Two American Families

I noticed you took a break.
Welcome back.
You’re one of the best.

 

I would love to watch that. Does it air abroad?

 

It’s a watch if the documentary is half as good as your post. Outstanding.

 

You put together a well written advert for the documentary. I am intrigued, although the connection to the shooter seems a stretch as his motivations are unknown and likely more about troubled youth than anything related to the shrinking middle class that his family was seemingly comfortably residing.

 

Could you use VPN thru the US? I use VPN all the time for some bbc stuff and for German Netflix.

 

I'm interested to try and watch this. But if this is just another: "Understand them - they just vote for Trump because they're angry!" piece.....

.....I'm pretty short on sympathy for people who are angry that the system failed them, and who vote against their own self interest, but can't bother to learn who's helped them. Specifically: the last two Dem administrations got health insurance for 10s of millions, lowered drug prices, protected overtime pay, and on and on. The last Republican Administrations helped people by......?

And that wasn't to -and didn't- turn this thread partisan. But facts do matter.

 

I think it has a few broads in it.

 

I'll try to check it out.

I agree with you about the generalized membership of this forum: educated and affluent. To generalize, of course.

I'm also very impressed that the majority of them tend to "vote against their own interests" at times, by supporting policies that help those less fortunate, rather than always seeking to maximize their own short-term wealth. Or that value a long term approach to our prosperity. On issues such as the environment. Or equality.

 

Frontline theme trumpet. If you know, you know.

 

Well I'm convinced, capitalism and the American political system has failed much of the population, we should do something about that

 

The change starts with you.
Why don’t you make a large donation since capitalism has failed you?
Step up.

 

The shooter was from a middle class family with both parents working professional jobs. So yeah… not sure of that connection. If we want to blame “society” for that kid maybe we could point to social media/internet rabbit holes, but I haven’t really seen particular evidence on that either (kid must have had a low profile).

I don’t think anyone disagrees that there is a “disappearing middle class” problem and a growing wealth gap. The question is how to address it.

 

What makes you think he even had a coherent view? Most school shooter types don't, at least politically. They just want to inflict pain on others before they take themselves out. That's just nihilism, and most people don't take whatever anger they have at the world and go there. Shooting the president is a way to make a name for yourself and achieve some bizarre kind of immortality.

 

Thanks for the link. This kind of subject matter always interests me. Will definitely watch it.

 

Great take; will definitely watch.

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Did you watch both shows?