SquatchDawg

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I don’t follow Meta so don’t have an opinion on whether it fits their strategy/DNA

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You’re assuming they have an overall strategy. META just seems to wander around sticking their toes in things still living off Facebook and Insta money.

That keeper running out of the box and getting pantsed was something I never even saw a middle school team do.

I don’t know much about soccer strategy, but if your dude gets loose on the side shouldn’t somebody run up to be there for that cross kick?

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Imagine if every defensive back and wideout in the NFL grew up playing only soccer. We would dominate.

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Would high stepping down the field and dancing after a goal draw a yellow card?

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Why did they skyrocket in the years before Obama Trump and Biden?

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Years of zero interest rates screwed the housing market and most everything else you can buy with credit.

2008 to 2015. Look at what happened to median home prices during this period. The Fed should’ve normalized rates by 2010 at the latest.

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The Chinese

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That’s probably who made all of these fireworks. :lol:

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I definitely agree that the insatiable desire for more wealth seems deeper than just wanting money or security.

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I didn’t read the book but would like to comment on the above.

I think the focus on wealth is misplaced and comes from an “inequality” perspective where wealth is often the measure. Some people just have personality traits that make them hyper industrious. There are plenty of people like this who are successful but not overly wealthy.

Others who direct these traits in a field that can produce wealth (tech or finance recently) become ridiculously wealthy. But I believe their motivator isn’t to make more money, the money is a by product. Maybe it’s the drive to keep working, being hyper competitive or to have power…but I don’t think it’s wealth. They continue to work, innovate and garner more power (and wealth) because that’s all they know or want to do.

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know education in this country ain't what it used to be, but I still don't understand how this nonsense is finding traction.

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Greed, envy and self pity are powerful parts of human nature. You either have parents that teach you to suppress these emotions or you don’t.

Marxists prey on the stupid using this to rise to power. It’s happened over, and over and over….

It’s almost as if there are forces out there promoting animosity among different classes of the population and using that as a means to come to power and later take their wealth.

Nah…that would never happen. This is America. People would never be stupid enough to support taking money from others by force because they’ve been manipulated to think they’re “owed” something.

Damned if I know. I quit watching it around college but do remember the shift to programming reality shows.

I also remember watching Singled Out (?) because of prime Jenny McCarthy. She was obnoxious but smoking hot.

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I like some of the 80's music. The big hair and glam was odd but it sold.

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IIRC That whole think kicked off with Van Halen and then GNR and Motley Crue hitting big. But I agree that it got out of hand and one of the reasons the hair metal craze crashed. You can only take so much of dudes with makeup and long hair shredding at 100 mph.

Regardless of if this is true or not, what IS true is our own money was being redirected by govt to create dissent amongst the population.

Marxism 101