Sentences with phrase «about maintaining the status quo»

«It's not about maintaining the status quo,» she says.

Some of this is about maintaining the status quo in an uncertain world.

GamerGate doesn't want things to grow, no, this is about maintaining the status quo.

This threatens the status quo — or people think it does — and much education in the United States is about maintaining the status quo.

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There's nothing new about a Democratic presidential nominee seeking to close the loophole (Barack Obama campaigned on this in both 2008 and 2012), but Trump's endorsement puts industry lobbying groups in an unfamiliar position of having to persuade both parties to maintain the status quo.

Whereas the previous Fed Chairs might have been more inclined to worry about rocketing financial asset prices and increase the pace of tightening in this environment, Powell will maintain status quo even in this scenario.

Of course it would be silly to suggest that winning any game, cup or otherwise, isn't good for the club, but let's remember just how problematic FA Cup success has been for this club... I'm certainly not going to suggest I didn't enjoy seeing Arsenal win, I'm a fan of this club first and foremost, but how bad are things when you find yourself secretly wishing that your own team lost so that just maybe real change would finally come... I resent this team for even making me feel such thoughts and it's going to take a lot of effort on their part to earn my trust again... this club has treated the fans so poorly that it has created an incredibly fragile and toxic environment, so much so that a «what have you done for me lately» mentality has emerged... fans rise and fall depending on the results of each game because we don't have faith in those in charge to make the necessary changes to personnel and tactics... each time we win many fans attack any dissenting voices and make unrealistic claims about the players, the manager and the potential for unprecedented success... every time we lose the boo - birds run rampant, calling for heads to roll and predicting the worst... regardless of what side you fall on, it's not your fault, both sides are simply overcompensating for the horrible state of affairs that have been percolating for several years... it's hard to take the long view when those in charge have lied incessantly and refuse to take any responsibilities for their own actions... in the end, we are trapped by the same catch - 22 that ManU faced upon Fergie's exit... less fearful of maintaining the status quo than facing the unknown, which was validated, wrongly or rightly, by witnessing the difficulties they have faced during this transitory period... to be honest, the thing that scares me most is that this team has never prepared whatsoever for this eventuality, which considering our frugal nature and the way we have shunned many of our most revered former players is more than a little disconcerting

So called FFP aims to maintain the status quo and do nothing about massive debts while blocking real investment.

David was also the producer of «An Inconvenient Truth,» and just as that film served as a wake - up call for climate change, «Fed Up» hopes to similarly educate the public about the serious flaws in our food system and how the food and beverage industries have a vested interest in maintaining a status quo that puts profits over our collective health — and often with the assistance of the federal government.

The evening concluded with a sobering message about the unfortunate endurance of racial fissures in American politics: that advocates for maintaining the unequal status quo are at an advantage given the history of how the federal process was designed.

Brad Lander's performance wasn't just about Prospect Park, however, even though he clearly has a strong interest in maintaining the status quo regarding financing.

he said about the explanation that repealing WOTUS would maintain the status quo.

After he is blackmailed about his sexuality by a smart - alecky but sad - sack classmate (Logan Miller) who reads the private emails Simon has written to his mystery love, Simon will do anything to maintain the status quo in his life, his escalating cover - up lies unintentionally pitting his friends against each other and creating confusion and resentment among the group and, finally, toward him.

If you think about the mindset and attitudes prevalent in all levels of education, maintaining sets of learners at all levels meant that conformity and obedience to the status quo were the «marching orders» of the day.

While it is true that local and state governments are responsible for the looming disaster, the influential teachers unions have much to say about these policies and are leading the charge to maintain the unsustainable status quo.

Beth chooses to continue to learn about white privilege and how it serves to maintain the status quo of disequity in organizations and institutions.

Here are three reactions to my post about Machiavelli's view of the impediments to making big changes in societies — as in the asymmetrical nature of the battle to take the carbon out of energy systems in the face of both societal inertia and intensive efforts by entrenched interests to maintain the status quo.

If we assume that Heartland is a PR outfit, not interested in truth or science, but in maintaining the status quo out of ideological and financial motives, the consequences of AGW be damned, you'd have a moral obligation to tell the public about it.

Like other greenwashing campaigns, it's about using the iconography of sexy technology and down - home Americana to maintain the status quo.

I envisage that counsel for the appellant, seeking to fend off the argument and so maintain the status quo could easily justify a brief fee running into seven figures, something paradoxical in a case about high costs!

Some of these seem to be linked by a shared emotional basis: the «endowment effect» (overvaluation of what we already have), «status quo bias» (an emotional preference for maintaining the status quo), and «loss aversion» (the tendency to attribute much more weight to potential losses than potential gains when assessing risk) are all related to an innate conservatism about what we feel we have already invested in.

It's not a coincidence that it's mostly Android users who complain about the lack of removable batteries, micro SD slots and 3.5 mm headphone jacks because they are precisely the sort of people who want to maintain the status quo.