Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Absolutely agree. Unless the US starts a war to invade the rest of the world, the economic domination this country has have had over the last few decades is over. On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 10:57 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote: > Chris, > It is time YOU understood that you cannot rape and pillage the worlds > finite resources to maintain YOUR standard of living at the cost of 95% of > the world's population. That era is over, and the sooner you adjust to it, > the easier it will be for you. There are enough people in the world today > who are perfectly satisfied with a lower standard of living than what you > evidently deem to be your right, and who will work very, very hard to > achieve that goal, and sneering and jeering at them will get you nowhere. > > If we are to continue this debate, maybe we should take it to the Forum. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Chris Crawford < > chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > > > People won't take the jobs because they pay starvation wages. I don't > > blame them, I won't work for that little either. When people willingly > > accept shit jobs, they cause immense damage to the entire economy of the > > nation by encouraging employers to pay less and less. Its a myth anyway > > that fruit goes unpicked for lack of white workers. They get poor > Mexicans > > to do it, and as a Hispano-American (part of my family came from Spain), > I > > find it offensive that my fellow Hispanics are ruthlessly exploited so > > that middle class Americans can pay a few dollars less for fruit. > > > > People with your attitude need to study history. Remember what happened > in > > Russia in 1917 or in China in 1949, or Cuba in 1959? The poor got tired > of > > being spit on, and decided to cut some throats. I never thought I'd see > > the United States become the kind of place where that could happen, but > > with our ruling class now determined to reduce the population to third > > world poverty, and plenty of people like you cheering it on, I suspect > > that in my lifetime I'm going to see that kind of violence in my country, > > and I'm not happy about it. YOU are the problem, and I agree with > Richard, > > it sickens me to see this attitude. I fear for the future my son will > > inherit. The present is bad enough for many people. > > > > -- > > Chris Crawford (in my last semester as a grad student in History at > > Indiana University) > > Fine Art Photography > > Fort Wayne, Indiana > > 260-437-8990 > > > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > > > http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > > > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >