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@Stephen
Seems utterly silly and pointless for you to be distracted by this kind of thing when you have things like nuclear war which you should be focusing on.
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@Stephen
Seems utterly silly and pointless for you to be distracted by this kind of thing when you have things like nuclear war which you should be focusing on.
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@Stephen
Seems utterly silly and pointless for you to be distracted by this kind of thing when you have things like nuclear war which you should be focusing on.
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@Stephen
Of just one the many problems Wee Krankei has at the moment is the little problem of Trident that she has all of a sudden gone quite on. Well she would considering that a nuclear war may be on the horizon.
Seems utterly silly and pointless for you to be distracted by some politician saying murder is bad when you have things like that which you should be focusing on.
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@Stephen
What "more pressing matters" are you referencing, anyway?
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@Stephen
"murder is bad"!You may have something there.
I understand you find it a controversial statement. But anyway, yes, it seems there are no more pressing issues for Stephen than looking through newspaper articles for quotes of people saying things Stephen disagrees with.
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@Stephen
So it appears that there aren't more pressing and immediate problems for a first minister of a country to be concerned about when the last Witch murdered in that part of Britain was over some 350 years ago.
Either there are not more pressing issues like you say
OR
There are more pressing issues but taking 10 seconds out of your day to say "murder is bad" (apparently a controversial statement somehow) does nothing to detract from those other issues.
It is one of the two, certainly.
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democracy is the reason why America suffers under bad leadership.
What system would cause the U.S. to no longer suffer under bad leadership?
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@sadolite
The article you showed in post 25 says:
A reporter from the Expose[11] points out that while the world has been distracted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the U.K. government quietly released a report that confirmed 9 in every 10 deaths from COVID-19 in England were in people who were fully vaccinated.
They have a little citation number [11] there but... don't actually cite anything. Scroll down to the bottom and there is just nothing, like they think their readers are stupid sheep that will just lick up anything they give them (I don't think that, but this shows that they think that). Could you show us the report mentioned above so that we can rest assured in the knowledge that your source isn't pulling a PIDOOMA on us?
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@Lemming
I don't agree that it shows the 'truth.
It's a series of paths that show multiple potential thought processes, what part of it was not true?
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@Lemming
The weird thing is though, that there is actually one example in history that I can think of (literally just one example though so not a great argument) of a trade between two countries being objectively bad for one of those countries, yet you haven't actually mentioned that one yet.
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@Lemming
Home garden is a reasonable addition to homes that have the capability for such
The average person needs over 2.5 acres worth of farmland to produce sufficient food to live, and gardens are significantly less calorie efficient than large farms so each household would need about a 20 acre garden just to scrape by in poverty on that plan, and people in poverty don't generally own 20 acre plots of land.
Legit question... are you related to alec/underdog?
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@Lemming
I'd have been fine with the leather shirts though.
Those still exist, just more expensive than cotton. Go buy some if you want.
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@Lemming
What will the leather shirt makers in Londen do, now that another country has taken their job?
Make shirts out of cotton.
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@Lemming
@oromagi
@Dr.Franklin
@badger
On a totally unrelated note, you guys wanna play some Settlers of Catan?
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@Lemming
The stop trading only hurts, 'because we started trading.
Um... No? I'll use your own example in case you don't trust something I come up with on my own. Britian started importing cotton.
If I live in Britian and I can buy 10 cotton shirts from Atlanta for $10 instead of buying 10 leather shirts from London for $50 that means I have an extra $40 to make my life better with.
In your own example trade made goods cheaper and therefore made people's lives better.
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@Lemming
To avoid reliance on other countries.That they can't threaten sanctions,
The fact that you are admitting "other countries not trading with us would hurt us" is basically you admitting "other countries trading with us helps us" so I feel like you already know why trade is generally beneficial and don't need it explained.
If this reasonable assumption of mine is wrong and you do actually need it explained let me know and I will do so.
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@Benjamin
A better system should be possible,
What is the better system?
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@Lemming
So even if cotton can't be grown, 'other materials might be valid options.And cotton becomes luxury item.
Why though? I am genuinely confused.
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@Lemming
What did people wear before cotton?
Other more expensive non-cotton materials, I assume.
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@Lemming
I agree with the idea of scarce resources of certain types, at times, encouraging trade,But it seems a mistake, to tie one's job market to other countries, without a fallback. (IE Cotton Job Loss)
Cotton needs to be imported (i.e. traded for) if you can't grow it which, fun fact, a lot of places can't.
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@Benjamin
Again, I am not against accountability, division of power or term limits.
They need not be authoritarian or unelected
So... Democracy, then.
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Autocracy and authoritarianism are not synonymous with tyranny. Tyranny is a state that proponents of both egalitarian and authoritarian forms of government generally wish to avoid. There is an obvious reason, however, that authoritarianism and tyranny are correlated, and I think that correlation is more complex than "power corrupts".
Proponents of less democratic forms of government think of rulers like Julius Caesar, Rome's last dictator. Or they think of his adopted son and successor Augustus, Rome's first Emperor. They ignore the inconvenient truths that are Caligula or Nero. Both Caesar and Augustus clearly brought the Roman state down a more authoritarian path and yet both did a lot of good for the people, at least during their lifetimes. And yet that is part of the problem. The fact that no rulers lifetime is infinite, and that includes good rulers.
When the ruler of an autocratic state dies they need to be replaced. If they are one of the minority of autocrats that is a good ruler that does not guarantee that their successor will be. However, the mere fact that they lead an authoritarian regime does by itself guarantee that their successor will have vast power over the state and society as a whole.
I mentioned Rome's first emperor. A good ruler by many accounts, so their centralization of authority may not have seemed like a bad thing. Whether it was good or bad in his own time however, what it objectively did do was establish a precedent. Turning the republic into an empire meant that there then had to be an emperor.
So when the first dies there must be a second, and so we got Tiberius. And the reason Tiberius was allowed to be so bad was because the precedent had been set by the centralization of power by previous rulers. And when the second dies there must be a third, and so we got Caligula. And the reason Caligula was so bad was because the precedent had been set by the centralization of power by previous rulers.
A tyrant in a docracy can be voted out. A tyrant in an autocratic society is more complicated to deal with.
You say that societal divisions between people that disagree with each other only exist because of democracy. If I was feeling charitable I would say that this claim is simply wrong, but instead I am feeling honest and therefore feel obligated to point out that in addition to being wrong this sentiment is also laughable and childish.
Your very first sentence is "_________ doesn't guarantee our leaders have good character". You choose to fill in that blank with the word 'democracy' without acknowledging that this statement is equally true no matter how you fill in the blank. If I was feeling charitable I would say this was short-sighted, but instead I am feeling honest and therefore feel obligated to point out that in addition to being short-sighted this sentiment is absurd and idiotic
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@jaishawnemmette4
You ignorant .. are dying and think of saving the world, but what about yourselves?
Tell me how to unlock the vampire powers you spoke of earlier, else I have no use for you.
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@sadolite
I and the report did not say any such thing. It said "9 out 0f 10 people "who die of covid are vaccinated. "
The article you showed in post 25 says:
A reporter from the Expose[11] points out that while the world has been distracted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the U.K. government quietly released a report that confirmed 9 in every 10 deaths from COVID-19 in England were in people who were fully vaccinated.
I wasn't able to find any such report myself but that is probably because I am at work and only have a few minutes to google around for it on my break. When I scrolled down to the bottom of the page to look for the citations on the article you show it doesn't show any whatsoever despite having citation markers (such as the "[11]" shown in the above quote) but that might be because I was using the mobile version.
Could you show us the report mentioned above so that we rest assured in the knowledge that your source isn't pulling a PIDOOMA on us?
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So hard to take you seriously sometimes with the "everyone I hate is Hitler" approach to things.I am not sure when I have ever said that, even once.
He might have been confusing you with Putin. Pointing at an enemy and drooling out "DATS A HITLER" in the most senile and paranoid way possible has pretty much become his signature move.
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Imagine if, hypothetically, the only evidence for the Loch Ness monster was that a few people in a very specific situation saw it despite the fact that many others in that same situation didn't. If that was the case everyone would think Nessie was just a big joke.
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@cristo71
It was as if the press felt betrayed.
Please help me understand... why would a feeling of betrayal be required for someone to say they disagree with something that they disagree with?
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@oromagi
Fauxlaw would have you beat there.
Last online 3 months ago. Might not be considered active at this point.
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80% of the time the keys are under the living room couch and the remote is under the bed. No, I didn't mix up my words. No, I don't have a TV in my bedroom. Don't ask me how it works. Some of life's mysteries will forever remain mysteries.
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I feel like a fun game would be to pick two outlandish statements that underdog has said then add a third equally outlandish statement that he hasn't ever said and have people guess which one was made up. I'll go first, two of these are underdog quotes and one of them I just made up to sound like him:
1) Slaves actually didn't have it so bad because at least they didn't have to pay taxes
2) The U.S. government should relocate 2 million of its citizens from the mainland to Puerto Rico and vice versa.
3) Taxing people based on income is punishing them for having more money.
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Putin is bringing back the glory days of the Soviet Union, this time with lines at the bank instead of bread lines.
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@whiteflame
What is the correct course of action in your estimation?
To bitch about whatever Biden does because of bitterness from him beating Trump in the election.
My doctor calls it BDS.
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@oromagi
250 is on the slightly high side of correct.
The exact figure from 2021 was between 245mil and 246mil, I rounded generously.
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@RationalMadman
And what happens in Russia for you to be supporting it in this war?
Calling the 'special military operation' a war like you just did could get you up to a 15 year sentence.
Stay out of Russia.
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600 mil/day = 250 mil/year. Same thing, right? lmao. Feelings don't care about facts.
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War is good for business, unless you are in the business of making money.
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People keep arguing back and forth about whether some administration or other would make Putin more or less likely to do the murder stuff in Ukraine. Let's approach this subject with a facts-over-feelings approach, starting by listing all the things that Putin would want from a U.S. president. Putin's perfect president:
1) Would try to limit aid to Ukraine (you know, since Ukraine is the country he is invading).
2) Would praise Putin and downplay anything bad he did (you know, since someone saying you are good is good for you).
3) Would want NATO's strongest member to withdraw from NATO (you know, since Putin keeps saying the voluntary defensive alliance NATO is bad).
4) Would try to limit sanctions on Russia as much as possible (you know, since sanctions on Russia are bad for Putin).
I am not saying these are good or bad things, I am not saying these describe anyone in particular. I am just saying that objectively speaking you have to realize that Putin would take these as green lights for invasion, IF he was taking into account "hmm, what does that country on the other side of the world think?"
Anything else I am missing from the list?
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@Incel-chud
I wonder why Putin would want to stop the Ukraine from putting Nukes of hostile powers just outside of his border.
Still wondering the same thing myself. What do you think?
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@ILikePie5
Why should Americans suffer through higher gas prices
Yes, serious issue. We need to be more like countries with great, big, strong leadership where inflation and commodity prices are under control... like... Russia?
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I've seen studies that say banking is way more energy intensive.
You have me interested now, care to share?
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