I am poorly adjusted, if that makes me insane, then I take it as a compliment.
"The real hopeless victims of mental illness are to be found among those who appear to be most normal. Many of them are normal because they are so well adjusted to our mode of existence, because their human voice has been silenced so early in their lives, that they do not even struggle or suffer or develop symptoms as the neurotic does. They are normal not in what may be called the absolute sense of the word; they are normal only in relation to a profoundly abnormal society. Their perfect adjustment to that abnormal society is a measure of their mental sickness. These millions of abnormally normal people, living without fuss in a society to which, if they were fully human beings, they ought not to be adjusted." - Aldous Huxley
It would take a staggering level of immaturity to find solace in the assertion that your adversarial opinions have value because they are in and of themselves adversarial.
Clearly you were someone who needs to simplify the dull anarchic complexity of life into simple terms in order to make swift overarching proclamations to make themselves feel like they have some power over it.
> There is no way they'll be able to stop the upcoming revolution.
As someone who grew up poor in America, these talks about “revolution” have always perplexed me.
We have one of the highest median incomes in the world, and we live in a country that pushes much of the world forward in terms of technological progress.
People have always flocked to America for opportunity, and if we cut welfare so we can expand immigration again, I guarantee there will be another giant influx.
This country allows people of virtually all income levels access to an abundance of food and pleasures through our capitalist system. Grocery stores with packed shelves aren’t something you should take for granted.
Revolution isn’t the path to become like Sweden. It’s the path to become like the USSR.
For a country with abundance and happiness, there is large incarceration rates, inequality, protests, some escalating to riots, politically motivated murders of protesters and recently attempts to devalue voting process.
I am not saying who is right or that America is not superpower anymore. But the way it was getting dysfunctional is worrying.
Did you know that other countries have grocery stores too?
> People have always flocked to America for opportunity, and if we cut welfare so we can expand immigration again, I guarantee there will be another giant influx.
