What do you believe is the greatest threat facing the United States, and what measures would you implement to address it?
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Madmonk · M
Culture rot from the inside. We don’t see the inherent value in the other side. We need the dreamers and the doers who make those dreams happen. We will never get what we want until we advocate for someone whose cause isn’t our own. America will never be defeated from the outside. We will be torn apart from within.
Therealsteve · 31-35, M
@Madmonk " We need the dreamers and the doers who make those dreams happen"
Unfortunately the cultural rot comes in the form of people of whom -when presented with someone articulate and who does want to create things for society- twist what these productive people say and do into some negativity and attempt to drag them down, because such people remind the lazy that how they are conducting their lives is not good, and that they are not good people, which is an affront to their ego.
And unfortunately, websites have vague rules based on subjective feelings on things like "causing discomfort" and such productive and outspoken people (because they want to get other members of society on board with helping people and with a self-improvement attitude) end up getting flagged by groups of bitter people wanting to drag anyone who rises up back down to their level of misery.
Note how pretty much every bully nowadays hides behind the idea that their target has committed some grave evil, and that this target is always some person with the passion and confidence to dare to bring themselves and others up. And I'm not talking stupid feel good hashtags, I'm talking encouragement to get into shape, to start charities etc. Reminds people of their inadequacies, and of course you can always find someone not doing so well as said person and frame it as an attack on said person (and no matter how bad things seem you can always find someone worse off) and so society imposes on itself a constant blackhole that sucks out of society any ability to improve.
Unfortunately the cultural rot comes in the form of people of whom -when presented with someone articulate and who does want to create things for society- twist what these productive people say and do into some negativity and attempt to drag them down, because such people remind the lazy that how they are conducting their lives is not good, and that they are not good people, which is an affront to their ego.
And unfortunately, websites have vague rules based on subjective feelings on things like "causing discomfort" and such productive and outspoken people (because they want to get other members of society on board with helping people and with a self-improvement attitude) end up getting flagged by groups of bitter people wanting to drag anyone who rises up back down to their level of misery.
Note how pretty much every bully nowadays hides behind the idea that their target has committed some grave evil, and that this target is always some person with the passion and confidence to dare to bring themselves and others up. And I'm not talking stupid feel good hashtags, I'm talking encouragement to get into shape, to start charities etc. Reminds people of their inadequacies, and of course you can always find someone not doing so well as said person and frame it as an attack on said person (and no matter how bad things seem you can always find someone worse off) and so society imposes on itself a constant blackhole that sucks out of society any ability to improve.