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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:26 AM Original message |
Poll question: Do you believe the world will be a better place or a worse place in 50 years? |
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ccharles000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. I don't really know. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
2. Better for whom? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
3. Sure as heck won't be better for me... |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
4. I don't give our species even that long as we've been on a mass race suicide trip for decades |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
5. Essentially it's too late for the environment, at least as we have known it |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
6. I hope it will be better, expect it will be worse and won't be around to see it. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Same here. nt |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 10:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. ditto |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
36. ditto ditto |
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frog92969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
7. 500 years of Dark Age |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 08:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
64. funny you should say that |
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frog92969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Not all that "funny" |
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Old Hob (296 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 03:47 AM Response to Reply #64 |
72. Life is, at its root, a struggle to overcome the second law of thermodynamics |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
9. I say better |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Aside from environmental dilemma, we've only lived w/extinction ensuring weaponry for 60 yrs or so |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
10. it depends if our flying cars and jetpacks show up by then |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
13. Same fundamental problems, different scale |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
14. Libs believe things get better? Since when? Your recitation of the "facts" proves otherwise, no? |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I think, based only on my own experience, thirty or forty years ago |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
48. Based on my own experience, from the same time frame, |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:24 AM Response to Reply #48 |
56. for me, I think it was in the 70's when basic optimism seemed to dissipate - |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:36 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Then we are in basic agreement here |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
15. In 30 years, proles will no longer have access to fossil fuel energy. Also, |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
17. Too many variables for an educated opinion, but ... |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
18. The Pessimism is Disturbing |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. "No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible." - Voltaire |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
45. The day DUers froth over the latest glossy gloom'n'doom TV show, that's since when. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:29 AM Response to Reply #18 |
57. 40 years of lowering expectations, eliminating the social contract from |
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skip fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
19. I voted "better" even though this seems to be a low point because |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
20. A better place for people in other nations |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
21. If we don't make some SERIOUS changes, it'll be a HELL of a lot worse. n/t |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Agreed |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
24. The world will definitely be BETTER in 50 THOUSAND years after we have wiped ourselves out. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
25. Better for sulfur-eating bacteria? |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
26. I don't know and neither does anyone else. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
27. We're fucked nt |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
28. interesting to see that most here can;'t learn from history |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:19 AM Response to Reply #28 |
60. that has been my general thinking too...however |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:23 AM Response to Reply #60 |
63. those are all good points |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
29. Exhibit A: George W. Bush. |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
30. another kick for the next shift |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
31. Only if religion is dead by then. |
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Gwereeya (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
32. Haven't you heard Sarah Palin??? |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
33. Well if The Rapture sucks up all the fundi's in the next 50 years it'll be better |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
34. The civil war and Chinese/Russian invasions will prepare us |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
35. It will be a better place |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
37. I'm just glad I'm 60 instead of 16. |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
38. We're on a highway to hell... |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
39. You are in a car with no brakes headed for a brick wall at 100mph. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Nope. Grab something called "steering wheel" and turn it. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Except the mechanics work for the DLC |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Haha ..funny. Yes if the steering worked you need to go a hard left. nt |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. You are too close the wall... steering already failed...nt |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
40. Better. |
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gleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
41. I picked option four ... |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
42. Unless we completely undo all the damage done since 1980 |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Then enjoy life while you can. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
46. It depends on how much you like robots. |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
47. it will be worse.... |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
50. Probably worse. |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
51. Why am I in this hand basket? |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:14 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. "Something wicked this way comes" ..? |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
55. another kick for the next shift |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
59. Both |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
61. Not My Worry... |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
62. I don't know. I'll let you know in 50 years when I'm 70. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
65. The world will be a much better place in 50 years. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
66. if( ) {;} else{;} |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
68. a kick again for some more results |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
69. one more I suppose - at least its something different that Polanski |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
70. one very last shameless kick... |
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Old Hob (296 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 03:19 AM Response to Original message |
71. How many goldfish can you stuff in a bowl before their world turns to shit? |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:40 AM Response to Original message |
73. Would be interesting to see how one's age affects their optimism/pessimism in this poll. |
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