Elliott

What infrastructure is lacking? The U.S. has 10% of residences unoccupied, and it's our immigrants that build and fix residences for a living. For comparison, homelessness is 0.23% of the u.s. population and most people live in multi-person residences.

Terrorism hurts Palestine, Hamas hurts Palestine. Terrorism will not help in the slightest, Israel can wipe out Palestine and terrorism gives them legitimacy to do so. The only possible course for Palestinian success is diplomacy, no matter how many failed attempts. And I don't mean diplomacy with Israel, global diplomacy, they need more allies. The recent Gaza protests in the U.S. should have happened before October 7th. Palestine needs to overthrow Hamas.

Have you seen immigrant crime where you live? How do they bully locals?

Why else do you care about immigration if not for the effects it has on you economically?

The population concern isn't for growth, it's to maintain the status quo, there will be another great depression if the music stops. Even if you're immoral, you or your descendants could be genocided next. Always good for you to encourage a thoughtful society.

Europe has a population crisis, too few births. This may seem like a small issue but it could collapse the entire economic pyramid scheme based on debt, based on keeping the music playing so the house of cards doesn't collapse. I don't support open borders, and actually don't think economic collapse is as bad as most people do, but, another huge benefit to immigration is the connection to the rest of the world. With the ending of imperialism, we're entering a stage of diplomacy, and diversity will help greatly with that, not only on paper but through personal connections to other countries. I support only limited immigration, but it's a moving target. Your comment about not being good people, some groups are genocided, you're not good if you don't help them.

"Difficulty", trying to force yourself to meditate can cause problems, feeling guilty or anxious about needing to meditate has the opposite of the desired result. Perhaps you're not in a good way to meditate much. Thoughts disappear more quickly if you regularly meditate, you'll notice how long your thoughts regularly stick around and it's often surprisingly long, you likely operate for years or your entire life with 'subconscious' thoughts replaying. As long as people aren't faking resolve, and anxiety and depression is actually alleviated, given anxiety and depression are from 'negative' thoughts. I don't think it's really to "extinguish all suffering" that would just be aversion. Meditation helps me be more focused and clear minded, calm and peaceful but in a productive way, not a lazy way. I enjoy meditation, it's like a walk through a park or watching a sunset. You will absolutely probably have life difficulties getting into this stuff. You're talking about something that will deprogram you, that's painful, confusing, emotional, and hectic.

Only the crazies are glued to politics.

As long as you look out for them mutually, there's nothing wrong with this, it's the way most friendships are. Narcissists don't ask if they're narcissists.

Damn. Why do you say " go to my room to isolate myself from humanity"? Do you think you may be depressed? Some people don't need friends. Even just one friend makes a big difference, and then having others if something happens there or they are busy. They're very beneficial when problems in life happen, and when you're dealing with stupid people in daily life.

Do you socialize any other way, video games or reddit or something? Family?

Stephen Miller is the strategist, he probably didn't know trump was in the files and let Bondi , Kash, and bongino continue the maga conspiracies which backed them into a bit of a corner. Republicans aren't bright at all, Trump throws any shred of dirt at anybody, YET he was never the one to bring up epstein to attack people, he only replied with attacks when others brought up epstein. He would have given everyone epstein nicknames.

Everyone just ignores this guy, he's never trying to have an earnest discussion and 90% of the forum sees through the right-wing idiocy.

Theres no need to propose a logical plan for republicans, there's no rationalizing with them: just run as a Republican and lie to them, they love that. Just lie to them, and run as Republican. I would do the Democrats policy; publicly value education and Americans, basic infrastructure and schools in poor communities, no American should be homeless: build basic housing for the mentally ill and the people down on their luck with other problems, public addiction recovery, regulate pollution.

Yes, I added videos to my previous comment, watch second to last video, he goes after netanyahu 8 years ago, calls for his party's removal. The first 3 are shorts.

Ben Shapiros stance is wrong, he's a zionist, that doesn't discredit Pakman, whom isn't a zionist. 8 years ago 11 years ago

China and India are production economies, not consumption economies, they're not a substitute for Europe.

Pakman is an atheist, I don't think he has much of a tie to Israel, you do? I agree with him on Palestine though, I'm not Jewish at all, Palestine has a right to defend itself but terrorism should not be expected to be ignored. Palestine can fight openly if they choose that path over trying with diplomacy to gain more allies, but terrorist attacks are obviously going to be answered with reciprocal violence. Israel has the ability to slaughter Palestine right? Palestine doesn't stand a chance without some serious allies that appear to be lacking. So if Palestine wants to settle this with fighting they will lose, so they resort to terrorism which is just a form of war that someone that knows they can't win uses. How is it fair to allow Palestine to attack, but not israel? Palestine and supporters could have plead it's case diplomatically before October 7th, these protests should have happened before then. I support Palestine and would like to see Israel removed, but Israel obviously has a right to reciprocate violence. Palestine obviously has a right to defend against settlements too, be it with violence or diplomacy. The only way I see Palestine winning is with diplomacy, still a long shot, but it's worked other places, South Africa for example. And I don't mean diplomacy with Israel, I mean with the rest of the world, they need more allies to put pressure on Israel.

I've tried to listen to many, but I can only stand David Pakman and Ezra Klein. Cenk is a charlatan, this is his business, to evoke the reptilian brain for more clicks.

Populism and showmanship is a single election cycle strategy, it fails immediately the second election cycle because YOU ARE then the government, the outsider politician wins by default running on this idiocy. You have to have grassroots campaigning, there's no magic pill, people are just not willing to do the work. Go read the "Underdetermination" thread, you guys fall for everything.

How so? It's conservatives that bring up genders, you guys are obsessed with it. Obama and Biden both deported more immigrants than Trump, where has immigration been a problem, point to it.

Critical thinking is more important than ever in the instant communication age. Leveraging heuristics in the age of constant media has normalized deviation from critical thinking.

You're grasping at ridiculous straws, here's the page, apparently young men aren't young people to you? https://archive.is/9rRI2

"Respondents were asked about sexual acts that happened when they were “drunk, high, drugged, or passed out and unable to consent.”"

Unable to consent is rape.