Subj : Re: Y'all or Ya'll?
To : Margaerynne
From : Gamgee
Date : Tue Jul 25 2023 07:50 am
-=> Margaerynne wrote to Gamgee <=-
Ma> Re: Re: Y'all or Ya'll?
Ma> By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Wed Jul 19 2023 09:13 pm
> I think that's all correct. It's also a sign of those countries being
> much more receptive to the ideas/beliefs of socialism, which is
> generally not very well received here in the USA. Independence,
> freedom, and small government / small taxes are sort of a fundamental
> thing in America, and have been since .... 1776. ;-)
Ma> A communal mindset isn't only present in socialism.
Ma> Americans used to be very community-minded and eager to
Ma> participate in civic life.
Ma> After all, why wouldn't you want your neighborhood to flourish?
Ma> Why wouldn't you want
Ma> the best for the schools that educate your children, the city
Ma> that they live in, and
Ma> the state they claim as their home?
Ma> People didn't join fraternities, industry-specific credit
Ma> unions, and neighborhood councils
Ma> because they were stupid or communists -- they joined because,
Ma> as in 1776, it makes the most
Ma> sense to join with people like you.
Ma> Hell, even the titans of industry collaborated and colluded all
Ma> the time.
Ma> It's the most American thing there is, all the way back to "Join
Ma> or Die".
All true, and no argument from me on any of it.
Please remember, though, that the topic of discussion was basically that
Europeans are generally more receptive to socialism - as in who pays for
the "free stuff". College educations and the forgiving of student debt,
to be specific.
