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Even in the Back Bay, most toddlers can't read, let alone process complex political issues
By adamg on Tue, 04/11/2017 - 1:15pm
J. Goddell spotted these questions laboriously scrawled inside a piece of equipment at the playground for little kids along the Esplanade by Mass. Ave. today, wonders if the author has ever actually met any toddlers.
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Ask your parent(s)/guardian(s of the galaxy)
why graffiti is illegal.
look mom!
I committed a misdemeanor!
Ask your guardian...
Q: Why do people immigrate?
A: To escape places that were ruined by economic systems other than capitalism. Duh.
Actually it s a bit more complex
They emigrate to escape colonial exploitation by global capitalism. It is called moving to the metropol. But if you want simplistic answers to silly question carry on.
-- It is called moving to the
-- It is called moving to the metropol. --
No one has ever used that phrase before.
In your brain, people immigrate on the basis of things that have never been said or written or even hinted at or even understood.... some sort of hive behavior or mkultra directive it appears.
Interesting.
Stop
I'm willing to believe that no one has in your experience, but that just means that you probably haven't read/thought much about colonialism.
By the way, "emigrate" and "immigrate" are two different words with different meanings.
hahaha wow. People are
hahaha wow. People are currently leaving places in the US that have been ruined by capitalism and moving to places like Boston. You couldn't be more off-base with your black/white worldview.
Wait, what?
Boston is not capitalist? Can I have some of that stuff you've been smoking?
Witty remark my friend! Top
Witty remark my friend! Top notch!
Say the person commenting on a site
Run by a sole proprietor. Ya you know capitalism.
I think you misheard....
"Austin" not "Boston" is America's fastest growing city. It is in Texas.
- USA Today article regarding US census Data
A more recent Forbes article on "America's Fastest Growing Cities" included several more eastern cities, all in Florida or North Carolina.
Boston's population growth is almost solely attributed to immigration from outside the U.S.
Well i personally moved here
Well i personally moved here because my home state has been at the wrong end of global capitalism, but I'm used to our experience (Appalachia) being ignored by folks in the Northeast, so carry on.
What a horrible comparison
No matter what state you live in in 2017, living in the middle of nowhere is usually a piss poor financial decision. See western mass.
Really?
Oh, do tell. Provide data.
Don't mind if I do
In February 2017, the unemployment in the Pittsfield area was 5.4%. In Springfield, it was 5.1%. In the Boston area it was 3.7%. Check it out yourself. Pittsfield is akin to Kentucky with their unemployment rate.
Mind you, I don't guy into Vandelay's argument that people are somehow bad because they live in places with high unemployment, with my thought being that these places (like Springfield and Pittsfield) should be invested in, but you asked for data.
All of those are pretty darn low
Compare them to the Bible Belt, the Rust Belt, etc.
Yeah
But it is still statistically significant. Also, Pittsfield has Kentucky numbers.
The most messed up figures for me in the report are the California numbers, but that is agriculture mostly.
Y'all ignore it, so why shouldn't we?
The good folks of WV, KY, SW'ern VA, SE'rn OH, etc. have ignored the causes of their own economic problems since the 1930s, insisting on doubling down on dangerous industries instead of investing in education, new industries, or social programs.
And the folks in the Northeast have been sending you tax subsidies this whole time.
I'd tell you to cry me a river, but you've filled them all with the tops of mountains y'all claim to love but keep electing senators who are perfectly happy to vote to destroy.
Start by trying to help yourselves before crying that others are ignoring your plight.
Because those mines were owed
Because those mines were owed by Appalachians right? Funded by West Virginian banks? The energy companies were all local huh? I know the deomcratic party is all about victim blaming right now, but you should realize something about the history of America. All the wealth and stability you find in the nice, structurally-sound, and affluent areas was sucked out of somewhere else. In this case it just so happens to be the mountains.
Thanks for the advice though, we'll keep trying to pull myself up by the bootstraps as soon as we find them boots.
The thing that pisses me off
The thing that pisses me off most about your neoliberal comment is the fact that you patronizingly used y'all.
Imagine what will happen to
Imagine what will happen to the Boston economy if the gov't ever gest a handle on the outrageous prices charged for drugs by biotech companies. Trump is on that case.. at least at one time he said he was. Or the off the chart prices charged by Boston hospitals...
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Slavish polemic of an ideologue.
How about a reasoned critique, are you capable?
You mean
Places that were ruined FOR our capitalism.
FTFY
Pro tip: if you want to make
Pro tip: if you want to make your paint marker last longer, consider condensing your platitudes into a list, like this!
Ask your parent(s) or guardians why:
Now you have more paint in your marker to write on other cool stuff!
I appreciate how legible the
I appreciate how legible the handwriting is!
Good grammar and spelling too!
Ask why people vandalize
Ask why people vandalize property. Now THAT'S illegal. Stupido.
My 3 year old asked me those exact questions once
I thought about it for a few seconds and replied "White power."
He asked me what that meant and I replied "look, kid, you're way too young to be pondering political and social mores. How's about just learning how to use the potty and we'll call that world peace." He then asked for a Kit Kat bar. I was just glad he didn't ask for a Pepsi.
But as an editorial note, they should have included caregivers. It's pretty offensive that they didn't do that.
Where do we find the answers?
The "correct" ones, that is...
Well you will have to
Well you will have to reference the merry-go-round and the monkey bars--they are pretty unbiased sources. That being said, I find the bouncy horse provides some interesting perspectives too.
At night
this is a playground for college kids to smoke up. I'm sure this stand against authority made a lot more sense a few puffs in.