Life's unfair? Do something Or just get used to it.
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#2I remember the first time I worked out that life's not fair. There's no over-arching justice to ensure that just because someone beats be at one thing they won't beat me at another. Nature as a whole has no sense of fair play. The best you can do is get on with life.
Having said that, if you treat people well you often find that their sense of fair play gives you a safety net.
But always remember:
"Life is pain, highness. Anyone who tells you
differently is selling something."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)
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#4> I think history shows Americans want fundamental fairness for all who are just like them. For everyone else: if life is not fair, that's tough.
If anyone is bored and wants some insight onto the results of political shifts, make a list of your estimates of the most powerful countries in the world in 1700, 1800, 1900, and 2000. Note the positions of European countries on the list, particularly Great Britain, who I'd rate at #1 in 1700, #1 in 1800, #1 in 1900, and in 2000 ... somewhere between #5 and #10? This trend is both fascinating and seems to be accelerating.
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#6The past three years have seen the economies in both countries contract violently because of shenanigans by financial speculators hiding behind the legitimacy of our banking institutions
Typical BBC revisionism - you would think that the deficit didn't exist prior to 2008. A deficit created by people who believed "fair" meant "some people work and the rest live off them".
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#7The past three years have seen the economies in both countries contract violently because of shenanigans by financial speculators hiding behind the legitimacy of our banking institutions Typical BBC revisionism - you would think that the deficit didn't exist prior to 2008. A deficit created by people who believed "fair" meant "some people work and the rest live off them".
Or, the deficit created by people who believed financial instruments of service economy is a better route ahead than genuinely productive society.
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#8The past three years have seen the economies in both countries contract violently because of shenanigans by financial speculators hiding behind the legitimacy of our banking institutions Typical BBC revisionism - you would think that the deficit didn't exist prior to 2008. A deficit created by people who believed "fair" meant "some people work and the rest live off them".
Or, the deficit created by people who believed financial instruments of service economy is a better route ahead than genuinely productive society.
What are you talking about?
The structural deficit in its present form existed prior to 2008, therefore anyone who says it was caused by the bank bailout is trying to pull the wool over your eyes. What was the deficit in 1997?
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#9I remember the first time I worked out that life's not fair. There's no over-arching justice to ensure that just because someone beats be at one thing they won't beat me at another. Nature as a whole has no sense of fair play. The best you can do is get on with life. Having said that, if you treat people well you often find that their sense of fair play gives you a safety net. But always remember: "Life is pain, high…
"Fair" is "if you don't work you don't eat" but that isn't what people actually want...
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#10America has better http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_mobility