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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m sensing a complete lack of humor among you lot.  You do realize much of what he was saying was tongue-in-cheek, right?  No, clearly you don’t.  He had a lot of sensible things to say among the kidding around.  Sad that this has to be explained to you, but your outrage is very so typical (and comical).[/quote]

Nothing funny about encouraging a bunch of dumb rubes to blow up their children’s lives. Unlike Tucker’s kids, there is no Plan B Daddy backup plan for an ill-advised gap year or an unplanned pregnancy. Just debt that can’t be paid on wages they are likely to earn.

Poor and LMC folks don’t get to afford “adventures” - that’s a privileged white brat phenomenon. And given the quality of the males watching Fox News, they don’t have the life skills or intelligence to independently assess what he’s saying. They’ll just do it to “own the libs” and find themselves completely p*ned in the process, which is the whole point. [/quote]

You're obviously not someone who grew up poor. I did, and I didnt attend college immediately after high school. I did seek adventure, actually, and although I eventually completed a masters plus some postgraduate work, the adventure was more educational and gave me a better sense of self awareness and confidence. In fact, I'd argue that being poor actually expands the world of adventure, because there are more socially acceptable options. A UMC kid can't fish in Alaska, join a carnival, join the military, etc. UMC and middle class kids feel the weight of expectation in a way that poor and working class never will, and that is freeing. See, your idea of adventure even lacks imagination-- an unplanned pregnancy as a post high school adventure? Lol. [/quote]

There is absolutely nothing freeing about being poor or LMC. The expectation is that you will help your family as soon as you are able, either by putting food on the table for them or paying for your own food. It starts in high school for some kids. To do otherwise is seen as selfish.

And please tell me how a poor kid is getting money to get to Alaska, let alone get established there. The transport and the gear alone will run you thousands. Are you supposed to live in a tent while you secure a boat? The military - great and respectable career, but as a Millennial whose seen enough of her veteran peers come back in flag covered caskets or later take their own lives due to mental and physical injuries they couldn’t overcome and from which the military couldn’t run fast enough, I’d never call that an “adventure”. [/quote]

I grew up LMC and the people who I know who make the most money went to college for free courtesy of the military and have high paying security clearance jobs because of their military service. It is not without its risks but it is a way for poor and LMC kids to go to college debt free and gain skills and habits that will pay off in the long run.

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“It’s not without its risks”. No, it certainly isn’t. If you’re willing to risk your life, you can get a decent job without debt slavery. If you’re willing to risk your life. What a country that this is the best we offer our poor and LMC kids. [/quote]

Yes, it is messed up. But so is encouraging already financially insecure kids to rack up hundreds of thousands in college debt for non-STEM degrees that won’t pay as much in the long run as trade jobs like a plumber, electrician, etc. If the Democrats would spend more energy trying to increase trade school enrollment; support unionization efforts by people like Chris Smalls and people who are trying to unionize Apple, Starbucks, etc.; and broaden trade education and financial literacy for working class and LMC kids they’d materially benefit the marginalized communities they claim to care about. Instead they spend an inordinate amount of time advocating for boutique woke issues that UMC white people care about, which has the presumably desired affect of signaling their support to these marginalized communities without benefiting them in any material way, which of course is just what their corporate donors want.[/quote]

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