I check my bank statements at least once a month for fraud. I bet most Zoomers don't even know what a birth certificate is.
The original concept of "human rights" as per the U.S. Constitution was more or less things that the government should not infringe upon, and if they did it was a sign that the citizenry should rise up against them. They're not entitlements in the sense you should be given things for free. It's just what the government can't do, and its responsibilities towards the citizenry.
To be somewhat fair in the historical context, the late 19th and early 20th centuries were a political powderkeg and there were countless movements which saw humanity moving in a progression, and that part of that necessary progression meant the development of governments and societies to make people better. Both left- and right-wing revolutionaries and intellectuals pushed this kind of stuff in the United States and elsewhere.
I've been shocked by how many people have said they don't have a copy of their birth certificate. My mother pounded it into my head as soon as possible to always keep it on hand (edit: by which she meant in a filing cabinet where you live, not on your person obviously) or in a safety deposit box. I also have multiple copies of my marriage license, my SSN card (and have it memorized), and always keep my passport up to date even if I don't intend to travel.
This is exactly who I want working in the government.
Leftists when non communist countries commit human rights atrocities:
Cum swarm in a great band name tbh
The idea that you have a "right" to things that are not intrinsic to your body was a truly perverse inversion of the intent, but is ultimately the end state of Liberal political theory. That's why everyone now has the right to food, too health care, to housing, to this, too that.
I don’t think any of this is certain. But basically I think it harms any company that relies on foreign customers. Like for example Canadian and European liquor stores that are no longer selling US products. Maybe once Trump is gone these stores continue to sell US products, or maybe sales of US liquor never recover to their pre-Trump levels. This is one clear example, but I think it applies to many other industries. The travel industry is another major one. Flights to the U.S. have completely cratered - which is negatively affecting US airlines, hotels, and related companies. If Europeans and Canadians no longer want to buy US made products, don’t want to visit the U.S. on vacation, etc. then this is a pretty big hit to our economy. And even if these tariffs are reversed, and Trump is gone, I think the damage to the U.S.’s image is done and things may not return to their normal levels.
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While those sound bad, as Johnny Bravo phrased it, they don’t seem irreparable. And as for the United States image, it doesn’t matter what we do in some people’s eyes lol. We will always be the big bad oppressors simply because we have the bigger dick.
yup that’s the first I’ve heard of that. I may have read it somewhere many years ago but I can’t recall.
First, I appreciate you actually responding and laying out your thoughts.
This isn’t part of my original comment, but I also think tariffs work in both directions. If the idea is that by setting these high barriers we build up our own industries, then wouldn’t it also work the other way: that because we make trade with the U.S. more difficult, that the affected countries also build their own industries in response? This is maybe what I am most concerned about long term. Maybe Europeans and Canadians will realize that they’re better off relying on their own companies and then we lose our competitive edge. I was just reading about Europeans working to limit US arms manufacturers access to European markets. Long term, I don’t think this is helpful to us if European arms manufacturers become more competitive and push out U.S. companies in the world market.
Don't agree entirely, the Constitution and BOR list certain entitlements that the Founders hold to be self-evident and inviolable, thus implicitly "human rights".
Don't agree entirely, the Constitution and BOR list certain entitlements that the Founders hold to be self-evident and inviolable, thus implicitly "human rights".
Their export industries rely largely on US demand. It doesn't work well in reverse since they already have their own tariffs, a lack of supply drives investment, a lack of demand drives abandonment.
They would just let their spouses do the trading. It won't fix the issue.
