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Originally Posted by BlackCrayon
I really don't think regressing is a good thing. If you like living in a home with no running water, no indoor plumbing and occassionally having to steal to eat, have fun. This was life for my mom growing up and was pretty common at the time.
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that's all such bullshit. if your mom grew up in some village in Malaysia... fine. sucks for her, sorry to hear it.
if your mom grew up in the US.. fuck her. she had a choice. i grew up around nothing but filipino/mexican/vietnamese immigrants. these people came from the other side of the world, had less than nothing, grew up sleeping on dirt and living on rice or tortillas... and did WHATEVER it took to get out, get jobs, saved money, brought family, saved more money, bought homes, cars businesses etc... all while inbred idiots in this country look down on them for "taking their jobs" and while blacks blame racism for their issues.
never heard a mexican blame everything on racism
never heard a vietnamese immigrant complain about being "disadvantaged"
never saw a filipino immigrant bitch about life not being fair
they just work to make a better life for themselves.
they understand something americans have long forgotten... that when you want it... and want it bad enough and are willing to work for it... everything is possible.
the funniest irony about the rhetoric about "the american dream" is that its almost never americans actually getting off their ass, dusting themselves off, pulling themselves out of poverty and building a better life for themselves. they are too busy watching NASCAR, monster trucks and WWE while suing McDonalds for making them fat and demanding that Obama make their lives better.
like Mutt... i'm a humanist. i believe in people. its shame so few believe in themselves and each other.