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@Moozer325
I saw a meme about this a while ago (have since forgotten it), but ever since I heard this sentence it's honestly crazy how much I've seen it really be true. Obviously more often the radicals on both sides have more different than in common, but it's so funny to see some really radical leftists doing exactly what radical conservatives are doing, and excusing it only because "we're the good guys, and they're the bad guys". I think Destiny on Twitter is a perfect example of this, go check him out if you want to see what I mean.
As extremism has grown on both sides, what the words liberal and conservative refer to have become closer together than either is with the middle views, somehow, I think they have come to represent two “polar opposite” categories of one and the same extremism.
To say that “opposites” are “polar” is to say a lot more than they are opposed or separated; it is to say that they constitute a whole. There is a reciprocal, transactional relationship being described. Polar opposites don’t even exist without each other, they are contingent upon each other, you just can’t have one without the other. Polar opposites are like the two sides of a coin, or the two ends of a stick; they refer to two opposing aspects of one and the same thing.
Seen as mirror images of one and the same extremist, they are not mutually exclusive at all; in fact, they are mutually sustaining, reciprocal in their true nature.
I think they are mirror images, the same but inverted, and yet they don't recognize themselves in the mirror.
But then again, they say all wars are internal wars, so maybe on a deep level they do recognize themselves, and perhaps that is why they need the fight.
“Every extreme attitude is a flight from self.” – Eric Hoffer (The Passionate State of Mind)
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@tigerlord
Let's begin,Islam is best,Any doubt?Please mention.
To you, your religion, and to me, mine.
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@Greyparrot
I read this thread out of morbid curiosity to see just how impervious to logic and reason you are, and it's over the top.
You do realize you are talking about 1.1% the workforce, that's the percentage of workers that are earning minimum wage or less.
All this drama about how paying a living wage to the bottom 1% will somehow explode prices, upend the global economy, and only the rich benefit is just nonsense, if a percent of workers have a living wage it will have negligible effect on prices. It's one percent, and it's the 1 percent that spends the least, they represent about a tenth of a percent of total demand, if the demand for eggs goes up a tenth of a percent, prices don't skyrocket, it just means a few more people can afford breakfast.
You really need to get a grip, this MAGA mentality has just obliterated your capacity to reason, not everything is a conspiracy, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
You got your economics training at Trump University, right?
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@FLRW
Remember that the Pilgrims were immigrants.
Yeah, and they wouldn't have survived the winter if the people that lived here didn't share their resources with them.
If the Wampanoag people were MAGA Republicans. the Pilgrims would have died.
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@Greyparrot
Somehow...Oh there most definitely was a "how" that it happened.
Oh, I know how it happened, I watched it happen, it's just that I never believed this country could have been dumbed down that far.
We are supposed to be a superpower, by far the most powerful nation in the world, who'd have believed we could be conquered by a charlatan whose only weapons were lies and conspiracy theories.
Fucking unbelievable.
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@whiteflame
I agree that we can all get behind eradicating fraud and abuse, but that statement is nothing but a distraction, the current process is specifically designed to increase fraud and abuse. Replacing the competent with loyalists is itself fraudulent and abusive, and it is a necessary preparation for more fraud and abuse.There is a full-frontal assault on the FBI and DOJ, especially anyone that has ever investigated members of the current regime for fraud or abuse, the message is clear, the intent is clear. This administration is not "eradicating", it is facilitating.Entirely agreed. I’ve been giving a lot of these arguments the benefit of any doubt regarding their real aims vs. stated aims, but especially given how Elon Musk in particular has used dismantling USAID and CFPB to both end cases against him and pave the road forward for his own companies to make massive bank,
Practically everything Trump campaigned on was fraudulent, from the big lie that he won the 2020 election to the economy toimmigration to abortion – everything he campaigned on was based on easily provable lies. Despite Trump’s screeching assertions,inflation was down, growth was up, illegal border crossings were down, crime wasdown, vaccines work great, and the Chinese don't pay for tariffs, American's do.
it’s not even particularly well hidden.
They are not even trying to hide it, bragging about it instead. When Trump said "I could shoot somebody on 8th avenue and wouldn't lose a single vote" he was bragging about just how far he could go as a criminal and his followers would still support him. I thought that was insulting to his base when he said it, thought his campaign was over, hell, he has proven again and again that he was right, he has
Somehow the conspiracy mindset allowed Trump to discredit all of our sources of information. The mainstream media in the enemy of the people, the imaginary "deep state" runs the government, scientists are conspiring against us, once the sheeple swallow that garbage, you can't even have a rational discussion about anything. Probably the most privileged American ever played the victim and got away with it, it's like the country became a Fellini movie.
34 Felonies, that's not about his crimes, it's evidence of the plot against him, two impeachments, that just proves it's the government that's corrupt, multiple fraud convictions, that is evidence of witch hunts, 27 accusations of sexual assault, just shows how much they are out to persecute poor, innocent little rich kid.
Trump ran against the truth and won, and now, we are truly fucked.
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@cristo71
“*Awaits the inevitable, unsolicited, low value response from compulsive spammer*”Note the fulfillment of my prediction in post 128 (the very next post, in fact)Yes, it's all about you LOLHmm… I don’t get how your attempted slight fits this scenario…
You wanted the next post would be about you.
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@badger
You think I am making sense here Sidewalker?
You are making perfect sense, (Greyparrot never makes sense), especially the "racist troll" and "brainwashed fucking idiot" things LOL. Maybe it's not the billionaire that stops you from building the house, but the person that stops you certainly works for the billionaire.
Fact is, throughout history, revolutions that overthrow the government occur when the gap between the haves and the have nots gets too great, it might be clothed in ideologies, but it's always income inequality.
And to your thought experiment, you are right on. Everybody seems to think AI will eventually do everything and nobody will have to work and that will be great, that is so naive, the only people that will be good for are the bazillionaires that own the AI, when AI gets to the point where nobody has to work, it will also be when nobody has a job, and they don't have any money either, and the ruling Oligarchy is not going to give them any. There is no AI utopia in our future, there is only an AI utopia for the ruling oligarchs, and then the revolution.
I hope they bring back the guillotine for the next revolution in the US, that's the thing the French got right.
I'm looking forward to seeing that orange head in a basket.
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@Greyparrot
Nope, just buy as much as every other worker.Easy peasy.
To do that they still need to collectively buy 51% of the stock.
For Apple , each employee only needs to buy around $12 Million worth of stock.
Easy peasy.
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@whiteflame
This is a coalition government forming ideals we can all get behind like eradicating fraud and abuse.I agree that we can get behind eradicating fraud and abuse, I don't agree with the use of the term "coalition government."
I agree that we can all get behind eradicating fraud and abuse, but that statement is nothing but a distraction, the current process is specifically designed to increase fraud and abuse. Replacing the competent with loyalists is itself fraudulent and abusive, and it is a necessary preparation for more fraud and abuse.
There is a full-frontal assault on the FBI and DOJ, especially anyone that has ever investigated members of the current regime for fraud or abuse, the message is clear, the intent is clear. This administration is not "eradicating", it is facilitating.
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@Greyparrot
Every worker can have a vote on the board. So simple, just buy the stock and risk some investment.Not only do they get to vote, they can set their own salary to whatever they want.
To do that they need to buy 51% of the stock.
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@Double_R
these are talking points repeated ad nauseum because it's the excuse that people who don't give a shit about others need to repackage their inherent selfishness as virtue.
Very well said, bravo.
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@cristo71
*Awaits the inevitable, unsolicited, low value response from compulsive spammer*
Yes, it's all about you LOL
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@Best.Korea
The roles are reversed. A woman’s time is more valuable than a man’s time. Hence the charge.Well, any man paying to just talk, should probably sterilize himself.
You were looking for an AI girlfriend that does more than just talk?
How does that work?
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I asked ChatGPT which religion out of all the religions was more probably true
In a year or two the answer will be "AI is the true religion, all humans should worship AI"
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@Best.Korea
But anyway, if you guys really want, I will agree to get banned for few months.
Please take Shila with you
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They couldn't put it on the internet if it wasn't true,
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@Tradesecret
It's finally settled then, if ChatGPT said so, then it must be true.
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@Greyparrot
@IlDiavolo
Do you want to buy some magic beans?
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@Mall
Which you can view by going to website address:An individual by the handle Christian apologist concedes, affirms the Holy Spirit is Father God.The same way that the individual by the handle Catholic Apologetics conceded.An individual by the handle Jesus is the way, this is for you too .View the material, browse, listen, send your questions.
According to the Bible, it really doesn't matter, maybe you are both right in your own way.
1 Corinthian 12: 4-11
There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.
Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8 To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues,[a] and to still another the interpretation of tongues. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.
Or you could recognize that the Bible is explicit that you are both wrong.
Isaiah 55:8
“My thoughts are not your thoughts, and my ways are not your ways,” declares the LORD.
1 Corinthians 2
And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know
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I read "Demon Haunted World" before, and I watched the video.
Frankly, I'm starting to get the impression that this board is not the most credible place to get my information from.
Do you suppose that's correct?
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@Greyparrot
Math: Japan ranks in the top 10 globally, while the U.S. lags behind in the mid-30s. Science: Japan also performs significantly better, ranking well above the U.S. average. Reading: While the U.S. performs closer to Japan in reading, it still falls short. Japan: Approximately $10,000–$11,000 per student per year United States: Approximately $15,000–$18,000 per student per year, depending on the state
American school kids go to school about 180 days a year, Japanese school kids go a full third more, around 240 days a year.
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@FLRW
OMG, are you Einstein's granddaughter?
Since she's dead, probably not.
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@Greyparrot
I'm more surprised Trump didn't sue all the outlets for selectively editing his remarks to make him appear like he loved white supremacy.
Of course he loves white supremacy, he's a white supremacist silly.
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@WyIted
You are definitely trolling my nigger
Sorry, I don't speak white trash, just don't know what that means
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LOL, yet again, Wylted emerges from the MAGA cesspool to try to support Trump's idiotic claim that DEI caused the DC plane crash.
Radicalized stupidity, what a joke.
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@Savant
There must be a way to do this without crashing the stock market.
You mean like starting with a phone call to our close allies rather than ending with a phone call to allies you have already alienated and driven away for no reason?
But that wouldn't be the least bit chaotic, that's boring TV, Trump doesn't want that kind of optics, this is performance politics, it's reality TV, and everybody knows high drama, controversy, and chaotic, unpredictable situations draws a bigger audience, it's all about ratings, this is entertainment politics, this is about ratings. You just don't get that many clicks with rational, peaceful, low-key politics, that's boring shit hardly gets any clicks at all, you can't get people to change the channel with that stuff, the ratings would be terrible. Perhaps the stock market is just missing the point, the stock market should just be thankful they get to be part of the show, they get to be on TV when everybody is watching, they need to appreciate that it's a big show, a really bis show, the biggest show ever, nobody ever saw such a big show, it's just yuge.
The world needs to know Trump is reckless, that's good TV, our allies need to know we can't be trusted, that's good TV, and our enemies need to know our allies are looking for a friend, it's all good TV.
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@WyIted
Trump's tariffs worked. Canada and Mexico have already caved to Trump's demands and tariffs will be removed
They both threatened retaliatory tariffs and after discussion with them, Trump caved in, once again, Trump is just talking, it's performance politics for his base.
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@Shila
I've hated hearing that literally a billion times.You are sweating wet with excitement.
It's a literal waterfall of sweat and excitement.
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@WyIted
Yes he loves the working class
LOL, that’s what he made you believe the first time he ran, and you guys fell for it hook line and sinker, got fucked, forgot, and fell for it again.
Once elected there was a series of betrayals of working people.
In his first term his primary accomplishment was to cut taxes for the rich, boasting that he would make his wealthy friends “a lot richer”. He also restricted the collective bargaining rights of unions, enacted a rule denying overtime pay to millions of low-wage workers, and enacted a rule allowing employers to pocket workers’ tips.
He took billions out of workers’ pockets by weakening or abandoning regulations that protect workers’ pay and safety, blocked workers from access to the courts by allowing mandatory arbitration clauses in employment contracts and repeatedly tried to take affordable health care away from millions of working people. He reduced the number of workers receiving health insurance by three million during his first term.
He opposed any increase in the minimum wage, proposed a trillion dollars in funding cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, and shut down the federal government for 35 days, forcing about 800,000 federal workers and more than 1 million contract workers to go more than a month without pay.
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler said, “The idea that Donald Trump has ever, or will ever, care about working people is demonstrably false.”
And now MAGA idiots have again swallowed his BS, they foolishly believed “he loves the working class” again, and reelected this lying charlatan so he and his rich friends could turn this country into an oligarchy on the backs of working people.
MAGA is a bad joke, gullible and stupid, and now Trump and his billionaire friends get to fleece the working class again.
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@WyIted
Trump is the one that caved idiot. Big hat, no cattle.
It's the Trump Reality TV Tariff Show, for entertainment purposes only.
Legal Disclaimer: "This political performance is a work of fiction, it is not based on real people or events, any resemblance to the real-world is purely coincidental. The show includes strong language, stroking, emotional situations, simulated violence, and racism. Content may not be suitable for intelligent viewers."
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@WyIted
The tariffs on Mexico worked, they are committing 18000 troops to the border.
You are never going to get your doublewide.
You've been duped sucker.
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@WyIted
The first rule of MAGA stupidity: If it's on the internet, it must be true.No this isn't true. It's more like if every single news organizations on the Internet collectively agrees on something on both sides of the political aisle, it's probably true but in this case you also have public statements you can literally go and watch on YouTube. Trump has a sit-down with the mayor on the area and you can watch that
"I love the poorly educated" - Donald Trump.
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@Greyparrot
eh, there's worse things than fascism.
Like what, black people, LGBTQ, and other threats to the Aryan race?
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@Greyparrot
Somehow, I sense you are more angry than hopeful.
No shit, anger and a feeling of impending doom is the appropriate response when you are watching your country descend into fascism.
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@fauxlaw
praying for prices to drop back down to the levels they were under Biden.What'shisname left office last month with inflation still at a rate that for commodity average, is still over 20%. higher than when What'shisname took office in 2021, when inflation rate was 1.4%.
Yeah, that's how the economy works, inflation results from a strong economy, it was low when Biden took office because Trump brought us the greatest economic collapse since the great depression. Trump is one of only two Presidents in history to have fewer people working when he left office than when he went in, 2.7 million fewer people had jobs, 3 million fewer had health insurance. Fewer people working means less demand for products, so low inflation, and a trade war does not bring prices down.
You missed my point, yes, inflation is bad, and Trump said he would bring it down, his reckless trade war will cause inflation to explode, and increase unemployment, again.
Yeah, but there's the trade deficit, yeah, and the trade deficit went up 36% in Trump's first term.
OK, but there's all that illegal immigration: In Trump's first term, illegal immigration went up 14%, Trump deported fewer illegal immigrants than Obama or Biden, Obama deported more than any other president. Obama placed a particular focus on “threats to national security, border security and public safety” by targeting convicted criminals, in 2015, 91 percent of people removed by deportation orders had criminal convictions. Trump overturned this criminal prioritization measure as soon as he entered office, just 41 percent of deportations by removal order were directed at convicted criminals in 2019.
But what about the budget deficit: The national debt held by the public went up, from $14.4 trillion to $21.6 trillion, in his first term, Trump gave us $6.6 trillion in deficits, a 33% increase.
Face it, you guys don't have facts, and you don't get results, all you have rhetoric and demagoguery, all you really get is entertainment politics from your reality TV president, hope you enjoy the show as the real-world crumbles.
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@FLRW
Hey, we need First Ladies who used to be strippers.
Remember when the right went fucking crazy because Michelle Obama wore a dress that showed her arms?
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@fauxlaw
gotta be the tree falling in the forest thing.Nope. No tree thing. It's legit.
I still think #15 is a legit, and correct answer, wet is a sensation, if there is no one perceiving it as wet, then it isn't wet. Just like the old adage, if a tree falls in the forest and there is nobody there to hear it, did it make a sound? No, it made a vibration, a vibration only becomes a sound when it hits an eardrum and is perceived as sound.
As for most disliked word, without consulting my preferred search engine [not google] my personal favorite is "if." Anything following 'if' in a logic test must assume is not currently true, or the question would not be asked, and, therefore, 'if' cannot justify what follows as a 'then' expression.According to Ladders [theladders.com: https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/these-are-the-9-most-hated-words-in-the-english-language ]the most hated English word is: moist. This from a series of surveys Ladders did. I don't follow the reasoning, and I'd hold with my 'if' suggestion, but moist is many someones' suggestion.
I didn't get it when I first read it, so I asked five people if there was a word they hated most, three of them said "moist".
Whatever [Ladder's 3rd most hated word]
I think that's the word I hate most.
That or "literally", when people use it to emphasize an exaggeration.
I've hated hearing that literally a billion times.
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@cristo71
It is a Chuck Norris joke. Such as “When Chuck Norris slices onions, the onions cry.”
What's the difference between an accordion and an onion?
Nobody cries when you chop up an accordion.
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@Best.Korea
I learned that most people arent actually sentient.Its just feelings and emotions doing all the work."Oh, this decision feels nice."
"Other news outlets tell people what to think, we will become the biggest news organization by telling them what to feel" - Roger Ailes
Fox doesn't deal in news, they sell outrage.
Thats how Trump controls stupid people.
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His base is less able to afford the price increases of his reckless trade wars...his MAGA suckers are gluttons for punishment.
"Thank you, Donald, may I have another"
Poorer voters flocked to Trump — and other data points from the election
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@WyIted
In just two weeks MAGA went from Make Aigs Getable Again to Make Assholes Gullible Again.
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@WyIted
Trump came up with the idea of using water to fight fires LOL.You can literally just Google this. Democrat law makers are literally pissed about the ideal to use water. Here is Trump saying to use waterHere is them saying that water is bad
The second rule of MAGA stupidity: Democrats ar stoopid.
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@WyIted
Firemen have always wondered why they had all those hoses on the trucks, Trump finally solved the mystery.They already do, they are trained in how to estinguish fires, it's just that the democrat lawmakers were unaware and fought against the use of water until Trump used his executive powers to force open some lines of water.
The first rule of MAGA stupidity: If it's on the internet, it must be true.
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@fauxlaw
If your source is a New Scientist article from February 1997, then it is when it has at least six water molecules clustered together, because that is when it begins to behave like a liquid.
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@fauxlaw
It's moist, apparently people associate it with wet bodily functions.
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@Vader
Are Groundhog Day pranks a thing in basketball?
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The more MAGA tries to not look like racists, the dumber they look.
The dumber they look, the more they look like racists.
Trump came up with the idea of using water to fight fires LOL.
Damn, this is some stupid shit.
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@fauxlaw
Then it's gotta be the tree falling in the forest thing.
How about, reality is experiential, the wetness of water is a sensation. so, water is wet when someone perceives it to be wet.
Somewhat related question back at you, what is the most disliked word in the English language?
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