So we’ll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news, and we’ll talk with them too— Who loses and who wins, who’s in, who’s out— And take upon ’s the mystery of things As if we were God’s spies. And we’ll wear out In a walled prison packs and sects of great ones That ebb and flow by the moon.
I've been doing deep dives into the facts surrounding Titanic lately. I'm not really a conspiracy guy, but if you are I recommend. It's interesting to say the least.
I took a 5 day prescription of Lorazopam recently. Works really well for mood, but because of how addictive it is they only let me take it for 5 days. It was interesting tho.
Saying "if America were socialist" is like saying "if America were capitalistic". First of all, the conversation requires a lot more nuance than this. As other commenters already said, every person has a different definition. And every person goes deeper on each subject. The other problem is that, in order to truly understand the nature of reality, you must be able to hold two opposing ideas in your head at the same time. What do i mean by this? A person who loves capitalism and meritocracy spends all day making money. And what's the first thing he/she does when they get home from work? They spend the rest of the day engaging in socialism. You can't be one or the other. Humans are naturally social/gregarious. Capitalists make money all day, and then they spend all their money on their kids/wife/husband/charities/etc in a very socialistic way. "Americans" actually don't mind socialism - as long as they are the ones redistributing everything. That's what's insanely annoying about people "on the right" claiming socialism is evil and it ends in starving and other people's money blah blah etc. Anyway, I've made my point. America is - and always was - capitalism and socialism at the same time. You wouldn't want to live in a world with no socialism - it would be horrific.
And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh
At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues
Talk of court news, and we’ll talk with them too—
Who loses and who wins, who’s in, who’s out—
And take upon ’s the mystery of things
As if we were God’s spies. And we’ll wear out
In a walled prison packs and sects of great ones
That ebb and flow by the moon.
The other problem is that, in order to truly understand the nature of reality, you must be able to hold two opposing ideas in your head at the same time. What do i mean by this? A person who loves capitalism and meritocracy spends all day making money. And what's the first thing he/she does when they get home from work? They spend the rest of the day engaging in socialism. You can't be one or the other. Humans are naturally social/gregarious. Capitalists make money all day, and then they spend all their money on their kids/wife/husband/charities/etc in a very socialistic way. "Americans" actually don't mind socialism - as long as they are the ones redistributing everything. That's what's insanely annoying about people "on the right" claiming socialism is evil and it ends in starving and other people's money blah blah etc. Anyway, I've made my point. America is - and always was - capitalism and socialism at the same time. You wouldn't want to live in a world with no socialism - it would be horrific.