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The right didn't care about capitalism because they love CEOs. They did it because they love the mom and pop store. When they gobbled up those mom and pop stores, the love for capitalism went with it.I forgot to add this to the screenshot yesterday when the OP compared the healthcare ceo dying to that lawyer that killed that climate protester. And again i don't know anyone, not even right wingers upset about the ceo dying.View attachment 6725195
Same differentTime for Zelensky to demand a US taxpayer funded beard.
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Beards work.
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Just popping in to say one of the things that I thoroughly enjoy about this thread is the repeated Roman/Greek/Ancient World/ Captain Planet history lessons.I prefer to think about it in terms of "did life change for an average person on the ground?" A taxpaying, normie citizen. And by that definition, his definition is retarded. When Marcus Aurelius
It would be hilarious if the liberals pull of a J6 where they manage to fatally injure a RINO or a dem they thought was a Republican because they assumed that all white men there were Republicans or something. Or maybe they will set the building on fire.I'm not so sure anymore, the Trump derangement is wild, to the point of both executing, and being able to execute, multiple assassination attempts on the man. I can easily see some of the crazier fuckers deciding "Well if it was ok for the Chuds to do it, its ok for me to do it" and doing what they think J6 was. And the similarly deranged intelligence assets, especially those who feel threatened by Trump, have the means to help make it happen, glowing groundswell and all that.
I also don't think it'll change anything, in either direction. But there is a juicy possibility of both seeing the Golem be smacked down, and seeing widespread praise for smacking it down among normies. It'll fucking shatter the bluesky retards if they see the majority cheering for some dangerhair taking a baton to the head.
They’ll be given space to destroy.It would be hilarious if the liberals pull of a J6 where they manage to fatally injure a RINO or a dem they thought was a Republican because they assumed that all white men there were Republicans or something. Or maybe they will set the building on fire.
250 years in Glubb's essay is an average, not saying "yeah, it's exactly 250 years with every single superpower in world history". Glubb saying that the words empire and superpower are synonymous politically is why I reject the idea of the USSR as a superpower - no Age of Pioneers, no Age of Conquest, none of that. I feel what harms Glubb's work is that he focuses too much on Europe and the Islamic world and does not get into, as I said before, the Qing Dynasty or other Asian powers. I also don't recall any of the ancient Egyptian dynasties being mentioned at all, either.And to me, that's the real parallel with America. Not putting some arbitrary 250 year timer on us, but noting there are factors that show a decline and it could go either way. I'm not a doomer and I don't feel a fall or split is inevitable, but it is possible. We see some of the same factors from Rome in our current state, namely the factionalization, demagoguery, and lawfare that doomed the Republic, and the loss of world prestige, influence outside our borders, and mass migrations of unassimilated foreigners that ruined the Empire.
oh fucking christBiden gave a statement about the fall of Syria, essentially patting himself on the back for his "clear-eyed vision" and promising foreign aid plus ""refugee"" assistance.
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Trump better keep Rubio on a tight leash.Biden gave a statement about the fall of Syria, essentially patting himself on the back for his "clear-eyed vision" and promising foreign aid plus ""refugee"" assistance.
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And for the longest time it did. All you had to do back in the day was run more attack ads than your opponent could, and that swayed enough of the undecideds to put you over the line. Difference now is enough people don't pay attention to the places ads like that are run. Or they are found on places like facebook, and X were running blatant propaganda is just that much harder to do without some calling it out.Another example of dumbshit Democrats thinking raising more money will ensure a victory.
Prices went up just before Thanksgiving in time for the holiday commute and dropped this past week by 20 cents - presumably because everyone is back home and not driving as much for now.Anyone notice gas prices dropping lately and what it might be related to?
Young me had an allergic reaction that required a trip to the ER. Parents fought the insurance company for months before they finally paid the claim; they originally claimed the care wasn't emergency/necessary.So many people in this thread, myself included, have stories about health insurance companies not doing the right thing.
@The Ugly One already touched on this, but the biggest issues with "Medicare for All" are:The solution would be to allow people to buy Medicare/Medicaid in every state, but also allow them to have options to buy private insurance to fill in the gaps. Regardless of what healthcare system you have, it's not going to be free.
It would be one thing if these insurance companies fucked up once in a while, but it's constant. Everyone in the country can tell you a story about shit like this.Young me had an allergic reaction that required a trip to the ER. Parents fought the insurance company for months before they finally paid the claim; they originally claimed the care wasn't emergency/necessary.
We straight up took Puerto Rico and Guam from Spain. That was Empire. We also took the Northern Mariana Islands from Japan. The Philippines was ours after our war with Spain, but we gave them independence in 1946If America is such an empire, where are our colonies and conquered lands outside of the 50 states?
For some reason, I never get the feeling that people are talking about Puerto Rico and American Samoa when the talk of American empire comes up.
We straight up took Puerto Rico and Guam from Spain. That was Empire. We also took the Northern Mariana Islands from Japan. The Philippines was ours after our war with Spain, but we gave them independence in 1946
We acquired American Samoa via a treaty and we literally bought the US Virgin Islands.
Canada, most of Europe, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and a fairly-decent portion of Latin America. Not being de jure American territory doesn't make them completely separate from the US - they're client states, some conquered by blood, and others by gold.If America is such an empire, where are our colonies and conquered lands outside of the 50 states?
For some reason, I never get the feeling that people are talking about Puerto Rico and American Samoa when the talk of American empire comes up.
I get your point. I'm just being a history sperg.Yes, is that what anyone is actually thinking when they talk about American Empire in 2024? Is this the decolonization that people are talking about?
Like if you would like to break down the geopolitical considerations of the Puerto Rico and Guam I'm all ears, but you obviously know that isn't what people are talking about.