Nothing that you said contradicted anything that I said. We are agreeing.

As an American, I can assure you, there absolutely was a deliberate and systemic call to eradicate Native Americans. They were (and often still are) completely dehumanized (there was a period of time in America where bounty hunters could be paid for “Genuine Indian Scalps”. It’s also still happening, it just seems like nobody cares anymore.

Take the border for example. It’s the biggest thing that nobody will shut up about. The border. Border. Border. Border. But what do they fail to mention every single time? Who’s home are they building that wall through? Who’s land is that?

The Spanish were appalled by some of Columbus’s actions, sure, but withing 50 years that cranked that dial up! Or did you think all of those missions and plantations built themselves

Yes. We know that. Some of us Americans have been trying to tell the whole world how bad it is here for a very long time. Lobby for the U.N. to send the blue hats to help us if you actually care

I have BIG problems with organized religion. But I fucking draw that line at “reeducation camps”. Wtf

This is true about almost every vice. That’s why Prohibition didn’t work. Almost as soon as alcohol was banned, people started making very adulterated products, people died, organized crime became a thing. It’s the same idea with cannabis, sex work, other drugs, etc. The result of prohibition is almost always people getting hurt.

When I was in school I called my teachers liars/misinformed/uninformed all the time. I just didn’t have chatgpt to summarize why, so I actually had to read a book if I wanted to make that claim and back it up. There’s nothing wrong with disagreeing with your professor, you shouldn’t trust anything that anyone says blindly, ESPECIALLY FUCKING CHATGPT

It’s this. Everybody else’s take us missing this. I play a BUNCH of musical instruments, and when people are like, “Oh wow, how did you learn to play all of those. You must be so talented!” And I always say, “Time. Time and a lot of practice. And most importantly a LOT of patience with myself”.

The thing is, to get good at something, you have to be bad at it first. And many people simply do not have the passion to keep pushing through the part where they’re bad at it.

Yi Haw!!!

Thats a very propertarian view of a non-propertarian issue. You have what you use. What you don’t, you don’t. If you leave your house vacant for too long a period of time, then somebody might take up residence. But if people don’t just move into your home while you’re on vacation now, why would they in a hypothetical system where the concept of property is radically different and presumably everybody has a home? Unless you’re talking about second homes? Because that’s a non starter. Nobody needs more than one home.

Same, dude. Same.

Assistant GM at my local Taco Bell makes $60k/yr