According to Princeton, the US is now an Oligarchy

[stamperben]

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Sadly our experience is of no value to younger folks. Each generation has to reinvent the wheel.

I'm still good on the wheels my grand parents and parents rolled on. It was a solid foundation. I can only hope my children don't fall off.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

I'm still good on the wheels my grand parents and parents rolled on. It was a solid foundation. I can only hope my children don't fall off.

You're lucky. I had to stand in the breach, but my kids and grandkids future will be more secure than mine was. I can't blame my parents though, they lived through some tough times; the depression, WW2. They were too old and undereducated to take advantage of the postwar boom as well. They were too busy just surviving to prepare us for our future.

 

[stamperben]

You're lucky. I had to stand in the breach, but my kids and grandkids future will be more secure than mine was. I can't blame my parents though, they lived through some tough times; the depression, WW2. They were too old and undereducated to take advantage of the postwar boom as well. They were too busy just surviving to prepare us for our future.

I'm not talking a monetary foundation, but a philosophical one, beliefs and morals.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

I'm not talking a monetary foundation, but a philosophical one, beliefs and morals.

We were not taught morals or values, only what displeased our parents (they were never pleased). The rest we picked up as we went along. Fortunately most people have an intrinsic sense of morals.

 

[stamperben]

We were not taught morals or values, only what displeased our parents (they were never pleased). The rest we picked up as we went along. Fortunately most people have an intrinsic sense of morals.

That intrinsic sense of morals is what humanism is all about. They were reinforced in my own upbringing and passed along to my children. It's a shame that any parent would let their kids flounder.