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@Benjamin
to a spacefaring superpower in three decades, DESPITE all the internal problems and world wars, and while everything being executed in a flawed, inefficient manner due to bad leadership and logistical hurdles.That is called DEVELOPMENT, and it occured without capitalism.
It also happened at great cost to the standard of living of the average person. While average Americans were watching the space race on TV or listening on radio, Russians barely had enough to eat and only heard about the space race by word of mouth.
The Pyramids were constructed under the same centrally planned system as well. Many of the pyramid specialist workers were paid well at the cost of everyone else.
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Nobles and monarch were also individuals you know.
That's great, but centralized power has never made any civilization prosper as much as a decentralized and free capitalist society.
you don't have slaves or serfs but employees.
Ownership of people can happen under any system.
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@Benjamin
Capitalism means individuals own property rather than a noble or a monarch.
There is no time in history when the average person prospered under any monarch or cabal of nobles over being allowed the freedom to use his own property to the best potential.
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@TheUnderdog
stick to a hardcore conservative policy framework.
Lol, they only have to promise freedom from the current tyranny.
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@TheUnderdog
Virginia isn't the only Blue State Conservatives can win without the Orangeman.
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@Dr.Franklin
This was clearly Biden's "Basket of deplorables" moment.
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@3RU7AL
Lol, eat the rich.
Imagine being killed for wearing glasses because that meant you made more money than others.
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@TheUnderdog
Irresponsible women and irresponsible men go hand in hand in a society free from obligations.
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@TheUnderdog
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@Double_R
What they care about is irrelevant.
Really? So you don't think the Democrat party cares about helping people over their mad lust for power anymore?
The idea that we are better off turning to people who know what they're doing than trusting or own tuitions is your idea of an echo chamber.
No, it's the ideas of lazy individuals who support authoritarianism over individual responsibility.
81 million votes for the most credentialed president in all American history...
Biden is a walking meme about what happens when we trust authority and credentials.
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@Double_R
I mean no offense by saying this, but this is why Trump supporters are widely considered to be idiots.
Thanks for the demonization. Wonder what famous Authoritarian did that in history for the sake of power?
Deplorables can't just be ignored unless you want a civil war for the sake of intellectual boredom.
If you need an attorney, you hire someone who passed the bar exam.
Lol! You are the kind of person who would pick a court appointed attorney on credentials alone over one with no credentials and a perfect court record. There are many who live in a dream world of their own mental superiority.
All of this is common sense.
To people in an echo chamber, it is.
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@Double_R
this is the equivalent of what democrats have done.
It is. Both parties don't care about you. They care about power.
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The First Amendment is pretty clear. Here it is in its entirety: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
That’s it. The amendment speaks solely to governmental action that abridges free speech, not to societal actions or the actions of other individuals.
In Citizens United v. FEC, the Supreme Court made it plain that these protections extended to corporations as well: “The First Amendment does not allow political speech restrictions based on a speaker’s corporate identity.” In other words, corporations have the same free-speech rights as all Americans.
Again, that’s it. It doesn’t say that a state government can’t dissolve special jurisdictions or that the governor can’t be peeved at a company and look for ways to persuade them of the error of their ways.
The First Amendment doesn’t protect anyone from the vagaries of the political or social systems in which they reside. It simply precludes state and federal legislatures from abridging or preventing speech. The consequences of their speech still adhere to the speakers.
The First Amendment is not the only defense of free speech in the Constitution. The principal author of the Constitution, James Madison, believed that the mechanisms of the Constitution itself provided sufficient protection for civil liberty, and he was (correctly, as history has borne him out) concerned an enumeration of rights — like the Bill of Rights — eventually would evolve into limits on rights.
Madison was a sturdy advocate of free speech and absolute necessity of public debate and saw clearly that no law could bind a free society better than their own sensibilities and tolerances. In December 1791, he wrote: “Public opinion sets bounds to every government, and is the real sovereign in every free one.” It is the people, and only the people, who rule. For that rule to be wise and fully informed, the people have to be able to communicate with one another away from the tentacles of a grasping government.
The Constitution assumes, a priori, a public that is literate, engaged and free to participate in the development of public policies and laws and the creation of the underlying opinions and beliefs that form the foundation of those laws. It is, to borrow from John Adams, wholly unsuited for any other sort of people.
That communication, because it is about the most meaningful and the most essential issues of the day, is always going to be contentious. Consequently, it is incumbent on all citizens to be as tolerant of alternative viewpoints as possible, and when such tolerance is not possible, those with less popular viewpoints need to be brave enough and durable enough to withstand aggressive criticism.
At all times, it is important for everyone to remember that free speech is a gift from God and a natural consequence of the dignity and worth of all people. Moreover, it is an essential practicality in a society not ruled by monarchs. If people cannot participate in societal decision-making processes in a peaceful manner, they will eventually resort to violence.
In short, the alternative to free speech is not silence. The alternative is violence.
In many respects, the great generational challenge we face — reclaiming and reasserting the essential nature of our institutions, perhaps chiefly among them the Constitution — depends on our ability to protect and value free speech while understanding that governments have limits, both positive and negative.
Which brings us back to Disney. Disney’s First Amendment rights were not compromised by the Florida government. Nor have the First Amendment rights of those who have been banned from Twitter or Facebook or been attacked by an unruly online mob been abridged by Congress or any other jurisdiction of the United States.
The First Amendment does not guarantee you a spot on the evening news. It only guarantees that Congress (and, through the operation of the 14th Amendment, the states) can’t pass a law abridging your freedom of speech. Everything else is at the suffrage of your audiences.
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Have you prepped for the inevitable Civil War as Tim Pool, the ultra king extremist predicts?
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"This MAGA crowd is really the most extreme political organization that’s existed in American history."
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@3RU7AL
Since the Patriot Act, any FBI agent can label you a terrorist for any speech they do not like.
Even if you are just an angry parent upset with the authority of the teacher's union.
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Support Biden's private business, enlist now!
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@Double_R
We really haven't had free speech since the Patriot Act.
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@coal
What are your thoughts on Mayorkas claiming Nina Jankowicz is a renowned expert on misinformation?
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@Athias
He is funny because he is a comic genius who pretends to be clueless on stage. The exact opposite of todays comic pandering for clapter.
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Speaking of which, Trump brainfarted yesterday and endorsed the wrong candidate two days before the primary. Fortunately for his opponent, Trump does do self-correction.
It's hilarious that one person would embrace a mistaken endorsement from Trump whereas every Democrat candidate has refused to campaign with Biden!
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@FLRW
Entitlement spending totaled 49% of total federal expenditures in fiscal year 2020 and 2021.
Estimated U.S. military spending for the fiscal year 2022 is $754 billion.
Would be a lot lower if we were not fighting Biden's war protecting his business interests in Ukraine.
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@bmdrocks21
No it’s not. Military spending is just a fraction of what is spent on entitlement programs.
One month of entitlements could build a permanent wall.
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It's kind of funny that the Democrats have embraced the rich and their extravagant back slapping events like the Oscars and WH dinner.
Thankfully, they are only 30 percenters and will be calibrated Nov 2022 by people who have productive lives.
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@ILikePie5
Do you think the WH dinner should have included celebrities slapping each other?
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@ILikePie5
If America insists on fundamentally transforming into an Orwellian dystopia, My pick for the grand poobah of truth would by Trump supporter Gary Busey.
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And a special thanks to the 42% of you who actually applauded.I’m really excited to be here tonight with the only group of Americans with a lower approval rating than I have.
Maybe if there was some slapping going on, the event could be as popular as the Oscars.
Washington’s premier exercise in excess, bracketed by days of fancy, expensive, alcohol-filled parties held across the city late into the night, bringing members of the political class together with the comedic journalists who cover them and the occasional fixtures of Hollywood, Wall Street and other American institutions.
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But I give you my word as a Biden: I’ve never been more optimistic about America than I am today. I really mean it.
For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country.
-Some celebrity.
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and is no longer eligible to serve on a jury.
That's definitely worth casting a fraudulent ballot.
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@ILikePie5
How do you like Biden's new minister of truth?
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@zedvictor4
I could definitely pull off the crazy hyena laugh at the end.
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@ILikePie5
there's a cap on the gi bill, you can't just spend an unlimited amount.
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@n8nrgim
Mind you, Biden has deferred Loan payments as a part of the Covid emergency 6 times now with no court interference.
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@n8nrgim
Even if that's the case, He can defer payments till eternity, just as the Dreamers are handled. It's does not have to be an outright dismissal or cancellation of payments.
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@coal
In the performance of, and with respect to, the
functions, powers, and duties, vested in him by
this part, the Secretary may—enforce, pay,
compromise, waive, or release any right, title, claim, lien, or demand,
however acquired, including any equity or any
right of redemption.
Impressed?
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@TheUnderdog
California: Am I a joke to you?
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@ADreamOfLiberty
And do you know what happens when a bank loses trust? Same thing that happens to a sacrosanct Government.
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@Double_R
It’s the same thing as when VA banned CRT or when Florida passed the don’t say gay bill
Right, equate 5 year olds to the general public for being able to evaluate the truth.
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@thett3
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For a Democrat that believes half of the country are idiots, it is very easy to understand why the left would be reflexively anti- free speech.
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@thett3
Expanding on that, if truth is truly defined by repetition rather than evidence and logic, then we no longer have a rational society anymore, so free speech would no longer be a fundamental tool to progress society.
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@bmdrocks21
That is incredibly damaging to the democracy you purportedly love so much.
Exactly. Evil thrives when good Democrats do nothing.
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@ADreamOfLiberty
I'm talking about the old Coal, he rarely shows up anymore because there are few people today that want to do genuine back and forths.
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