What's the matter with Donald Trump.

[bcredliner]

Originally Posted by Maruzo

The virus is just the catalyst. It exposes the deeper problem of racial divide and our society's inability to adapt and change our ways to counter new problems.

People are going to say, well, we have our ways of dealing with issues. It's worked before, I don't see any reason why it wont work this time.

Guess again.

Guess again?

[Maruzo]

Originally Posted by bcredliner

Guess again?

Sorry. I meant to say that sticking with the established routine isn't going to help us in the new age.

More types of virus are going to come out. As the increasing human population continue to stress the environment of all living organisms on this planet.

We basically got a "F" in this first crash course for pandemic survival. We need to learn and adapt, or we'll go away really quickly.

[crystalworks]

Originally Posted by Maruzo

Sorry. I meant to say that sticking with the established routine isn't going to help us in the new age.

More types of virus are going to come out. As the increasing human population continue to stress the environment of all living organisms on this planet.

We basically got a "F" in this first crash course for pandemic survival. We need to learn and adapt, or we'll go away really quickly.

The human species won't be wiped out. I agree we have overpopulated, so if there had to be a silver lining... Maybe this coronavirus is a slight correction? It's a dark thought, but there are only a finite amount of resources to support us all.

I think if anything ends the human race, it will be the human race.

Back to politics. Went for a drive today with the wife looking for area of town for a potential investment property as we near finishing off our current debts. It's amazing how many political signs are up this year in upper middle class neighborhoods ($250-350k homes) here in San Antonio. Both Trump and Biden were heavily represented, as were all the down ballot candidates. But, the notable thing was once we went to areas of more affordable housing ($150-200k), there were virtually none. This was in neighborhoods literally across the street from each other in some cases. It was an observation that supports my theory that the "everyman/woman" citizen is too busy surviving to indulge the luxury of arguing politics with the neighbors. The majority citizens are shouldering the burden of the strife created in Washington no matter which party is in office. The system really and truly is broken. Was just interesting to see it illustrated like that.

[Maruzo]

I was really thinking of America instead of the whole human population.

The smart ones will learn and adapt. Not so sure about the average Americans.

As we've found out these last couple of months. There's just too many idiots who fail to learn the lesson and follow the "inconvenient" health guidelines.

It sucks that the Trump machine continues to advertise bs conspiracy theories, pinning the woes of the average citizens on the other parties.

I think the democrats also do the same thing, just perhaps not as reckless and baseless as the other side at the moment.

Listening to the Republican rising star Eric Trump giving a campaign speech is the equivalent of listening to the orientation speech of a cult for the Trump utopia.

The saddest part is there's no bipartisan efforts to solve major social / economic problems in this country.

The ultimate goal of any political decision is to win the election and once done, to continue maintaining that power.

[bcredliner]

Originally Posted by Maruzo

I was really thinking of America instead of the whole human population.

The smart ones will learn and adapt. Not so sure about the average Americans.

As we've found out these last couple of months. There's just too many idiots who fail to learn the lesson and follow the "inconvenient" health guidelines.

It sucks that the Trump machine continues to advertise bs conspiracy theories, pinning the woes of the average citizens on the other parties.

I think the democrats also do the same thing, just perhaps not as reckless and baseless as the other side at the moment.

Listening to the Republican rising star Eric Trump giving a campaign speech is the equivalent of listening to the orientation speech of a cult for the Trump utopia.

The saddest part is there's no bipartisan efforts to solve major social / economic problems in this country.

The ultimate goal of any political decision is to win the election and once done, to continue maintaining that power.

All politicians shouldn't be dumped in the same bucket. There are many trying to do the right thing. I agree that the lack of bipartisan effort is a huge problem. As polarized as we are now the only, hopefully short term, solution to get things done is to have the majority of the house, senate and the president be of the same party.