Stan de SD wrote:

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(following courtesy of Jim Alder:)

In 2003 a sociologist from Rutgers University named Ted Goertzel
wrote a paper in which he offered some insight into the psyche
of the left. Interesting reading:

In the 1970s, Stanley Rothman and Robert Lichter
administered Thematic Apperception Tests to a large sample of
"new left" radicals (Roots of Radicalism, 1982). They found that
activists were characterized by weakened self-esteem, injured
narcissism and paranoid tendencies. They were preoccupied with
power and attracted to radical ideologies that offered clear and
unambiguous answers to their questions. . . .

The unwillingness to offer alternatives reveals a lack of
self-confidence and self-esteem. If they offered their own
policy ideas they would be vulnerable to criticism. They would
run the risk that their ideas would fail, or would not seem
persuasive to others. This is especially difficult for anti-
capitalists after the fall of the Soviet Union. It has also been
difficult in the war against terrorism because Saddam Hussein
and Osama bin Laden are such unsympathetic figures.
Psychologically, it is easier to blame America for not finding a
solution than it is to put one's own ideas on the line.
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Hey isn't sociology one of those bogus, lefty, 'soft' fields existing
solely for the expansion of various states of victimology?

Unless you find a piece which underscores your own bias eh Stan?

"Liberals have invented whole college majors--psychology, sociology,
women's
studies--to prove nothing is anybody's fault." - PJ O'Rourke

You've used this footer before Stan.

Stan de SD wrote:

The biggest issue on France labor laws is the fact that they does not
condition the receiving of unemployment benefits by continuation of
education. I mean if the guy is payed to stay home, you can ask him to
get a new degree into a field he can chose from a list gov. believe it

going

to be in demand in the future. Then, have them employed as soon as new
opportunity arise in his field.

That makes no sense, either from a logical or grammatical standpoint.

I know. Education does not make sense for right wingers.

Except for this, French labor laws are way better than everything US
have.

The French unemployment rate is far higher than the US rate (10% vs.
4-5%), and the rate for youth is even higher. What good do labor laws do
when you are unemployed?

In US an unemployed is just erased from statistics if he does not find a

in 13 weeks insurance period.

Also a math graduate working as poop scooper (because his job was

is recorded as an employed poop scooper and not as an unemployed

You can not compare the unemployment in US with EU since you measure with
different scales. 1 inch is not smaller than 2 centimeters despite the

that 1 is smaller than 2. Can you understand that ?

We are going to see this in short time due to globalization. EU will

wit it. US economy may collapse due to globalization if we do not apply
reforms "a-la Francaise" soon enough.

And your assessment is based on what? Sources? Cites?

Polarization in society is harmfull for the economy.

PARIS (Reuters) - France braced for mass protests on Saturday against a new
employment law as unions said more than 1 million people would march to
increase pressure on the government to repeal the measure.

Opposition to the new contract has provoked a serious crisis for the
government of Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin as it has mobilized
students, the left-wing opposition and unions.

In a bid to further increase pressure, a key union leader said the march
could be followed by a general strike.

"If they don't listen to us we are going to have to think about moving to a
general strike across the whole country," said Bernard Thibault, head of the
Confederation of General Workers union, one of France's largest.

"I'm optimistic ... that the government will finally take notice of the
situation they've created for themselves," he said on France 3 television,
adding the march would top the March 7 rallies when unions said 1 million
people took to the streets.

Villepin says his First Job Contract will help young people find jobs,
crucial because youth unemployment is more than double the national average
and rises to 50 percent in some poor suburbs where it was a factor behind
riots in November.

But the law allows employers to dismiss people under 26 at any time during a
2-year trial period and that would destroy job security, critics say.

"I would say 'no' (to a job offered under the law) because I would have no
security for two years," Jerome Desprol, 24, told Reuters.