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I agree. From a high-level perspective your identity is not important. From a low-level one, it is. That is an issue strictly for stage green. I wouldn't deny a trans person being called some pronouns that they choose, but I don't really see how pronouns are that relevant. In many perspectives, they're simply a language structure that simplifies discourse. Today they've become an important aspect of some people's identities, and I respect this as part of their personal development. I just don't care enough about it to push that change to the larger public. The people that still don't understand this are in their own developmental staircase, and shouldn't be trampled over too. Every change like this is gradual and society will figure this with time and open discussion.

I don't see the point of this argument. Every animal causes impact every other lifeform in some way or another, and they die, returning to the system for eternity everything they took from it. I will cause 80 years of pain to almost everything that is alive and will suffer 80 years of pain caused by everything that is alive. Isn't this just life?

The word pronoun comes from the Latin "pronomen", "that which takes the place/function of the name". We literally use them because they're handier than referring to things by name all the time.

Fun fact: In Portuguese, the last letter usually indicates gender. "A" is usually for females, "o" is usually for males. aluna = female student aluno = male student There is a very strong movement to substitute the gender-defining letter to a neutral one, in order to include women, men, and people that identify with other genders. Romantic languages usually used the male version + plural to define a collection of individuals from multiple genders. A group of 4 male students and 3 female students would "alunos", the male version of the word + plural. There are naturally gender-neutral words in romantic languages, so you don't need to change the whole article and the gender-defining part of the language to refer to gender-diverse people in most cases. In the above example, I could use "estudantes" (also student) to refer to that group, a word that doesn't change regardless of what gender it is referring to. I don't mind calling a specific person a specific pronoun, but I don't think we should change the everyday language to cater for 1% of it.

What do you define as the economy?

Have you watched the video? We should completely halt any alignment efforts.

If that barrier existed, I wouldn't have gotten the job I currently hold.

Keynes is an economist. His main work is The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money, where he describes how those three things interacted and what promotes economic growth. Austrian economics is the foundation of libertarian/minarchist/"anarcho-capitalist" ethics and economics. Their leading proponents are Mises, Hayek, Rothbard, and Hans Hermann Hoppe. They were very critical of Keynesian economics throughout their works. There's a lot to read from these authors and their private property ethics have some extreme implications that would make a libertarian society really strange. Rothbard said, for example, that parents have no ethical obligation to feed their children. Some libertarians would be fine with debt slavery.

You're biased

It's his dick? I thought it was billions of dollars from the North American Spacial Agency. The more you know.

This is simply beautiful.

How did the semen demon exchanged your blood for semen?

Been following your advice. We actually agree more than I anticipated. Best of luck on your spiritual path.

I don't. But I don't think that allowing the US to do its bidding blindly will work out better either. They will take the power they need to control China and use it against the rest of the world. I just want a more balanced state of affairs.

My criticism is that you are framing the US as orange, and they are, but that only applies to Americans. The foreign policy of the US is that of political, cultural, and economic control of underdeveloped countries that could pose alternative governing systems. That by definition is an empire. If you look at the chart you presented, that is stage red. The US is orange for Americans, Red for the rest of the world.

If I'm a devil, so are you. The oppression you see China doing to its citizens was done by the US all around the world. The US backed up a military dictatorship in my country for over 20 years. He also did it in Chile, Bolivia, Venezuela, all around the middle east, and in many Asian countries. I don't disagree that China has a very strict internal hegemony system, but the US exported its tyranny all over the world. You cannot compare the Chinese influence with American influence by any standard. For the last 100 years, we consume American media, use American currency, and emulate the political model of the US. Every time a country tried to create alternatives to this system, even if it was done peacefully and democratically, the US intervened. That happened to every socially inclined president in Latin America in the last 60~70 years. Using your own words: "Destroying those who diverge from you from an ideological standpoint because diversity itself poses a threat to your absolute control is nothing but paranoid and tyrannical oppression which is extremely unevolved. The devil creates distinctions, identifies himself with a fragmented part of reality and destroys that which he deems different because of a fear for its survival. This is the epitome of unconsciousness according to universal law." I guess you didn't study world history in your high school years and then defaulted to dismiss counter-arguments to the supposed grandiosity of your empire soaked in foreign blood. The US is "the land of the free" simply because you export oppression, not because of moral superiority.

Seems like an hell of a bad trip.

The state and federal police control arms trafficking. They sell weapons to gangs — the same shit with drugs. The institutions are stage orange, commanding police corruption, and heavy drug and arms trafficking. The gangs are absolutely stuck in stage red competition with each other, killing each other left and right, which triggers regular police intervention and absolute mayhem for people living in slums. The middle and upper class enjoy every good aspect of the city and there are people living in absolute hell, the bizarre thing is that they are side by side plenty of time. You get the image below, where the largest slum in America Latina is 2 minutes away from 2 million USD by the beach penthouses

I would seek professional help. Just know that you are deeply loved by this universe. You came here to experience life and its ups and downs and are welcome to do so openly and completely. I am rooting for you and hope you find love and light by the end of this ordeal. The same love and light that composes you and every other thing that comes to your senses.

That's the best thing you can do.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gun-deaths-by-country "Gun violence in Latin America is exceptionally high, due in no small part to the prevalence of criminal gangs and a vibrant drug trafficking industry. The Inter-American Development Bank released a report highlighting several critical factors in Latin American cities that contribute to increased gun violence, including economic deprivation, residential instability, family disruption, absence from school, the population’s age structure, and alcohol consumption. Gangs are much less of an issue in the United States, yet it is second only to Brazil on the list in total gun deaths. Many people understandably assume the high number of gun deaths in the U.S. is due to mass shootings, which receive frequent attention from the media. In truth, mass shootings account for only a small percentage of gun deaths in the United States. Rather, nearly two-thirds (63%) of gun deaths in the US in 2019 were suicides." Rio de Janeiro, for example, has corrupt police, that coerces citizens from many places to pay safety fees, which protects the citizens from the police themselves and overcharging these same people for internet, gas and electric fees. On the other side, huge gangs heavily involved in drug trafficking also violently control every slum competing against each other and creating one of the most violent war on drugs in the world. And Rio de Janeiro is the 9th safest capital in the country. You have no idea what violence really is. I can understand the reaction of the Asian people in San Francisco. This happens all the time here. People have a thorough contempt for thieves, gang members, and corrupt cops from the browbeating militias. It is completely understandable to do so when you're paid a 220 USD minimum wage and some 15-year-old with a gun steals your 12-month-financed phone which you have no means to replace. And they do it for adrenalin and to smoke weed. Most of them get government assistance and can probably work a minimum-wage job too. All these problems are interlocked. Corruption and violence are bad for the economy, and a poor economy increases wage disparities and general inequality, and this increases violence and corruption. I am extremely privileged to have had the opportunity to develop the education and critical thinking I've had. There are people here that got dealt a way shitier hand.

"According to the Small Arms Survey, globally there were approximately 857 million firearms in the hands of civilians in 2017. Of this total, only 12 per cent were reported as registered. In Latin America, one of the most violent regions in the world, the increased availability of firearms – particularly of assault weapons that began to flow south after the US federal assault weapons ban expired in 2004 – has been linked to an increase in homicides. Conflict zones attract stocks of weapons, and firearms from previous civil wars and armed conflicts continue to circulate in these areas due to their long life cycles. Many of these find their way into the hands of criminals who use them to inflict violence both domestically and abroad. Firearms enable criminal groups to fight for dominance, deter state actors and threaten communities into submission, to request extortion payments, carry out robberies and hijackings, engage in poaching activities and partake in a myriad of other crimes. The GI-TOC’s Global Organized Crime Index 2021 ranks arms trafficking as the third most prevalent criminal market globally, and is particularly rife in Africa, the Americas and Asia. By enabling organized crime and criminal markets more generally, the illegal arms trade represents a serious threat to community resilience and democracy. According to the Index, arms trafficking is linked to human trafficking and smuggling, as well as to the illicit trade of non-renewable resources. Violent crime in Latin America and Africa, and drug trafficking in Europe have also been heavily linked to the presence of illicit arms markets." https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/arms-trafficking-and-organized-crime/ Just look for "arm trafficking" on Google. That's the first result. You rent a handgun for 50 USD a day in Brazil. Maybe buy one for less than 400 USD. Criminals by definition don't give a fuck about laws. If someone puts a gun in your head and asks for your phone, will you lecture him about the gun policy in your state? The only thing that stops a bad person with a gun is a good person with a gun.

Let her go. she's not interested.

Are these people open to reasoning?