(May 6, 2018 at 11:34 pm)AFTT47 Wrote:(May 6, 2018 at 11:15 pm)Tres Leches Wrote: I was just telling a friend a few days ago that I can't believe Trump is still president. And, you know, it's been 3 years since he announced his bid for the presidency. Three years of this grifting clown having a national platform for his craziness.
Is there a light at the end of the tunnel? Who knows. If there is a light, it could also be a train coming.
-Teresa
We can only hope that this is an anomaly. It is still very depressing to think that people in a supposedly educated society could be so incredibly ignorant. It blows a hole in my (admitted) faith in the principles of Secular Humanism. I thought we were better than this. Obviously, I was wrong.
Maybe I should better describe myself as a Trans-Humanist. This is the belief that the better of us humans will direct our own evolution through technology. We will better ourselves because obviously, we need bettering. A society that elects Trump as anything more than a Mosquito-control officer is obviously on the wrong path. We need to better ourselves or we deserve extinction.
I blame our crap education system here in the US for not teaching critical thinking skills. Seems like that would go a long way in getting better presidents elected. I watch over what my own 11 year old is being taught and not taught in school. But when the whole system is desperately lacking, Trump is the end result.
-Teresa
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