Sanders has no large donors/super PACs.
East Asian countries (especially Japan) have some of the most restrictive immigration policies in the world. Why don't you go explain to the Japanese how they need to "enrich" their monolithic culture by letting thousands of illiterate peasants flood their country and become dependent on state welfare?
Your posts are always entertaining.
Oh, because immigrants are illiterate peasants. I get it.
The controversy is surrounding illegal aliens from Mexico. Is an illegal Mexican going to be splitting the atom any time soon? I think not.
What's the point of this statement? To imply that Murika split the atom? It was actually Lord Rutherford of Nelson, a British New Zealander.
I'm not anti-immigrant. I simply see no reason to let in armies of individuals who have nothing to produce for society (except menial labour, which our own youth can do.) Ask Florence Nightingale (@efle) back there how he plans to handle all the weak, unproductive members of society (which no one can keep track of) putting massive pressure on the healthcare system in his socialist paradise.
(Undocumented) immigration poses a major issue to both capitalistic and socialist nations, as both rely on tax dollars to provide emergency care etc while not being able to tax them. Unless you're saying you'd like to see poor immigrants that pull up to an ER with with bone sticking out of their leg left to die? No resources spent on someone who doesn't produce resources?
Yes, it would be the lesser of two evils. One option results in saving one life but leads to societal and moral decay. The other is simply a personal tragedy. We are not children to sacrifice our principles simply because we really, really feel bad.
There would likely have to be either federal loan forgiveness or a grandfather era in which medical school becomes far more affordable (or free!) for ~a decade. Nobody is going to think it's a great idea to make a critical profession financially impossible for everyone overnight
And frankly, it is of very little consequence to our society.
Do you have evidence of societal and moral decay stemming from all altruistic acts? We long ago passed the point in which society had advanced enough to provide everyone with basic survival needs.
I grew up in a city very near Mexico. This is just a false statement.
If individuals want to give away resources to help those that can't help themselves, they are free to do so, though I think it is a bad idea.
If I told you, this thread would blow up. I think you're smart enough to know what I mean by that.
I don't enjoy the suffering of others, but society should not prolong weakness. It stunts our growth as a people.
It is only an issue when we allow it to become one by making that individual society's problem. People die every day and you don't hear about it.
Said "pale-faces" built this country my sinful friend.
You don't get his/her point in the slightest. Or perhaps you do and you're persisting in hard headedness.
No, because said child has not grown into a productive (or unproductive) member of society yet. And in theory, I would not have a problem with altruism if it were kept on a small scale; it never is. The welfare state is inevitable with such a mentality. Which is why I advocate society only "lifting" those who give back to the tribe, even if that "something" is only monetary in nature. We have to allow for the suffering of a few to avoid the greater evil of welfare.
We will reduce our suffering in the long run. Weakness is, frankly, the greatest sin to mankind.
You are going to have to explain this one. There are quite a few evils in history that I think were justified, for the betterment of the tribe.
The majority benefits the minority too. Move to West Africa or South America if you want to see the conditions of "minorities" in other countries.
"And then all the Indians gave their land to President Jackson and gladly moved out to Oklahoma where they all lived happily ever after. God bless America."
Well to be fair, it is one of the tiniest minorities of all that would lose a lot, even your typical surgeon comes nowhere near the megawealthy 0.1% that would face the big losses.
But you can be certain they never will, and so you have no grounds to ever expend resources on them. It isn't their fault they are weak and useless, but they are. Or do you believe only the bad luck of being born into a wartorn ****hole allows you to condemn people for their weakness, not the bad luck of being born with disease?
My point was simply that the minority have it pretty damn good here.
What do you want me to say? That the moral arc of the universe bends towards justice? Individual loses, that is bad. Society loses by helping said individual, that is bad for all of us. Yes, altruism is bad for society (see every welfare state everywhere). I don't believe in being irrational.
The majority may very well create a rhetoric vilifying the minority in order to consolidate more power for itself and maintain the status quo. Makes sense for its own short term perpetuation (or at least how the in-group might perceive self perpetuation), but it in no way benefits the whole to the greatest possible degree. Take for instance the the top 1% which owns the bulk of the wealth and therefore the bulk of power. We're talking about power majorities here, not literal majorities.
He may very well be from an extremely wealthy family though. Would explain his moral code and how he can feel alright paying for carib med school
I'll give you this one. Frankly, if residency doesn't happen (and I am nearly at the top of my class), then I will still be totally fine and in fact already own a few businesses.
He's a big fan of flawed argument from comparison
Well, I don't know about all that, poor black males aren't exactly a politically active threat that need to be kept down. More a case of misguided power tripping, greed, and misguided power tripping again imo
I figured.
Naziism was a far right fascist system. Germany is a soundly left wing nation and is the economic and defense powerhouse of Europe.
I don't know how you can be so calm talking to this dbag. I find it extremely disturbing that this individual may take care of patients one day.
Why are you pursuing literally the only profession that requires altruism?
Soooo, you're making the super profound observation that a country which just lost a ground war and has been invaded and placed under new governance isn't in the best shape economically.
Lol if a residency will even touch a Carib grad with a 39.5' pole by then, I guess we'd have something to worry about.
It's not easy to get my jimmies rustled, too much exposure to the internet
Don't half match?
We are not at this point, yet. A Carib grad with stellar scores may or may not get a residency.
I'm speaking more to the very sketchy situation they may find themselves in sometime in the near future, presumably around when our buddy here will graduate. I've read some predictions that have chilling implications for Carib kids.
