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One reason why multiculturalism failed is its shallow interpretation of culture.
Culture isn’t curry and clothes.
Culture is values, worldview, history, ideas, religion, rules, beliefs, norms, laws, traditions, language, the ingrained habits and instincts of a hundred generations.
Different cultures = different peoples
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The irony of America leftists siding with the protests in France is that French economic policies closely approximate the very economic policies that American leftists want.
From the high schools of France to the streets of Madrid to the universities of Tirana, young people are telling their governments the same thing: in an age of massive wealth inequality, they want a future they can believe in.
In France, students and teachers are asking for safe schools, enough teachers and smaller classes.
In Spain, for affordable rent and housing.
In Albania, for good jobs and an end to corruption.
@JDVance says this is what happens when a nation lets in too many immigrants from the global south.
He is not just morally wrong, but misreading the moment.
The is what happens when nations let wealth and power accumulate in the hands of a few.
This is what happens when young people lose hope in their future.
In America, let us listen to our young.
We need an economic and political transformation.
America's Next New Deal.
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Just because I can understand why my toddler gets mad, it doesn’t mean she’s right and it doesn’t mean I allow her to destroy the house.
We are either a civilized society or we are not.
From the high schools of France to the streets of Madrid to the universities of Tirana, young people are telling their governments the same thing: in an age of massive wealth inequality, they want a future they can believe in.
In France, students and teachers are asking for safe schools, enough teachers and smaller classes.
In Spain, for affordable rent and housing.
In Albania, for good jobs and an end to corruption.
@JDVance says this is what happens when a nation lets in too many immigrants from the global south.
He is not just morally wrong, but misreading the moment.
The is what happens when nations let wealth and power accumulate in the hands of a few.
This is what happens when young people lose hope in their future.
In America, let us listen to our young.
We need an economic and political transformation.
America's Next New Deal.
iMatt retweeted
Predictable pattern:
1. The Bible clearly says something.
2. Sudden cultural trend contradicts it.
3. Conveniently this new secret teaching is suddenly"discovered" in the Bible.
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“The first qualification for judging any piece of workmanship from a corkscrew to a cathedral is to know what it is – what it was intended to do and how it was meant to be used.”
- C.S. Lewis, Preface to Paradise Lost
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They just need fresh paint in their classrooms, more pencils and protractors, and better paid teachers.
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France already has one of the most generous social systems in the world.
35-hour legal workweek.
5 weeks of paid vacation minimum.
Universal healthcare, with the public system covering most healthcare costs and complementary insurance often covering much of the rest.
Heavily subsidized education, strong worker protections, unemployment benefits, pensions, family benefits, maternity support and extensive social assistance.
France is already a remarkable example of how far a modern welfare state can go.
Still not enough?
Very few major countries provide this combination of shorter working hours, long vacations, healthcare coverage and social protection.
What does the billionaire class have against Jews? Or small business? Or robbing an 80 year old couple and leaving them in the street in their underwear? And before you say those are exceptions, why is it just these folks being targeted?
From the high schools of France to the streets of Madrid to the universities of Tirana, young people are telling their governments the same thing: in an age of massive wealth inequality, they want a future they can believe in.
In France, students and teachers are asking for safe schools, enough teachers and smaller classes.
In Spain, for affordable rent and housing.
In Albania, for good jobs and an end to corruption.
@JDVance says this is what happens when a nation lets in too many immigrants from the global south.
He is not just morally wrong, but misreading the moment.
The is what happens when nations let wealth and power accumulate in the hands of a few.
This is what happens when young people lose hope in their future.
In America, let us listen to our young.
We need an economic and political transformation.
America's Next New Deal.
What does the billionaire class have against Jews? Or small business? Or robbing an 80 year old couple and leaving them in the street in their underwear? And before you say those are exceptions, why is it just these folks being targeted?
