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How on earth can these practices continue in a country which prides itself - to the level of claiming so in the last line of every stanza of its anthem - on bei
by Yetanfou 12y ago
How on earth can these practices continue in a country which prides itself - to the level of claiming so in the last line of every stanza of its anthem - on being the 'land of the free and the home of the brave'? This type of injustice should be taught in history and literature classes in the guise of Prince John and the legend of Robin Hood. It should definitely not be part of the government curriculum.
Required reading to become successful in the injustice department:
Robin Hood
1984
Brave New World
...
- judk 12y agoRobin Hood?
- Yetanfou 12y agoPart of the story of Robin Hood is where Prince John, in need of more money to satisfy his personal needs, increases 'taxes' on the population and sends his collectors around to basically take what they can - a rather strong resemblance to the situation as described in this article.
- forgotpasswd3x 12y agoTrue, although nobody got to vote for Prince John.
- dmix 12y agoRight but if you're inferring that by comparison the average person has an influential voice in our legal or political power systems... by voting... then you are extremely naive. Regardless of who wins, the end result is the same.
- forgotpasswd3x 12y agoYou know, unless you're gay, or a woman or....
- adventured 12y agoThat attitude of justice and fairness, is now mostly a facade. The culture has been rotting for some time. The good things that remain, are left-overs from a culture that no longer exists. The people that find the government's behavior outrageous, find that they have no means or power to stop what's happening, they are in the minority.
- icebraining 12y agoWhen was that culture of fairness and justice in effect? I can't think of any such time.
- vasilipupkin 12y agoYou guys are depressing. Try living in the Soviet Union. It's all relative !
- icebraining 12y agoOh, no, I'm being an optimist - I don't think the US and/or world is moving from a fair and just culture to a terribly unfair one. I actually think the world is, by and large, somewhat better than before. Depressing would be to think that we lost a fair and just culture, no?
- jjoonathan 12y agoThe Prince 1984 and BNW present two very important macroscopic anti-patterns, but they aren't so great at documenting the day-to-day banal tyranny that make the system what it is. The Prince, OTOH, was a real eye-opener. To someone at the bottom of the corporate food chain, very little of its advice was directly applicable, but it really helped explain the behavior of the people above me. It turns out they're not nearly as irrational and narrow-sighted as I was often tempted to believe. They were just shamelessly putting their own needs first. I probably had a dozen "Ohhhhh... THAT's why X did Y despite the obvious pitfall Z!" moments scattered throughout my first reading. I credit The Prince with singlehandedly doubling my ability to predict turbo-assholery and saving my skin at least once. Seeing a trap before it is sprung can really make all the difference. It should be mandatory reading for anybody who hasn't yet had ample opportunity to observe the dark patterns of office politics first hand.
- nathan-muir 12y agoSounds like a great read. Which edition / print would you recommend? (There's about 5 on amazon)
- nopassrecover 12y agoThere's a public domain copy for Australians from The University of Adelaide: https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/m/machiavelli/niccolo/m149p/ https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/m/machiavelli/niccolo/m149p/
- nathan-muir 12y agoAwesome! thank you.