aeqno
21d ago
There's a similar thing with Trump but nowhere near to the same extent as it was for Obama
C'mon, are you kidding me with this?
aeqno
22d ago
I feel like this whole thing is a microcosm of how the world works.
So these DOGE kids can push their way past the weather nerds at NOAA, but what would happen if they tried that at the Pentagon or CIA? Surely the billions vanishing into thin air at those two places are far more pressing.
aeqno
22d ago
It doesn’t make a difference if Musk can keep refusing to disburse apportioned funds
Wait, who's the President, again?
aeqno
22d ago
Looks like they're going after Medicare and Medicaid:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14364811/doge-elon-musk-target-fraud-medicare-medicaid.html
That's the big one. Do it, Elon. And social security while you're at it. It's what the people voted for, after all.
aeqno
23d ago
As nation states are a relatively new phenomenon, I'm afraid most examples wouldn't be able to meet your stringent demands for longevity.
So maybe we should take a wider view. How long did the incredibly multiethnic Roman, Persian, and Ottoman empires last?
Btw, was pre-1990 South Africa a multiethnic country under your definition?
aeqno
23d ago
I think we may be using different definitions. Was pre-1990 South Africa multiethnic under your framework?
But if for some reason the United States doesn't count as a long-term stable multiethnic country, Israel certainly does, as do Brazil, Singapore, Malaysia and Chile.
aeqno
23d ago
The two countries that will be carrying out the ethnic cleansing have been multiethnic since their inception, though largely of one faith.
aeqno
3mo ago
But Biden talks like this as well.
And didn't Hillary use to go on about arriving at Sarajevo or wherever under fire?
aeqno
4mo ago
Except tried to overturn the results of an election and coup the most powerful country on Earth.
aeqno
4mo ago
there must be a class that the law protects but does not bind, and a class that the law binds but does not protect
There was indeed such a class in Alabama and the rest of the South for several centuries. The framework you're struggling to come to terms with just works so much smoother when there's a large number of completely unprotected women in your midst.
This mentality and philosophy is a holdover from that time. The problem for those who hold it is that it's hard if not impossible to reconcile it with modern America.
aeqno
5mo ago
Someday, people will realize that Arabs are happy to fight wars that never end.
But today is not that day.
aeqno
5mo ago
Even if what you say is true (it's not), that would be part of a deliberate strategy, not a mistake.
A mistake is Trump getting completely derailed by Harris' constant trolling.
aeqno
6mo ago
They think men of commerce are greedy me first people who therefore need to be crushed by the state to get them to do the right thing
If corporations would stop proving this time and time again, people might stop thinking this way.
aeqno
6mo ago
Dude, they were too busy being pummeled by riot police and antifa to take down any names.
The instant, multiyear sentencing of people for relatively minor actions also calmed the Right down pretty quick.
aeqno
6mo ago
Despite finding Richard Hanania annoying and personally repelling, I must admit his general worldview never stops being validated.
Regarding the situation in Britain, the State, and the Elite Human Capital behind it, was simply never going to be outmaneuvered by a bunch of fat, drunk, working class louts. Initially caught out by surprise, the phenomenal organizational skill involved in diffusing, and then directly infiltrating and countering the protesting groups was a real masterclass.
What's striking is that there wasn't a single moment of "we feel your pain" attempted compromise. They just came down like a hammer. If anything, these events have left the UK powers that be in a stronger position in regards to immigration as they now effectively have a mandate to flood the country. Dissenting voices will be even quieter than before.
Elite Human Capital. They never lose.
aeqno
6mo ago
Indeed. I call on the Right to protest this obviously rigged system by staying home on election day.
Voting just legitimizes the fraud.
aeqno
6mo ago
The Harris campaign simply never misses.
It's telling that in two weeks MAGA went from assured of total victory to stolen election mode:
https://x.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1819726527141208279
As urban youth would say, they shook.
Trump attacking Georgia governor Brian Kemp and his wife during rallies and on social media, and Kemp's response to this is a lame "We need to focus on Kamala!" (paraphrased):
https://x.com/BrianKempGA/status/1819851284343832838
The behavior of Republican politicians regarding Trump is absolutely fascinating. Guy is insulting your wife, your governorship, your very character in front of millions, and you're openly announcing that you'll still be voting for him. Exact replay of Ted Cruz falling meekly into line after Trump loudly deemed his wife unfuckable.
At what point would these guys actually draw a line in the sand?
It's hilarious because these Repubs think of themselves as the party of Real Men, but this is absolutely womanly behavior.
Well, maybe not womanly, if Kemp's wife has said she's not voting for Trump even if her husband is, lol.
aeqno
7mo ago
Well I guess he makes exceptions for his personal hobby horses. IIRC, one of the things that came out from the doxxing of his spicy anonymous postings was that he doesn't like black-white interracial dating.
aeqno
7mo ago
Fresh study posted on Richard Hanania's Twitter:
“White women dating white men have an IQ around 100. Dating Hispanic drops that IQ by 3 points, and dating black drops that by 7 points.”
https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1817607492668731449
The graphs he posted don't seem to mention Asian-White couples, which I'm curious about.
This kind of thing always reminds me of Richard Hanania tweeting:
"lt's aways World War III with these people. We're never on the brink of a medium sized conflict like the Iran-Iraq War."
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