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by Alex Hutchins</div>
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When my wife and I were cruising last
month on Royal Caribbean, we were informed by several top officials
from that cruise lines that Americans make the worst employees and are
seldom hired by any cruise line because they do not understand nor do
they offer outstanding to excellent (decreasing in value here)
customer service. Americans make good cruise directors but that is
about it... so, no Americans are hired to cook, wait tables, clean
rooms, serve drinks, or provide security services because of this
lack of awareness as to appropriate customer service.</div>
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However, it is my belief that Americans
do understand customer service, it's just that they do not like to be
told what to do by foreigners for starters, and it would also be my
belief that providing this type of customer service is beneath them
and the ego perceptions that they have of themselves. Thirdly, I
would have to say that most Americans that I know or have seen
working, are basically lazy and really strive towards getting paid as
much money as they can for doing as little as they can.</div>
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On the other side of the coin, managers
of service workers here in the USA treat those service workers as if
they were no better than animals; in fact, most animal owners treat
their animals better than service workers are treated by
management... hence, part of the reason for the low quality service.</div>
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But, is that all there is to it?</div>
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No, I don't think so.</div>
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Around 1950, American manufacturing was
number ONE in the world as it supplied all the global countries as a
result of the WWII being fought mainly in Europe, completely
destroying the manufacturing base that was once there. As we
manufactured quantity, we were not so much concerned with quality as
we did not have the time to focus on quality, only quantity.</div>
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As American manufacturing grew, so too
did the Middle Class Family in America, reaping the benefits of our
economic abilities. As the Middle Class grew and grew and grew, the
mentality of the parents was to make sure that their children never
endured the same hardships that they endured trying to earn a living.
Children were pushed into a different direction or they were pushed
into the direction of college: white collar work as opposed to blue
collar work.</div>
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Children born around 1950 were never
going to be like their parents, so from 1970 (+/-) until 2000 (+/-)
they acquired different skill sets, different experiences than their
WWII parents so that when their children were born in the 1970's, by
the 1990's when they were entering the workforce, their attitudes
towards work were entirely different than the work attitudes of the
1950's. And, the children born in the 1990's, when they started
entering the workforce in 2010, an entirely new breed of American
Worker appeared on the scene, there were so far removed from the
1950's that the workers starting in the 1990's had no clue as to how
to manage and motivate these workers.</div>
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But, rest assured that these new
workers are in no way planning to pick fruit or vegetables, work in
Call Centers, or sell any Retail products either in person or over
the phone. None of these workers will ever get their hands dirty, so
count out working in fire fighting, emergency services, or law
enforcement. None of these workers will ever consider the idea of
reporting to work each day and sitting behind a desk pushing papers
when they already know that they can do most anything, once it has
been digitized, from the comforts of their own homes, even if they
are still living with their parents.</div>
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This new breed of worker:</div>
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may/may not believe in God</div>
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may not have any social heroes</div>
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is really technology savvy</div>
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has no values or intergrity</div>
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sees no reason for company loyalty</div>
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has no interest in moral behavior</div>
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just as feminine as manly</div>
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has no allegience to anyone</div>
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is totally self absorbed</div>
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feels they are owed everything</div>
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Of course, I am generalizing here but
if I am only 80% accurate, how will that impact our American Business
and their ability to remain globally competitive?</div>
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And, without going too far into the
future, how will their children be should they decide to have any?</div>
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My generation... the baby boomers...
on or a few years before/after 1950 have, at best, only 20 good
years left... and, most of that will be lived in retirement or
under strict medical supervision. And, pretty soon, those born on or
around 1970, will be in the same situation that we are currently; so,
in about 30 years, the OLD GUARD will be dead and gone...</div>
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Somewhere between 2046 and 2050 is when
the shit will hit the fan, but, as early as 2030, we will know for
sure that the shit is really going to hit the fan and it may be a tad
earlier... who knows? In 2030, I will be 84 and still around to
see if my predictions come true... But, just as sure as someone is
my witness, when that day comes, I will no longer give a shit nor
will I have any desire to tell you that I told you so.</div>
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However, the fact remains that
Americans are not good at customer service and since the potential
employment pool for customer service type workers is shrinking in
size big time, there will be a huge void in the customer service
arena that... believe it or not... will be filled by immigrants
and foreigners, causing many Americans, like myself, to bitch even
louder.</div>
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My wife and I this afternoon, ventured
up to the big city of Morristown, TN to see if I was eligible to
upgrade my phone to the new S7 Edge by Samsung. We were told no on
the upgrade but that I would be eligible in about 5-6 weeks. In the
meantime, there was this great promo deal on jet packs that we were
eligible for today. So, based upon what our 20 something service rep
told us, we took the deal... only to find out via email when we got
home, that most of what she told us had been a lie... and, if it
was not a lie, then it was certainly not true.</div>
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Our rep is going to call us when she
gets to work tomorrow, but we have already boxed up the item and plan
to return it to the store tomorrow since we anticipate a negative
outcome with our phone call. Not only have we wasted a lot of our
time, but we have put mileage on the car that did not need to be
there and we will be burning additional gasoline that did not need
to be burned had we been told the truth.</div>
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How many times do companies and their
poorly trained workforce have to misinform customers before those
same customers take their business to another cell phone provider?
And, does that question even matter to management?
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Probably not.
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And, would you like to know why it
doesn't?</div>
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Because, they are getting more new
customers each month than they are losing each month, so the bottom
line is still positive.</div>
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None of the cruise ships that are
currently operating in global waters, would have been successful with
that attitude.</div>
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You might just say that I am nothing
more than a foolish old man who has nothing better to do with his
time than to write negative articles about America, Americans, or
American companies... and, you may be right, but, what if I am
right and American companies start a serious decline because of the
lack of customer service that I describe here?</div>
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Are you going to apologize?</div>
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I doubt it... probably because you
will not even remember this article or me.</div>
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But, what you will remember will be the
quality that seems to be getting a little worse since the last time
you paid attention to it. And, it may or may not register with you
either that you are paying a higher cost for that lack of quality
than you were the last time. Still, the only way that you will not
buy American is when they are out-of-stock, and you are forced to
purchase the item from a foreign manufacturer... and, once that
happens, you will never buy American again.</div>
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It is called GLOBALIZATION... and, it
was put into place by a Republican, if that really matter now. And,
as I have said earlier... it is just a matter of time.</div>
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by Alex Hutchins</div>
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Hours before the day dawns on the world
in this area, I lay in my bed (wide awake) pondering and wondering,
speculating and imagining what our world may be like today, knowing
and realizing that other days in other parts of the world have
already ended just as mine began; and, it really does not matter to
me if they are actually behind or ahead as what could really be the
difference in a few hours?</div>
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</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
I have been told or at least heard a
few times that wealthy people can celebrate New Year's Eve several
times each year ( and some do) by flying from from time zone to
another time zone; and, I suppose that this is done simply because it
can be done, so in that fact must dwell all the excitement in doing
it.</div>
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</div>
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Minutes before the day dawns on this
side of the world, I decide (without hesitation I might add) that my
body is in need of coffee, but it is now only the decaf kind, so the
need is more psychological than anything else... still, there is a
need that must be fulfilled in me.</div>
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</div>
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Fondly (or as best as I can recall), I
remember both my parents (but I do have siblings) drinking coffee
each and every morning, so I can sure that this is where the roots of
my desire for coffee were planted; however, I can say for sure in an
absolute way, but I typically awoke with no other people in the
mornings unless I was away at some kind of summer camp.</div>
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The day has now dawned and as it
continues its dawning process, I sit in the same spot on the same
couch by the same table and lamp as I did the day before and turn off
the air circulation fan just as I did the day before as it it too
chilly in this part of the house in which I always find myself
sitting.</div>
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</div>
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Cats wandering around in front of me
without knowing what they are doing after receiving their morning
treats still serve to amuse me, but not as much as the first day I
noticed this behavior.</div>
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<br />
</div>
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Numbness in the fingers of my left hand
remind me I should not attempt to pick anything up with that hand or
move anything using these fingers for a few minutes unless I want the
item in question to be dropped.</div>
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<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
While decaf coffee may not tastes as
good as my ole regular coffee, for the purposes of why any coffee is
ingested at all so early in the morning each day, it works.</div>
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</div>
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Retired and ready to go somewhere at a
moment's notice, I reflect upon the obligations that I would leave
behind: some important, some not at all, and I wish that I could
possess that type of personality to just get up and leave, but I do
not, as planning for me is the only way to go and the only
methodology that leaves me with a relatively high sense of
security... knowing that nothing is one hundred percent in that
area.</div>
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<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Still, at this present point in my
life, I know that my days are numbered (excuse the cliché) even
though I would not gamble as if life were a game of Roulette with
these numbers as some do; but, with that said, I am more aware than
ever that the life we have been given, has been given to us in the
manner and spirit as one might give a gift to a loved one.</div>
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</div>
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If, we human beings have the capacity
to love and hate then we damn sure have the capacity to appreciate
and be grateful.</div>
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</div>
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Oftentimes, and too often perhaps, we
focus on love and hate and forget all about appreciating and being
grateful. And, if humans had a flaw that would be it.</div>
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<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
TinyBuddha.com lets us know that there
are 7 Steps that we must take in order to achieve a beautiful life:</div>
<ol>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Know thyself</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Define Beautiful Life</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Start Work on #2</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Appreciate where you are in the
process</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Adjust expectations</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Count your blessings</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Live the life</div>
</li>
</ol>
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But, while this Tiny Buddha seems to
make sense, I believe that this Tiny Buddha is sitting on its own
head, creating a less than positive circular approach to achieving
this Beautiful Life.</div>
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</div>
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So, let me explain:</div>
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<u>Step One</u> is a valid first step as one
must understand who one is before any type of definition of what a
Beautiful Life means to them can be created.</div>
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<br /></div>
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<u>Step Two</u> is also valid, in that there
is indeed a second step, but I am not convinced that creating a
definition is it.</div>
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<br /></div>
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It seems to me that Step One and Step
Two are so intertwined that they cannot be separated but more
importantly, it may take an entire lifetime before either is really
and truly found. And, as Step One changes and it will change
throughout one's lifetime, so too will Step Two change. Therefore,
not only should these steps be combined but also be seen as a work in
progress rather than an actual step.</div>
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</div>
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<u>Step Three</u> is a natural by product of
Steps One and Two, therefore it too should not be considered a step
but a sub-process to whatever preceded it, consequently.</div>
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Step Two should actually be what the
Tiny Buddha refers to as “Count Your Blessings.”</div>
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</div>
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<u>Step Four</u>, according to the Tiny Buddha
is “Appreciate where you are in the process,” but I would submit
to you that this is an irrelevant step as if you know yourself and
have defined a beautiful life then no appreciation need take place at
all because of the constant evolution of yourself and what you are
moving towards. Appreciation assumes that one has reached a static
level and that should never happen.</div>
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<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
ADJUSTING EXPECTATIONS SHOULD NEVER BE
A PART OF ONE'S JOURNEY TOWARDS ACQUIRING A BEAUTIFUL LIFE...</div>
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</div>
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Why is this?</div>
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<br />
</div>
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Because, a beautiful life is composed
of both good and bad from the very beginning which is why it should
be referred to as a beautiful life... since one is alive as opposed
to being dead. And, if you really know yourself, then you will
realize that this is the only way to actually perceive and define a
Beautiful Life... and, this is precisely why it is a lifetime
journey. And, if you do not see it this way, then why are you taking
this journey (or at least considering it) in the first place?</div>
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</div>
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So, let's rewrite the steps...</div>
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</div>
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<u>Step One</u> – know thyself/define
beautiful life/start the journey</div>
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<u>Step Two</u> – count your blessing and
be grateful</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
For example, I am thankful (blessed if
you will) for the following:</div>
<ol>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
being debt free</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
living where I am living</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
having cancer</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
have heart disease</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
being married</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
having the parents I had</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
having the life I had (and still
have)</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
having only simple desires and
needs</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
understanding what I understand</div>
</li>
</ol>
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</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Why am I thankful, blessed, and
appreciate these 9 things? Because, I am the person I am now as a
consequence of all these things happening in my life when they did...
if, they had not happened, I would not be who I am today... I
still be who I was.</div>
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<br />
</div>
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<i><b>So, how did you get here?</b></i></div>
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<br />
</div>
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<i>I don't rightly know, but I did.</i></div>
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</div>
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<i><b>So, you cannot tell me how?</b></i></div>
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<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>No, not really...</i></div>
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<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
My friend(s), each journey is different
as is each blessing as is each perceived daily gift, and it is up to
you to discover the right way to see these gifts and blessings and
the right way to appreciate them as well but only after they have
been truly discovered.</div>
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<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
There is not right or wrong way to do
this.</div>
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<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
I cannot really tell you when it was
that my journey actually started, but if I had to speculate, then, I
would say it began on or about the time that I was first diagnosed
with having cancer; although, I would also speculate that I had been
on this journey already but simply did not know it... and, it may
be much the same for you... as, we are all looking for something in
life as well as out of life, but we just don't know what that
something is or when it is that we are in actual possession of that
something, until long after we have acquired it.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08300142674234462299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555725163035967182.post-16987220993442281162016-07-27T08:00:00.000-04:002016-07-27T08:00:17.535-04:00The Fall of Male
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by Alex Hutchins</div>
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When I was growing up just outside of
Alexandria, VA, I lifted weights everyday in my bedroom and got to
the point where I was pretty strapping but not like some of these
muscle builders who tear their muscles and build them bigger... I
just wanted to strengthen and tone more than anything else while I
was playing football, baseball, basketball, and track and field...
so, it was perfect for me.</div>
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I was raised by a macho dad and a
submissive mom so I too acquired both sides of the personality but
had a dominate macho side serve me well throughout high school and
college where I looked down on sissy males and submissive females,
but never took advantage of either one of them sexually... I was
always passive in that regard for which I am thankful.</div>
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The thoughts of making a female do
something that she does not want to do or who may not realize what
she is doing because she is drugged is, to me, a chicken shit way, of
acquiring sex while offering solid evidence that the male in question
is operating with a loss of ego,self-confidence, and probably
self-esteem, otherwise there would be no reason to act that way
towards a female.</div>
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And, while some males may think certain
females are going to be simply better in bed than others, therefore
they (males) have to get them there at all costs, is just plain
stupid and an ignorant way of using one's intelligence, although,
there are many males who actually fall into that category that
consider themselves quite smart.</div>
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So, while males (like and unlike
myself) are manipulating females for the purposes of having sex while
they can, let me tell you, the reader, that this will not last
long... and, it will not last long because males are going to wake
up and change their personality... NO... it will not last long
because society is changing and with that change will come the change
in males.</div>
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We will always have the aggressive,
ill-manered male with which to contend, it is just that their ranks,
in the future, will become less and less... as, more and more “new
age” males who are being taught to embrace both their female and
males sides are beginning to emerge and grow. You might begin
referring to these new males as bi-sexual, in that they enjoy having
sex equally with both other males as well as well females... and,
display no regrets in the process.</div>
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No only do we have bi-sexual males but
we have bi-sexual females and we have bi-sexual couples, so our
entire social, sexual society is changing. These new types of people
will phase in as the macho male phases out... so, the process will
oftentimes be rather slow or will seem rather slow to those of you
who live in rural areas as opposed to those of you who live in urban
areas.</div>
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Another changing aspect of our society
with which males will have to contend is the fact that more and more
and more females are going to be promoted to both management and
leadership positions over the next 20-30 years perhaps even 50 years.</div>
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WHY?</div>
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Well, the plain fact of the matter is
that more and more and more females are graduating from Colleges and
Universities while less and less and less of those graduates are
males; therefore, the succession pools can only be filled with
females as opposed to males. No doubt, this will change the
complexities of the workplace environment in which males will find
themselves in a dominate minority.</div>
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The simply truth of the matter is that
more males will become supervised by females than will females become
supervised by males... And, with that reversal, there will be less
and less and less claims of sexual harrassment in the workplace,
unless that sexual harrassment takes place between two females.</div>
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It's nothing personal guys, it is just
the way it is right now... check out the data yourself.</div>
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During the tenure of our African
Amerian President, the overall treatment of African Americans did not
improve; in fact, if anything, it may have worsened. So, it is
highly likely that if we were to elect a female to the office of
President that something similar would also take place in this “male
dominated” country of ours.</div>
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Therefore, the only real attempts at
changing the workplace is coming to come from more females entering
the workplace and moving into positions of management than their male
counterparts... which is already taking place across the nation.</div>
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The fall of male has been set into
motion.</div>
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Let me make it perfectly clear that my
message here is not being underscored by what is happening to either
Bill Cosby or Roger Ailes because they are part of the old
establishment era of <b>“pricks”</b> in the workplace that
fortunately is rapidly decreasing in numbers as they age out and die.
Bill Cosby is getting what he deserves regardless of whether or not
50 females have made claims against him; but, Roger Ailes (while old)
is a breed of males that is not just sexually harrassing females but
who is also solely responsible for generating a <b>“ton of money”</b>
for a business enterprise.</div>
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If Ailes is guilty of doing what has
been claimed then he too should be punished but in reality, whether
he did anything or not is irrelevent and his punishment will neither
be swift nor deep, whereas those who made the accusations, will in
time, and at the convenience of the business enterprise, suffer far
worse a fate than money maker Roger Ailes.</div>
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Besides, Roger Ailes was born in 1940
and is 76 years old... and, just what could he have possibly
accomplished by sexually harrassing females at that age? And, the
question here is...</div>
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<i><b>Did he simply make sexually
suggestive comments or did he actually think he could have sexual
intercourse with these reluctant females?</b></i></div>
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Of course, that distinction should not make any difference to the law
nor the clear implementation of the law...</div>
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But, these again are the high profile reported cases... and, my
guess is that this happens all the time and goes unreported because
of company retribution, politics, and other factors where females
want to keep their jobs long beyond the reported incident of sexual
harrassment.</div>
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And, the fact that something like this is even happening in the first
place, should show how incredibly evil these types of men are.</div>
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Whether these males want to admit it or not, their time in the
workplace is over... the old male is being replaced by a different
breed of male while at the same time, females (on average) are
achieving more out of work than the males are achieving.
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The sexually over-active and aggressive male is simply getting old
and dying and there are no replacements on the horizon, which is
really good news for females and for organisations who want to keep
specific males on the payroll because they can generate tons of
revenues.</div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Some
scientists believe that </span></span>there are only two types of
men:</div>
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<ol>
<li>“<b>Alpha”</b> males are those at the top of the social
status hierarchy. They have greater access to power, money, and
mates, which they gain through physical prowess, intimidation, and
domination.
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<li>“<b>Beta”</b> males: the weak, submissive, subordinate
guys who are low status, and only get access to mates once women
decide to settle down and go searching for a “nice guy.”<br />
</li>
</ol>
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While these two classifications may or
may not be accurate, they do present an interesting comparison
regarding males and it would be my contention here that the BETA male
is replacing the ALPHA male in the workplace; however, it is doubtful
that there will be any type of replacement in professional sports as
the various sports would simply die out from lack of interest if
there were... so, BETA males have their place.</div>
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According to a 2014 article in
<u><b>Psychology Today</b></u>:</div>
<i>In almost every society men are the ones who are overwhelmingly
involved in wars, in all kinds of intergroup aggressions and
intragroup homicide; they mobilize themselves in armies of violent
fans, in criminal gangs, in bands of thugs, etc. These observations
are as old as the world and have allowed us to create a clear
distinction between male and female sexes regarding their
predisposition to violence. Wars are a biosocial product of men and a
field for male’s manifestation [Goldstein, 2001]. The same thing is
true of crime and cruelty, which are closely linked to masculinity.</i><br />
<i>Canadian evolutionary psychologists Martin Daly and Margo
Wilson, who specialize in studying the homicide phenomenon, have
analyzed 35 homicide data sets from 14 countries, including some from
primitive societies and some from different eras. Among these
societies men committed homocide, on average, 26 times more
frequently than women [Daly, Wilson, 1994]. Also, familicides (the
killing of family members) are committed mostly by men. Some data
have shown that men were involved in more than 90 percent of cases
[Wilson, Daly, 1997, p. 160].</i><br />
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But here, we should take note that WAR
is changing and will continue to change... pilots sitting behind
desks in remote locations are flying drones capable of killing single
or multiple targets. Robots may soon be replacing the <i>“live”</i>
body on the combat battlefield. Technology has enabled fewer and
fewer males to be killed when going to war, so that the imagine of
the aggressive military male, is about to be forever replaced.</div>
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By 2050, where do you think all our
MACHO MALES will be? The odds are that there will be very few, if
any, macho males in the workplace in 34 years; in fact, there is a
good possibility that a majority of this change will have already
taken place by 2030 which is only about 14 years away.</div>
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Whether it is 14 years away or 34 years
away or somewhere in between the two numbers, the fact remains that
the FALL OF MALE is imminent and certain.</div>
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by Alex Hutchins</div>
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Here is where <u>Hillary Clinton</u>
stands on 12 issues:</div>
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<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Education:</b> <i>Make public
college debt-free. Fund universal pre-K. Against No Child Left
Behind. Position unknown on Common Core. </i>
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</li>
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<b>Guns:</b> <i>Ban several types
of assault weapons. Repeal protections for gun makers. Create a
comprehensive background check system and close loopholes. </i>
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</li>
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<b>Healthcare</b>: <i>Give the
government a role is setting insurance rates. Expand Obamacare but
do not attempt to create a universal healthcare system now. </i>
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</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Immigration:</b> <i>Continue
DACA and DAPA programs to waive deportation and expand them. Give
undocumented residents a path to legal status.</i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Jobs and Wages: </b><i>$275
billion stimulus plan. Tax credits for jobs. Raise federal minimum
wage to $12 an hour. </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Marijuana:</b> <i>“Wait and
see” on overall legalization. </i>
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</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Social Issues:</b> <i>Abortion
should be legal. So should same-sex marriage. </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Taxes:</b> <i>A series of
targeted tax credits for the middle class. Raise capital gains
taxes. </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Israel:</b> <i>Work toward a
two-state solution. Do not necessarily freeze settlement building. </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Iran:</b> <i>Support framework
for nuclear deal. Continue diplomacy efforts and some sanctions. </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Islamic State: </b><i>No boots
on the ground. Use regional troops.</i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Trade:</b> <i>Clinton announced
last year that she does not support the Trans-Pacific Partnership as
it currently stands. </i>
</div>
</li>
</ol>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Here is where <u>Donald Trump</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
stands</span> on various issues:</div>
<ol>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>Millions are helped by Planned
Parenthood, but defund it. (Feb 2016) </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>Planned Parenthood does great
work on women's health. (Feb 2016) </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>The Fed should refinance debt
to reduce interest payments. (May 2016) </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>Don't take sides with Israel,
so we can lead negotiations. (Feb 2016) </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>I could negotiate a deal with
Israel and Palestinians. (Feb 2016) </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>Figure out who our allies are.
(Feb 2016) </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>Iran deal is one of the worst
I've ever seen. (Feb 2016) </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>I take advantage of devalued
Chinese currency; but stop them. (Mar 2016) </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>It's not free trade with China;
it's stupid trade. (Mar 2016) </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>It's not free trade with China;
it's stupid trade. (Mar 2016) </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>I've been moving
clothing-making from China to U.S. (Mar 2016) </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>With a $58 billion trade
deficit, Mexico will pay for wall. (Feb 2016) </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>Trade pacts are no good for us
and no good for our workers. (Feb 2016) </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>U.S. has become dumping ground
for everybody else's problems. (Feb 2016) </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>China should make Kim Jong Un
disappear. (Feb 2016) </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>China totally controls North
Korea; they're just taunting us. (Jan 2016) </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>I will save Social Security
with more jobs, less waste. (Feb 2016) </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>I don't want to be politically
correct: Islam hates us. (Mar 2016) </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>Snowden was a spy; if Russia
respected us, they'd deport him. (Mar 2016) </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>Charge rich countries like
Germany more to defend them. (Feb 2016) </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>Keep Gitmo open, and load it up
with bad dudes. (Feb 2016) </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>How did W keep us safe? WTC
came down during his watch. (Feb 2016) </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>Bring back waterboarding and a
hell of a lot worse. (Feb 2016) </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>I don't want to be politically
correct: Islam hates us. (Mar 2016) </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>Snowden was a spy; if Russia
respected us, they'd deport him. (Mar 2016) </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>Charge rich countries like
Germany more to defend them. (Feb 2016) </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>Keep Gitmo open, and load it up
with bad dudes. (Feb 2016) </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>How did W keep us safe? WTC
came down during his watch. (Feb 2016) </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<i>Bring back waterboarding and a
hell of a lot worse. (Feb 2016) </i>
</div>
</li>
<li><i>Police can't act due to disrespect; but weed out bad ones.
(Feb 2016) </i>
<br />
</li>
</ol>
<div style="font-style: normal;">
Yes, it is true that Trump has a list
that is two and a half times longer than the list of Hillary, but
Trump has gotten rather specific on some issues (2016) and Clinton
seems to be following a variation of Democratic Party Lines which
gives me the impression that it is not really her actual beliefs at
all... although, I could be wrong here.</div>
<div style="font-style: normal;">
Trump, on the other hand, lays out how
he feels, and articulates those feelings in a way that are not
consistent with Republican Party Values and/or beliefs.</div>
<div style="font-style: normal;">
<br /><br />
</div>
<div style="font-style: normal;">
<b>But, what would be most beneficial
of the people of the United States not necessarily the politics of
our government as it intermingles with the politics of other
governments?</b></div>
<div style="font-style: normal;">
<br /><br />
</div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">
Who is answering
that question?</div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">
<br /><br />
</div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">
Personally, I do
understand that the rest of the world is not even close to our
standard of living and that the world is full of poverty, poor health
conditions, and in need of water and food, but is not the <i><b>sovereign
right of those countries</b></i> in which those people live to take
care of them or to not take care of them? And, if that is something
that we all believe, then why should any part of America be over
there helping out, especially when they do not really want our help?</div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">
<br /><br />
</div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">
Do, we really have
a responsibility because of who we are and what we have to take care
of the rest of the world... when there are absolutely no other
countries in the world that share those same feelings to the point
that they will help us with money, people, and resources.</div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">
<br /><br />
</div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">
Sadly, we sent
people out around the world to help other countries when the irony is
that we cannot even help ourselves these days solve our own problems.</div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">
<br /><br />
</div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">
Globalization, for
instance, was not to help the American people directly (although it
has helped indirectly), it was specifically designed and entered into
by President Reagan and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as a
methodology for making our companies wealthier than they already were
by focusing on selling goods and services to the rest of the world
which included providing employment so that they could purchase these
goods and services that were being offered.</div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">
<br /><br />
</div>
<i><b>Americans then stood around with their heads up their asses
because they did not have anywhere else to put them... and, still
don't for that matter.</b></i><br />
<br /><br />
<br />
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">
So, when you look
at these two candidates for President of our country, let me suggest
that you vote for the one that will take the best care of the
American People... and, it really does not matter if that preferred
candidate withholds information or if they are not willing to be
politically correct... because what really matters is that which is
ultimately done for the American people as a whole.</div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">
<br /><br />
</div>
<ul>
<li>
It is foolish to think that there is actually going to be a World War
III...</li>
<li>
It is foolish to think that we are going to be taken over by Russia
or China...</li>
<li>
It is foolish to think that the world is not going to be able to
control terrorism...</li>
<li>
It is foolish to think that we can do anything to stop global
warming...</li>
<li>
It is foolish to think that man will not be replaced by robots...</li>
<li>
It is foolish to think that we will not colonized other planets in
our galaxy...</li>
<li>
It is foolish to think that mankind will ever exterminate itself...</li>
</ul>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
And, if and when any of this starts to happen for sure, mankind will
be so far advanced technologically that all of these issues will be
easily solved.</div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Global Cooperation MUST take place in order to achieve Global
Survivability!!! And, survival is the only motivational factor that
we need to fully understand and appreciate... and, that motivation
will kick in automatically, as our species as a whole is ever
threatened... so, take pause there my friends.</div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
The American People need a political ally, because neither the
Democrats nor the Republicans care about the middle class or about
the average US citizen anymore... and, it is highly doubtful that
they ever did... not even in 1776, when we declared our independence
from Great Britain. Our Founding Fathers, created a Democratic
Republic, not a Democracy, because a Democratic Republic was in a
better position to control the masses. And, these same Founding
Fathers created The Electoral College that officially elects the
President of the United States not the people in the general
election.</div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
So much for TRUST.</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
by Alex Hutchins</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
One would think that leaders are
leaders and that managers are managers and while there are
over-lapping areas of responsibilities that the two positions are
very much different... and if, you were thinking that, then you
would be right, as managers: plan, organize, delegate, and control
(sometimes leading people in the process; leaders: set the vision
and direction for the company letting the people know the direction
in which they are heading.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Most of the time, but not always,
leaders cannot manage and managers cannot lead; however, there are
always exceptions to this rule.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Managers perform their work in the
atmosphere of middle management whereas leaders perform their work in
the atmosphere of upper management which are two and distinct levels
of management which oftentimes, never intersect or overlap, simply
because of the protocols in place to prevent such intermingling from
ever taking place.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Middle Management and Upper Management
do not even use the same Executive Washrooms even and when these
executives need to perform typical bodily functions... so, why
would anyone, in their right mind, ever confuse the tasks and
responsibilities of these two types of businessmen?</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
They are typically confused because
writers of business and about business are still tying to claim that
there are some similarities between these two types of people; but,
those of us who actually teach management classes have, and will
always maintain that there is a strong and important difference...
and, not totally dissimilar from a professional Basketball Player
thinking that they can play professional baseball, because of similar
skills and because of their keen athletic abilities. It just does
not work that way and never will.
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
According to the Human Factor, Inc.,
there are six future areas in which managers with leadership traits
(let's say, not not upper management leaders) need to be prepared:</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<ol>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Flexibility
</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Globalization</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Core Competencies</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Sustainability</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Collectivism</div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
Generational</div>
</li>
</ol>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
LEADERS (in Upper Management) could
actually care less about these 6 areas, other than already realizing
and setting the Global Vision for the entire company. The rest of
this stuff are these responsibility of all those people beneath them
in the organizational hierarchy... and, how they actually get there
is their responsibility as well, as long as their methodology stays
true to the company's mission.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
So, who these 6 items actually pertain
to are managers that this article is calling leaders... since I
suppose leaders has a nicer <b>“ring”</b> to it than being called
a manager; but, in so doing, this article only serves to confuse
these issue and makes it difficult to teach the concepts of
management accurately.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
As far as I am concerned, what has
really happened out there in the business marketplace, is the fact
that businesses, whether they actually wanted to go there or not,
have gone or will be going into a global arena and it is in this
global arena that many of our American trained managers are feeling a
little uncomfortable. Not only will there be diverse work forces that
will need to be managed, but there will be different cultures that
will need to be respected, as well as different governments who by
the very nature of them being located outside the continental United
States, will be operating differently from those located within the
continental United States.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
For instance, in some parts of the
world, bribes are considered the only appropriate way to conduct
business. And, how will those values impact and mesh with values of
our American managers?</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
So, the author of this article, Monica
Wells, believes that there will be 6 Leadership (Management) Trends
of which business should take note.</div>
<ol>
<li>future leaders (managers) will need to be flexibility.
<br />
</li>
<li>future leaders (managers) will have to accept business
globalization,
<br />
</li>
<li>future leaders (managers) will need to have a solid
understanding of and in core skills such as motivating direct
reports, communication, setting goals and task delegation.
<br />
</li>
<li>future leaders (managers) must demonstrate social
responsibility.
<br />
</li>
<li>future leaders (managers) must be able to collaborate with
other future leaders<br />
</li>
<li>future leaders (managers) must learn to accept generational
differences<br />
</li>
</ol>
<strong>Again,</strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Let's remind ourselves
of the basic functional areas of all managers:</span></strong><br />
<ul>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Planning</span></strong></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Organizing</span></strong></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Delegating</span></strong></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Controlling</span></strong></div>
</li>
</ul>
<br />
<br />
<strong><i><u><b>I would submit to you</b></u></i></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">
that for the last 50-75 years (at least in the USA) that managers in
order to get their jobs done based upon the above four functional
areas, that being flexible was actually the only way that this task
could have ever been accomplished given the inherent variation that
exists in all processes.</span></strong><br />
<strong><br /></strong>
<strong><i><u><b>I would also submit to you</b></u></i></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">
that despite these four functional areas of management that the only
issue of concern to leaders about the managers beneath them is their
ability to achieve results, and while having excellent communication
and interpersonal skills would certainly help that cause, it should
not necessarily be seen or demanded as a prerequisite for getting
the job done.</span></strong><br />
<strong><br /></strong>
<strong><i><u><b>I would also submit to you</b></u></i></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">
that managers do not actually have to </span></strong><strong><b>accept</b></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">
globalization as a fact of life because it is here, but they do yield
to its influence on the company and its employees. For instance,
even though I may not like what is going on, I can still help the
company achieve its results better than anyone else on the payroll.</span></strong><br />
<strong><br /></strong>
<strong><i><u><b>I would submit to you</b></u></i></strong><strong><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>
</b></span></i></strong><strong><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">that
</span></span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">managers
already are fully adept and skillful in the areas of: employee
motivation, goal setting, and delegation as well as in monitoring and
evaluation progress and making changes in the way the work gets done
in order to achieve results as the business climate changes.</span></strong><br />
<strong><br /></strong>
<strong><i><u><b>I would submit to you</b></u></i></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">
that managers do not have to demonstrate a social responsibility in
order to get their job done, unless the leader of the company,
decides that implementing a social responsibility strategy is
absolutely necessary for the company's long term survivability.
Company's do not necessarily have to win/lose from one year to the
next as long as they put themselves in a position to be able to
continue to play the business game.</span></strong><br />
<strong><br /></strong>
<strong><i><u><b>I would submit to you</b></u></i></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">
that managers will collaborate with other managers as long as it is
in their mutual interests of cooperation to do so; otherwise, they
will not either within the company (between departments) or outside
of the company (between competitors).</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><i><u><b>I would submit to you</b></u></i></strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">
that generational differences must be tolerated within a company but
they do not have to be accepted by all... and, to demonstrate rules
to the contrary would definitely cause structural differences to
exist that would undermine office politics... at least, on the
short term.</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Interestingly and as
long as the business entity has been in existence, there has been
generational differences... and, these generational differences, no
matter how well planned for and implemented have always caused
wrinkles in the fabric of business that have been difficult from
time-to-time to work out.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">But, business has always
continued nonetheless... and, it will always continue regardless of
whether or not we accept these generational differences. </span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">It is my
opinion that these people who have generational differences are
coming up through the ranks and are not yet on top of the
organization... so, it is they who should do the integrating with
the old and not the other way around.</span></strong><br />
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<br />
<strong><u>The future of Management</u></strong><strong>
</strong><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">(leadership)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">How we manage people to
get the work done will change very little in the years ahead;
however, what will change will be the environment in which the
company and its employees work. And, it will be these environments
that will cause us our most serious problems, until we fully
understand and appreciate and assimilate globalization. </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></strong>
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<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">There is a good
possibility that true assimilation will never take place and I
suppose that is ok as well... because, the next phrase in
management, will not be that of managing people but that of managing
spaces, processess, and robots. If fact, with robots all that a
manager has to insure is that all the raw materials gets delivered
exactly at the time that they are needed.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">And, no doubt there will
be or is already a computer software program that will do exactly
that.</span></strong><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08300142674234462299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-555725163035967182.post-33276383346972701042016-07-22T08:00:00.000-04:002016-07-22T08:00:06.342-04:00The Pleasing Appeasing of America<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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by Alex Hutchins</div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Growing up in America is not as easy as
living in America once one is fully grown and fairly cognizant of
life around them, at least in the general vicinity of where they are
currently living, even though they may not be too aware of life
around them outside of where they are living as one is a matter of
survival and one is not.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><br /></span>
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<span style="color: #073763;">And, those that grow up in urban areas,
I am told, have it worse (and, this is more than just a perception)
than those who grow up in rural areas, but, if the truth be known,
life in America is available in all locations, even though some may
seem or feel or be perceived as better than others.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><br /></span>
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<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;">Life lives inside us... we do not
live inside life, no matter how bad we want to live there, it just
does not work in any kind of reverse way. And, when we die, life no
longer lives inside us at least in any kind of conventional way... as
best we know these days... although, knowledge is changing and
becoming more aware of itself everyday.</span></div>
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</span>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><br /></span>
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<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<span style="color: #073763;">America has recently, taken a direction
(good or bad) where being politically correct is the “order of the
day,” so as no to offend anyone's sensibilities with words... as,
using words in that manner, could in fact, lead to violence.</span></div>
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</span>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><br /></span>
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<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<span style="color: #073763;">However, with what we have seen and
perhaps witness lately, being politically correct has no impact on
violence at all and may, in fact encourage it, because we are being
dishonest with ourselves and others by talking that way, especially
when we do not mean it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><br /></span>
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</span>
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<span style="color: #073763;">And, therein lies our problem...
saying, what we do not mean or feel in such a way that people who
hear it think or perceive that we are being honest with them.</span></div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><br /></span>
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<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;">And, we all know that honesty is
overrated here in America.</span></div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><br /></span>
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<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<span style="color: #073763;">WE PLEASE TO APPEASE</span></div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><br /></span>
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</span>
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<span style="color: #073763;">And, some are better at it than others
in straddling the fence of honesty... and, unfortunately, this is
not a behavior just of politicians or of the wealthy and somewhat
well-to-do, but it is not commonplace in most of our urban as well in
most of our rural areas of this country.</span></div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;">Most people know that it is all
bullshit anyway, but tolerate it because it happens so often.</span></div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><br /></span>
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<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<span style="color: #073763;">But, the really sad thing that is going
on within the minds of my fellow countrymen and women is the fact
that most of us believe that one day, we will have equality in all
areas of our society, simply because of the pleasing appeasing aspect
of our new personalities.</span></div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Nothing could be farther from the
truth.</span></div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<span style="color: #073763;">There will be no:</span></div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<ul>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;">racial equality</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;">gender equality</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;">income equality</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;">age equality</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;">knowledge equality</span></div>
</li>
</ul>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;">here within the territorial boundaries
of the USA and those territories that operate under her protection.</span></div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;">According to the economics of our
country, it just cannot happen, even though it is still possible for
some to become more equal than others.</span></div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<ul>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;">Equality creates commonplace.</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;">Equality creates apathy</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;">Equality produces very little
greed</span></div>
</li>
</ul>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;">Inequality creates the anger to push
ahead, striving for that which you will never achieve because of
either who you are or where you were born; and, while this may seem
to be a little cruel, it is nonetheless true.</span></div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;">For example, recent rhetoric says that
our government is going to have a war on:</span></div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
<br />
<ul>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;">racism</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;">drugs</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;">pornography</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;">terrorism</span></div>
</li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;">obesity</span></div>
</li>
</ul>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;">Well, this rhetoric was articulated in
the 1960's and again in the 1970's, some 50 years ago, and one would
think that after 50 years, there would have been some progress made,
but in reality, very little has been accomplished; in fact, there has
actually been very little change taking place in this country during
the last 50 years.</span></div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;">This fact, leaves one to conclude that
no progress was ever intended to be made... just a pleasing
appeasing attitude.</span></div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;">Do you not think, realize, and
understand that we have sufficient cooperation, knowledge and
determination among the people in this country that if we really
wanted to actually win any of those wars that we would have done so
already?</span></div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;">And, the mere fact that none of these
wars have actually been won yet, means that we never really intended
to win any of these wars in the first place... that, all we intended
to do from the outset is be pleasing and appeasing.</span></div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;">America was FOOLED into thinking
otherwise.</span></div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
<br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">So, how does that make you feel?</span></div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
<br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;">Now, these were not lies that our
leaders were telling us... not at all... these were things that
were real and meaningful, they just never had any intention of
accomplishing them once the government funding base came through and
they were line items on the accounting books.</span></div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;">In America, everyone always has a
HIDDEN AGENDA.</span></div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;">Americans, because of their upbringing,
are so easily fooled... because they are easily led to believe
whatever it is that their parents and others want them to believe...
and, no one challenges anything anymore like they did when I was
growing up here in America. Our philosophy was just because an adult
said it does not mean it has to be believed nor that it is actually
truthful. Now, this may be a sad way to be raised, but it opened my
eyes a lot wider than the eyes of today's youth are opened.</span></div>
<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><br /></span>
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<span style="color: #073763;">
</span>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><i><b>The truth of and about America
has been and will always continue to be hidden in her lies...</b></i></span></div>
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But, don't get me wrong here, America is not the first country in the
world to act like this... unfortunately, this is the way that all
countries act and will continue to act until our world has been
destroyed by us hundreds of years into our future.</span></div>
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Lies keep us safe</span></div>
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Lies keep us safer than truth</span></div>
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Birthrates dictate eventual control</span></div>
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Vices keeps people averted from the truth
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The general public can only ever be appeased</span></div>
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Democracy must be highly regulated and tightly controlled</span></div>
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The general public needs to believe that they can acquire the carrot</span></div>
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The masses can never be trusted to be anything more than
self-interested</span></div>
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The general public out number the leaders (but the military balances
the scales)</span></div>
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Knowledge leads to too much awareness and understanding of right,
wrong, and truth</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Why are these 10 points never taught or explained in our public
school system?</span></div>
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What do we not want the general public to really know about its
country and its leaders?</span></div>
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