for the GOP. So the GOP started to breed their own supporters. They systematically defunded education - in 1976 education was 5.7% of GDP. In 1983 it was 3.4% Some of the specific changes they made were to STOP teaching critical thinking skills, skills that ALLOW people to spot a lie. And it was wildly successful. America now has an uneducated subclass of 35% idiots and it is enough to swing elections.
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