So, what have we learned from this thread?
I learned that I hold values that were inculcated by trusted moral leaders like parents, teachers and clergy. Those values are study hard, work hard, obey the laws, respect others.
Well, if I grew into a Conservative in 2012, seems those values are dated and obsolete. I should have been much much more self centered. I should not have worked hard as hard work does not serve one well to earn a living.
What I should have done, according to the modern Conservatives posting here was get my foot somehow into the executive suite, skimmed as much profit from the company for my personal gain as possible and invest that gain in companies who outsource their production to countries not so concerned about creating a vibrant middle class. Countries where slave wages for workers is just fine. Countries where care for the environment isn't even on the national read. In other words: countries that aren't America.
Then I would be regarded as smarter than the hordes who did pursue hard work and an honest living. I would be lauded as a true American who assuages teamwork and champions self interest over all other virtues.
I guess as I was born twenty years before the first Reagan regime, it was far too late to be taught the new virtues of selfishness and greed. I was born in a gentler time. And mores the pity now.
Basically, what I've learned is that you're incapable of hearing anything but the echo chamber inside your head, saying, "You are better and more moral than everyone else. You're SUCH a good person", and it is therefore pointless to talk to you like a sane, intelligent person.
They have meds for that, loser. Investigate.
People like Mikey believe two things. One there is nobility in poverty.
Two, unless one works in a low end unskilled job ,they are not working at all.
Look, the Left's entire premise of "working hard" is based one one factor, Unions.
The worker focused left is not concerned with jobs in general. They want union jobs.
For example. During the 2008 crisis in which it became clear that GM was in serious financial trouble a few things came to the forefront. The Left whined and bitched about the potential loss of UNION jobs. They railed against those "Jap car companies" that kept the unions out. They whined about "those Jap car companies" taking away business from GM and Chrylser. They wanted protectionist legislation to protect, you guessed it, UNION jobs.
At the end of the day, those evil "Jap car companies" pay wages in the same neighborhood as the UAW plants. In fact some pay more. The fact is none of the foreign manufacturers here are saddled with the high cost of wages and benefits the Big Three have to endure.
GM at pone time was paying over $70 per hour for each line employee. Toyota's truck plant in San Antonio, TX has a per hour labor cost of around $40 per hour.
If GM was not answerable to the UAW and the AFL-CIO, nobody would have raised such an intensive stink.
