[quote]countingbeans wrote:
[quote]Sloth wrote:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
[quote]Sloth wrote:
I mean, is anyone here really that put off by their fellow man, the dregs I guess, that they’re excited at the prospect of “engineering” them out of the human race for a society of athlete scholars? [/quote]
A society of athlete scholars, ruled by philosopher kings.
Hmmm. Doesn’t sound so bad, actually.
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You know what’s funny? I couldn’t be happier here, surrounded by down-to-earth good 'ole boys. Most wouldn’t be considered scholars nor athletes. Yet, all together, some good folks.
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I live in a white collar world now, and grew up in a very blue collar world.
The “regular folks” were much more appealing. They were real, down to earth, and didn’t judge you by what your car looked like or what cloths you had on. If you had wheels, we were going to party. If you had cloths on, sweet lets go out. They didn’t care what your house looked like or how big it was, all they cared about is being welcome to come hang out with friends.
The white collar world, while affords me a much more comfortable lifestyle and has its perks too, really lacks in the human connection arena. [/quote]
I cannot possibly agree with this enough.
It’s troubling. But I think in some ways the blue collar, shift-work boys and girls understand a greater truth that many exhaustively educated “leaders” fail to understand or even to see: namely, that people are not the sum total of their possessions and/or consumption.
This very much counterbalances the tendency of the blue collar crowd to horribly and hopelessly misunderstand political nuance, science, and philosophy haha. Call it wisdom over intelligence, at least in a limited scope.
I absolutely agree with you, although I have to admit that I really can’t stretch my conversational or philosophical legs while around this crowd, and that is something my brain craves.