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Yes, someone can just inherit an already successful business or cheat using steroids. But the envious ones will assume because they are either unwilling or unable to replicate the success they see in others, they assume it is impossible to do without cheating.

Ultimately, it shows they are unwilling to do the work themselves and would "cheat" themselves if they thought they could do so without negative consequences.

What does having success in business and being able to lift heavy at the gym have in common? Both cause envious people to be upset that they are not currently doing as well as the person who built themselves up over a long period of time.

Those same envious people are unable to grasp the concept that the business owner and the swole guy took years of dedication and struggle before they got to the level they did. Rather, they just say that their success is unfair.

@Pain66 There is no "playing make believe" when playing video games, as you are actually interacting with something. Whether or not it is a good use of your time is one thing, but any adult man knows he is just playing a game. And it is strange that he will defend movies, as it is just as much "playing make believe" according to his stupid standards and just as much of something that can take up time.

@PapaPole Yes, people like to do what is fun/exhilarating. But that is often not in their best interests. There is only so much teaching that can be done to have people do what is in their best interests. Those that can be reached do not require that much teaching, and those that cannot are usually a lost cause.

But the premise that we just need to TEACH more is something lost on those who are too stuck on the value of equality. They really don't like the idea that stupid people exist.

@Tfmonkey I am fine with letting people fail from their poor decisions. If those people hit rock bottom and find themselves ruined, be it financially or physically, they can serve the purpose for others an example of what not to do.

And due to people doing what feels good, it is often impossible to have enough education to make them change their ways. Especially if they are stupid. But as we know, those who believe in equality refuse to accept that some people are just too stupid to be helped.

Having not been in school for long enough, I am not sure if the DARE program is still going on or how long it has not been in place. Regardless, the DARE program is the perfect example of how "education" does not solve major problems. It is not that people lack information about drugs being bad, we already know that. The people that use drugs got all that info, they just don't care.

This same principle can be applied in many other areas. So don't let libshits tell you education is the solution.

@matty This is a whole lot of bullshit. Where do blacks trace their ancestry back to? Africa, where it is hot as hell, and a lot hotter than in the US. Or did we forget how often we hear melanin being touted as such an amazing thing to have so much of. JUST WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS FOR? THAT'S RIGHT, DEALING WITH A TON OF SUN ALL DAY.

I would say "hero," but he was not simply doing this out of the goodness of his heart, but for profit. Still, might have saved some people from "dying suddenly" or "long covid."

https://www.theepochtimes.com/pharmacist-convicted-of-stealing-selling-covid-vaccination-cards-online_5357476.html

@Pain66 >when they get fit

That is a big fat IF. Many fat women remain fat despite going to the gym because they only put a half hearted effort into exercising (e.g. elliptical machines which are hardly require any rigorous effort). Along with that, they often do not change their eating habits, which are the primary issue with their weight.

@Aether But we have to care about the environment! As long as other people do all the mining somewhere else, it is magically fine for us.

It just pisses me off that environmentalist libtards seem to think that they can demand to live a first world lifestyle with all the resources it requires while also thinking that any gathering of said resources on our end is unforgivable.

@sickburnbro Just what is abortion going to do, make women combat ready instead of being pregnant? Fat lot of good that will do, as women are not as fit to be soldiers as men. And besides, I am willing to bet that most women would suddenly be against murdering their own baby just to escape deployment. Because that already happens.

@Dwalrus Because the US wants to put its dick everywhere in the world it can and many countries (such as all the Eurofaggot ones) expect the US to intervene even when they talk about how the US spends too much on their military.

Granted, we do spend too much on our military, but the moment we decrease our spending the same Eurofaggots making that point also would beg the US to save them the moment there is a hint of conflict. They should build up their own militaries, frankly.

@Pain66 These portraits clearly are not from the year of 1776. At least not most of them, as Thomas Jefferson and John Marshall would be looking pretty rough if they were 20 and 33 and looked like that.

But still, I am not surprised that they were young men when the revolution happened, as they would need to be at the peak fighting age to make it through the war (regardless if they directly fought or not).

It does show that men were much different then versus now.

@ArdainianRight The idea that everything in the past was bad and awful and that we are "progressing" on the "correct path" so as long as we go against anything that was done in the past requires a very arrogant and naive mindset.

Horrifying possibility: Multiple timelines are not a work of fiction, but reality. And our timeline is the best one there is.

Anyone can say they do not like the current US healthcare system and say it should be improved. But when discussing solutions, if you have one person saying we should go full free market and the other saying we should have it fully socialized, then you are not going to find any agreement beyond "the current system sucks."

And besides, we see currently that both proponents think the presence of elements of each other's system is the problem while their own is the solution.

If someone I am conversing with says they also do not like what is going on with token gay characters in movies, it might seem like we agree when I say I do not like it either. But when I find out the reason they do not like it is because they think there is not enough emphasis on the homosexual character and that they should have more than a few seconds of onscreen homosexuality, then it is most certainly not the same thing as me not wanting it to be present at all.