Why are the liberal and conservative stereotypes contradicting?
Because they are not trying to be descriptive, they are trying to be insulting.
Why are there more educated liberals than conservatives?
I too am educated and didn't just read this off some link, this is from my head. My college proffesors, even the conservative ones said that this is true! The political science books say that this is true. Most history books say that this is true. Most of my proffesors and classmates were liberal. In general you could have found most of the conservative proffesors in the business Dept.
Liberalism? Conservative? What do these really mean?
Wow...good job! Pretty much sums it up and yeah...prepare to be attacked with namecalling. I'm sure they are on their way!
How long is it before we really become just like an idiocracy America?
The political pendulum has already swung as far left as possible. It will begin to swing back toward sanity in Nov 2010 (midterm elections). On the other hand, half of all Americans don't have their heads screwed on straight, as evidenced by the last election. These idiots are not just going to go away. Once they realize their ambitions for a sanity-free America has been foiled by 51% of the voters, they will find new ways to mess things up. So, if they can't do it politically, what avenues are open to them? Well, they could quietly infiltrate media, education, Hollywood, and start working their way into positions of power and authority so they could spread their evil venom. Oh, wait, they already did that since the 60s. OK, they could get themselves appointed to positions in the Judicial Branch and legislate wackiness from the Bench. Oh, wait, they already did that too. OK, I've got it. They could engineer the tax structure so that mothers had to get jobs and leave their kids in day care to be indoctrinated and break the child/parent bond, and then make laws so they had to go to government schools to be indoctrinated, and then let millions of illegal aliens in to take low-skill jobs so our teenagers will have to either stay in school forever or hang out on the street corner unemployed. Oh. Never mind. OK, this is what they will do. They will flood the streets with cheap drugs. this attacks the middle class by making all the kids stupid and likely to adopt all sorts of low-class practices like having their pants down around their knees, getting tattoos and piercings and listening to brain-rotting so-called "music" which tears at the very fabric of civilization. And these cheap drugs land the lower classes in prison, because that's where all the cops are, in the 'hood. Oh, wait, they already did that too. OK, my final answer is 10 years. Assuming civilization doesn't collapse before that and we resort to cannibalism.
Nancy Pelosi personally favors lowering the voting age in the US to 16. Is that a wise idea?
Hell fucking no.At 16, I was a cringy sophomore who barely understood politics. I didn't care for Obama and supported Trump ironically. The sentiment from my peers was generally unaware and not caring of the then-current 2016 race. The few people who were interested weren't vocal.At 16 I was laughing at Harambe memes, was immature, gawky looking and had no idea what my place was in the world or what it was going to be.Now I'm 18, and I do understand politics. My current field of interest is politics (with a minor in history as a teacher, or vice versa). My politicial lining has shifted a lot since January 2017, and it only happened for one reason. I used to vividly support Trump until my devotion faded and I saw him for what I believe he is; a psychopath and a conman. Now I'm rooting for Andrew Yang in 2020. And why am I doing that?Because I grew up.If anything, the voting age should be raised a year. Maybe. Not sure what my thoughts are on that.I have no clue why Pelosi thinks it's a good idea to make it so low. Maybe she thinks it could win more Democrat votes?
What would it take to overhaul the U.S.A.'s education system to the point that all kids are taught actual life skills (entrepreneurship, financial literacy, leadership for example), instead of "get good grades", "go to college" and "get a good job"?
It would take something akin to a tectonic shift for this to happen. These are all the things that would need to change.The government would first need to exit the education business.Education would then become privatized and the responsibility of the parents.Then, education should be Uber-ized. If you have ever used Uber or Lyft you know how the app works and get the idea. You’d find (near your home)an algebra teacher or someone to teach financial literacy using the app. You design your child’s education.Using vouchers parents can find group learning (like a shared Uber ride) or individual tutoring - and there will be plenty of good teachers looking for paid work to do this.The enourmous buildings and fleets of buses can be sold or repurposed. Given the terrifying statistics on the exponential growth of dementia, care centers for the elderly seems like a good idea.Testing should be 100% optional. Universities should all dump the SAT and ACT and should instead develop their own proprietary tests for which a student cannot study or prep. This would remove most of the fake ways that kids get in to college. It would legitimize the entire process. It would reduce the number of applicants, enable a college to get the kids who truly want to be there.Once parents accept the burden of finding the kind of education they seek for their kids, empowered by technology and supported by vouchers, then they can walk away from the mass-produced, government and union-run conditioning centers. Then they can design a superb learning life which will prepare their children for the future.