Comments on: Independence and Freedom http://www.rabe.org/independence-and-freedom/ Sharing ideas and provocations on living single while happy. Reflecting on the social psychology of stereotypes and other cultural phenomena. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:46:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rachel http://www.rabe.org/independence-and-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-3176 Rachel Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:56:26 +0000 http://www.rabe.org/?p=1098#comment-3176 And the irony is, as Roger Housden pointed out in <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/1458021/book/33515153" rel="nofollow">his book</a>, as Americans our standard of living isn't <i>that</i> much better than say the French's. We don't get a lot more money for the long hours and the little vacation time - we do get a lot worse health... And the irony is, as Roger Housden pointed out in his book, as Americans our standard of living isn’t that much better than say the French’s. We don’t get a lot more money for the long hours and the little vacation time – we do get a lot worse health…

]]> By: Singletude http://www.rabe.org/independence-and-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-3171 Singletude Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:56:42 +0000 http://www.rabe.org/?p=1098#comment-3171 What an excellent post! I completely agree. What amazes me is that more people don't. I just don't understand why so many Americans don't seem to want what's best for them. Is it fear that it can't work? A greedy desire to make it to the top themselves and crush others? Or is it just a lack of understanding of how economic systems work? A lot of Americans are brainwashed from birth about what America <i>should</i> be and blindly accept that laissez-faire capitalism is practically ordained by a higher power. What an excellent post! I completely agree. What amazes me is that more people don’t. I just don’t understand why so many Americans don’t seem to want what’s best for them. Is it fear that it can’t work? A greedy desire to make it to the top themselves and crush others? Or is it just a lack of understanding of how economic systems work? A lot of Americans are brainwashed from birth about what America should be and blindly accept that laissez-faire capitalism is practically ordained by a higher power.

]]> By: William http://www.rabe.org/independence-and-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-3158 William Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:09:08 +0000 http://www.rabe.org/?p=1098#comment-3158 "Freedom is free from the need to be free...." Funkadelic Could not possibly agree more with the content of this honest and insightful article. Thank you for being brave enough to tell the truth...Truth always tends to set you free.... Good luck to you on your journey... In support, William “Freedom is free from the need to be free….” Funkadelic

Could not possibly agree more with the content of this honest and insightful article. Thank you for being brave enough to tell the truth…Truth always tends to set you free….
Good luck to you on your journey…

In support,
William

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