teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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Russia and Ukraine
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  RE: Russia and Ukraine
October 17, 2022 at 2:38 am
(This post was last modified: October 17, 2022 at 3:03 am by The Architect Of Fate.)
"Change was inevitable"
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Right. Lets imagine that the secret societies and shadowy elites are all serviced by the war in ukraine....and... that the us is just, like, the worst.
So what?
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 (October 16, 2022 at 10:57 pm)Helios Wrote:(October 16, 2022 at 10:18 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Why limit it to the world? Aliens are people too! We -- uh, I meant they, they -- have shadowy elites as well.The world is run by the Jewish Stone Mason Illuminati Communist Space lizard lead by Bill Gates and George Soros and Cyborg Adolf Hitler and Barack Obama Don't forget the Rosicruciams! 
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
 (October 16, 2022 at 10:57 pm)Helios Wrote:(October 16, 2022 at 10:18 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Why limit it to the world? Aliens are people too! We -- uh, I meant they, they -- have shadowy elites as well.The world is run by the Jewish Stone Mason Illuminati Communist Space lizard lead by Bill Gates and George Soros and Cyborg Adolf Hitler and Barack Obama Man. I was such a fool thinking that the İranian Mafia was posing as demontrators... RE: Russia and Ukraine
October 17, 2022 at 7:03 pm
(This post was last modified: October 17, 2022 at 7:28 pm by Belacqua.)
(October 17, 2022 at 4:04 pm)Leonardo17 Wrote: 1) Russia and China have always been rivals. They have very deep conflicts with one another. They're not in lockstep, that's for sure. On the other hand they can work together when it suits them. Ideology tends to get downplayed when both sides can make money. Recent American actions are working hard to push Russia and China closer together. As US firms pull out of Russia, China is happy to take up the slack. Chinese financial services, like electronic payment services, are now popular in Russia and are gaining ground in other areas as well. American efforts to hold back Chinese development of their high-tech sector is also having unintended consequences. For example Germany has announced that it has no intention to follow America's orders to turn their back on Chinese products which would help them. Just another small step in former partners discovering that obedience to America is not in their own interests. As more countries find that the US is an unreliable partner which only works for the benefit of the US, it only strengthens alliances among other countries. It looks as though Saudi Arabia, for example, will join the BRICS nations. That's a significant realignment. Quote:3) China is not doing so well either. With Xi-Chi-Ping being elected for a third term in office there is a strong possibility that this country will suffer Russia-like instabilities in the future and perhaps even resort to a war with Taiwan in order to focus the public’s attention elsewhere. The China Miracle of the 00’s and the 10’s seems to have come to an end. Still I hope for a smoother transition than Russia’s for that country of 2 Billion citizens. Here we have to be especially wary, because Anglophone propaganda concerning China is even more blatant than that against Russia. What is the evidence that Xi's election will cause "Russia-like" instabilities? What is the evidence that its rapidly expanding economy has ended its rise? Millions have been lifted out of poverty, and life expectancy is now longer than that of the US. Xi is popular at home. Is there any sort of large-scale movement in China that will cause us to worry about a "smoother transition"? Smoother transition from what to what? The Taiwan situation is unfortunate, and it's pretty certain that not everyone will get what he wants. It will only result in a major war, however, if the US gets involved. China plans for a longer game than the US, and they also have a longer memory. How many Americans know that there were US soldiers among the troops which sacked the Forbidden City in 1900 and carried away anything they could. If you go to the Asian art department of a US museum, chances are that the collection was begun due to this looting. How many know that John Jacob Astor became a multi-millionaire by breaking Chinese import bans and dealing drugs to China, ruining many many lives? Chinese people remember this. History, plus recent US efforts to harm China's economy, push the BRICS countries closer together, making the US less relevant. A cold winter in Europe, when everyone knows it's the US that made energy prices go through the roof, will not make the US more popular. |
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