Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Snit Newsgroups: sci.physics,talk.politics.guns,alt.checkmate Subject: Re: Here's how climate change will impact your part of the country Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2018 14:03:10 -0700 Lines: 49 Message-ID: References: <3W3OD.4498$wR7.727@fx11.iad> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net X/vO9Ba0Iptb77bmBlVyzg3Try5QJdqc4nalhX2hEAVVkkwhBB Cancel-Lock: sha1:rlqh4SPzUjErwrNeE4kyDMHFf9s= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.14; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.9.1 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:717377 talk.politics.guns:1144188 alt.checkmate:234639 On 12/8/18 1:47 PM, Skeeter wrote: > In article , > usenet@gallopinginsanity.com says... >> >> On 12/8/18 10:16 AM, Skeeter wrote: >>> In article , kkensington01 >>> @gmail.nospam.invalid says... >>>> >>>> On 12/7/2018 11:15 PM, Snit wrote: >>>>> On 12/7/18 7:58 PM, Scout wrote: >>>>>> "Scout" wrote in >>>>>>> So how can there be violence? >>>>> >>>>> Because people compare themselves to those around them, and to what they >>>>> can see. This is really not that complex. And they also look at previous >>>>> generations. The current generation is doing less well off than their >>>>> parents. That matters. As we redistribute more and more of our wealth to >>>>> the very rich it is very predictable that it will lead to civil unrest >>>>> and other problems. >>>> >>>> Also the cost of living. An American making $8000 a year (over $20 a >>>> day) would be ten times richer, in absolute terms, than a Nigerian >>>> making $2 a day. But if the cost of living in the latter's spot in >>>> Nigeria is $1 a day, guess which one has a roof over their head and >>>> other basic necessities and which one doesn't? >>> >>> 8000 a year? is that what you make? >>> >> >> Ah, the roof and the point went over your head. Fair enough. > > He worked hard, invested and saved money, so how is that luck? > Odd change of topic, but I will bite: He lived in an environment where that was possible... though no choice on his part. We all live in a society where we are given massive assistance... and then we see right wingers crying they are required to give a small amount back, IF THEY CAN, to pay it forward. They prefer to pay it only to the wealthy, of whom they worship. -- Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow superior by attacking the messenger. They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.