Anthropologists generally consider the assertion here to be true.  Over most of the past +/- 200K years, humankind has fared well, largely due to its capacity to take care of its fellows.  Yes, we’ve had our tyrants over the millennia, but they have never, not a single one, gotten a death grip on the rest of us, and that’s precisely because we the people have always had the will and the capacity to stand up and fight for our rights.

The recent past, however, has drawn this into question.  What we’re experiencing here is the end game of unbridled capitalism, and just look at its most visible features.

In particular, notice that we’re incapable of preventing Big Oil and its billionaires from baking this planet.  America elected an obvious criminal conman as its 45th president. Homeless veterans are dying of treatable diseases. There is an entire political party in the U.S. dedicated to destroying the “woke,” i.e., those with any sincere concern for the well-being of others.

Cooperation is as fashionable now as the horse and buggy.

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If you want to communicate “I’m Mentally Ill” to the world, here’s a piece of apparel you should seriously consider.

Btw, until just now, I had no idea that liberals don’t like supporting the local economy.

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I truly doubt this.

If you’re a Christian, in the biblical sense, can your faith be damaged in any meaningful way by the existence of a single bad person?

If you’re a Republican Christian, i.e., a spiteful, mean human being, Trump is the best thing that’s ever happened to you.

Calling himself a Christian, while standing against all that Jesus taught, he became the most powerful person on Earth.

He did everything he could to take food from the hungry and healthcare from the sick. He punished the poor and those forced to leave their homelands.

What more could you have wanted?

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Sounds like a tall order, a big ask.

DeSantis is polling at 12% among committed Republicans, or about 5% of the U.S. electorate.

Incumbent President Joe Biden is the heavy favorite at most sportsbooks to win the Presidency in 2024, with probability 60%.

 

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Re: the meme here, the answer is no.

Think, please.

For at least tens of thousands of years, humankind has figured out how to barter. I’ll  cut your hair for 20 ears of corn.  I’ll watch your kids for a dozen tomatoes.

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The United States has not benefited from its decision to systemically defund public education.  There are kids graduating from our high schools who think that Wisconsin is in Africa.

Yet, as illustrated here, there are children, like this genius, for whom our education system is boring beyond comprehension.

It would be wonderful if we could reach out to, and somehow inspire, all these divergent populations of young people.

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At what point during the heating of the planet will greed turn itself off in favor of an interest in the overall survival of life on Earth?

Unclear.

So far, precious little has been done to decarbonize energy and transportation sectors, and there remains an incredibly lucrative opportunity to drive this planet into flames.

Is it the right move?  That’s a question only you can answer.

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I thought this was funny.

Yes, there are people who believe that the former president is our only real protection against socialism/communism in the U.S.  And sure, some believe that progressives hate our country.

But it’s impossible to believe that this level of stupidity represents anywhere near a majority.

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Apparently, “Bidenomics,” i.e., the economic policies of the current presidential administration, is a hotly controversial subject.

Fox News and the other right-wing media outlets hate it.

OK, but who approves of it?  Well, Morgan Stanley, for one.  But why would anyone care about the assessment of a brokerage house with 17,649 financial advisors who collectively manage $2.05 trillion in client assets?  What a bunch of woke socialists.

 

 

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Native Americans are famous for the role they play as caretakers of the natural environment.

By contrast, we European emigres are infamous for our reckless disregard of anything that doesn’t make us richer in the next fiscal quarter.

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