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I am willing to bet the vast majority of 1st, 2nd, and likely even 3rd generation immigrants would not qualify as patriots under this standard. And I say fair enough, I don't blame them.

But it should make everyone think about who is coming to their countries to live there and whether or not they are coming for the proper reasons. Having a higher standard of living for yourself is not enough of a reason to justify immigration from many countries.

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?

@shortstories I will not oppose that proposal. But the question I will have for every "forgive my student debt" person I will ask is whether or not colleges should necessarily be more selective about who is admitted and if they themselves had any business going to college in the first place.

I have doubts that they would accept that they had no business going to higher education at all.

@Twoinchdestroya @Shadowman311 I don't think there will be any choice made to cut off aid, as that choice will be made for us when Western countries decline. Not saying that we should not be cutting off aid by choice, but rather that it will happen one way or another.

@DW2 Seeing all this "step down now Biden" talk has me thinking. Clearly Biden is not in charge, so just what is going on?

I see this as an internal power struggle, where the "Biden" camp are just the current string pullers (e.g. members of his cabinet and some shadow lurkers) are trying to keep a hold of power versus other factions of the Democrats who see the opportunity to make a power play.

Frankly, they should have planned Biden to be a one term President regardless.

@DW2 I remember the days of Most Extreme Elimination. Just the kind of stupid humor that appeals to the base nature of men. I think Spike TV has not been around for a while (not that I have cable or satellite to watch it). Just shows that men can never have their own thing for long. At least, Spike TV was supposed to be about specifically appealing to men.

@shortstories So many complaints by my generation (millennials) regarding boomers is not based on a principle but rather that they are not able to get what the boomers got. Too many millennials are asking for their student loans to be forgiven, but they do not conceptualize the college system itself as a problem. Just that it is not free for them. Ironic, as it was the boomers that pushed them into college in the first place.

@caekislove in a twisted way it is true, as many people have had to be more cautious, on guard, and be ready for violence and conflict as a result of diversity. That is, those that have a survival instinct.

But that is not what anyone wants, so it certainly is not "better."

@DoubleD @Zeb the political compass is flawed anyways, as claims that someone who is "libertarian left" can exist. A lot of the questions on the site are flawed anyways, as I have found the premises of many questions to have biased assumptions behind them, as well as questions that have nothing to do with how you align politically.

Though the individual categories here are great on their own, though not as placements on a compass, just as you stated.

@DW2 >now open to an idea that they had previously dismissed as right-wing propaganda

Even after this revelation, they will just go back to believing everything that the globohomo media tells them is true and still call right wingers crazy for not believing the lying hack journalists churning out obvious bullshit.

@SuperSnekFriend @Hoss @Hyperhidrosis I would have to read the article, but it looks like Dave Ramsey is laying into the parents, not the Millenials and Zoomers:

"Millennials and Gen Z living at home are a 'trainwreck' THANKS TO THEIR PARENTS."

While Dave's advice might not be that helpful during these economic times, he does not appear to think it is the fault of young people here.

@deesenaughts And it is no wonder that the fat acceptance movement is dominated by women since women would prefer to spare the feelings of obese women rather than tell them that they are unhealthy and need to change their habits before they die an early death.

@deesenaughts The concern about perception also dictates how women discuss topics. Women are so focused on tone policing that they will prefer objectively worse ideas, proposals, and outcomes just because the better idea was not wrapped in a nicer wording. It is really no mystery that women vote left more than men considering how many leftist ideas sound nice and caring no matter how terrible the actual consequences are.