I'm Aquarian. We aren't known for our forgiveness.
Good
I do like ya--you're an opinionated guy
Good.... thanks
BTW Your last sentence answers the entire case Why do ppl follow him? Answer from the 'expert at assholes': Because he is idolized, as you said.Kids follow the current vogue, no matter how bad an influence it is.And that undermines a parent's attempts to teach their kids ethics. There once again is the answer to why making better kids--opposed to a better world--is a worthless waste of time: the world will undermine your efforts, and the kids are really just raised by the media and cultural icons to begin with.
OK here's were we don't agree. You say "
Kids follow the current vogue, no matter how bad an influence it is"A large % of Kids in the US look like clones of one another. They seem to do the exact things, their opinions are the same, their likes and dislikes are the same, they all play video games, they all watch MTV were they get their education on morals, they all watch Hollywood movies, that teach them how to be, greedy, nasty, violent and dumb.
BTW, when I say "they all" I'm talking about that large % of Kids in the US, because the rest are damn smart and normal and it's precisely those that I'm talking about (making better kids)
Ask a kid who invented pasteurization
and he won't have a clue but I'll bet he knows who invented Facebook. Ask a kid about the countries involved in World War II
and he/she will just stare at you without an answer, but I'm sure they can explain everything in detail about the film "The Exterminator"
Where are the parents in all this? They, along with American society are to blame for the dumbed down kids roaming the streets of the US. It's mostly the parents fault in my opinion.
In Europe we also have dumbed down kids, thanks in part to influences from American society (MTV, Hollywood etc.) but thankfully not in the quantities that you find in the US, exception made for the UK.
So I still think that we (parents and society) should concentrate on making better kids for this world, because then they will make a better world for all. Better kids are the foundation for a better world, not the other way round.
And that's my opinionated opinion for the day