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Billyboy
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Velr
Switzerland10939 Posts
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WombaT
Northern Ireland27269 Posts
On May 09 2026 05:38 JimmyJRaynor wrote: This Jimmy Carter speech is from 1979 and I think it is fitting for the negativity in this thread. It is a great speech. This speech appealed to those citizens who wanted to "Make America Great Again". Jimmy Carter called upon Americans to transform the USA into an energy superpower. My favourite line: "All the legislation in the world can not fix what is wrong with America". I have been to those cities ~10+ times in the summer. Prolly spent 100 days in Winnipeg over the years. I have relatives in Winnipeg. Some acquaintances were yapping about a job opportunity in Winnipeg. They wanted my input.... "Winnipeg? ... I spent a month there one weekend". 😃 + Show Spoiler + Btw, I am a huge Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega fan. Also, half of Nathaniel Branden's family is from Winnipeg and they still own a jewelry store there. So I do not hate Winnipeg. Winter in that city is crime against humanity. I will probably be going to Winnipeg this summer with my uncle to visit relatives and attend a CWE event. I want to see "Chiselled" Chad Daniels LIVE. The man is a ring general. He grew up in Winnipeg and now lives in Toronto. CWE's biggest events are in Winnipeg. Now you could claim I am just making up this stuff and I don't love CWE wrestling at all. So to back my point here is a clip of CWE Champion Cam!maze taking on Le Referendum streamed by me. I have recreated all the major stars of CWE in my Steam Fire Pro Wrestling game. Have you ever considered why people might be a bit negative? | ||
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oBlade
United States6394 Posts
On May 09 2026 03:50 Vivax wrote: Maybe not directly. The system he created allowed it and forced prostitution for groups he classified as hostile. A contemporary potential Hitler would need enough power to be considered as such. America has more in common with nazis than it‘d like to admit imo. At least when it comes to systemic issues. Presidential power being huge, capital punishment, extensive media control and industry-state concomitance. To name a few. Indiscriminate targeting and genocide support. Cult-like party system. Militarized nationalism. And that‘s as neutrally described as possible. The official ideology differs, at least. Still. A world where money matters more than context is still a shit world America is pushing. That's as neutrally described as possible? The US has a "party system" where you can vote for whoever you want every 4 years. The Third Reich didn't. If you think power or authority itself is directionally Nazism this is its own separate philosophical delusion. The US has an all volunteer military. It has some of the highest press protections in the world which they use to shit on the government constantly. God knows what "industry-state concomitance" is or how it's a systemic issue. Every nation pursues their economic interests. China protects its exports. Taiwan protects its chips. Norway and the Gulf protect their oil. Australia protects its beef. The US hung 10 Nazis at Nuremberg. Was that an act stemming from systemic issues that the US has in common with Nazis? Texas just sentenced a guy to death for kidnapping and killing a 7 year old girl. There is video of her in his Fedex truck and he confessed to it. Whether you're ideologically for capital punishment to some extent or flatly against it, these are not comparable to the crimes of the Nazis. If the Nazis executed that guy they would also be right. There is no slippery slope from "well if kidnapping and murdering a 7 year old girl is a crime, and you consider that to be worthy of the death penalty, who's to say the same people wouldn't say existing as a Jew is a crime therefore use the death penalty for that too." | ||
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LightSpectra
United States3040 Posts
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Vivax
22408 Posts
On May 09 2026 22:44 oBlade wrote: That's as neutrally described as possible? The US has a "party system" where you can vote for whoever you want every 4 years. The Third Reich didn't. If you think power or authority itself is directionally Nazism this is its own separate philosophical delusion. The US has an all volunteer military. It has some of the highest press protections in the world which they use to shit on the government constantly. God knows what "industry-state concomitance" is or how it's a systemic issue. Every nation pursues their economic interests. China protects its exports. Taiwan protects its chips. Norway and the Gulf protect their oil. Australia protects its beef. The US hung 10 Nazis at Nuremberg. Was that an act stemming from systemic issues that the US has in common with Nazis? Texas just sentenced a guy to death for kidnapping and killing a 7 year old girl. There is video of her in his Fedex truck and he confessed to it. Whether you're ideologically for capital punishment to some extent or flatly against it, these are not comparable to the crimes of the Nazis. If the Nazis executed that guy they would also be right. There is no slippery slope from "well if kidnapping and murdering a 7 year old girl is a crime, and you consider that to be worthy of the death penalty, who's to say the same people wouldn't say existing as a Jew is a crime therefore use the death penalty for that too." Before the third Reich you could vote too, but it wasn't really anonymous, the YES circle was bigger than the NO circle and you had armed troops outside of the voting booth. Now a bunch of corporations profile your opinion before you even vote and gather data to use in case you criticize their leaders. Not just that, they spend huge amounts of money on influencing public opinion. I don't see how that's not like having the machine gun guy standing outside of the booth. All that time American media spend criticizing the government is wasted not being spent on criticizing overreaching corporations that fund the parties that shield them. You mention the best case scenario for the application of capital punishment to defend your point of view, the worst case scenario is where the wrong person gets executed which you don't consider. Oh and Trump gave away the data of millions of citizens to the guy who ordered a taxi with a lot of impetus on a podium. 'To improve efficiency'. Does it mean what you think it means ? It's like feeding the scarecrow from jeepers creepers. | ||
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Sermokala
United States14187 Posts
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Falling
Canada11594 Posts
First term, certain church circles compared him to King Cyrus. I'm seeing King Nebuchadnezzar... who incidentally lost his mind after building a golden statue to himself. | ||
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Squirrel
United States1102 Posts
My mother thinks he's literally the next coming of Christ. Shits just sad. | ||
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KwarK
United States44243 Posts
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LightSpectra
United States3040 Posts
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States46279 Posts
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Gorsameth
Netherlands22519 Posts
On May 10 2026 07:05 LightSpectra wrote: I would assume so.Is that a reference to the AI depiction of himself as Jesus that he later said was a doctor? | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18412 Posts
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States46279 Posts
On May 10 2026 08:00 Acrofales wrote: When do we get the Democratic Church of America? And then blame the Democrats for | ||
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RenSC2
United States1094 Posts
On May 10 2026 08:00 Acrofales wrote: When do we get the Democratic Church of America? Right after Trump gets injected with some V1. Or some chemical in a bleach bottle. | ||
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LightSpectra
United States3040 Posts
On May 10 2026 08:00 Acrofales wrote: When do we get the Democratic Church of America? Gaslight mode: "oh so you libtards were okay with Martin Luther King Jr. using Christianity to fight for civil rights but you're not OK with Trump using it to get away with plundering billions from the public?" | ||
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GreenHorizons
United States24253 Posts
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Sermokala
United States14187 Posts
On May 10 2026 15:19 GreenHorizons wrote: It would be laughable/funny if there was a real opposition party capable of effectively interceding on behalf of the people in the US. It would be even funnier if there was a group of leftists that constantly supported the right wing government. | ||
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dyhb
United States616 Posts
On May 10 2026 22:55 Sermokala wrote: The larger group is leftists that think any party compromise to woo voters is also supporting a right wing government.It would be even funnier if there was a group of leftists that constantly supported the right wing government. | ||
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