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This is not say that other forms of government that do not have voting are really better. Rather, I am saying that voting currently is not really solving problems that it claims it should do. Too often we have judges overturn the votes of the people (see: all the states that voted against gay marriage as amendments, California going from Red to Blue because a judge overturned a vote from the people).

And we cannot even trust that our votes are even being counted properly either.

Voting in itself is one of the biggest and silliest memes there is. That is, the idea that the vote is sacred and doing so is "doing your duty as a citizen." It really is not nearly that special and not something that you should feel like is an obligation if you do not have a strong enough interest or investment in the outcomes or if you see it as pointless.

Yet, we are told time and time again with "get out the vote" campaigns how special and important it is to do so.

If you had any "New Years Resolutions" just forget it. You should have been making changes to your life before some arbitrarily decided calendar date and all that. Most people who make such resolutions abandon them the moment the feelgood rush wears out and they find out that they never wanted to commit to real changes.

When I started getting into lifting, it was not due to some resolution around a new year. It was at some time when I realized I should be making myself stronger.

Women who think "I would be treated better and be respected if I were a man" do not understand that men do not automatically get respect. It has to be earned. Women, on the other hand, get better treatment than most men do just for being women. They do not have the perspective of what it would mean to earn respected status.

But they are correct that they sense that they are not held as at high of esteem as the top men. Because we all know they did not need to put in effort for most of them.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Pay inside or pre pay only at your gas station. This is a great signal for the amount of trust/criminality in a given area.

Recently, a gas station I regularly use that had a pay inside option no longer does that. It makes me wonder if there were too many incidents of theft or if they just want to be proactive. Either way, there is less trust.

Trust itself is an invaluable thing to have. Not having it is a sign of bad times ahead. And no amount of money makes up for a lost in trust.

Businesses and people were not going through all sorts of stupid bullshit because of "the virus." Not when some of the most laughable policies were put in place, such as having tents out in the middle of winter at restaurants so that they could do "outdoor seating" to comply with completely unnecessary rules. Let us not forget how many businesses were fined or facing other penalties because they dared not accept the hysteria that every libshit had during "the pandemic."

I am so sick of still hearing how "Covid shut everything down" in 2020. No, it was not "the virus" that did it. It was governments doing it. And considering how much they lied about the supposed death numbers (dying "with Covid" is considered a "Covid death" even if the death was obviously not due to that) and many other things, it is quite clear that so many supposed issues were indeed avoidable. They merely wanted you to not rightfully blame them for screwing everyone over.

And besides, any serious Christian should keep Romans 12:2 in mind:

"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect."

Capitulating to the homosexual agenda in any way is conforming to the world rather than following God's will. So Pope Francis is wrong in his decision, regardless of any other motivations.

This is just going to make Catholics leave the church rather than increase their numbers. This example is just one country, but I don't doubt the trend is the same. Appealing to the gay agenda does not help you retain memberships.

Not that teachings and practices should be based on numbers alone, but this is both destructive to the core teachings AND to membership. So it is lose-lose. Which is why I see it as something that will be detrimental overall.

Of course they are not going to be happy with anything less than full blown embracing of homosexual marriage. They are never satisfied with any concessions, and even when they get their way they push for more.

Also, for any serious Christian a gay couple should not be "inferior to heterosexual partnerships," as same sex relationships should not be given any recognition at all.

Besides these "advocates" are probably not Catholic anyways, so why cater to them at all?