It’s dated, and ancient compared to the shit we spew, but it soo pure and clear (when you get the ear for it).

I am not a scholar, I can’t analyse prose or poetry, but his writing is cleansing and lights up the brain - especially if you have a fetish for reasonableness.

I know exactly what you mean and I’ve never quite had the words to describe this type of writing. It’s definitely old fashioned to our eyes, but it’s so dense with meaning. I felt the same reading some of the landmark SCOTUS decisions of the Warren court during the civil rights era.

Hand is on backwards.

Spoken like a person who had no idea what slavery is .

So, you believe everything the government tells you?

Lazy argument is lazy. If you have an issue with how inflation is calculated, why are you keeping us in the dark? Tell us what it is.

The statistic I like to cite [because it’s pretty simple to remember] is that the minimum wage in 1960 was $1.00/hour and the cost of the average home was $11,000.00

The reason this doesn’t constitute inflation is that most people don’t work for minimum wage, and they buy more than just homes. So trying to work out inflation (the relative value of money over time) requires a slightly broader lens.

I’m more interested in knowing how Lauren Phillips feels about being an F-16 in this meme.

“Won’t anyone think of the poor children?” If you don’t want children to die in war, don’t fucking start war.

Cool, so because of Oct 7, Isreal has an infinite moral right to kill children? The ones that had nothing to do with this war? LOL. Ridiculous nonsense that you know is wrong. You consider Palestinians subhuman and so does Netanyahu’s regime.

Literally no possibility, huh?

Yes, there is literally no possibility. Isreal will nuke Iran before that happens.

WTF do you think they sponsor Hamas and Hezbollah and the Houthis for? Why do they have a doomsday clock in Tehran literally counting down to Israel’s destruction? Just for shits and giggles?

Because being against Isreal is the Iranian regime’s political stance that they can’t sway from, mostly in order to stay in power. Similar to how Netanyahu expanded and prolonged this war in an effort to stop his government from falling - a ploy that worked. He didn’t invent this strategy of staying power, but he executed it very well.

But here’s the bottom line: Neither you, nor any other ignorant Western leftist, has the right to demand that Israel takes that chance.

There’s no chance being taken. Isreal has nukes, infinite US support, and the US seventh fleet on speed dial. Nothing you said is relevant, Isreal remains completely morally responsible for every bomb they drop and for every child they kill. Apparently the Isreali right to security is so great that literally nobody around them has any lol. The desire for security is NOT a unique Isreali right nor does that desire offer a blanket moral justification for any action.

That’s exactly what Jewish self-determination (AKA Zionism) is all about.

No it’s not, and you know it. You just don’t care. The Isreali state as a whole is not in danger.

Your initial comment doesn’t say anything relevant to your thesis. Simply typing words isn’t an argument, and plenty of criticism of Isreal remain perfectly legitimate, and bombing children, even if you contort yourself into pretending that’s self-defense, remains wrong.

You don’t understand the Middle East, do you? Strength and power is what leaders respect in the Middle East. They’re not sending a message to Palestinian children, they’re sending a message to Iran and its proxies.

You literally just missed my point and proved it all at once. How many children are you willing to kill to send your message to the right people?

Do you think Israel should just stand down and let Iran move in for the kill?

There is literally no possibility of that happening.

You don’t have a point. Antisemitism exists therefore criticism of Isreal is illegitimate isn’t a point worth entertaining.

The upside to Israel’s actions over the past year is sending a clear message that the Jewish state isn’t going anywhere, and if you try to kill us you will suffer greatly.

“Isreali bombs killed and continue to kill thousands of children, but at least they sent a message” lol. Tell us more about your moral superiority. Isreal gets to do whatever they want so long as unquestioning, uncritical support from the US remains. I think that particular type of support from the US may be more fragile than you think.

And I’m sick of people falling back on the “criticism of Israel isn’t antisemitism” bullshit.

And yet, regardless of your level of fatigue, it remains true and nothing else you said refutes that.

Except the cancer warning thing which didn’t exactly have the desired effect. Good intent, bad execution.

You have to love conspiracy theories that imply that humanity is a Kardashev 2 civilization.

You don’t even have the courage to state your point bruh, you’re far from actually having one lol

“You’re either with us, or you’re with the terrorists” - the guy who should have taught you to spot false dichotomies.

I remember the first time I used MapQuest and I was absolutely amazed that it could just figure out the route automatically.

Biden is so staunchly pro Israel that its completely independent of how he’s treated by Israel. If the US stopped (or even strongly considered stopping) all arms shipments to Israel Netanyahu’s government would fall and their plans of conquest would fall apart in 3 days. But even talking about this is apparently antiemetic or whatever. Israel is playing a very dangerous game in the long term. They have a stranglehold on American politics, but they’re also completely dependent on unquestioning, uncritical American support. I think that kind of stupid support may have a shorter shelf life than they think.

Is AMD finally realizing that unless they lower prices their tenuous hold on the GPU market is going to slip away entirely?

I’d give it 50% odds at best.

Even if the journalist recommends a better title their editor will just optimize it to be the best clickbait it can be. Ambiguity probably drives clicks due to sheer curiosity.Such is reporting in the digital world.

The battle for work-life balance is in a far better state in most western economies (including the US) than it is in many developing economies like India. The middle class in India is like 2 generations old. The grandparents of the current middle class are still around and they remember how poor they were and how much has changed. Basically , for many Indian workers, hard work and perseverance on its own (from their perspective at least) has actually been a path to a better life. That social contract hasn’t yet broken the way it has in the west.

The problem with this is that it results in the workplace culture in the private sector in India being utterly abysmal. Workplaces where the work expectations align with what this toxic boss is aiming for are incredibly common to the point of being the norm. Somewhat comparable to western economies a century ago. The fact that such overwork is not actually productive beyond a point is not an idea that has penetrated into the culture to any appreciable degree.

There is awareness of this of course, but change on this scale takes time.