The War Against Achievement

Posted by Non_mooching_artist 11 years, 5 months ago to Philosophy
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I admire Thomas Sowell greatly. And the fact that a (successful), black man wrote this must stick in the craw of those who want to beat the dead horse of racism.

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  • Posted by flanap 11 years, 5 months ago
    Dr. Sowell really has hit on the key satanic ploy to beguile man into believing that the solution to evil is to remove all that causes evil; hence, competition, inequality in both physical, mental, spiritual and other metaphysical areas.

    The problem about all this is that it is being orchestrated by those in the elite and are demon possessed minions of satan and isn't an idyllic result of the thinking of the proletariat.

    The Truth is there is no equality...why is it some moral high ground to want everyone to be the same but to just bring down those above you?
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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 11 years, 5 months ago
    ""You didn't build that!" this was just one passing skirmish in the war on achievement."
    This is complete rubbish. It's taking something out of context, misinterpreting it, and then assuming it's part of a broad movement.
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  • Posted by Non_mooching_artist 11 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yes, it's gotten over the top. The pathetic coddling does nothing to engender a good competitive spirit now.

    Glad your son recognizes it, but sad that he has to.
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  • Posted by $ Genez 11 years, 5 months ago
    A great analysis of how the left, and really, much of society today, views achievement. Achievement is not lauded anymore because of course "you didn't do that on your own" and so on. We minimize achievement to the point that every child in a contest gets a ribbon for "participation". My son was in gymnastics for 5 years and actually got frustrated with the ribbons that were given out to everyone no matter how badly they did. He understood that it minimized the achievement of the first, second and third place ribbons. Today, people would rather 'participate' than acheive. Truth be told they'd rather get a ribbon for not participating...
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