Elliott

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  1. Another substantive argument from Tourettes MAGA Girl (I have not seen your genitals, I assume you're female)
  2. You think every individual will agree? That's authoritarian when you have no other option, by definition. Authoritarian does not mean just one person decides, it can be a majority of people even, it's authoritarian when there's no other choice. Is China not authoritarian? So, not the workers actually working, in the other countries, actually doing the labor, its not their decision? That's exploitive. You said the u.s. exploits it's people, and that you would trade with them. Shut up with this labelling things "nuance" to cover up your obvious lying instead of just explaining it. You keep labelling things, "oversimplification, nuance" just.... explain it. You can't because you're a liar. I did not say only markets or dictators, I said socialism is a stateless ideology, all workers of the world are included. A trade-isolated socialist state would not be inherently authoritarian. A messy open trade one would be, no way around it, and exploitive. Marx supported free trade because he lived in a capitalist state, he was an accelerationist, he thought it would harm workers, actually. He supported it for his time during capitalism, you have to consider context. Lenin, after the revolution, was a protectionist, no free trade. I don't "demonize" socialism, I'm saying you have no idea what you're talking about. Socialism is a utopian idea, which makes it even more nonsensical. Again, you're resorting to meaningless labels to avoid the actual topic.
  3. Then, you admit that your idea of socialism is authoritarian and exploitive, because: who decides? Honestly, you have no grasp of marxism.
  4. 'Systemic Racism' does not mean it's impossible for blacks to succeed, it means there are obstacles for many black people, just because they are black. There's obstacles for everyone, yes, that doesn't absolve us from looking at any of them for anyone. Take the obstacles for people in coal country, we should address that for those white people, it would benefit the entire country. Instead, you want to pay Musk to start an epstein island on mars.
  5. Grok Black Americans use drugs at rates similar to or lower than Whites (e.g., 1.1x for recent use, but Whites higher lifetime), yet they are ~2x as likely to be arrested and 5–13x as likely to be incarcerated for drug offenses.
  6. Grok Key Statistics on Exonerations by Race Overall: Black people make up about 13.6% of the U.S. population but account for ~53% of all exonerations (overturned wrongful convictions) since 1989. White people make up ~59% of the population but only ~33% of exonerations (as of recent Registry data, covering over 3,200 individual cases). This means innocent Black Americans are ~7 times more likely to be wrongly convicted of serious crimes than innocent white Americans, based on exoneration patterns.
  7. blacks are 15% the population. show me 1 innocent white person arrested 3 times at work. Grok Criminal Justice System Black Americans are incarcerated at roughly 5 times the rate of white Americans. Black men receive sentences about 19% longer than white men for similar federal crimes (accounting for factors like criminal history). Black youth are over 4 times more likely to be detained in juvenile facilities. These disparities are linked to differences in policing, arrests, charging decisions, and sentencing practices. Policing and Surveillance Black drivers are stopped more frequently than white drivers during daylight (when race is visible), with disparities decreasing at night. Black people are 3 times more likely to be killed by police than white people, according to various analyses. Housing and Homeownership Historical redlining (government-backed denial of loans/mortgages in Black neighborhoods from the 1930s–1960s) created segregated communities with lower property values. Today, Black homeownership is around 46% vs. 76% for whites, and homes in majority-Black neighborhoods are often valued tens of thousands less than comparable homes in white areas. This limits wealth-building through home equity. Employment and Wealth Resumes with "Black-sounding" names receive about 50% fewer callbacks than identical ones with "white-sounding" names. Black workers earn roughly 71 cents for every dollar white workers earn. Black unemployment is typically double that of white unemployment. These gaps persist even among college graduates in some fields. Education Schools in predominantly Black and Latino areas often receive less funding (due to reliance on local property taxes in segregated neighborhoods). Black K-12 students are nearly 4 times more likely to receive out-of-school suspensions than white students. Black preschoolers face suspension at 3.6 times the rate of white preschoolers. Healthcare Black Americans have shorter life expectancies (e.g., Black men live about 4 years less than white men on average). Black women are 3 times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes. Disparities appear in treatment for heart disease, cancer, and other conditions, compounded by poorer access to quality care in segregated areas. Environmental Injustice Communities of color are more likely to be located near pollution sources (e.g., highways, refineries), leading to higher rates of respiratory illness and other health issues. These examples reflect persistent racial gaps in outcomes, which many researchers attribute to the cumulative effects of historical and ongoing institutional practices rather than solely individual actions. Disparities often intersect with class and geography.
  8. a black guy getting arrested 60 times at work is my emotions speaking?
  9. No, that's the opposite of what the student in your video said, systemic racism does not mean explicit or intentioned racism. Go to a college campus party, drugs are everywhere, smoking bongs on the porch on a busy road. Google "kansas city stop" black neighborhoods are not targeted because a guy says "black neighborhood target them" it's because of people like you that don't even understand your racial biases are afraid of black people, this is what 'elevates' the crime rate by blacks, they're targeted more by police, subconciously because they're black. Look at the opioid epidemic in appalachia even JD vance harps about, where's the DEA there?
  10. -DEA stationing in poor urban neighborhoods, but turn a blind eye to college campuses where drug use and sales are in the courtyard like selling lemonade -longer incarceration times for black people for the same crime -public school funding -public infrastructure funding -running highways through black neighborhoods -neighborhood zoning, allowing industrial in black neighborhoods -putting housing projects in black neighborhoods and all of these things have hopefully obvious knock-on effects, i.e. "systemic"
  11. Chomsky is not implicated in wrong-doing, Tate sex-trafficked girls. Do you disagree with chomskys letter?
  12. Ghislaine is in prison...... I think Tate lies to boys, leads them down destructive paths. Misogyny knows no bounds.... TRUMP IS PRESIDENT, HIS ENTIRE CABINET IS IN THE FILES. Trump is in the files auctioning girls, and raping, "bUt ePsTeInS aSsIstAnTs!"
  13. Figure out her specific need. What's her 'love language'? Either she needs some specific way of connecting, this doesn't actually require much from you aside from figuring it out, or, she has some insecurity issue. Do that, if you're still unsatisfied after that, breakup. You'll probably be satisfied, spirituality is pretty individual, and she's supportive of yours. Your situation could be better for your spirituality, put two spiritual people in the room together and it's two different paths, often conflicting.
  14. ....you think the "matrix" outed itself? The people in those files were pro Tate, actually. Musk, Trump, Bannon,
  15. And then blame the feminist movement or dei. It's coming. "men are going to have sex with someone, nature"
  16. Ya i did. I've found there's usually already circles there, and they're welcoming. Other people are looking for people like you too, just not everyone. Some recreational sports are quite social too, but that's been very hit or miss to me. I would just go through any groups that you would have any interest in, and lookup new ideas you may never have thought of, different cities have different lanes. People that use the MeetUp app seem to usually be looking to make a real friendship, maybe scan that for things that pique your interest at all. Try new things, I went to improv practices I had little interest in and they have a great community, it's fun too. I haven't gone to them much, but there are Buddhist and humanist centers, a Unitarian church in my city that seemed like great and social people too. If you give some of your interests people might have ideas for you that you haven't thought of. There's some cafes that do some community things,.... Do you have isolating work? For myself, when I've been isolated I have found that I wind up needing way less socialization than I desired when I was isolated. I think finding people to do occasional stuff with, that actually seem to care about you is important though, life tends to be scary on your own. Just finding the first or first few people is probably the most meaningful. I never try to push or initiate like you say, I always just get a sense from people and then just be open, if I want to have lunch with them or whatever I ask, not really efforting, passive filtering, you only need to find one.
  17. A lot of people are not available in the way you want, they're preoccupied with other things. You have to find the right people, filter people. I find social people by volunteering, I like to help at parks, museums, festivals,.... I don't actively initiate like you framed it, I just enjoy being playful with everyone, and you just run across people you mesh with.
  18. Enlighten me, share your thoughts. Sincerely. I never liked Biden out of the Democrat field, I did like Harris though. Don't like Newsom, but any of these will destroy republicans long-term. You just don't want someone corrupt or dumb, like AOC or Bernie, out-dumbing republicans. Nothing Biden did aside from running in 24' "led to disaster", nothing policy wise, you're just butt-hurt. We screwed up in 2016(I opposed Hilary in the primary too, don't like hilary), Hilary was shoed in like Biden 2024. We need more participation in the primaries. Still, the structural problem is the socialist rhetoric, those were all acute problems.
  19. -Andrew Tate the sex trafficker This is a hair away from being an epiphany. These are the guys that say society's problems are from feminists being mean...
  20. Why would you argue for God if you doubt it? I suppose that could be within your argument. But, why would you care, if you doubt God's existence?
  21. Ya. Is it necessary for the government to be the ones in charge of production(socialism), to achieve what you want? Is the Norwegian government in charge of making cars? Acknowledging that resources belong to everyone, including government action as a resource(like building highways is no different than welfare), is just egalitarian.
  22. BRUH, YOU SAID YOU WOULD BE OKAY WITH FREE TRADE, THAT MEANS YOU WOULD BE EXPLOITING THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES.
  23. You guys conflate socialism for egalitarianism. Egalitarianism(including in regard to resources and government action)exists in capitalist society, that's not "socialism in capitalism"(there's no such thing).
  24. Bruh, it's on every socialist flyer, essay, t-shirt. The Communist Manifesto (1848): "Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries unite!". -Marx and Engels Just take your concept to its logical end. It would be no different than the UK being a corporation in a capitalist world. Corporatism, YOU would now be the bourgeois! Indians and Africans or whatever, YOUR proletariat. That's "socialist" to you? YOU being bourgeois, that's what your concept is. An imaginary border makes "exploitation" okay in your "socialism". YOU'RE A CORPORATIST. This is no different than what Musk does to people like you, "we're separate". Your concept is no more ethically superior than Musk's, you just want YOU in his circle.