[hivemind] to die another day!

[8XXX{0}====>]

Hey Sword. What's the essay about?

the prompt is so:

"Progressivism differed from the New Deal in that the former emphasized social and politcal reform while the latter emphasized economic reform."

Assess the validity of the above generalization.

I took this stance:

Progressivism was really about farmers having economic troubles b/c they were getting zapped by RR trusts who could charge outragious prices to ship goods, and by the fact that industrialization let them produce far more than what was actually in demand. On the surface, they focused on political and social issues, but underneith, they did that because the politcal changes they made (direct election of senators, secret ballots, etc) facilitated the economic changes they wanted.

The New Deal was all about FDR trying every idea he could to fix the economy, and then funding the ones that held water. What ended up working were programs that not only effected the economy in a positive way, but also improved the morale of the american citizens, such as the Tenessee Valley Athority, which gave people thier livelyhood back by giving them jobs, and which spawned a renewed feeling of pride in America, along with building a whole bunch of dams to power the south.

 

[UnDfind]

Well well well, there it is! 2028!

 

[Steve Jung]

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The New Deal was all about FDR trying every idea he could to fix the economy, and then funding the ones that held water. What ended up working were programs that not only effected the economy in a positive way, but also improved the morale of the american citizens, such as the Tenessee Valley Athority, which gave people thier livelyhood back by giving them jobs, and which spawned a renewed feeling of pride in America, along with building a whole bunch of dams to power the south.

Sounds good. Don't forget about the WPA.

 

[8XXX{0}====>]

I was just thinking about them. Mmm... WPA funded dances...

 

[megamania]

Hi Hive!

Mega, I take exception to your analysis of Dragonball Z. The violence in the show may be over the top, but most animated children's shows for young males focus on combat to some degree. Admittedly DBZ isn't for your eight-year old, but teens and preteens are perfect for it. Also, the story is in-depth and very intruiging. Saying it has none is only admitting that you either haven't watched it or haven't given it a chance.

Haven't seen but five episodes over a month's time but it seems like it is all major baddie "gains" new gawd-like power. Fights five characters at once. No one can even touch him. Then "weakest" one suddenly powers up and Hulk Hogan's his butt. Perhaps I am wrong, but that is what I have seen.

 

[UnDfind]

Skade, I like the equivalent classes!

Going back to the beginning to finish the intro and read the story Looks cool.

 

[8XXX{0}====>]

I've watched it a few times, and it always seem to me that most episodes begin with the characters in the exact same position they were in the episode before. It seemed like a lot of the time episodes were just filler in between decisionpoints. Lots of shows are like this, but i found it especially true for DBZ.

 

[Alzrius]

Haven't seen but five episodes over a month's time but it seems like it is all major baddie "gains" new gawd-like power. Fights five characters at once. No one can even touch him. Then "weakest" one suddenly powers up and Hulk Hogan's his butt. Perhaps I am wrong, but that is what I have seen.

You may have seen, but you didn't observe. I'll never understand how so many gamers can miss the epic feel to that anime. Here we have several heroes with great powers themselves, and then a new evil arises that's stronger than all of them put together...they fight valiently, but just can't seem to win. Then, suddenly, one of them manages to gain more power at a critical juncture, allowing a sliver of hope as he battles the foe on equal terms. It's practically the definition of "epic" all the more so because so much time is devoted to it. The way you boiled it down is like saying D&D is "a bunch of guys go into a dungeon and kill stuff for a while" and that you shouldn't let your kid see that because its too violent.

 

[Alzrius]

I've watched it a few times, and it always seem to me that most episodes begin with the characters in the exact same position they were in the episode before. It seemed like a lot of the time episodes were just filler in between decisionpoints. Lots of shows are like this, but i found it especially true for DBZ.

Admittedly, a lot of the shows were about stuff that wasn't there in the manga, thus unnecessarily extending time, but those just help to build up the tension for those cliffhanger battles. And besides, you can't have every episode be a major decision point.

 

[UnDfind]

DBZ is cool, but they kinda went overboard on the Freiza stuff. I mean they had an entire season that was just one battle! That's a 24 episode battle!

I like Dragonball, and DBGT better, but I understand where you're coming from w/ the epic feel of DBZ