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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]US is mainly white.  Did you know polo in China is dominated by Chinese people, and it can be further separated by economics and weather.[/quote]

I hear soccer in South America is dominated by Latinos. Go figure.[/quote]

In the US, all players are Americans. [/quote]

No, no, no!  You're supposed to [u]divide[/u] "Americans" into different socio-economic and racial groups and then pit them against each other!  Did you not get that memo from the media?!?[/quote]

How are we supposed to distract people from the fact that a handful of billionaires own most of the wealth in the country of we can't constantly distract people by manipulating them into hating each other![/quote]

+1[/quote]

Yeah, that explains all of our problems, along with a lack of education, historical perspective, or independent thought among the people voting every two years.  Inequality is a major problem.  But our illness is far worse than that.  It is mass stupidity and the cultural sewer that the majority of Americans create and support every hour of every day.  You think somebody else is making people hate each other?  You really ought to get to know your fellow citizens a little better than that.[/quote]

Why do you think there is a cultural sewer, and a lack of education, historical perspective and independent thought?  It wasn't always this way.

But - yes - these lacks make it easier for the oligarchs to divide society into groups and turn each group against the other fighting over an ever decreasing pile of scraps, when those groups should unite against the people who are robbing them blind.[/quote]

Nonsense. The problem is mass prosperity, a universal sense of entitlement from people who do little to compete internationally, and an utter absence of courage or public sacrifice from elites (like military or public service). There are no bonds holding society together. The oligarchs have zero to do with it. They are giving people what they want. Are they not supposed to do that?  Says who?  Other would-be oligarchs? Americans don’t work hard enough to live the way they want and many Americans have no respect for other groups of Americans they view as entitled (all are pretty much right on that count).  When economic growth slows, all of these fissures become schisms. Get rid of all the oligarchs, and you think we are all gonna sit around the campfire singing together?  Absolutely not. [/quote]

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