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Man Who Stole Plane Near Seattle Raises Troubling Security Question

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Re: Man Who Stole Plane Near Seattle Raises Troubling Security Question

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based off of postings on Reddit, Facebook, etc. there's a general attitude of being despondent due to the current economic and political climate. Something has to change Maybe spend less time on Reddit, Facebook, etc... Things probably aren't as bad as they look through the lens of social media.

The lens doesn’t change stagnant wages, health care and housing being out of reach, and income inequality. Things are terrible, and putting your head in the sand does nothing but exacerbate the situation.

That is a lens. Wages are increasing, lots of people do have healthcare, and homeownership is increasing.

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The lens doesn’t change stagnant wages, health care and housing being out of reach, and income inequality. Things are terrible, and putting your head in the sand does nothing but exacerbate the situation.

Employment is low, home ownership is increasing, healthcare is too expensive but still more accessible than it ever has been. Things can be better, but I'd say, gently, that you lack perspective. You are mirroring a story that you see online on TV and social media that is created to make you think things are terrible so you'll watch more tv and spend more time on social media. Stagnant wages aren't terrible, 25% unem…

Unemployment is low, but the jobs at the lower end are still jobs that don’t pay a living wage. Credit card, auto loan, and student debt defaults are rapidly rising. Home prices have accelerated away from incomes that can support them.

While I appreciate your view on my perspective, it comes from careful analysis of macroeconomic data, as well as discussing the issues with citizens who would eventually be my constituents when I run in the next election cycle.

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Ethics was just to educate on what they are, and how to manipulate other people’s ethics based on their view of the worls.

You can’t use education alone to force someone to not be a sociopath.

OK, so what then? Lets try some MBA-approved brainstorming - nothing is wrong here, ideas are what is important!

- A carefully calculated series of beatings?

- The 'naughty step' for at least five minutes?

- Some sort of heavy-duty drug regimen involving intravenous lithium and/or ketamine?

- Maybe just pay someone to follow them around and prod them with a meter-stick whenever they seem to be getting a bit too excited? They could also hold up a warning sign, or maybe a color coded flag (as decided by either local church committee, or an act of parliament, depending on regional preferences) to warn people nearby (when not engaged employing the meter-sick, of course.)[0]

0. This last one is actually really good, as not only does it fix the sociopaths, it gets us closer to full employment, what with the flag people and all the committees, which will need planning meetings with secretaries and facilitators and note-takers and adminstrators, probably some sort of report will need to be generated after a while to see if the committees are working properly, or if we need more. And then there's the craftsmen who make the meter-sticks and flags as well. Probably the flag/meter-stick people will want a uniform, which adds a whole new layer of possibilities.

In fact, I can't see why everyone doesn't just get up NOW and grab a long stick and go out and prod some fucking sociopaths just to show them who's boss. I think that was the idea, anyway.

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