@JoelWBerry He aready speak like a president. Ideally we should evaluate political figures objectively through their policies instead of their character but that's not the reality. Trump's character is one that exacerbate divisiveness. We need a cool head, unifying figure like Marco to lead.
This speech from Zohran Mamdani on America’s 250th changed my politics.
I’ve never seen a more pompous individual whose life has been void of any sacrifice or hard work confidently lecture as if people like him hold the key to human prosperity.
Here’s a guy who had never held a job until he found the angle to satisfy his thirst for attention through politics at age 30, sit behind George Washington’s desk and give us a lecture on what is supposed to be a day of celebration.
Instead of celebrating what this country built, prosperity and human rights that spread across the globe from basically nothing, he turns the moment into a lecture about how America is this flawed project desperately in need of topdown change from useless academics and politicians who’ve never built anything of value for anybody.
As I get older, I have started wrestling with my own ridiculous and undeserved comforts, and the massive sacrifices of generations that made them possible. We should be expressing sheer gratitude for the families who crossed this country in covered wagons chasing a future, for the young men who died in muddy fields and frozen trenches defending it. At some point we let the children forget about this, and it's going to be a tragedy.
Our ancestors didn’t sacrifice so we could sit around demanding more redistribution while building nothing of value ourselves and living in opulence kings couldn't have dreamed of. They built something exceptional through risk, and relentless work.
Watching someone like Mamdani use the 250th as an opportunity to lecture us about what’s wrong with America, it just flips a switch for me. I’m done with the ingratitude.
We need to defend America from those that leech off it's greatness and attempt to redefine it.
@Awk20000 There's still widespread forced compliance in media and entertainment. If you're not part of the larger narrative, you'd be the black sheep whose credentials will be damaged and access keys will be revoked.
Canada has free healthcare.
Canada also has a 53.5% top marginal tax rate in Ontario.
If you earn CAD 500,000, you're giving CAD 267,500 to the government.
That's enough to buy private health insurance for 267 Canadians.
You're paying for everyone else's free healthcare.
@Dexerto It sounds like a foreign concept, but vtuber culture thrives because of donations. It still baffles my mind that people randomly drop $10, $20, $50, $100 superchats randomly on a stream. Supporting them via merch is also not cheap. $40 for 1-min interaction is justified for them.
@Scratch_Point_Z I hope they burn that image in their mind, come back home, and see what's currently happening in Japan.
Western countries would still be the romanticized version of themselves if it wasn't for mass migration "everyone is welcome" policies.
@historyinmemes One of the best things to come out of this world cup is people are discovering Erling Halaand not just as a great footballer, but also a great, wholesome human being. Great role model for the kiddos.
@AI_EmeraldApple Societies can work and prosper when they pursue knowledge in the epistemology of truth. In past decades, there's a competing, more popular epistemology of "care" pushed by the progressives. If someone does a research and the truth hurts, then we should murder it. It's lunacy.
@Gazz_54 Don't just call it. Act on it. Until these comments and ratios translate to real financial hurt, Sony is firm in their stance of anti-consumerism. Otherwise, they will be proven right.
@ericsfedup Because terrible ideologies have taken root and spread in academia, entertainment, and media in the past decades. Entire new generation were fed with these parasitic ideas in schools. Socialism is cool. Men can menstruate. There are 6820 genders. No culture is better than others.
@learning_yohei I would have preferred anyone but Spain honestly. They play smart passing football but in doing so, they make games boring to watch as they always shut out star players. The last Spain World Cup final was a slog.
@Asmon_Updates Ah, yes the same ICE organization that did the same thing during Obama's administration, deporting over 3 million illegals, and even received presidential award.
@Awk20000 What makes society works is because we pursue knowledge in the epistemology of truth. In past decades, there's a competing, more popular epistemology of "care" pushed by the wokies. If the truth hurts someone then we should murder it. It's lunacy.
Listen to North Korean defector Yeonmi Park explain how her grandparents were promised much of what Mamdani and the Democratic Socialists of America are promising today:
- Free healthcare
- Free housing
- Free education
- A government that will take care of everyone
In return, they surrendered their freedom.
Tyranny rarely arrives looking cruel. It arrives smiling, speaking softly and promising compassion.
Liberals, I beg of you, don’t listen to conservatives if you don’t want to.
Listen to the North Korean defector.
It will not be different this time.
This is how it begins.
@pushsquare The reality is, the language Sony understand is money. It doesn't matter how toxic and how long this goes on. Until these comments and ratios actually translate into financial hurt, nothing will change.
@Dexerto So, instead of a showcase of power, agility, movement, form, physical excellence in elite sports, we now treat all viewers are inherently predatory.