The first concern of immigration should be assimilation.
Western man,
Patriotic Texan,
Serving his country,
Passionate about infrastructure,
Child of Yakub lol
@lolt64 The sight of Jupiter (helium 3 and small moons) will be the face that launches a thousand ships. I pay for NASA today so that my great grandchildren can fight in cool space trench warfare instead of dirty earth trench warfare.
@PlasticChairDis@SandyofCthulhu A real radical 2nd amendment stance that shall not be infringed means exactly what it says, has almost no representation in Congress, or even most state legislatures, because it has been so normalized that they must be controlled by government institutions.
im a fucking loser that has a girlfriend who is a poc, and while I pretend to be cool with her I actually spread extreme hate across twitter and agree with white supremacy! Oh and prior to that I would cheat on her by following and watching naked women on twitter!
@SHILLWALTON@Robert_E_Kelly Cutting China off from sources of oil and basing for weapons systems while securing the strait of Hormuz, eliminating a terrorist regime that hates us and keeps trying to build nukes, and stopping massive crimes against humanity is actually a win for us, the US.
@poordart@Legolago1@RagingBitcoin Death to America has been their policy ever since the Iranian Revolution, on account of us being close allies to the Shah. Furthermore, this policy is backed up by decades of religious doctrine. No, that is not why they hate us, it's just a small piece.
@anniedufour99@Robert_E_Kelly Just like Venezuela, this will be more important if it removes Chinese influence and oil sources than for any direct gain to the US. We are denying allies to our primary adversary before the showdown in '27, be it economic, military, or some gray zone inbetween.
@Davidchorts@Robert_E_Kelly They are true, and had been happening before all this press, which is why I have always been a principled supporter of bombing the Mullah and any and all IRGC targets.
@AydinPaladin I feel kinship and respect for lots of groups outside and inside of my nation. Still a patriot. Idk what's wrong with them, maybe something in their childhood?
@ThomBrady5 I've always thought we should behead the Mullah and bomb the IRGC and conduct regime change in Iran. I enlisted to fight in Taiwan or Iran or Ukraine, and my boys in my platoon are hoping we get boots on the ground.
@ScottGoetz_ It simply is. Decades of planning and ideological agitation have lead up to several conflicts with a sizeable chances of blowing up in the next 2-3 years, or even the next 2-3 months. Doesn't mean Britain will play a part (not sure you can any more) but war clouds are brewing.
@chabranigdo@SCShipyards At least it's based on reality. During the early cold war the US had to reckon with the fact that not all parts of a sub compressed at the same rate - it was the cause of the loss of the USS Thresher in a catastrophic failure.
This is what it has always meant. Just look at England in the 50s
The Earls Fitzwilliam spent generations building a prosperous coal mining industry in Northern England, and were beloved by the miners because they cared about safety, paid very well, provided schools and such for the kids, and otherwise were great employers in a way that essentially none of the oligarchic rather than aristocratic coal miners were
In so doing, and building up a stable and prosperous coal extraction industry that was worked by loving and loyal employees, they became immensely wealthy. That wealth was used to build Wentworth Woodhouse, one of the grandest and most gorgeous English country houses, and its beautiful parklands
That state of things lasted for over a century, with the Fitzwilliams and their workers having remarkably good relations even as labor agitation elsewhere was a disaster
Then, in the aftermath of WWII, Attlee's Labour regime was elected, and it nationalized pretty much all of British heavy industry, from the steel mills to the coal mines to the railroads
That meant the Fitzwilliam mines were expropriated from them. Yet worse, it meant a spiteful mutant named Manny Shinwell ordered the strip mining of all the coal on the estate, including through their beautiful and beloved parkland.
The workers still loved the Fitzwilliams, and they revolted, and in a genuine outpouring of love and support, refused to follow Shinwell's orders and begged Attlee to reverse the decision. He didn't, the strike was broken, and the grounds were irreparably destroyed. So too was the house, which had its foundation destroyed by the open-cast mining, which went right up to the doorstep. Now it can't be lived in, and the Fitzwilliams had to give it up. The government of course refused to pay for the damage it has done
And what was gotten from all that destruction? Nothing. The coal mined from the Fitzwilliam parkland was essentially valueless, the stolen mines were largely shut down by the Thatcher years, and all the capital that could have funded Britain's post-war rebuilding was instead stolen and wasted on the welfare nanny state
Priceless forms of English heritage were destroyed, and noblesse oblige not just ignored but punished, all to fund the NHS for a few days