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Re:U.S. employment conditions compare poorly to the rest of ... by protonimitate on Thursday July 05, 2018 @10:45AM (#17463627)
That's fair. Brainwashed is probably an overly emotional label for what is actually a great idea that has deviated from it's original intent.

The American Spirit (for lack of a better term) is at odds with the economic and political structure of current-day America. We are led to believe (for good reasons) that we control our fate, but the infrastructure no longer supports it in a way that makes it available to every American.

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Re:U.S. employment conditions compare poorly to the rest of ... by njarboe on Thursday July 05, 2018 @12:51PM (#17464784)
From 1862 till 1976 an American could always head west(or north) and claim 160 acres with 5 years of hard work(caveats apply)[1]. It would be cool if some similar opportunity was available today. 1976 was not that long ago.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_Acts

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