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Yes. As a black man, America has produced a long very involved legacy of which I’m proud being my heritage.
Sure, it was absolutely founded on treating people like as sub-human, and there are people today that are trying to return me to that state, but fuck them as they’ve been fucked for the last century and a half. I’ll be damned if I let them represent America.
Contrapoints and PhilosophyTube were two big ones. I’d still watch Carlos Maza if he produced anything, but he hasn’t in like two years, so…I’ll include him, too.
The “solutions” to this are called theodicy and are definitely a fascinating rabbit hole. They’re all unsatisfying, but philosophically interesting
Still the both sides thing?
Biden is demonstrably better on policy. For example, he has them.
Trump doesn’t have any at all.
No one wants to hear about issues. They want to hear promises on issues, but they don’t care to actually know, let alone understand, the policy.
Probably the same people Barry Goldwater warned us of:
Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they’re sure trying to do so, it’s going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can’t and won’t compromise. I know, I’ve tried to deal with them
Falling fertility rates have long been a concern for economists
Fuck economists and their concerns. That’s why we’re in the situation in thy first place.
That study is so old! It’s even worse now!
Oh okay. It’s driven by housing prices in HCOL areas. That people are house poor makes sense and is reasonable.
Huge fan of water, personally. I drink literally a gallon of it every day. Usually more.
Always have been.
Lol they believe Biden is going to be amped up to the point of being able to overcome their god emperor.
Imagine implying that some caffeine and pills would make someone better than God himself.
So much for Trump’s supposed superiority.
The KKK was never left wing.
God damn. Who tells people these things? And why does anyone believe them?
Me too! I plan on doing a PhD sometime in my 40s, before I turn 50.
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Some people like waste particles on their exposed toothbrushes. It keeps them healthy like vaccine: a daily tiny dose of literal shit.
I have the Purple Harmony pillow. It took some getting used to, but yes, it’s worth it. I use a silk pillow case because of my hair: 4C hair is dried out by cotton and people recommend not sleeping on it as a result. My hair has never been longer though, so I think that’s true too.
Yes. Easily.
But whichever it is, the fear and loathing they convey inevitably filters down to their supporters
Hol’ up! No. Biden and the democrats have been awfully timid about calling Trump a fascist coward while his supporters and others on the left have been saying it before Trump left office. Only now is Biden trying to characterize this election as an existential crisis for American democracy. Leftists, on the other hand, are relieved that Biden is doing at all, and sincerely wish he and his sorry party would’ve started way earlier.
Republican laymen are led by their noses. Democratic laymen can barely push their leaders.
That’s not exactly wrong, but it’s not the only reason. I’ve never been particularly interested LGBTQ+ issues, and Contrapoints’s transition first was kinda like, “K, I’m glad I’m learning about this stuff, I guess, but I have other interests.” After all, what drew me to both in the first place were their philosophical analyses and how they applied it to social issues. They were important to me for how they showed me how philosophy can be used, as opposed to DarkMatter5555 (I think that’s his name. Also, add him to the list), who I also used to watch, but that dude never grew out of the same stale template of animating god and the angel and regurgitating the most basic atheistic ideas.
So, my purpose in watching them was to learn how to apply principles to reality with a little learning along the way. But when they started focusing in on their transition, I just dropped off.