"Our tiny bit of hardship." By George, I think you've got it. Americans in general tend to believe that, in our particular case, hardship = suffering. From that vantage point it is very difficult to engage with the people in Ukraine today. If high gas prices are the equivalent of dead children buried under the rubble. They flee their…
"Our tiny bit of hardship." By George, I think you've got it. Americans in general tend to believe that, in our particular case, hardship = suffering. From that vantage point it is very difficult to engage with the people in Ukraine today. If high gas prices are the equivalent of dead children buried under the rubble. They flee their homes, only to be trapped and killed. It costs us more to drive to work. I realize this is an extreme way to think about the contrast, but sometimes I despair at this nation of whiners (myself included). Of course, the CEO's of the oil companies are making out like bandits.
You are so right! As I filled up today- my car gets 34miles per gallon and we put on few miles) I thanked the "stars" for food, a roof, no bombs, medical care...
I will gladly pay more for my gas, have less ketsup options- yes, someone was complaining about that, if we can xxxxxxx that man!
Thanks, Kay. Those of us with cars and food keep ourselves cut off from the poor, the homeless, the mentally ill (all those worlds right around the block in our own country). And, although we are here with Dr. Richardson, reading and thinking and working every day to make some substantial empathy-driven connection to the rest of the world, I think even the best among us can find it difficult. As Americans, we just aren't trained to do that. I'm sure the human condition dictates a certain amount of that closed-tribe mentality but America seems to me to be an extreme case. President Biden has his flaws but for the most part he really appears to have that natural instinct for compassion. He is certainly the man for this hour.
"Our tiny bit of hardship." By George, I think you've got it. Americans in general tend to believe that, in our particular case, hardship = suffering. From that vantage point it is very difficult to engage with the people in Ukraine today. If high gas prices are the equivalent of dead children buried under the rubble. They flee their homes, only to be trapped and killed. It costs us more to drive to work. I realize this is an extreme way to think about the contrast, but sometimes I despair at this nation of whiners (myself included). Of course, the CEO's of the oil companies are making out like bandits.
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I’m with Gigi and Dean
You are so right! As I filled up today- my car gets 34miles per gallon and we put on few miles) I thanked the "stars" for food, a roof, no bombs, medical care...
I will gladly pay more for my gas, have less ketsup options- yes, someone was complaining about that, if we can xxxxxxx that man!
Thanks, Kay. Those of us with cars and food keep ourselves cut off from the poor, the homeless, the mentally ill (all those worlds right around the block in our own country). And, although we are here with Dr. Richardson, reading and thinking and working every day to make some substantial empathy-driven connection to the rest of the world, I think even the best among us can find it difficult. As Americans, we just aren't trained to do that. I'm sure the human condition dictates a certain amount of that closed-tribe mentality but America seems to me to be an extreme case. President Biden has his flaws but for the most part he really appears to have that natural instinct for compassion. He is certainly the man for this hour.