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Reldas's avatar

The first high speed rail is going between LA and Vegas. I guess it's better than private jets, but I am beyond fed-up with everything in this country being for the rich. If you don't want an angry mob of citizens, then take care of them.

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Matt H's avatar

I'm curious; what kind of "taking care of them" do you think would prevent anti-Semitic protests by these poor underprivileged ivy league students?

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Reldas's avatar

I can think of a few ways to look at the Ivy protests off the top of my head... first is that this generation born after 9/11 has seen nothing but American decline. They have known for their entire lives that the government does not give a shit about them. School shootings and lead in Lunchables are just two examples. They were in high school during the chaos of the Trump years. They have no faith whatsoever in any institutions, and I don't blame them. They are the most disaffected generation, and it is entirely our fault. So channeling their fear, rage, and hopelessness into protesting is not at all surprising.

Second, the administrations at these luxury government funded companies should all be sacked for gross incompetence and/or negligence. These protests are the perfect example of bloated, useless, swampy university administrations writ large.

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