surely, this is the move to save our troops in the war.

This is true for an interesting reason. Clyburn reps SC-6. That area encompasses downtown Columbia, specifically the areas that are more black, all the way through Orangeburg and North Charleston. Now, that Orangeburg vote is what brings a ton of votes to him. He’s gotten federal funding for a lot of projects in SC for marginalized black people. I absolutely despise what he does in the federal level to hinder progress, but he’s done a fairly good job of taking care of his constituents, at least the Orangeburg residents. Cola and North Charleston get boned by him all the time. He just shows up in an election year, says some dumb shit and leaves.

all my homies love Sunnis. shout out to Iqbal and his mama, taking me in when I had nothing. they taught me the fundamental differences between Sunni and Shi’a. they were Sunni and so perfectly enveloped what I always grew up hearing in the church, but they were actually doing it. really shaped a lot of my beliefs. I hope they’re doing well. they refused to stay in contact because that was a dark time in my life and that should be a memory no man need reminding. but every time I think of it, I think of them.

The USA has not, yet started one.

that’s their secret cap, they always are. even when they’re not lol

no, it will just lead to a new power imbalance, eventually. the sickness that haunts the world is humanity. as long as there are people and and positions of authority, we will all continue to get fucked by the few.

Yep, cause that’s exactly what I was saying.

Oh, neat! I was not aware of that.

How many times has the world intervened in US actions? Folly to think so cavalier. Also, backing the US into a more desperate state, than it is now, is frankly horrifying. Geopolitics are totally fucked.

It’d be nice, but the US is way too involved in global trade to be brutally fucked with like that. It’s China, then the US. The US is currently bleeding like a stuck hog, but it can bleed a very, very long time.

Agreed, the man will listen to “the market”

crazy it hasn’t happened yet

Yeah! less fossil fuel dependency is great! But losing out on ~$10B worth of energy fuel is insane. Spain will need to make it up somewhere else, for probably more money. It will put a small strain on the fossil dependent sector of Spain, which is are usually near urban centers, if I’m not mistaken.

Also, there’s still the other 60%, over half of that industrial equipment. All I’m saying is, these things put strains on everyone, and it’s almost always gonna be poor people who take the worse hit and I just detest that. American laborers, who are in the manufacturing of these exports, many of whom did not vote for this. Spanish citizens who have a pretty good shot of seeing some small increases in prices. It’s just all so asanine.

edit: fucking forgot cause I’m a big dummy. petrol is mostly used for tankers in exporting, so petroleum shortages will lead to more decreases in a country’s gdp

It’s fun to joke about, until you realize that this is horrifying news; as it eliminates almost $30B worth of trade. (Source taken from 2024 Spanish data) The US exports a ton of fossil fuels and industrial equipment. The more the US cuts themselves off, the more the global economy gets disrupted. This is once again, a losing situation for everyone.

not exactly, while Fairness did provide equal time for political views, it also kept anchors from just outright lying, or obfuscating the truth for a story. once that was killed under Reagan, conservative talk radio blew up. and then that brings us to today.

So, after reading through it; it’s a clever idea. One that I think is ultimately fruitless, for the most part. For one, the federal government holds higher authority than the state. Things will end up drug out in court for so long, there’ll have been at least two elections. As far as the PAC stuff goes, what’s to prevent a corporation from taking the hit on tax breaks and incentives, to far out fund their puppet politician’s opposition and just become the new cost of business? It seems like you could create a brand new power disparity with that. We need action, far faster, than state level legislation can give us. How many of these will die in sub committees? We need to turn the midterms, priority one. Full stop. Nothing else matters until you have the right people at the federal level now.

Step 1 to utopia: get congress to pass something for the good of the people.

I don’t know, seems easy enough.

I was just gonna edit my post, and say this, but I think it’s worthy as it’s own post. I like how you bring up “in vain”, because it’s something I detest in the western Christian church mythos. they consider using G-d’s name to be in vain whenever you say it out of the context of evangelism, almost. When, in fact, the use of in vain, is using G-d’s name to justifying your crimes, is using Their name in vain. It’s a pretty neat distinction in the Ancient Hebrew, that western Christianity has conveniently forgot. Thanks, Rome!

It’s not that I worry about it, it’s a part of me. It’s not something that I even really think about anymore, I just write it inherently. I actually had a wonderfully, rich conversation with a friend about it recently.

Thanks for asking if that’s something I worry about instead of belittling me!

Thanks! I’m still gonna do it, because it’s something a part of my life and spiritual journey! It really got started when I started listening to mewothoutYou and I really started looking at all religions more critically. I’ve ended up in a strange place, close to Samsara about it all lol.

Edit: In hindsight, “I’m still gonna do it” came out worse than I intended. I meant it more passive and sheepish, than cavalier.

Thanks for the advice! I will still write G-d out because I like it and it’s a part of my spiritual journey! I’m very big into Samsara and I really like the Hebrew tradition of not writing out G-d’s name from holiness and not wanting to destroy it!

I appreciate you asking why I do it, instead of just calling me a fool with no prior knowledge of me as a person. That could’ve really hurt my feelings and put a damper on my day, so I appreciate all your kind words!