You cannot build a theory on one example. You cannot generalize on "the media". You cannot say that Fox News or Breitbart are not "media". You cannot conveniently point to one tiny alleged problem on one "side" while ignoring the blatant enormous flaws of the other "side".

Make America Great Again!

People talk and blabber, it's not always interesting or right or smart, get over it :)

Sure! And the wall street guys and pension fund managers rake in millions every year, because their jobs are worth it, right? They contribute so much to society! Maybe you're right in theory, but we don't live in theory. In reality, almost the only jobs paying well are bullshit jobs (if these jobs disappeared one morning, our world wouldn't stop turning...think managers, lawyers, traders...) and as for useful, high paying jobs you have doctors, because everybody is afraid of death, then it becomes harder to find really good examples. Without Mexican workers in agricultural fields you would starve (to exaggerate a little) but I don't think they're paid very well...

No it does not.

Let's agree to disagree then. I maintain that you did not understand the "The Rock Test". Maybe it's because you have a pre-made idea that feminists are there to get you cut your balls and whatnot. In any case the "Test" has failed in its purpose, since it's not a useful guide to you or people thinking similarly. What could be done to help people get along then?

I would have thought that the "Rock Test" was simple enough, but apparently no. If Dwayne Johnson comes up to you talking about his stilettos, answer as you see fit. If he comes to you talking about a proposal for the project, don't answer as if he talked about his stilettos.

...He's a snowflake. Trolling aside, apparently Damore was "wronged" our society, but let's not forget that women and minorities are ALSO wronged by our society, and in my opinion THIS problem is much larger scale/urgent/severe... BTW I tend to agree with his girlfriend "She maintains Damore was, for the most part, naive and wrong..." His mild autism should make him very cautious before opening up in a public setting. We need more simple tools like "The Rock Test" https://medium.com/@annevictor... to help people like him and "nerdy-nerds" participate fully in our society without offending/hurting others. Anyway good to see that the guy is not necessarily set on his views and apparently is listening...

You see my point too, I suppose. America (or rather the USA, because in "America" as a whole maybe it's Spanish the predominant language..) is a country built by immigrants, some voluntary some not (to say the least), some from 1000s of years ago that we call now "natives". I would think that most of these immigrants did not speak English when they came in what are now the USA, but more likely one of the languages that I mentioned... Anyway, it's just to pick a bone with you, and I agree that to live in a society (and a "country" is still a valid projection of "a society", at least in the western world) it's best if there is a lingua franca.

Why not spanish, or dutch, or irish, or cantonese, or wolof, or navajo, or yiddish, or... ?

ok pal

You mean like going to church every sunday?

What's the point of trolling as an AC? I would think it's frustrating, no?

Actually warlords are part of the problem, but you should also talk about the corrupt governments that aid the systematic economic raping of entire countries by multinationals and trade systems inherited from the colonial period. There are a lot of resources (minerals, land, human...) here but it is systematically squandered by soulless local politicians and soulless first-world businessmen. Behind them most of the people in power in the first world are satisfied with the status-quo, because if things change they know that the transfer of riches from africa to their countries would be less efficient and they would risk social unrest at home... When there are too much dying african children on TV they shed a tear, then move on and it's business as usual. Only one exaple, did you know that they still use leaded gas, the western petroleum companies sell this as "african quality" and are happy to make a dime with it...

One solution: regulate the activity, standardise metering equipment, licence the drivers, and control all this via a government-linked organization. Of course it will no be as cheap, but lots of problems are thus avoided/reduced. We could even call that "Taxis". By the way, I've never been to Lagos so maybe I'm talking out of my ass, but in the sub-saharian cities that I know, taxis are so cheap and plentiful that I don't see the point of having an Uber service at all. It usually takes about 30 seconds to find a taxi. Long-distance can be different but then that's not Uber's domain. And if you are a foreigner and want something more upscale than the 20 years old Toyota with worn tires and no brakes, there are usually good limo/driver services at the hotel.