Ask Your Question today
You know how the government of the USA is trying to tell people how to think? Well is it possible to create legislation that does this? Do you think it will end badly?
It already exists. Exhibiting bizarre and disturbing thoughts is a one way ticket to psychiatric detention.
it dont work
the tighter they squeeze the more shit slips thru
i think the college level brainwarshin by commie teachers what couldnt make it in the real world seemsta be workin though
How so? I actually find this topic interesting, but you're not being very specific here.
Oh, meh, I thought this was gonna be some boss 1984 shit that I didn't hear about because I'm sitting on a train. Affirmative action has been obsolete for years, and equality gibberish is on the constitution. Anyways, it has nothing to do with your thoughts...your still entitled to hate all of the black people that you've been forced to hire.
Well if you really think about there isn't a big stretch between word crimes or thought crimes.
Anyway I dont subscribe to many dystopian novels unless it deals with the absolute elimination of all organized government and forces us to return to the wild.
I'm also on that same train, sitting right behind you. Boom! Mind blown.
Hahahaha. I seriously did look behind me...are you the fat old lady that keeps mumbling to herself? I like your scarf!
Idk, US legislation is a topic of interest for me. They do go to massive efforts to create some semblance of equality, and often do so in a retroactive fashion, where their attempts are no longer relevant or even necessary...making up for the crimes of the past, and whatnot, but they also go to great lengths to protect free speech and free thought. There's oodles of court cases that have ruled in favor of "offensive" groups like the KKK, protecting their freedom of speech and right to assemble. The priorities are somewhat ridiculous, but interesting, none the less.
Affirmative Action isn't about how one thinks, it's about the actions of employers and institutions. You can think whatever you please, but you must follow the law when it comes to some things.
But to answer your question, I believe the answer is, no.
A government can however, control the actions of it's population in several ways to make them easier to control. In New Zealand they did (do") it by keeping the beer incredibly cheap and in the US they did it by destroying the public educational system.
The well educated youth of the 60's wouldn't take the government's actions at face value and the ensuing protests and riots scared the shit out of the powers that be, so they degraded the educational system.
Well, I do follow the law. Define "some things" better please?
Do you think the "destruction" of the public education system in the US is actually occurring? If so, who would be to blame for such a travesty of freedom?
The protests of the 60s had nothing to do with a degrading of the educational system.
It was a point in human evolution where free citizens expressed and utilized "freedom of speech".
In the 80's I was crewing up a corporate yacht. I was looking for a stewardess to balance the three males already employed aboard, but the newspaper would not allow the ad to be gender specific. I was furious! Who was the government to tell me who I could seek to fill a position? But there is was.
You misunderstand if you think I support Affirmative Action, but I understand why it was instituted. I also believe it is way past it's time.
As for the rest, you've read my opinion and I yours. What more is there to say?