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America is the Best, Most Free, and Most Prosperous Country on Earth: Change My Mind
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<blockquote data-quote="Fantine" data-source="post: 74464992" data-attributes="member: 114159"><p>Interesting discussion.</p><p></p><p>And pointless.</p><p></p><p>Because so much of it is based on every individual's perception. During the stock market boom of the 1990's, my husband lost two great jobs---and one of the reasons for the stock market boom, mergers and acquisitions and venture capitalism, was the main reason for those job losses. If YOU are the one who is unemployed, it doesn't matter if the percentage of unemployment is 3%.</p><p></p><p>Similarly, how "free" do elementary and high school students feel when they have to participate in regular "intruder drills," stopping, dropping, and silencing themselves, in order to protect the 100% unreasonable demands for "freedom" for gun owners? It makes me sick to hear my friend, a preschool teacher, talk about the "pancake" drills she has to do with her preschoolers, where they lie down flat as pancakes and remain silent for five minutes. Do we have to terrorize 3 year-olds because gun owners won't allow universal background checks or assault weapons bans?</p><p></p><p>The second amendment on steroids diminishes my freedom--my peace of mind. </p><p></p><p>If we are the 'most prosperous' but that prosperity is held in the hands of a few is that real prosperity?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fantine, post: 74464992, member: 114159"] Interesting discussion. And pointless. Because so much of it is based on every individual's perception. During the stock market boom of the 1990's, my husband lost two great jobs---and one of the reasons for the stock market boom, mergers and acquisitions and venture capitalism, was the main reason for those job losses. If YOU are the one who is unemployed, it doesn't matter if the percentage of unemployment is 3%. Similarly, how "free" do elementary and high school students feel when they have to participate in regular "intruder drills," stopping, dropping, and silencing themselves, in order to protect the 100% unreasonable demands for "freedom" for gun owners? It makes me sick to hear my friend, a preschool teacher, talk about the "pancake" drills she has to do with her preschoolers, where they lie down flat as pancakes and remain silent for five minutes. Do we have to terrorize 3 year-olds because gun owners won't allow universal background checks or assault weapons bans? The second amendment on steroids diminishes my freedom--my peace of mind. If we are the 'most prosperous' but that prosperity is held in the hands of a few is that real prosperity? [/QUOTE]
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