09-15-2020, 11:37 AM
(09-15-2020, 11:30 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Trust me when I say I am 100% cognizant of how much politics affects my life, especially professionally. As to patriotic displays, they are political, but they are equal opportunity political displays. Neither party has a monopoly on patriotism and both have gone through their less than enthusiastic about the nation's current state phases.
Well, professionally, yes. But what about in your home? Building codes, zoning ordinances, regulations on toilet flows, shower heads, lightbulbs, stormwater runoff, regulations on the phone in your pocket, etc., etc. When you start listing things, people realize what is lurking there, but people don't think about all the politics involved in the most mundane things in their every day lives. Now, you and I, as well as some other folks on here, have more obvious political impacts thanks to our chosen professions, but truthfully our jobs aren't impacted more by politics than others, we are just more aware of it.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
