Combining this post with the earlier Gen Z discussion essentially answers what is wrong with Gen Zers. Entitled. Your stuff is my stuff. Not surprising the NYTimes shines a light on this crap.
Two hundred and fifty years have passed since the United States was founded on the principles of freedom, property rights, and the rule of law. We have, in the last ninety years, twisted those concepts to fit a post-modern world.
Merle Haggard's 1982 classic, "Are the Good Times Really Over For Good?" is a haunting song about American values. "Stop rolling down hill like a snowball headed for hell," is a plea for us to right the ship. Forty-six years have passed since he asked that question. The answer is not encouraging.
Piker and Tolentino have nothing but contempt for our society. Therefore, they gleefully attack it from within, presumably on behalf of its victims, by undermining its most fundamental moral principle and thus fostering chaos. To do that, they turn the "Golden Rule" on its head in both the positive form (Do unto others as you would ...) and the negative one (Do not do unto others as you would not ... ).
In other words, justice is not a synonym for revenge--except in the minds of self-righteous ideologues, those who have contempt not only for this Western society but for any society.
And you don't have to read the Bible to know this (although widespread ignorance of religious traditions is surely one cause for widespread ignorance of moral philosophy). The "Golden Rule" is, apart from anything else, a combination of common sense and common decency. In one way or another, therefore, it is the moral foundation for any social contract that would be worthy of defending and enduring.
I could allow myself to believe the notion that there is a significant portion of youth that is our current "lost generation" and will fail to thrive. However, I can never forget Christopher Hitchens debating religious persons about where morality comes from and talking about how the tribes of Israel talked about in the Bible never would have made it out of the desert if they didn't have an innate sense of morality, since the Ten Commandments had yet to be "given", and that pretty much every child understands the Golden Rule and that of course covers stealing and murder.
I love the article but unfortunately it does the one thing that nut jobs like these are hoping to cause. You have given them media coverage and a level of fame. When famous people like yourself take notice of crazy notions even to ridicule and attack you grant a level of respect.
As said as it is you writing stories about the whack jobs gives them legitimacy
It’s time for a nom de plume when giving voice to crazy. Or better leave these folks to the late night AM radio shows along with those who believe in lizard people and the messiahs face in toast
Jeff Bezos did not found Whole Foods Market. The chain was founded in Texas by John Mackey and Renee Lawson Hardy and only relatively recently purchased by Amazon.
This is ultimately what happens when you give morons a university education. This is the the end result of the US moving further and further away from meritocracies in most institutions.
Hmmm, anarchy. What fun. Seems like we already have the online tower of babel and the social grace of Sodom and Gomorrah. Now we are re-writing the 10 commandments as a negative absolute. What is 5 or 10 thousand years of accumulated civilizational wisdom compared to these geniuses? It's going to be a bumpy ride.
So, she stole four lemons for an elderly neighbor. She wasn’t actually willing to pay for her groceries after all? She contributed theft on Miss Nancy’s behalf but didn’t deem her worthy of actual money?
"In olden days a glimpse of stocking / Was looked on as something shocking / But now, God knows / Anything goes".
Cole Porter 1934
I think I'd like your grandfather.
Great line, btw... "Stealing has to do with you, and whether you are a good or bad person,"
Combining this post with the earlier Gen Z discussion essentially answers what is wrong with Gen Zers. Entitled. Your stuff is my stuff. Not surprising the NYTimes shines a light on this crap.
Two hundred and fifty years have passed since the United States was founded on the principles of freedom, property rights, and the rule of law. We have, in the last ninety years, twisted those concepts to fit a post-modern world.
Merle Haggard's 1982 classic, "Are the Good Times Really Over For Good?" is a haunting song about American values. "Stop rolling down hill like a snowball headed for hell," is a plea for us to right the ship. Forty-six years have passed since he asked that question. The answer is not encouraging.
Used to be known as "liberating" an item (per 1970s leftists).
Piker and Tolentino have nothing but contempt for our society. Therefore, they gleefully attack it from within, presumably on behalf of its victims, by undermining its most fundamental moral principle and thus fostering chaos. To do that, they turn the "Golden Rule" on its head in both the positive form (Do unto others as you would ...) and the negative one (Do not do unto others as you would not ... ).
In other words, justice is not a synonym for revenge--except in the minds of self-righteous ideologues, those who have contempt not only for this Western society but for any society.
And you don't have to read the Bible to know this (although widespread ignorance of religious traditions is surely one cause for widespread ignorance of moral philosophy). The "Golden Rule" is, apart from anything else, a combination of common sense and common decency. In one way or another, therefore, it is the moral foundation for any social contract that would be worthy of defending and enduring.
Why does so much current leftist thinking seem to be the answer to the question: What would Satan do?
I could allow myself to believe the notion that there is a significant portion of youth that is our current "lost generation" and will fail to thrive. However, I can never forget Christopher Hitchens debating religious persons about where morality comes from and talking about how the tribes of Israel talked about in the Bible never would have made it out of the desert if they didn't have an innate sense of morality, since the Ten Commandments had yet to be "given", and that pretty much every child understands the Golden Rule and that of course covers stealing and murder.
They are both a holes. Why give them exposure.
I love the article but unfortunately it does the one thing that nut jobs like these are hoping to cause. You have given them media coverage and a level of fame. When famous people like yourself take notice of crazy notions even to ridicule and attack you grant a level of respect.
As said as it is you writing stories about the whack jobs gives them legitimacy
It’s time for a nom de plume when giving voice to crazy. Or better leave these folks to the late night AM radio shows along with those who believe in lizard people and the messiahs face in toast
Jeff Bezos did not found Whole Foods Market. The chain was founded in Texas by John Mackey and Renee Lawson Hardy and only relatively recently purchased by Amazon.
These characters are trying to remake society while ignoring their own inner corruption.
The result is always chaos and violence.
This is ultimately what happens when you give morons a university education. This is the the end result of the US moving further and further away from meritocracies in most institutions.
Hmmm, anarchy. What fun. Seems like we already have the online tower of babel and the social grace of Sodom and Gomorrah. Now we are re-writing the 10 commandments as a negative absolute. What is 5 or 10 thousand years of accumulated civilizational wisdom compared to these geniuses? It's going to be a bumpy ride.
Morally bankrupt presenters with deluded, ignorant followers.
So, she stole four lemons for an elderly neighbor. She wasn’t actually willing to pay for her groceries after all? She contributed theft on Miss Nancy’s behalf but didn’t deem her worthy of actual money?