Bobby_2021

I don't expect you to change your mind. Please take this as constructive criticism. - Acknowledge that there are other people who are as smart or even smarter than you, at least in the specific domain of interest. - People who are actually interested in complex and deep conversations are only going to be repulsed away from your arrogant domineering style. You can be the intellectual alpha without having to announce it at the end of every post as if it is adding to the conversation. - Every person literally thinks they are right and wouldn't comprise on their positions. So I don't get what you are trying to prove here. - This domineering style is not what apt leadership entails and it is becoming a meme at this point. If everyone is pointing it out, then maybe there is something that you can change. Imagine if everyone on the fourm copied your exact style. Every thread would be flooded by narcissists. I don't want to see more apology videos and posts. You make them and go back to the old behaviour. Above all, I don't seriously expect any changes, so take it lightly. I think this is baked in your DNA and wouldn't change to be honest. And that's fine.

It's the hate within you that is causing all the emotional distraught if you are honest, not the wars from outside. As far as the wars are concerned, they are a manifestation of the hate they carry, for reasons that were outside of their control.

What's the guidelines supposed to do?There is nothing which says that felons or rapists make up for bad presidents. Besides that every US president is a war criminal. So I don't see how that matters so much.

If you have a problem with that, you have a problem with democracy. In a democracy if people decide they want a felon or a rapist to be their leader then so be it. Ultimately it's the people who vote and decide. Getting a job is not based on voting or democratic values.

Woke left self appointed DEI hire law girl vs Straight white billionaire playboy felon crony capitalist businessman. Pure entertainment. This is peak America. Totally hooked.

If @Princess Arabia says it's enough said it's enough said. No more talking. 😌

That's abstract knowledge which is he is pretty good at. But you put it to test in the real world and that's when he falls short. Which is completely fine. It's hard and no one should be expected to have such deep & perfect understanding. But Leo is deluded into thinking he is the mastermind of everything and ends making cringe mistakes out of arrogance. He sets himself to unrealistic standards. Leo is the intellectual Alpha male. Alpha in his own mind, but cringe to someone who looks from the outside.

These events were years or even decades in the making, not occuring in a vaccum. You should have seen those events coming, for someone who claims to know everything. Predicting that Trump would never become president is not understanding human nature. There is nothing more human than to elect Trump. It even more American to elect Trump. Trump is the perfect American president, which is why he is going to get elected twice. The cursed & dreaded statement. "Circumstances have changed" You could justify literally anything by making this statement. Literally anything. Circumstances will always keep changing.

Don't be so emotionally distraught. Understand why it all happens and what causes them to engage in all this self destructive behaviour.

@Hardkill The bottomline is that Kamala is unpopular and unlikable. Getting an actually popular person to run the elections is better for the democrats, especially in the long run and possibly in the short run. Trump was always popular among republicans so he didn't need a primary in 2020. It was sort of understood that he would win it, so why bother with an election. Imagine if Republicans didn't have a primary in 2016. They might have missed out on a strong candidate like Trump. Likewise internal elections gives rise to strong leaders from within out of nowhere. Else you will be stuck with established candidates with big money backing that are bloating the system.

@Hardkill Internal elections only make the system more integrous and clean. Leaving big money to decide the leaders is self defeating in the long run.

@Ero How much immunity did the security apparatus of your country provide in countering the mafias and corruption? The problem arises when the immune system gets too much power and control that it begins viewing every random thing as a threat. Until then it's all good. Viewing every random thing as a threat and proceeding to eliminate it will result in a self fulfilling prophecy, where it indeed becomes a threat. This is exactly what's happening now with the security apparatus.

Ok fine, then don't claim that you are a democracy. If some radical right wing faction can come to power amd dictate the entire course of a nation, without the people voting for them, then it's not a democracy. I thought these right wing nut cases got into power because the people voted them to power like in a democracy.

The existence of Israel & it's allies are an existential threat to many countries in the middleast who have been subjected to totally frivolous illegal invasions on childishly false pretext like WMDs. Iraq war was a total bloodshed and a larger destabilizing force in the middleast. Once a region has been destabilized, then even more radicals take power. These countries have grown weary about the actions of Israel & US in the past and have been building up to counter it. They have grown stronger while US & Israel have become much weaker than what they used to. Israel is trending on dangerous grounds here. People often miss how the larger deeper workings of the collective hive mind. Bad things you did in the past will have consequences. It's not like you get to escape scot free. I don't have any opinions on anything. My mind has become too numb to care. But I would like to see if anyone else see what's actually going on.

Hezbollah is the resistance to the larger far right Israeli occupation push. They will resist illegal occupation everywhere. Occupation may not be reason for attacks. But Hezbollah has made it clear that they will attack illegal settlements so you could expect more such attacks in future, wherever there are settlements and illegal occupation. Context matters a lot. You are not allowed to build a playground in illegally occupied territories. You can't build a playground in a warzone. These are undisputed territories which are subject to conflict. So it's wise to not bring kids into these territories. I am not giving my personal opinions on anything. I am just observing the fact that disputed territories should expect attacks and more will come in the future. Someone else has to enforce the law when one party is doing illegal stuff. You have to respect the law. I changed my mind once. I was fooled by CNN into thinking US & Israel has been a green freedom loving progressive people. The reality is far from that. It's a war loving capitalist machine.

Added Context: Majdal shams is illegally occupied part of Syria, currently administered by Israel. If you illegally occupy places, there will be consequences for it. Sad that these children had to be the victim of those attacks. The adults who engaged in the illegal occupation should take more responsibility and stop the occupation. These bombings are a resistance to the illegal occupation of Israel. This is just the context. Not my opinion. This doesn't justify the bombings. But occupying other territories will be met with resistance.

Me learning about Israeli politics everyday.

If you don't want to be compared to Nazis, then don't do Nazi like stuff.

Pretty much this.

For real though Democratic party should also have a primary and internal elections. How can you represent a democracy when you don't have a democracy within.

Let's not pretend that either parties give a shit about Ukraine.

A lot of silicon valley culture has to fo with promising unrealistic stuff and then working hard to deliver it. If you make it, you are a genius, and a con, if you don't.

AGI or whatever, will always remain 3 years away. For silicon valley tech bros it will be two weeks away and some already have it. There are real structural and social problems with AI. Your best shot is human + AI. AI capacity is fixed. So it's the good old human vs human that's going to make all the difference. It's other humans that use AI effectively are the ones going to replace you.

How the US intervention turned Ukraine into a rump state should be studied for the next 100 years.

By observing what's happening in their streets. Search for "European Migration Crisis" on YT. If a bunch of warlords with guns can cause half the population to regress, than imagine what would happen if they constantly interfered with it. Which is what the former colonies had to got through. Lower stage obviously has high corruption. Hamas and Hezbollah is the resistance to the larger corruption Israel is doing in the middleast.