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Back to the left, I understand that there are factions who despise the establishment Democrats because they think they don't go far enough left or simply think they are just right-wing lite. Funny how that happens for many on the right with Republicans doing the inverse of that.

I just want to know how much awareness others have, regardless of their politics. Having awareness will at least tell me if you do any thinking, even if I see your thinking as moronic.

I myself would not consider myself gleeful at his death, but I am also not sad about it either. I despise the world police foreign policy for the United States, and Donald Trump doing the bidding of Israel in his waste of an effort in Iran is unhelpful in almost every way for anyone here on the right (save for maybe the quicker trajectory of collapse by those in the accelerationist camp). So one less supporter of that policy is for the better.

I would not be shocked if many on the left are gleeful about the death of Lindsey Graham. But I have to wonder how many of these same people are aware of many on the right who also are gleeful about his death. The reasons for each would differ wildly, but it serves as a test for the left if they can understand that the right is just as fractured and cobbled together as the left is and that not every right winger is all about supporting spending trillions on foreign wars.

@ForbiddenDreamer @Shadowman311 Besides, individual states don't pay taxes, the people living in them do. And there are a number of factors from state to state that affect this metric. I mentioned farm subsidies, but also places with more federal government agencies (or more per capita), military bases, Native American reservations, and any other federal spending that would be marked as going "to the state."

@ForbiddenDreamer @Shadowman311 a better test of dependency is to see who cracks first from pressure when all spending is taken away. While everyone would take a hit in some way, those who are most dependent would suffer hardest. I am willing to bet most leftists would not be in favor of seeing this challenge through, since it would expose the "muh dependent red states" as the farce it is.

@ForbiddenDreamer @Shadowman311 while you correctly understand who gets welfare in red states, the people talking about "Red states receiving more than they pay in" assume that their contrived metrics provides the actual issues of "depencency" by the states. While I despise farm subsidies, a lot of the "dependency" is in this form, and taking this money away would likely cause a spike in food prices. Guess who would suffer harder from that? Not the Republican voting whites these leftists hate.

@sickburnbro this is the equivalent of how many in Gen Z talk about "manifesting" what they want, as if wishing for it will make it so. Meanwhile, immigrants from 3rd world countries come for economic reasons, and a big part of those economic incentives are welfare. It should be no surprise they will vote for the more welfare party.

@Heil_Honkler kind of already been in HxH, since Alluka (Killua's younger "sister") is a boy that claims to be a girl. And Kalluto is basically a cross dresser, given his clothing.

Pretty sure I read somewhere Togashi has some cross-dressing character in a manga that never picked up much traction, but I have not found that source to verify that just yet.

@TeaTootler >doing the job 2 men failed at

And she failed twice to not end up pregnant by men who were not willing to commit to her. This is why waiting until marriage for sex was such a necessary standard in history. A lot of people seem to think that centuries of wisdom from their ancestors is backwards because they think they can live hedonistically without consequences. But consequences, they are most certainly here.

@h4890 unfortunately too many libertarians do not think like this and assert that any "win" in the direction of liberianism is a sign of progress no matter the second and third order consequences. This type of "lose 10 yards to gain 3" mentality caused Colorado to be less libertarian when the state legalized marijuana. It turns out that a lot of pot smokers don't care about freedom in the abstract, just the freedom to get high.

Another form of necessary assimilation is conforming to the citizens ideas of government role and size. Immigrants that demand more of a "better government" than their country of origin are showing that they are failing to assimilate, and therefore should not be here. But those who are seeking to increase government power see opening the borders for more immigrants will take advantage of these consequences. All while traitorously claiming that kind of immigration is "an American value."

A lot of libertarians fail to understand that when an immigrant comes from a country with a failing government system, most of them will not come to the conclusion that government itself is the problem, but rather that their government failed. They look at countries like the USA with a relatively "better government" system and see latching themselves to that system will improve their situation. They are not necessarily incorrect, but this creates further issues.

On this topic, I see why libertarians have no issue with immigrants solely here for economic reasons. Because they seem to only view countries as economic zones themselves, so they see no issue with immigrants viewing the country as that same way. But they fail to realize that immigrants don't share the same view on general freedom that they do. They simply demand more laws and policies in their favor while seeking the most economic advantage they can.

I do not know that assimilation for today's immigrants to western countries is possible. But I will say that assimilation is a bare minimum requirement for any immigrant coming to the US or any other western country. By moving here, you are admitting that we are doing something better than your country of origin. And if we are not, then why are you here instead of there?

Being here for economic reasons alone shows you are not assimilating, and you therefore should not be here.

I have a theory regarding the whole European air conditioner banning and shunning. Think for a moment which age group dies most often due to extreme heat. And think which age group makes the most use of government programs and welfare spending.

It is the perfect way to kill of the elderly without directly having to do it, all while claiming they are doing it in the name of "climate change." I guess we should come to expect this when there is an unwillingness to cut social spending.