Eirinjas,Oct 29 2005, 01:28 AM Wrote:But, yes, poverty does generate ignorance to a degree and that's perfectly demonstrated in every study out there regarding education in this country. [right][snapback]93521[/snapback][/right]
Aren't you the one that initially brought up the subject of The Great Depression in one of your other posts? In this national-scale example, the entire country was suddenly striken with poverty when the stock-market crashed, yet you didn't hear of many rioters, looters, or evil-doers because people were more interested in working togeather to solve their common problem. I don't see how this economic drop made anybody stupider, nor ignorant for that matter! I'd go so far as to say it enlightened people to potential problems within the system at the time!
Quote:I don't see how you can interpret them as fostering a destructive mentality when I'm preaching about meeting the needs for ALL in this country and putting an end to war.
In some of your other posts, you sound like a radical, bent on denouncing the evils of Capitilism. Your words remind me of other influential people throughout history that started movements and lead people to their ends. Sure, it is the influential people that can make you think about things - such as your doing with your opinions - and the influential that will bring about change, but this begs the question, is this "change" to our economic system desired or even neccessary? I am happy with the way America currently is economically speaking and view any radical change as a bad decision, to which I've interpreted your words - and still do - as destructive.
"The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self." -Albert Einsetin