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Originally Posted by Catfish
Yes they are much too young to understand anything.. but maybe there has been some recent research about science that were plain not known at the time of your school days. But this cannot be!
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Could be. But you are ignoring the possibility that these children are being used by political operatives to further an agenda which they probably don't understand. They are asking for Feinsteins' endorsement of the Green New Deal. Have you read it? It is an impossibility. They probably agree with without any knowledge the environmental part of the GND, but what would they know about economics, engineering and world trade. This so called 'deal' is a fairy tale that does more harm than good. It shows quite clearly that some people (not all) involved in the climate change debate cannot be taken seriously. It also exposes the true nature of some peoples' agenda. I don't believe for a second that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gives two figs about the environment. What she and people like her care about is political power. And that goes for people on the left and the right. Everything that politicians do is tainted by....politics.
I think I am a fairly open minded person. When people find something that they disagree with and have no answer for...conspiracy.., even in a joking way.. But facts tell a different story and they are not hard to find out. Internet baby!
Here is a pretty interesting article by someone with a bit of experience. Worth a read. Patrick J. Deneen has taught at Princeton, Georgetown, and now Notre Dame. These are some of the more liberal universities in the US. It should be noted that this was written 3 years ago. It hasn't gotten any better.
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My students are know-nothings. They are exceedingly nice, pleasant, trustworthy, mostly honest, well-intentioned, and utterly decent. But their minds are largely empty, devoid of any substantial knowledge that might be the fruits of an education in an inheritance and a gift of a previous generation. They are the culmination of western civilization, a civilization that has forgotten it origins and aims, and as a result, has achieved near-perfect indifference about itself.
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https://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2.../res-idiotica/
This is the end game of the current Liberal universities. Highly educated know nothings who cannot ask a meaningful question or refuse to think in a critical way. Which brings us back to the GND. Even the slightest application of logic and common sense would and should produce a comedic response. But I'll bite my tongue.
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What strikes me is that anything having to do with with saving the environment* from further pollution, is immediately downplayed or destroyed by someone who usually belongs to the right wing. Why?
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All generalizations are wrong.
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They should embrace it, there's money in it! If they don't understand the background they could understand at least that?
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Here we may actually agree. My belief is that if anything meaningful is going to be accomplished it has to be profitable. And it can't have any involvement from the governments. That is the kiss of death and the magnet for corruption. The most innovative solutions always come without political interference. Keep the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezs as far away as possible.
But what do I know....I'm just an old guy in a rocking chair.
