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The best fight against repeating history, is erasing history.
The outlet quotes Professor Patrick Leman, the institute’s dean of education, as stating that the portraits of “almost entirely white middle-aged men” hanging in the institute’s entrance are also being targeted and will be replaced with a “wall of diversity.”
The renowned institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London will reportedly be replacing busts and portraits of its founding fathers with figures of “ethnic minorities” after students deemed the former too “intimidating.”
According to The Daily Mail, the two busts to be replaced are believed to be of Dr. Henry Maudsley, who donated the funds that went towards founding the institute in 1924, and Sir Frederick Mott, who created the institute’s first course plans.The outlet quotes Professor Patrick Leman, the institute’s dean of education, as stating that the portraits of “almost entirely white middle-aged men” hanging in the institute’s entrance are also being targeted and will be replaced with a “wall of diversity.”
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The renowned institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London will reportedly be replacing busts and portraits of its founding fathers with figures of “ethnic minorities” after students deemed the former too “intimidating.”
According to The Daily Mail, the two busts to be replaced are believed to be of Dr. Henry Maudsley, who donated the funds that went towards founding the institute in 1924, and Sir Frederick Mott, who created the institute’s first course plans.The outlet quotes Professor Patrick Leman, the institute’s dean of education, as stating that the portraits of “almost entirely white middle-aged men” hanging in the institute’s entrance are also being targeted and will be replaced with a “wall of diversity.”
1: Well, yea, they're supposed to be intimidating. They're better than you. That's supposed to inspire you to achieve.
2: (This part is invariably going to make me sound everything-ist): So, most of the people responsible for founding modern western civilization are white men. Don't we owe then a debt of gratitude for that, regardless of their gender and race? Why do you want to other-ize them?
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Money is the something something evil. That quote has been erased from the internet by the betterthink, too.
Since all paper books are being replaced by electronic storage it will be very easy to make adjustments to the original texts as needed to meet the changing views of society.
Since all paper books are being replaced by electronic storage it will be very easy to make adjustments to the original texts as needed to meet the changing views of society.
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Money is the something something evil. That quote has been erased from the internet by the betterthink, too.
Since all paper books are being replaced by electronic storage it will be very easy to make adjustments to the original texts as needed to meet the changing views of society.
Since all paper books are being replaced by electronic storage it will be very easy to make adjustments to the original texts as needed to meet the changing views of society.
Except that quote is wrong to begin with. It was never "Money is root of all evil." It was "Love of money is the root of all evil." IE, greed.
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Why don’t millennials like capitalism? Blame parents. Blame schools. Blame Obama.
Why Millennials Have A Chip On Their Shoulder Compared to Their Elders | The State
As a society, we have done millennials a disservice. An entire generation of young people in America came of age during a decade of sluggish economic growth, and as a result, many are skeptical of free enterprise and capitalism. A stunning 2016 Harvard University survey of young adults between the ages of 18 and 29 found that 51 percent of respondents do not support capitalism. Millennial support for avowed socialist Bernie Sanders in the Democratic presidential primary was proof that young people today aren’t enamored with capitalism.
During the Obama years, the 18-29 age group heard countless presidential speeches railing against the evils of “crony” capitalism. President Obama told impressionable young voters if only the rich paid more taxes, everyone would be better off. But Obama’s tax and spend policies produced a predictably stagnant economy that stifled economic opportunity for young people.
The Obama agenda also attacked the notion of personal responsibility, killed on the altar of universal “rights” and the politics of victimhood. The Left preached that everyone has a “right” to free child care, free health care, a free college education and a roof over their head. And that the State will provide no matter what, so there’s no need to save, no need to work hard or pay your mortgage or student loans.
This is also the first generation raised by “helicopter parents,” who did their part, however well- intentioned, to undermine personal responsibility. Too many of today’s parents do everything for their children and shield them from learning life’s hard lessons.
Then they went off to a higher educational system that produces an oversupply of the white-collar soft-science and humanities majors, many of whom have no marketable skills. Not able to put their expensive educations to use, they became unemployed or underemployed. Being highly educated and yet working at Starbucks, waiting tables or living in your mom’s basement can indeed make you cynical about the benefits of hard work and free enterprise.
That cynicism was also fueled by the very humanities and social sciences courses they took in college. The curriculum of too many educational institutions is rooted in anti-capitalist, socialist philosophies that paint free enterprise as inherently unfair. In fact, our very founding principles of freedom of assembly and freedom of speech are under withering attack on politically-correct university campuses all across America.
But capitalism and free enterprise, not socialism and welfare, have proven to be the key to prosperity and to reducing global poverty and inequality. As recently as 1980, the World Bank estimated that 50 percent of the global population lived in abject poverty. But with the collapse of Soviet communism in 1988 came the global spread of free market institutions, abetted by freer flows of international trade and private capital. By 2015, the World Bank estimated that less than 10 percent of the world’s population was living in extreme poverty. Capitalism has demonstrably improved the lives and general welfare of millions of people.
With such empirical proof, why aren’t more leaders, academic and otherwise, putting forth a spirited defense of free enterprise? We have the evidence to dispel the notion that socialism is inherently fairer than capitalism in its ability to create jobs and reduce poverty. We can show that success lies with individual opportunity, which in turn leads to wealth creation.
As I said, we have done millennials a disservice. Perhaps a booming economy eventually roaring along at 4 percent growth and churning out jobs by the hundreds of thousands will change the minds of America’s youth when it comes to capitalistic free enterprise. Perhaps not. But socialism is certainly not the answer to America’s woes.
Here's why millennials don't like capitalism: Blame parents, schools, Obama. | The State
Serious post: based on the title of this article, my mind immediately went here:
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"Capitalism has demonstrably improved the lives and general welfare of Billions of people."
FTFY (I realize you were quoting an article).
And those who have benefited from capitalism in recent history, such as SCJustice Sotomayer, don't have a clue. She has said that no-one should have had to work as hard as her mom for her to be successful, and so her mom should have been supported by the state. BUT, then Sotomayer would have been a welfare baby, and likely ended up on welfare herself, rather than a SCJustice.
Contrast that with Dr. Ben Carson, who's mother also worked very hard for him to have something... and he get's it.
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FTFY (I realize you were quoting an article).
And those who have benefited from capitalism in recent history, such as SCJustice Sotomayer, don't have a clue. She has said that no-one should have had to work as hard as her mom for her to be successful, and so her mom should have been supported by the state. BUT, then Sotomayer would have been a welfare baby, and likely ended up on welfare herself, rather than a SCJustice.
Contrast that with Dr. Ben Carson, who's mother also worked very hard for him to have something... and he get's it.
/Rant
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how to gen wuss:
An organization called Fight For The Future (FFTF) is offering “potentially” as much as $15,000 a month to full-time anti-Trump activists to help in the ‘resistance.’
“Terrified about Trump? Quit your job, start an A-Team. We might just fund it,” the FFTF website states on its A-Team project page.
Political issues listed on the website include “Healthcare / ACA, Climate, Immigration, The Wall, Corruption, Racism / Fascism, Police, Prisons.”
“You can call Congress, or attend a protest. And you should. But is that it? Why stop there? Why set aside everything you’ve learned, everything you are, to be simply one more terrified person on a phone line, or marching in a street?” asks FFTF on its site.
“What if you did the following, as well?
...
The group goes on to make a fantastic suggestion to those that wish to take part in activism.
“Often the best answer to the funding question is a personal one. If you’re young, maybe you can live for free or cheap by moving back home,” FFTF says.
“Maybe you’ve always wanted to check out Thailand, or India, or build a tiny house, or try some rural or urban lifestyle where you don’t really need that much money.”
“The cool thing about being able to self-fund your team (e.g. by living cheap and working unpaid) is that you get total independence to follow your vision,” the group claims.
“This lets you find opportunities for activism that perhaps nobody else in the world is thinking about.”
Doesn’t that sound amazing? Wouldn’t it be fantastic to work as a political activist on American issues in a remote village located in Thailand?
“Terrified about Trump? Quit your job, start an A-Team. We might just fund it,” the FFTF website states on its A-Team project page.
Political issues listed on the website include “Healthcare / ACA, Climate, Immigration, The Wall, Corruption, Racism / Fascism, Police, Prisons.”
“You can call Congress, or attend a protest. And you should. But is that it? Why stop there? Why set aside everything you’ve learned, everything you are, to be simply one more terrified person on a phone line, or marching in a street?” asks FFTF on its site.
“What if you did the following, as well?
- Find someone you love to work with.
- Pick an issue area and angle.
- Do activism full-time using every connection, skill, tool, and trick at your disposal—until you win.
...
The group goes on to make a fantastic suggestion to those that wish to take part in activism.
“Often the best answer to the funding question is a personal one. If you’re young, maybe you can live for free or cheap by moving back home,” FFTF says.
“Maybe you’ve always wanted to check out Thailand, or India, or build a tiny house, or try some rural or urban lifestyle where you don’t really need that much money.”
“The cool thing about being able to self-fund your team (e.g. by living cheap and working unpaid) is that you get total independence to follow your vision,” the group claims.
“This lets you find opportunities for activism that perhaps nobody else in the world is thinking about.”
Doesn’t that sound amazing? Wouldn’t it be fantastic to work as a political activist on American issues in a remote village located in Thailand?