First off, I don’t really know a lot about the guy who tossed out this asinine opinion.
Could it be what he really believes? Rage bait for X? It’s hard to say. In any case, I’ve seen the same thing said by enough economically illiterate people/socialists (but, I repeat myself) that it’s worth addressing: So, in order to answer the question properly, we should start by noting that working at McDonald’s is an entry-level job. It’s generally thought of as a place for high school students and people with minimal experience to learn the basics of work. This seems to fit fairly well with their workforce since, per an article about fast food workers in general (not just McDonald’s), about 30% of fast-food employees are teens and another 30.7% are 20-24. Although by some estimates, as few as 1-5% of McDonald’s workers…Open
In 1513, Niccolo Machiavelli wrote a book on statecraft and the wielding of power called “The Prince.” That more than 500-year-old book, which has just over 100 pages, is still considered one of the best books on foreign policy and leadership ever written.
In 1513, Niccolo Machiavelli wrote a book on statecraft and the wielding of power called “The Prince .” That more than 500-year-old book, which has just over 100 pages, is still considered one of the best books on foreign policy and leadership ever written. Of course, the book is also considered DANGEROUS and scary by some people because Machiavelli was a relentlessly practical realist who understood that wielding power is not for the faint of heart. Personally, I think Machiavelli had a keen understanding of human nature and is one of the most brilliant thinkers to ever live. After you read these quotes, you will understand why. 20) “He who becomes a prince through the favor of the people should always keep on good terms with them;…Open
Jonathan Haidt is a left-of-center social psychologist I’ve referenced a number of times before because he has done some amazing work on the moral differences between conservatives and liberals. Basically, Haidt would say that you can break morality down into six areas: 1) Care/Harm 2) Fairness/Cheating 3) Liberty/Oppression 4) Loyalty/Betrayal 5) Authority/Subversion 6) Sanctity/Degradation According to Haidt, the liberal sense of morality (ahem, such as it is) revolves around the first three areas in that list – care/harm, fairness/cheating, and liberty/oppression, while conservatives tend to weigh all six factors. Because conservatives get all six factors, while liberals only really care about three of them, this leads to…Open
One of the things I find interesting is that we’re always told conservatives are Philistines when it comes to the arts.
We just don’t care about the arts like liberals, who are always going on and on about the importance of pretentious, terrible pieces of artwork or how we must give more government money to art museums. Meanwhile, have you ever noticed the sort of art that conservatives tend to find beautiful vs. what liberals like? Conservatives tend to really like the classics. You know, old churches, detailed statues, and gorgeous women. But liberals? Liberals like to push ugly. Ugly art. Ugly characters. Ugly people. It was a couple of posts about comics that I randomly ran across that got me thinking about this : This is not confined to comics either. So much of modern art that liberals champion is hideously ugly garbage. There are many examples we…Open
Your “childhood” shouldn’t be extended even further
It’s not really Generation Z’s fault that they’re the softest generation in all of human history. Many of them spent their whole life in front of computers with their parents hovering in the background, being told that they needed to be shielded from opinions they don’t like and that they’re victims because they have to deal with normal human struggles. Then, when they got to adulthood, many of them were terrified because they’d never really been prepared to be an adult because mom and dad (or in many cases, just mom) were around to do everything for them. So, to a lot of these kids, the idea of getting out on their own and being responsible for their own life is frightening. That, not economics, is really the biggest reason…Open
Nigel Farage's Reform UK party would be the largest party in Parliament if an election was held today, according to a new poll.
New polling has revealed that Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party is on track to become the largest party in Britain’s Parliament. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party would become the largest party in Parliament if an election were held today, according to a new poll. DETAIL: According to a major poll commissioned by far-left activist group HOPE Not Hate and conducted by research agency Survation, Reform would secure 227 out of the 650 seats in the House of Commons if a general election were held today. A party requires 326 seats to form a majority, meaning that Reform would be the largest party in a hung parliament; that is, one in which no party has enough seats to govern alone. The poll showed the governing…Open
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In their latest update, the country’s national disaster agency said that 579 people had died, with 1,924 people missing, including 517 foreign nationals. Nepal and China have restarted rescue operations in areas devastated by flash flooding, after a pause sparked by fears a barrier lake could unleash another deluge. China’s first professional rescue team finally reached Gyirong port, the area most affected by catastrophic landslides — which have been described as “liquid concrete.” An Indian-American couple who survived the flood have recounted how they narrowly managed to escape to higher ground and were eventually airlifted to safety by the Nepali army. 0:00 Distraught wife searching for her missing husband 2:00 Couple recounts…
