Is America in Decline?-A Culture Wars Discussion

No. But you got it correct here:

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Or an immoral slut.

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Yet you hire everybody at the same rate. And are virtue signaling it.

Or a tranny. Or maybe gay.

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Is America in decline? Want a poll?

Nope. They don’t all perform equally

White Straight Christian Male Johnny starts in an SWE role for 300k.

Black Gay Atheist Female Desiree starts in a SWE role for 300k.

After one year… they both have performance reviews. Each are rated 1-4, with 4 being the highest and thus commands the highest comp adjustments.

Johnny gets rated a 2… he missed a few goals. That 2 gets him a 4% raise and 20% bonus.

Desiree gets a 4. She hit every goal and then some. That 4 gets her 10% raise and 35% bonus.

They both have the same start… but performance drive comp from that point forward.

Equity.

Why do you give raises and bonuses to people who don’t meet their goals?

They both start from the same line for the same role. What is wrong with that? You said hiring is a guess… “best” is subjective before you see how they produce while on the jobs

Raises and bonuses are on a sliding scale… you if you have 8 OKRs for the year… and you hit half… you will probably get rated a 2

Hit 6… probably a 3
Hit 8…probably a 4

Hit none? We let you go.

What on earth are you talking about. Rents are going up faster than income.

That makes it harder to do what we all agree on - have a stable home with one adult working and one raising the kids.

Why is it difficult for you to acknowledge simple facts?

Dan Quayle took a beating in the media for taking the stand that deliberate single-motherhood will negatively impact society.

He was right, of course. That aspect of societal liberalization has grown into a major pox on our nation.

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That’s a goalpost move from the original point that families would be better off aspiring for LESS materialism.

But Madison Avenue has done a champion job of instilling that upscale goalpost in the culture.

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Dead fathers are the exception. Let’s not get wrapped around the axle on the exceptions.

The vast majority of fatherless households are by choice. Maybe not the choice of both parents, but certainly the choice of at least one. Right from the start, more and more kids are getting born out of wedlock. That’s a choice of one or both parents. That’s our culture today.

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fathers in homes? momma don’t get no welfare check if she’s married

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Because it’s not in good faith. None of it.

So…seems like the answer is, America is in decline, but no one wants to do anything about it?

Why do you give raises and bonuses to people who don’t meet their goals?

It’s not. If you don’t have a home, why do you have kids?

You can get wrapped up around whatever you want. I’ll do the same.

There are a lot of “exceptions” among my brothers.

Stock answer. What qualifies you to judge my faith?

You’re wrong by the way.