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originally posted by: luciferslight
Never.. Don't you freaking dare band and go against my will
originally posted by: amazing
There you have it. It's us. New goal. Reduce media consumption and Ipod/Ipad/phone use by 80% Read minimum 60 books per year and work on real wealth building, personal relationship building, skills acquisition and family bonding and Fitness-working out.
originally posted by: Aazadan
originally posted by: amazing
There you have it. It's us. New goal. Reduce media consumption and Ipod/Ipad/phone use by 80% Read minimum 60 books per year and work on real wealth building, personal relationship building, skills acquisition and family bonding and Fitness-working out.
I think the media is too general of an answer to what the problem is. We've had media for hundreds of years now. Newspapers, magazines, periodicals, and so on. It's the whole concept of first a 24 hour news cycle that pushed trivialities just to have things in the news, followed by the new news cycle which is about being interactive with an audience and having so many diverse options that people can listen to what they want to hear rather than what the facts are.
Personally, I find the concept of book reading to be out dated for the same reason. Anyone can publish these days so people just read the authors that already agree with their preconceived notions. Reading can still be good but I think you have to accept that you're not reading facts, you're reading opinions. Most books these days are no different from a good forum post.
originally posted by: amicktd
What does it even matter? I mean really, the country is so divided it doesn't matter who gets in office. Neither side will budge, unless some extra legislation is added last second that screws the people and benefits the already monopolized industry.
People act like if Trump or Bernie get in office, they are gonna walk in there with their tax plans, throw them on the table, and tell them to get it changed asap. Well news flash people, its not gonna happen. I bet the tax code won't budge, the "status quo" is what we're stuck with whether you like it or not. I'd be willing to bet everything I own on it.
Most of us on ATS agree on many components in the political realm, but where we're divided stops any hope for any change.
originally posted by: olaru12
I thought all of the problems America faces is because of the Obama presidency. At least that is what I've learned from reading the threads and post on ATS for many years.
I read a thread that said Obama is the AntiChrist....what more proof do we need?