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[–] lettersofmarque 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I feel cheated. I've felt this for a long time. Since emerging from the dark ages, past generations marked great achievements with the Age of Reason, the Renaissance, the Age of Exploration, the Industrial Revolution, great scientific discoveries and more. Kant, Magellan, Beethoven, Von Braun, Shakespeare, Locke, the list of achievements and achievers is endless between 1300-1960. Then it all stops.

My generation, post boomer, born into the richest, most technologically advanced country in the history of the world was poised to do the next great thing(s). Could we develop cures for alzheimer's, Parkinson's or cancer, colonies and mining on the moon or the bottom of the ocean ... or mars, limitless energy obtained from the earth molten core or the sun, or AI assistants to multiply the effect of our intellectual endeavors? As a kid in the 70s, the wonder and magic of creation was set to explode in our lifetimes as new discoveries increased exponentially and revealed themselves to our diligent scholarship and research, likely on a daily basis. So, of course, what did we do? We shit all over it.

Somebody had the idea that the next great area of human achievement would be in social studies. Instead of celebrating the greatest of us, we would validate and shovel the entirety of our resources into promoting the least of us, then to trying to figure out why it wasn't working when it completely failed and losers continued to be losers. Achievers were scorned, greatness mocked, and rational thought abandoned. Now we are in the Age of the Participation Trophy, feels over real, and check your privilege. I no longer feel encouraged by possibility, I now feel dirty from the thousands of parasites attempting to feed daily on my limited success within this mess, with no new achievements in my lifetime on the horizon.

So a great big Fuck You goes out to whomever thought this was a great idea and anyone who supports it. I could have had a robotic chef make my breakfast this morning, or be plugging into the free energy from my geothermal generator in the back yard, or be looking forward to all the books I could read living into my 110's. Instead I'm aghast at my electric bill and health insurance premiums, installing cameras to keep my diverse neighbors out of my yard and garage, watching presidential candidates speak a foreign language at a debate, and hoping my teenage daughter doesn't get assaulted by the teenage boy the courts have required to be in her high school locker room. We could have been great, instead we're pathetic and expected to be thankful for even that.

The bright spot for me is that I also believe that someday this mass hysteria over forced equality will naturally expire. Sooner or later the matter will be beaten to death without results and the stylishness of the matter will pass. I lament the lack of human achievement during my lifetime but maybe that wasn't my lot. Maybe like so many before me who may only defend the gains achieved without advancing, my job is to hold the Alamo of intellectual thought against the invaders until the war is won. At least I'm hoping so. Until then I'll bide my time as best I can and maintain the faith. At least I can enjoy the camaraderie with you fellow goats while we man the walls. And if that is the only comfort I am allowed to receive in these dark times, it is enough for me.

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[–] Broc_Lia 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

We could have been great, instead we're pathetic and expected to be thankful for even that.

The irony is that the socialists are absolutely 100% convinced that we just need to give the deep state more power to make all of that come true.

Utopia is just a little more government away!

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[–] klobos 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

The causes are simple, we have more niggers(of the taco, sand, and rice variety also), more white trash, and we let women vote(sorry females of voat, you have your strengths but running a company or nation isn't one of them).

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[–] jesus_is_lord ago  (edited ago)

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[–] derram ago 

https://www.invidio.us/watch?v=E3o4i7NtkRI :

America: From Apollo to WOKE & BROKE in 50 Years - YouTube


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