Stupid catechism of the shitlib:
“We are a nation of immigrants”
NO
We are a nation of pioneers, settlers, and adventurers.
Those who show up for the spoils are not the same as those who tamed a continent.
@Cernovich The preworkout is far and away the best pre I've ever used. I like some stim but can control how much I add in. Was pec flying 50% more on my last set today than I normally do. Buying other two today.
What a strange invasion force they are.
They couldn't conquer us with guns, or with trade, so they came with empty hands and mouths full of tales about how they were too good for their own nations and people.
And now that we have realized that this, too, is a weapon, they screech like psychotic ex-girlfriends, alternately sobbing about how heartlessly cruel we are, and ranting dire predictions about how we will never survive without them.
But if we can't live without them, why aren't we dead yet?
Every time they demand to stay in our country, there is always some claim that they do for us something we cannot do for ourselves.
"I'm a scientist!"
Do they expect us to believe we are incapable of science?
To "be a scientist" is not a contribution. It is a credential. A scientist was enrolled in a PhD program, instead of someone else. He passed that program, and was given a fellowship, or a research grant, or a job, or a tenure track position. Instead of someone else.
When institutions squat across every upward ladder in your civilization, gatekeeping vigorously, it really IS a zero sum game.
And what have these student-visa, green-card-stapled-to-his-PhD scientists invented? Discovered? Revolutionized?
Not much.
Certainly not more than the native Americans did in the 20th century.
They all want to wear Warner Von Braun like a cape, but where are the results?
The actual next Werner Von Braun didn't get any special favors, even though he's technically African, and we all know why he didn't.
I don't see any compelling evidence that all these hordes of third worlders are a net positive AT ALL, much less a better bet than the sons of America who they were imported to replace.
Why the hell would I feel sorry for them when I know 140+ IQ Americans who are hanging drywall and driving school buses?
Norman Borlaug saved the third world from starvation, and the thanks America gets is that the Millennial Norman Borlaug gets to sell insurance because our political class wanted to play Racial Diversity Zoo for cheap votes.
And then pat themselves on the back for being generous with someone else's heritage.
So I'm not interested in the crocodile tears of an invader over losing ten percent of something that was never his to begin with, as I am equally not interested when he switches, on the instant, to boasting about how he is "competitive" in the hundred yard dash when he starts on the fifty yard line.
The replacement of native Americans with everyone else isn't some wild eyed conspiracy theory. It was done right out in the open. We all know this. We all know exactly who had their thumbs on the scales, because they didn't bother to try hiding it.
The only thing they hid was their motives.
So, as far as I'm concerned, we can send them all back. Every last one. And wish them the best of luck in their own countries.
After all, if, as they claim, all playing fields are inherently level, and only merit matters, they should revolutionize their own economies in short order.
Meanwhile, we can do for GenZ Americans what GenX and the Millennials missed out on until it was too late.
We can invest in them.
9/ That’s why these stories lasted thousands of years.
They had tight internal logic. When you start rewriting the ethnic and political foundations just to fit modern casting, you don’t make the story better. You turn something that felt ancient and real into expensive fanfiction.
The original worked because it followed its own rules.
8/ This isn’t really an adaptation anymore.
It’s more like “inspired by The Odyssey” with a massive budget and serious marketing behind it. Real adaptations try to keep the core logic of the story intact. This one throws it away.
My wife turned 30. I was reliably told she would hit a wall. I’ve got my drywall patching supplies ready in case this occurs indoors.
How have others dealt with this problem?