Tag: USA
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Out of Wedlock
I saw a YouTube video about population collapse in Japan. The presenter compared statics between Japan and other industrial nations. The primary point he made is that in Japan out of wedlock births are almost unheard of and that in nations he compared with less pronounced population decline there are a high percentage of out…
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Asymmetric Warfare
I live in Wisconsin, USA. The US government excels at asymmetric warfare. I signed on the dotted line to be a US soldier and started working towards officer certification. Somewhere along the line I had a sergeant who was also an Airborne Ranger take me aside and tell me that if I wasn’t willing to…
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Humanizing
The USA has a troubling history of dehumanizing people. Tribal people weren’t seen as human at all. African slaves were 3/5 of a person. Jewish, German, Irish, Italian, and Japanese citizens faced prejudice that dehumanized them. Today Muslims aren’t fully welcome as equal citizens and unborn children are in many places not considered humans at…
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Disability Slurs
Stephanie and I have been arguing with a friend about the word retard. As someone who doesn’t believe in bad words just bad uses of all available words I find myself in a tough spot. I am convinced that the R word is almost universally a disability slur. Unless it’s being used in a musical…
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The Problem with Illegal
Chattel Slavery is illegal in the USA. Stephanie and I are arguing whether it persists and is federally sanctioned. I believe most of the actual slavery is a matter of criminal cartels. Federal law enforcement can throw all its resources in that direction and still end up losing to organized crime. Stephanie believes that the…
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Big Changes
This morning when we woke up the entire family was cured of autism. Ether was actually a girl cat and gave birth to a litter of six kittens. I have decided to convert to Buddhism, give up all my worldly possessions, and join a monastery. . . . Lastly it is April Fools Day in…
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September 11, 2024
It is the “anniversary” of the 9/11 attacks in the USA. Americans were nicer to each other in the days that followed. Facts were scarce to begin with so people hadn’t started arguing about who did it and why. But it didn’t take long for some people to paint Muslim Americans with a large bloody…
Latter Day Sinner 