Inside of a generation, Afghanistan will collect on Saudi cuckery.
Shaquille O'Neal - Sons Get Out! Daughters, Stay https://youtube.com/watch?v=iXSOyNlhuTE&si=v6vo233cqEyCYwDk
The Timeless Business of Steakhouses https://youtube.com/watch?v=Bb3Ndqf3qHk&si=kCr1Ue7oEVjVbLRC
I have a patriotism test that can apply for all countries:
The test: If an enemy power declared war on the country you reside in, but stated that they would spare anyone who renounces/denies citizenship of that country, would you stand and fight, or would you forfeit your right to citizenship?
For this test, you have a 1/4 chance of dying and a 1/2 chance that your country will lose the war regardless of your efforts. Do you love the country you live in enough?
It was only a matter of time before we got an anime about "a man who falls in love with his maid robot".
Enjoy ..
https://aniwave.to/watch/boku-no-tsuma-wa-kanjou-ga-nai.zl5ow/ep-1
One thing I like about the 2024 presidential debate is that both candidates got to talk about their time as president. It's a rare thing in the US to have two presidents who have served a term campaigning for a second term. Maybe it would be a good thing if presidents couldn't serve consecutive terms.
It looks like I am above the cutoff age for a potential draft. Though I suppose that is not a sure bet in a full blown war where they want as many men as possible.
Even if a draft were to go through and every man complies without resistance, it still would not yield good results, as a demoralized population does not make for a great fighting force. Forcing all young men to serve will do little good when the motivation to fight is severely lacking.
I agree that there will be pockets of freedom in many places.
Here's what else we're going to see - people forced by necessity to become deadly serious about values, meaning and purpose.
I predict that through that effort, people will discard fairweather ideologies. Everyone will undergo their own reinvent-the-wheel process.
Some will finally understand why true things persist, other won't. Billions must learn.
Religion is not stupid, slavish or "herd mentality". Historically, atheism is a very young and arrogant worldview that has never held cultural power like this before anywhere and is currently failing hard everywhere.
Religion is 100% necessary for large groups of people to co-exist and thrive across generations.
If you don't understand that then go through history. It is littered with endless cycles of corrupted versions of religion emerging and failing, over and over.
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And when I say SOME laws, I don't want a society that allows necrophilia, bestiality and incest.
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Nuanced take.
I can admit that porn is a social weapon and there are documented cases where nation states have deployed it to break morale and weaken families (Israel to Palestine is the obvious one).
I can also admit that an excess of porn, like all pleasures, can be damaging to men, and boys in particular.
Banning it? I'm undecided.
There should be SOME laws, even though ultimately this battle can only be fought by every individual.