Apollo

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[Apollo @Apollo_1776]

If there is one god of the universe, then i presume he’d be god of all of it.

God is everything, or else he is nothing.

Most sea creatures look like alien lifeforms. Their entire world is a place we never go, it may as well be a foreign planet. I’d suspect most alien lifeforms are probably more like that. Probably wouldn’t be a species like humans… other world, other environment, different evolutionary adaptions. They would be lifeforms completepy adapted to whatever environment they exist in.

But, also not mathematically possible there are countless goldilocks worlds out there capable to evolving species to form civilizations.

We’ll never know in our lifetime what humans will discovery over the next 10,000 years.

I would not be surprised at all if within that timeframe we encounter intelligent life somewhere out there.

Messagr to future humans: it’s cool you get to know what we can only dream.

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@RaminNasibov Trust me bro.

https://t.co/cni5AVm0ny

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@bradpomerance Don’t care.

The party that fights voter id deserves nothing nothing but distrust when it comes to elections they are in.

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@RichardHanania Why are democrats so strongly opposed to common sense election security measures?

Hard to trust any election a democrat is in.

[Apollo @Apollo_1776]

“Desired philanthropic outcome.”

That’s the problem.

The government is terrible at this.

The waste, fraud, and abuse alone is proof of severe incompetence, malpractice, and corruption when the government is tasked at operating a charity with money forcibly taken by taxpayers.

The government should not be in the charity sector.

When politicians promise voters free stuff on the taxpayer dime in exchange for votes feels like it crosses the line.

How is that not a form of bribery?

“If you vote for me I’m going to give you money (“government assistance”) .”

Doesn’t seem compatible with “free and fair” elections.

Regardless… a final point is that these government programs almost never sunset… the “desired philanthropic outcomes” typically don’t happen.

It creates mass government dependency… and they will remain loyal voters for those promising to keep it coming.

Dialing down government assistance is not a politically popular pitch to voters.”

The programs jusy keep getting bigger and bigger.

That’s really the only difference in your view and mine (because I think we share the same “desired philanthropic outcomes”) is the degree by which we trust the government as the best way of achieving those philanthropic objectives.

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“Desired philanthropic outcome.”

That’s the problem.

The government is terrible at this.

The waste, fraud, and abuse alone is proof of severe incompetence, malpractice, and corruption when the government is tasked at operating a charity with money forcibly taken by taxpayers.

The government should not be in the charity sector.

When politicians promise voters free stuff on the taxpayer dime in exchange for votes feels like it crosses the line.

How is that not a form of bribery?

“If you vote for me I’m going to give you money (“government assistance”) .”

Doesn’t seem compatible with “free and fair” elections.

Regardless… a final point is that these government programs almost never sunset… the “desired philanthropic outcomes” typically don’t happen.

It creates mass government dependency… and they will remain loyal voters for those promising to keep it coming.

Dialing down government assistance is not a politically popular pitch to voters.”

The programs jusy keep getting bigger and bigger.

That’s really the only difference in your view and mine (because I think we share the same “desired philanthropic outcomes”) is the degree by which we trust the government as the best way of achieving those philanthropic objectives.

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The left has fought to oppose basic election security measures.

It is perfectly rational to assume they are cheating.

It would be irrational to trust elections when one side prevents the fundamental ways of making it “trustworthy”.

Elections in america are not worthy of trust.

Pass voter id, same day voting, minimal mail in ballots, same day results…

That would make elections worthy of trust.

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@wil_da_beast630 Job interviews are about to become impossible.

“What are 3 words you would use to describe yourself?”

“I HARDLY think that’s any of your business!”

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“Spending $1 billion+ on homes and boats…”

Tell me… what happens to that $1 billion?

There are probably thousands of employees on the other side that get a piece of it.

The bigger the purchase, the more money goes to other people.

But maybe you don’t like that.

Maybe you would rather the government simply confiscate their money through taxation and give it to people in exchange for nothing?

So, instead of trading a billion dollars for products and services… you just want billions of dollar essentially stolen and given away.

Do you see the difference?

Why is it so wrong for the thousands of workers and manufacturers to earn the money?

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If you win your election, I will believe you cheated.

There is only 1 way I would ever accept that you won fair and square… and that is by passing basic election security (voter id, limit mail in ballots, same day voting and vote counting, etc.).

You cannot be the party that fights against voter id and other extraordinarily basic common sense measures and then expect anybody to trust the outcomes that favor you.

It doesn’t work that way.

You want people to trust elections?

Then stop fighting against the things people are asking for in order to trust them.

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Democrats fight against common sense election security measures.

Only one reason to do that.

I will never believe a democrat wins honestly until your dumbass party starts helping pass election integrity legislation.

Until then, you can just deal with the reasonable lack of trust in election outcomes that favor the party opposed to the safeguards against cheating.

It’s perfectly rational to assume you are all crooks.

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The beauty of our country is that anybody can start a business.

If you think an existing business is not doing a good job, then you can start your own business and try it your way.

You want people to be paid a higher minimum wage? Well, start a business and try paying your employees what you think is fair.

“Become the change you wish to see in the world.”

We don’t have royal blood in this country.

Most billionaires were not born billionaires.

And the ultra wealthy families of today likely won’t stil be the ultra weathly families of the future.

It is a surprisingly fair system compared to all of human history.

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What makes you think they aren’t already changing lives each week?

Many of them run businesses that provide employment so that thousands of people can support their families.

Many of them run businesses that have made life better for countless people.

Entreprenuers become billionaires when they create a product or service that society benefits from.

Supply and demand.

Billionaires often times have simply found a way to provide a supply for something with an incredibly high demand.

They met a need or desire of society.

I guess I’m just not sure why they are the bad guys here?

How are they not doing enough for society?

Is the assumption that they don’t give enough to charity?

According to who?

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@LaurenceBSiegel @cardinal4ever @Brink_Thinker Would probably give my kid an apple airtag before he left… but this sounds like a cool experience.

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@cardinal4ever @Brink_Thinker You are like the dad in Footloose.

Can’t just let the kids have their fun without being a total killjoy.

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@tedlieu @spencerpratt Until Democrats stop fighting against basic election security measures, I will never accept they win fairly.

Nobody should.

#fuckyourmath

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@SuperApe32 @amelia_tweetz 🤣🤣🤣

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I didn’t say having a smartphone makes you a bad person.

I don’t believe that at all.

I was just bringing some perspective here.

If you have a smartphone, you are a rich human.

Maybe not a rich american.

But definitely a rich human on the planet.

Just ironic to be claiming that the rich don’t do enough to help the poor if you are doing nothing to help the poor.

A billion people live on about $2 per day.

Has Amelia even given a single one of them a dollar?

How many dollars have you offered this year to help any of those people?

Usually people accusing others of being selfish are selfish themselves… they just use the excuse that they aren’t a billionaire and therefore don’t have to help anybody.

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Go and spend some time among people living off of $5 or less per day.

There are about a billion people living on around $2 per day.

We are basically billionaires compared to them.

How many of us have even given a single dollar to any of them?

It’s easy to say “If I were a billionaire then I’d help people!”

But, if you aren’t helping anybody now, there is a low chance you’d behave any differently as a billionaire.

Just seems easy to accuse billionaires of being selfish… when, in reality, they are just richer versions of ourselves.

You’d be pretty much the same as you are now, just with more money.

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@SjGphys @houmanhemmati @naval @LACountyRRCC @spencerpratt @nithyavraman @SteveHiltonx Good point… but I remain unconvinced.

I have 0% trust in a party that fights against basic election protections.

Nobody should.