@Justicar - Amerimutt here, but most people would call me "white":
No. I would not consider polite and respectful minorities that pull their own weight to be a problem, and I would take no issue with their presence. 🫡
@Stahesh -
@sardonicsmile - Fair point. But in the days of Irish organized crime, it would have gone further.
@black_pilled - Realizing this is a nonresponsive repost account:
I share blood with my family, and have had some rather bitter conflicts of values with them.
Seems to me, that a better way of achieving shared values, is to have shared circumstances and experiences. And of course, the foundation of any functional nation, is strong and enforceable contract law. 🫡
@Pain66 - I want to nail preachy christians to a cross...
I feel like this girl and I have something in common.
@mrhorsetwat - Nice!
@Momther - I used to fancy myself an artist, once upon a time... But I know when I'm beat.
Cheers, and "noice!"
@Starprophet - Is that supposed to be war paint...? 🫣
Europe is gonna get fucked. ...and they're kinda asking for it...
which should surprise no one, now that I think about it.
@UncleIroh - We're all on our journey... even the glowies.
I remember when I was a staunch patriot who had just learned of China's 50¢ army (circa 2014). I used to engage them when encountered, with the thought that even if they were paid propogandist agents, such engagement could affect their own worldview.
I liked the idea of using 50¢-ers as a way of fighting their employer. Wouldn't it be funny if I removed some Chicom's party naivate?
It was probably a waste of my time, but I had fun.
@Justicar - My brother smokes cigars... I'll have to get him a couple. Thanks!
I used to smoke cigars decades ago, but then I tried a hookah, and never looked back. So I don't know what the scene is. Now I get to look thoughtful and considerate on some random day.
@charliebrownau - published in 1989. I picked it up used for $650 (new reprints go for $1,300)
As far as I know, there are two main editions. I think the first one was published in the 50's. I got this one off of eBay, and I think the earlier version was substantially cheaper, though naturally tends to be more worn and torn.
But I'm good with 1989 levels of academic wokeness. And I gotta say... This thing is pretty exhaustive.
@shortstories - intellectually? Academically? Sure.
Did it hit home? Did the abstract knowledge motivate me? No.
I dunno why I never thought of it in such stark terms, but it seems applicable.
For the sake of strategic patience regarding collapse (that is, for the sake of not being motivated to do something stupid, unproductive, and a waste of my own life)... I have to try not to think about it too much.
But it pisses me off in a visceral way - in a motivational sort of way.
Hey, you guys wanna hear something that will piss you off? This thought hit me, and I felt a fire start rising in my belly.
I'm a cuck, and so are you (and every other taxpayer). If women are a commodity (pussy and reproduction), and we're all subsidizing women as they're getting fucked by Chad and Tyrone... if we are all providing for pussy that we don't get to fuck, and for children that aren't ours... then we are all being actively cucked by the govt.
@Justicar @UncleIroh - I've been thinking, the Mineral Rights deal, is nothing more than a fig leaf. If there's no minerals in what's left of Ukraine, aside from under Kiev... then there's no point, other than for NATO to walk away with nothing, while being able to say they got something. That's why Russia wouldn't object.
And Zelensky here... is acting like a woman, sabotaging a fig leaf. And Trump? He's frustrated with Z-bitch here, and may be about to say "fuck this."
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