Should Dabo have had his & team’s social & racial protest under the BLM banner?

protesters. It was later environmentalists. It was occupy Wall Street. It is now BLM. The one common theme from all the movements is Marxism and/or anti-capitalism. That is the "cause", and they will hijack or co-opt any disruptive social movement they can to attack capitalism. And to an extent, they have a point. Capitalism thrives on inequality, and awards more for more and punishes for less. Much the same way a football team thrives based on exploiting inequality. Players practice. Whoever is best, starts and plays the most. Whoever is best, then goes on to the NFL. But overall the answer is very clear, allowing the best to thrive, and each to thrive to the extent they can, in whatever they do, elevates the whole, overall. Equality has to be forced, and/or coerced. It is not a natural state. It's not survival and thriving of the fittest, but it creates, on the whole, a less productive society.

But capitalism has its problems too. A nation can get top heavy, where those who achieve exploit those who don't instead of elevating them. At some point, unchecked, both capitalists and Marxist nations will fall. And this is the beauty of our Constitution. It's also the beauty of Dabo Swinney. Although he rewards the best, he rotates more players than almost any other coach. He puts a walk-on on the field to make the greatest catch in Clemson history. He truly strives to make the best out of everyone, even though everyone isn't an equal football player, everyone can be their best if given the opportunity. In anything in life really. I honestly think the difference with Dabo is two things. First, the character of who we recruit. Second, how he uses the lesser talent on the team to beat teams with superior talent. If that person making $10/hr flipping burgers can never become CEO of the company, the company doesn't have a chance. Also, if the company doesn't elevate those who should be elevated, they won't survive. So even capitalism doesn't truly work if it operates unchecked.

The US is top-heavy now in capitalism. It has run unchecked. The pandemic has just amplified problems we've had for decades. It's because we've not had a Dabo Swinney in the White House for a very, very long time. Our political system mirrors our finances. It's top heavy as well. It doesn't elevate the lesser leaders, and rewards the most powerful with tenure and seniority in running the legislature. Over time you get a broken system, and not the one envisioned by our founders, but one they feared and tried mightily to avoid.

Just my perspective.

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I take issue with some of your points.

Jun 24, 2020, 2:30 PM [ in reply to At one point in time it was the hippies. The anti-war ]

"If that person making $10/hr flipping burgers can never become CEO of the company, the company doesn't have a chance."

This is demonstrably false. I offer as proof, virtually every successful fast food chain in the history of the world. I THINK what you are saying that the guy flipping burgers should have a venue for advancement...a management training program, for example. That does seem prudent. But what you actually wrote is a pet peeve of mine, because I hear the mindset often these days, and it is absolute poison. "Look at that guy in his mansion...the system won't let me get what he has...why even try?" Garbage. The answer, of course, is that you don't try so you can live in the mansion. You try so you can live in the better neighborhood, or so your kid can go to a better school, or any school. You try so you advance your position in life.

"Also, if the company doesn't elevate those who should be elevated, they won't survive. So even capitalism doesn't truly work if it operates unchecked."

These sentences are virtually contradictory. Yes, if you don't invest in the people who deserve your investment, you'll not survive as a company. That IS capitalism. That IS the free market. You run your organization well, you survive. You don't...by not managing talent properly, and you're gone.

He puts a walk-on on the field to make the greatest catch in Clemson history.

Former walk-on second-year Scholarship player and starter. Dabo invests in his players throughout the season to have the deepest bench so that his total team is more prepared for the playoffs. But he had the most dependable guy on the field to make that play.

First, the character of who we recruit.

This aligns well to our national issues. It's a well-worn concept that a free republic succeeds or fails on the character of its citizens. If the citizens in general lack character, they exploit freedoms or demand restrictions toward their own aims. If citizens have character, they acknowledge that with freedoms come the occasional risk, or lack of comfort, or a decision not going their way, or ideas they don't like.

The US is top-heavy now in capitalism.

This is only a problem when envy makes it so. In my opinion, technology and globalization have lead to many ENORMOUS "haves" in the world. An idea, properly executed, can have worldwide impact immediately, to huge financial gain (like social media, or Amazon, etc). But I have no problem with Bezos or Zuckerburg being ultra wealthy. The question is whether or not the country as a whole continues to rise in quality of life, and it does. And this goes back to the question of character. We can either say "That's not fair, you have too much money" and start instituting wealth taxes like Sanders and Warren like...sapping the ultrawealthy of their ultrawealth. Or we acknowledge that they earned their money by coming up with something the world apparently demanded. Of course, then people like Buffet and Gates donate half their fortune to charities.

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I had this in my sig back in the day but the mods

I ALWAYS think of LBB doing this before

Re: I ALWAYS think of Tigermanac doing this before

That is close to the strangest thing I’ve seen on here***

On a scale of 1 to 17, how unacceptable is being gay?***

ive seen LbB's buttwhole

Is 1 least unacceptable or is 17 most unacceptable?***

Coot - You wold like Clemson to fire Dabo. Admit it!

Yes, if you aspire to Marxism***

Are you saying Dabo is coming out?***

At one point in time it was the hippies. The anti-war

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You think we're free now?

geez... "Capitalism thrives on inequality"... ###?

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I take issue with some of your points.

No biggee. At the moment, it is impossible to agree that

That is by design***

^ Yep..BLM is a symbol for what is true & is right BUT as an organization

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