Jimbeaux

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We actually do. It was one of the most corrupt places in the world.

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Not hardly. :lol:

It was a typical, corrupt, post-colonial dictatorship, except with better business sense and more prosperity.

Communists utilized the same tactic of class warfare to stoke resentment over financial disparity, like they were doing all over the globe.

With communists, expect lies.

Neither you nor I know the whole accurate story of pre-revolution Cuba, but communists NEVER tell the truth.

How do you define “war”? How do you define “get us into” a war?

I guess Reagan. That’s if you don’t count Granada.

Bush Sr. “Got us into” the first Gulf War, in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait.

Bush Jr. got us into Afghanistan in response to 911 and then went after Saddam in Iraq.

Then there’s Trump. He did not get us into a war during the 1st term, but attacked Iran along with Israel in the 2nd.

Probably a few military actions I’m missing.

IF (big IF) this is true, it makes the story of black Americans and their outcomes even more interesting.

The big five theoretical causes for the poor outcomes for black Americans in the current period are:

1) Absent fathers
2) Current racism / “Institutional Racism”
3) Historic racism
4) Victim mindset
5) Genetic differences

There is consistent data that shows that second generation black immigrants from the Caribbean and Africa do better on average than white Americans. These are people who are indistinguishable from the ancestors of black American slaves as they interact in schools, the community and the business world.

There is an argument against this data that points out that these immigrants were self-selected for success and industriousness due to them leaving the bad circumstances of their previous nations, and I think there is some truth to that. However, this objection doesn’t discount the data in important ways.

It might diminish the historical racism angle since these people arguably were able to overcome generational poverty before arriving here. And maybe there’s a genetic component in that these ostensibly higher achievers were possibly made of better genes. (I personally think the genetic component as passed from generation to generation is highly over stated.)

I think that the main factor remaining of the five I mentioned is the self-sabotaging of the Victim Mentality, which is mostly missing in these later immigrants who depended on hard work and no excuses to get to America.

In reality, I think the second most important factor IS indeed lack of father involvement, and not just the kind where dad shows up at Christmas and Birthdays with a truckload of presents.

Oh damn, he nailed it!

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Less kids + Good Parenting beats More kids + Bad parenting Nation’s decline is faster with latter.

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That’s an interesting claim and worth discussion, but I think this is a topic that requires deep analysis.

I watched a video of demographers discussing in detail the hows and whys of the devastating effects of low birth rates, and its grim.

Like many natural phenomenon, the effects are slow at first with many confusing signs, and then followed by a rapid decline.

An example of this is that many urban centers will probably flourish for a short period of time as the rural towns collapse.

The wrestler guy is a male who cos-plays as a woman?

So does the wrestler compete against boys or girls or both? Does he compete AS a girl.

And so this girl cos-playing boy is dating another male?

I’m just trying to understand what we’re talking about here.

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Radical Islam is wrong

That doesn't mean that everything that isn't radical Islam is right

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What about simply opposing and responding to “radical” Islam?

Is that at least okay with you?

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Why didn't they kill Obama for his non-interventionist Ukraine policies in 2014 when Russia stole Crimea?

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You’re thinking too small. Obama was extremely successful at doing most of what the Globalists wanted to accomplish in their long march to marxist utopia.

He was only one tine on the comb, but he might have done more to advance the Progressive effort to undermine classical Western values than any human since Karl Marx.

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I would think Cassidy voters are much more likely to vote for her than Fleming. No?

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A large number of Cassidy voters were actually Democrats. They’ll vote for the democrat in the general.

They’ll vote for whoever they think is less close to Trump in the Republican runoff. Probably Fleming.