PurpleTree

There isn’t anybody who could drop that, either it seemingly drops or it doesn’t. Never said anything else.

For example “i" want to be more accepting of “others” lets say. But there isnt anybody in there really who could be more accepting of others. Acceptance happens or it doesn’t. Maybe sometimes it does sometimes it doesn’t but there isnt anybody who could become a more accepting me.

I’m personally a big fan of the ignore function.

Here’s what gpt said. This is a complex question with political, economic, and historical dimensions. To give a balanced and honest answer: Short Answer: Yes, some policies supported by Democrats (as well as Republicans) have contributed to the weakening of the middle class in the U.S. over the past several decades. However, attributing the decline solely or primarily to Democrats would be historically inaccurate. Both parties have played roles—sometimes collaboratively—in shaping the economic conditions that have eroded middle-class stability. Long Answer: 📉 What Happened to the Middle Class? Since the 1970s, the U.S. middle class has faced: Wage stagnation despite rising productivity. Outsourcing and deindustrialization, leading to job losses. Weaker unions, reducing bargaining power. Skyrocketing costs for housing, healthcare, and education. Tax policy changes that favor wealthier individuals and corporations. Automation and globalization, which disrupted traditional middle-income jobs. 🟦 Democratic Complicity: In What Ways? 1. Trade Policy NAFTA (1994) – championed by President Bill Clinton and supported by many Democrats – accelerated the loss of manufacturing jobs. Though it increased overall trade, it hurt certain working-class communities. 2. Financial Deregulation Clinton-era Democrats repealed Glass-Steagall (1999), a Depression-era law that separated commercial and investment banking. This deregulation contributed to risky financial practices that led to the 2008 crash, devastating middle-class wealth (especially home equity). 3. Education and Student Debt Support for privatized student lending and the expansion of for-profit colleges under Democratic administrations helped fuel the student debt crisis, burdening younger generations of the middle class. 4. Welfare Reform The 1996 Welfare Reform Act, signed by Clinton, cut social safety nets and led to long-term hardships for poor and working-class Americans. It reduced poverty assistance without adequately addressing structural job shortages. 🟥 Republican Complicity: Just as Significant To be clear, many Republican-led policies also hurt the middle class: Union-busting laws, especially in right-to-work states. Massive tax cuts for the wealthy (e.g., Reagan’s and Trump’s tax reforms). Opposition to minimum wage increases and universal healthcare. Deregulation that favored corporations over workers. Blocking efforts to expand affordable housing or regulate Wall Street. 🤝 Bipartisan Failures Some of the worst trends (like corporate consolidation, campaign finance loopholes, and underinvestment in public infrastructure) happened under both parties, often with bipartisan support. Many politicians, regardless of party, prioritized corporate donors and neoliberal economic models over the economic health of everyday Americans. 🧭 In Summary: Yes, Democrats have been complicit, especially during the Clinton and Obama eras, in enacting or supporting policies that contributed to middle-class erosion. But, to focus blame solely on Democrats ignores the larger bipartisan embrace of neoliberal economics from the 1980s onward.

I mean there’s a resonance. And there are seemingly times with „states“ of no self. But the self hasn’t dropped.

It’s interesting with the resonance that there’s no self. There still is this subtle idea of this being a better self. I since early wanted to be better or different. So i had the idea that enlightenment will make me better. Like if there’s no self there’s no reason for this to be afraid of rejection, not very social, not that confident and so on. Like with there being no self i should be a mix of James Bond, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt some cult leader and Ram Dass The women should just admire me and faint and leak. But it’s not like that seemingly. With there being no self it means there isn’t anyone who could be different, no one who could be more confident or cooler and more beloved. Just no one. No one who could be even a Nanometer different or better.

Like Jim Newman. Nice hair, decent shirt.

Lol

So it seems that the US and Israel often don’t work for the interests of Europe for example. For Europe the refugees from the wars in middle east are destabilising society. And for Europe it would have been in its interest probably to have good relations with Iran. And so on. Recently for example few European countries voted to accept Palestine as a state. Spain, Ireland, Norway etc. And then all the Trump Tariffs on Europe and Canada etc. The US attacked the ICC and Francesca Albanese and just pulled out of UNESCO because of Isrsel mostly. Europe has bad leadership unfortunately with the German Von Der Leyen etc. And Germans with their Holocaust guilt are horrible leaders. It‘s weak. Still the US has the strongest army by far and great tech and economy. I mean of course for Russia and China this would be good news. We‘ll see.

I mean China has a population of 1.4 B compared to like 350 M so yeah. And the West helped make China rich and still does. Not taking away from China’s hard work and strategy. But because of the huge market many westerners got greedy and technology transfer and so on. They’re playing the long game, it’s fair. Westerners can blame themselves for being greedy. People like Mershheimer are quite pessimistic for Chinas demographics. We need some good people at the helm. Von der Leyen is crap. Get Germany away from the helm anyway. Let maybe nordics lead.

This guy seems like a propaganda channel. Look at his titles smh

That’s hogwash. The US always supported (rightwing) dictatoships and regime changed democratically elected governments who didn’t suit them. Also Saudi and Qatar etc. are close allies.

I‘m not a fan of Germany at all. But to be fair they were carpet bombed, humiliated and beaten into submission in WW2 so they never really had their own security after that. Britain kind of outsourced its stuff willingly which is cray. France is basically our only hope lol

And while Marco Rubio is saying such things. The US govt is putting all those tariffs on their allies. Great strategy.