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Bowling Alone: The Destruction of Civil Society
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Bowling Alone: The Destruction of Civil Society


Jul 19, 2019, 6:29 AM

Pretty good read. The US has been slowly and steadily in decline.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-07-18/bowling-alone-how-washington-has-helped-destroy-american-civil-society-and-family


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Re: Bowling Alone: The Destruction of Civil Society


Jul 19, 2019, 3:23 PM

https://youtu.be/ESnln9MvDG8

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Without having time to read that. We're going through the


Jul 19, 2019, 8:10 AM

Same moral decline as Rome did. I'll check it out later. Just seems like something probably pointed out in an article like that.

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Re: Without having time to read that. We're going through the


Jul 19, 2019, 11:22 AM

We're becoming less violent, but we're in moral decline?

You guys have bizarre morals.

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We're not.


Jul 19, 2019, 12:35 PM [ in reply to Without having time to read that. We're going through the ]

Rome's fall had far more to do a poor system for choosing a new ruler, a love for dictators instead of a Republic, too many wars, too much power to the military, and overinflated military budget.

You know, things the GOP and Trumpies love. So I guess we could be heading there.

Last I checked, we aren't entertaining the masses with lethal gladiator games and prostitution is still illegal almost everywhere. Our moral issues aren't affecting America.

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Re: Bowling Alone: The Destruction of Civil Society


Jul 19, 2019, 8:32 AM

Send Memphis back...to the 1950s

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Re: Bowling Alone: The Destruction of Civil Society


Jul 19, 2019, 12:36 PM

Send him back? He never left...

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Leads with a picture from the 1950s...


Jul 19, 2019, 12:28 PM

Back when segregation thrived, women were second-class citizens, polio and other health problems raged, gay people had to keep it secret, and Americans were falsely labeled communists to further a few people's political agendas.

And no NFL Sunday ticket.

Yeah, we've really collapsed.

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The original book is a great read and it's nearly 20 yrs old


Jul 19, 2019, 12:42 PM

So this is not a new problem. I won't blame the gummint on the decline of the family, social institutions, etc., but its policies certainly have contributed (see NAFTA).

And yes, all civilizations inevitably decline. Another great read along these lines, but more for history's sake, is From Dawn to Decadence by Barzun, also about 20 years old now:
https://www.amazon.com/Dawn-Decadence-Present-Western-Cultural/dp/0060928832

And who could argue that we aren't more coarse and less unified than we were even 20 years ago?

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NAFTA arguably created more jobs than it cost us.


Jul 19, 2019, 3:22 PM

Are you saying, lulz, that some U.S jobs are more pro-U.S. than others?


https://www.marketplace.org/2017/03/22/did-nafta-cost-or-create-jobs-both/

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Re: Bowling Alone: The Destruction of Civil Society


Jul 20, 2019, 10:52 AM

Yes, that is precisely what ZeroHedge would want it' sheep to believe. Poor white America in decline,

Of course there has been some marginal improvement...perhaps:

Just ask the family of Will Brown, lynched and burned in the street...



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