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American Turning Point Imminent
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My continued optimism depends on the USA having fair midterm elections. Which I'm not very optimistic about.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
The chump bunch planted the seed of "rigged elections" in 2016, and they kept it up even after gaining the White House. We're seeing that bear even more tainted fruit, now.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
 RE: American Turning Point Imminent
September 14, 2025 at 2:48 pm
(This post was last modified: September 14, 2025 at 2:48 pm by Leonardo17.)
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^As much as I admire Dr. Tyson (a lot), his Rationalia suffers from the same flaw as every other utopian blueprint: it fails to take human nature into account. Human beings are not rational animals - we are rationalizing animals.
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(September 14, 2025 at 2:48 pm)Leonardo17 Wrote: To this I want to add my conviction that Religion and politics it’s such a bad mixture because, again, it’s the opposite of Rationalia utopia and turns religion into something %100 irrational. (Ex: Modi in India, Political Islam in the Middle East, MAGA and affiliates in the US, Israel under Netanyahu)Religion is politics, and to the extent that it's opposite to rational thought that's only because a particular religion insists. No one is doing that to those religions. Theyre not being turned into anything. That's their fundamental nature.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
 (September 14, 2025 at 8:12 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote:(September 14, 2025 at 2:48 pm)Leonardo17 Wrote: To this I want to add my conviction that Religion and politics it’s such a bad mixture because, again, it’s the opposite of Rationalia utopia and turns religion into something %100 irrational. (Ex: Modi in India, Political Islam in the Middle East, MAGA and affiliates in the US, Israel under Netanyahu)Religion is politics, and to the extent that it's opposite to rational thought that's only because a particular religion insists. No one is doing that to those religions. Theyre not being turned into anything. That's their fundamental nature. Yet that doesn't prevent a firewall. Look at Western Europe. RE: American Turning Point Imminent
September 15, 2025 at 8:41 am
(This post was last modified: September 15, 2025 at 8:42 am by The Grand Nudger.)
In theory, sure, but not in practice, and to the extent that we're willing to lay aside that the history and boundaries of western european nations were written by religious politics, and that they currently have their own overtly religious and ascendant right wing movements, the hypothetical bulwark in those nations is itself a secular civil religion. Same as here.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
(September 15, 2025 at 8:41 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: In theory, sure, but not in practice, and to the extent that we're willing to lay aside that the history and boundaries of western european nations were written by religious politics, and that they currently have their own overtly religious and ascendant right wing movements, the hypothetical bulwark in those nations is itself a secular civil religion. Same as here. If everything's a religion, then nothing's a religion. What you're arguing is nonfalsifiable under those circumstances, so I won't bother any more. |
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