Comments by "KGS" (@kgs2280) on "The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder"
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I think this is also a symptom of the American exceptionalism individual “toughness”, or strength theory where we are taught to NEVER show weakness or inability at any time. It’s the old “work till you drop”, in the face of all odds philosophy. It’s especially strong in the post-WWII and Boomer generation, and it’s just plain damaging to everyone. People have a right and a responsibility to admit to an inability or a need for recuperation, which was why John Fetterman was lauded for admitting that he was having problems with depression, and took the necessary time off for getting himself better so that he could do his job properly and efficiently. It benefits NO ONE to force yourself, or anyone else, to work when you’re just not up to the task. People need to understand that it’s OK to take time off for mental, as much as physical health self-care, just as it’s OK to retire in dignity when you recognize you have reached a point of diminishing capacity, and even just to give yourself time to enjoy retirement to spend your remaining time on Earth with loved ones and just doing things you enjoy doing while you still can. There’s NO shame in doing that; that’s your reward for working all your life. It’s especially a problem when you’re in a position that affects many people in the country, and I hope society starts losing the “I’m so tough” philosophy and developes a more humanistic one.
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Sadly, they pretty much ARE above the law, because they are the final arbiters of the law (hence the name SUPREME Court). Unlike ALL other judicial offices as well as legislative offices, the Supreme Court Justices have NO ethics rules they have to abide by. It’s just “assumed” they will make laws justly and ethically. However, since these recent events have taken place (like lying or misrepresenting themselves during confirmation hearings and overturning Roe v. Wade, etc.), they are coming under much more public scrutiny and anger, that some legal minds are talking about creating ethics rules they will have to abide by now. But it’s been such a “tradition” historically to not have those rules, so it will be interesting to see where this goes, if anywhere. Personally, I’m not holding my breath.
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@Descalabro Absolutely right, except it depends on which people you’re talking about. If it’s for the very wealthy and corporations (which are “people” according to the Supreme Court, unbelievably) and for the manufacturers that make weapons of war, bombs, fighter jets, and oil-drilling rigs (for wars in Middle Eastern countries that have oil, then, I imagine the soldiers would be told they’re fighting for their country’s “people”). But it’s never, ever for the working-class taxpayers that wars are fought, except, as you say, it’s when their own country is under attack.
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@cycologist7069 Well, that’s a tough one to answer because he ended up betraying me in a really horrible way, so I didn’t have any good feelings about him after that anyway. However, at the time he told me about flying in Cambodia I was very young, non-political and blinded by love, so I didn’t understand, or think about any implications about what he did at the time. But I also understand that our boys in the military have to obey commands, no question asked, so I’d be less like to hold it against him personally. So, my comment was more about the lies our government told us than the men who, sadly, had to carry out the orders.
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I highly recommend the book The People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn. On one hand, it was shocking how much we have never been taught in school or told about. On the other hand, you realize that so much of what goes on in our government and society today has almost all happened before. We’ve always had a government and society of vile, greedy and murderous villains. Of course, we’ve always had good people, too, who tried to make things better, but that’s always been the struggle. I was a bit surprised to learn how Andrew Jackson never signed a treaty with the Native Americans that he wasn’t happy to break, on one occasion, the very next day. He was absolutely heartless and murderous, and had no concern for the Native Americans. It’s also interesting how the actions of the South, during and after the Civil War, still echoes in our Congress today.
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@InternetMameluq Where did you get that idea? Unfortunately, there quite a few women, especially younger women, who have learned to parrot expressions like “I’m not really a feminist because…”, or, “I don’t need feminism because…”, or, “I think feminism has gone too far because…”, when the real problem is that they don’t have any idea of what feminism really means. So many young people, including both men and women, seem to have gotten the idea that feminism means that women want to be “better” or “above” men, I’m guessing for “payback”. When, in reality, feminism just means that women want to be treated as equal citizens, in the laws, at work and in every area of life. As one of my favorite expressions goes: “Feminism: The radical notion that women are people”, and a favorite organization’s name is Equal Means Equal. That’s it. Period.
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