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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 650242" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I refuse to watch the news these days. I can't control the world and, especially with the U.S. and the political scene here, it is downright frightening to somebody who values the rights of everybody, including the poor and minorities. Seems we just are going to take more and more from them from the little they have. The world is hugely scary, but how does worrying about it help?</p><p></p><p>Kids in the U.S. are, by and large, totally unaware of the world at large. I doubt my kids even know what ISIS is, except for Bart, who doesn't care. None of my children have ever voted. My husband, who is a vet, does not vote. "They are all the same idiots." We suffer from extreme apathy in the U.S. and it is already starting to hurt us, although most are too apathetic to know.</p><p></p><p>At least your son, Lucy, does care, even if there is little he can really do.I really respect him for that, even if his youthful thinking is foolish and a bit extreme.</p><p></p><p>I can't remember a U.S. generation since I've been alive that does care here since the 60's and that was largely because the kids themselves were threatened with being drafted, not because they would have cared at all about Nam if they had not been at risk.</p><p></p><p>At 61 I have decided to stay in my own cocoon because, as it is with our own adult children, there is nothing we can do about the problems of the world. When I can, I volunteer to make a real difference. These bigger issues are way out of my hands.</p><p></p><p>Cedar, you sound sane to me. I just chose to drop out of the larger world, in which nutjobs and psychopaths in every country are the ones who have the control and so many little guys kiss up to them not realizing that these nutjobs have nothing bust disdain for them.</p><p></p><p>I understand how Hitler happened, and I'll leave it at that.</p><p></p><p>Scott Walker is running for President. Well, it's one way to get him out of Wisconsin.</p><p></p><p>But I am afraid he is extreme and crazy enough to win. The world is right about us. At least, it is my opinion that we are backward and way too friendly to the wealthy at the expense of those who can't get ahead, which is more and more each day. And we don't know much about other countries. Or care much. Not everyone. But a large slice.</p><p></p><p>I'm crawling back into my hole. Good-night <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 650242, member: 1550"] I refuse to watch the news these days. I can't control the world and, especially with the U.S. and the political scene here, it is downright frightening to somebody who values the rights of everybody, including the poor and minorities. Seems we just are going to take more and more from them from the little they have. The world is hugely scary, but how does worrying about it help? Kids in the U.S. are, by and large, totally unaware of the world at large. I doubt my kids even know what ISIS is, except for Bart, who doesn't care. None of my children have ever voted. My husband, who is a vet, does not vote. "They are all the same idiots." We suffer from extreme apathy in the U.S. and it is already starting to hurt us, although most are too apathetic to know. At least your son, Lucy, does care, even if there is little he can really do.I really respect him for that, even if his youthful thinking is foolish and a bit extreme. I can't remember a U.S. generation since I've been alive that does care here since the 60's and that was largely because the kids themselves were threatened with being drafted, not because they would have cared at all about Nam if they had not been at risk. At 61 I have decided to stay in my own cocoon because, as it is with our own adult children, there is nothing we can do about the problems of the world. When I can, I volunteer to make a real difference. These bigger issues are way out of my hands. Cedar, you sound sane to me. I just chose to drop out of the larger world, in which nutjobs and psychopaths in every country are the ones who have the control and so many little guys kiss up to them not realizing that these nutjobs have nothing bust disdain for them. I understand how Hitler happened, and I'll leave it at that. Scott Walker is running for President. Well, it's one way to get him out of Wisconsin. But I am afraid he is extreme and crazy enough to win. The world is right about us. At least, it is my opinion that we are backward and way too friendly to the wealthy at the expense of those who can't get ahead, which is more and more each day. And we don't know much about other countries. Or care much. Not everyone. But a large slice. I'm crawling back into my hole. Good-night :) [/QUOTE]
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