Upward mobility did exist within living memory. That phenomenon created facilitated a different mindset and perspective in which people did not have a class consciousness. De Tocqueville noted this fact. Even Marx believed that Hegel's dialectic did not apply to the United States.
I was referencing the first US lines once they crossed the Mississippi. The ones that came off that main line would have to be point to point. The Canadian line would be way down the list as far as 'new territory, it was the last territory in NA to get one.
Moving on, tell me how multiculturalism creates political cohesion and national unity. Imo multiculturalism creates tribalism, nothing more.
One would think it would be the enemy rather than binder. A single culture is more united than a fragmented one. The fragmented one will not become corrupt as fast. Being a collective doesn't mean higher morals come with the title automatically. That comes from occasionally saying, 'Well, that didn't go well at all, certainly nothing like 'the plan'.'
The rail line across the prairie took people across a continent in which they had an opportunity to start over and reinvent themselves.
Really, then why was grain the only product that was allowed to be shipped east where the price was raised and then sold on the international markets and the profits stayed in the East. You mean that Canada?
You should live in a polity in which illegal aliens are the majority. That would have an impact on your perception of reality.
There are 3 Reservations in 3 directions I can go, in the 4th is a deep wall of tall mountains. Where do you suggest I go to get the proper perspective of what is actually going on here. You have to do something against the grain of the commonality before you are independent. Our version of freedom is in the referendum clause that takes voting power out of the hands of the elite and puts it in the hands of the voters themselves who may vote differently.
Syncrude for example. The 'product' is in a 'remote location' so it is processed there and the garbage dump is way larger than it needs to be but that is left behind so it is not of any concern for the ones with the money to build the plant. If the product was mined and shipped out as a raw product and refined in other locations, the garbage pit is empty most of the time. The cash cow may be the same only the amount of raw product moved is increased as it is sold in high volumes rather than refined at low volumes.
Knowledge coming with hindsight is why old men are cynical and embittered.
Burned bridges and missed paths are the only teaching tool we have. We are old and ready to die by the time we learn how to avoid the 'big mistakes'.
How did you come to be so gullible about political Islam?
Listened to the Christian version and compared the 'walk to the talk'. Pretty wide gap but it does teach one to look deeper, it doesn't take long to tell if something smells bad or not. Which would you prefer, falling for a really good lie or having a easily spotted one rammed through because that is their best effort?
In a tribal society one is born with a host of enemies. There is no need to act on the world stage. The struggle is at home.
When you set the tribal limits in 1,000BC and expect them to work equally as well 3,000 years later you might want to start off with a clean sketch pad every now and then and start with the 'updates' and work your way back. Experts know their subject forwards and backwards.
no you should be your own person first, last and always...group think is never the answer but is always the disaster
Like the Donner Party?