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@Harikrish
Which African countries? all your sources just say "some African countries."Are you in denial? You posted Trump has not done anything racist. Calling all African countries shithole countries was seen as very racist by several African leaders.You said you are from Ghana, Africa. Do Ghanians not see themselves as Africans?
Which African countries are okay? Egypt? South Africa?
Which ones are shitholes? Which ones are just so-so?
None of your sources claim Trump thinks all special treatment policies toward all of Africa should be rescinded.
Could it possibly be Trump would rather give preferential treatment to countries that have a strong GDP and have cultures embracing free markets and liberty over totalitarian socialism, regardless of the skin tone?
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@Buddamoose
Because the entire pedestal the left sits on regarding racism is loaded with facepalms.Why would you link me to that? Idc if its racist or not, that is just loaded with face palms 😐
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@Harikrish
Where can I find the definitive list of Trump's shithole countries?
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@Buddamoose
Though given its Russia, a jingoistic reaction is understandable. "Its not the Cold War Mitt" was a silly sentiment and foolish at the time it was said. I'm just glad Dems have come to see Russia actually was and is still very much a threat 👏.
I know that was off topic, but I find it ironic that the left displays some of the very traits they claim Trump espouses, but of course, few on the left will admit this.
The same applies to racism. Given the proper context, the left can be vitriolically racist as well. (see here)
Maybe the reason why the left subconsciously fears Trump and goes into hysterics instead of ignoring him when he says dumb things is because deep down, it reminds them of themselves. This explains alot about how Antifa came to be.
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@Buddamoose
Don't be silly. The left can be jingoistic and nationalistic where Russia is concerned.So wait, hold up, people aren't always what they say they are? And being a Russian spy had nothing at all to do with Russia? Hrmmmmm 🤔
Oops...
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@Castin
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@Castin
If you really believe in progress then you can't support government intervention and mismanaged meddling in innovating and improving the human condition. That basically means you can't be a traditional Republican or a traditional Democrat.But okay, if I'm not a progressive then what am I. I believe in progress.
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@Beelzedad
Well glad you cleared that up. Mexican Birthplace= good. Russian Birthplace = bad.Mexico was not being criticized, a man of Mexican Heritage was being insulted by a racist.
Gotta keep dat P.C. rule up to date for the real racists.
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@Beelzedad
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@Beelzedad
I really don't care about your opinion on the "races of mexico", or even about the racism in Mexico.
There is no ONE MEXICAN RACE.
You can criticize Mexico for a thousand years and it still won't be racist.
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@Buddamoose
What is with this "spicy" all of a sudden?
Why don't you just come right out and admit you don't give a shit about people living in shitty conditions, only that everyone live in equally shitty conditions. Spicy sense of morality you have there 🔥
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@linate
of course there are different races. there are black people and there are white people.
Name me one genetic feature besides melanin every person with Black skin has that no other person on the planet has. Do go on.
How about every person with White skin? Don't bother replying, because the answer is obvious to anyone with a functioning brain.
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@Beelzedad
So what? Nations have culture and heritage, some that are in line with what America believes in, and some which are not.
There is no "Mexican" race, and people sound like 3rd graders when they imply that Mexico has a distinct "race" that sets them significantly apart from any other human on the planet.
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@Beelzedad
Mexico isn't a race, it's a nation. That makes Trump a nationalist.
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@linate
how do ya'll define racist? my main criteria is 'unjustified prejudice'. in my examples, he had prejudice that wasn't justified based on skin color only, pretty much. the examples weren't exactly malicious, but they were prejudicial.
"Unjustified prejudice" can mean millions of things other than skin tone.
First off, you have to be some kind of backwards idiot in this day and age to believe that races exist based on skin tone. All the latest DNA testing will show a person with percentages of ethnic DNA from all around the world. Everybody is a mutt to some degree. There are no purebred "races." Additionally, there are far more mutts in places like America where there are massive migration patterns. The only place where you could find anything close to a "race" would be some secluded South American tribe or maybe some Australian tribe. Even then, there's still significant DNA variance that goes far beyond the singular phenotype of the melanin gene. "Skin tone race" is completely debunked by every scientific metric regarding DNA.
So in order to be a racist, you first have to be an uneducated idiot that believes in some theory some white colonists cooked up with no science behind it in the 1800's that claims skin color determines "race."
Next you have to believe that there are significant differences in these races on the genetic level.
Trump fails on both these charges.
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@triangle.128k
What difference does more plastic BS make, just because it raises the "GDP" or "standard of living?" People are going into debt slavery, Capitalism is capitalizing on the worst traits of people, the masses are being manipulated, power is being concentrated into corporate elites, worship of religion is being replaced with worship of the dollar, and so forth.
That's a good thing. Natural selection will eliminate all theocratically inclined people from the gene pool; whether they worship money or a statue.
The rational atheists will inherit the Earth.
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@linate
If those are examples of racism, then everyone is a racist.
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@drafterman
Because of the general law of entropy, random change is more likely to be detrimental than no change.
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@drafterman
No change will always be better than bad change.
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@drafterman
Lol no it's not. Marching around at political rallies decked out in a sandwich board with words you don't understand isn't beneficial for society.Well it's certainly better than the opposite.
Society would be better off if you simply stay at home when you choose to be intellectually lazy.
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@1harderthanyouthink
And if he was being targeted by the media as a front-runner, you wouldn't have had to "keep your eyes open" as you so eloquently stated.And I was responding to Greyparrot implying Sanders' approval rating is only because he was never slandered - which, if you kept your eyes open for 2015 and 2016, you would have seen it every day.
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@Buddamoose
Well Milton was right in that the Industrial Revolution made slavery unfeasible through the replacement of slaves with machines. Because you needed trained people to run machines properly, you couldn't just whip someone and expect the machine to produce as many widgets as the child coming off the farm to make one more dollar a day than the zero dollars he was getting back home working on Ma and Pa's farm.
The Industrial Revolution also made guns cheap and prolific to the point that it cost too much to garrison large armies in the colonies that would resist them. In short, Capitalism eliminated those things, not some Victorian or Theocratic code.
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@triangle.128k
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@1harderthanyouthink
>>>Lol what
Don't be silly. you are comparing a blip of coverage to 1000 days of wall to wall slander.
Also, I read your link..."has to be some kind of record..."
Maybe a record for the media attacking someone on the left. Creating negative stories about politicians on the right is part of the normal workday for the WAPO.
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@ravensjt
It's the same logic as removing fathers from households because life is just too hard. What about the kids? Screw the kids.
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@linate
They had high approval because the media didn't get a chance to slander them. The media only targets people who can win office.
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@TheDredPriateRoberts
It's no secret or mystery that the government actually benefits from rising healthcare costs, as it gives them an opportunity to seize control of that industry. That's the entire purpose of many crony regulations that drive costs through the roof, not just in the medical industry, but in all government regulated industries. Government creates problems that only government can solve, and the people are blind.
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@Buddamoose
Yaron Brook Is better at explaining it than Milton because he delves beyond the obvious economical aspects.
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@Buddamoose
The alternative theory is that greed is bad and that slavery equates to prosperity, because slavery is the only condition where you can exist without greed (putting your self-interest first)essence, yeah. Greed is (or at least, can often be,)
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@Stephen
Before the age of diversity and tolerance, when people would invade your country to grab your resources, you would go to war to protect your livelihood. Today you are expected to give up everything you and your ancestors worked hard for because breathing air makes all people equal.
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@1harderthanyouthink
The FBI had to fire him to attempt to give a semblance of integrity to the Russian investigation.
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I think traditional petty tribalism is overshadowed by the current one nation tribe movement.
1 tribe instead of thousands of tribes.
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@Buddamoose
If the government is going to treat corporations as actionable parties, then they should have all the rights of a party aggrieved.
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@Outplayz
There was a time when regulation dropped pretty low in the healthcare industry, and HMO's had these insanely affordable bargain health packages where you could buy catastrophic health coverage for ...crumbs... this was like 25 years ago.
You can't get anything like that today with the current regulations. They are not allowed to sell it to you.
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@Outplayz
Why believe blindly? We already know monopolies are bad for economies, and the government is the ultimate monopoly....Yeah... I guess we can only cross our fingers that we are good enough to do it right. That is why i am not a fan of government involvement as a whole. I think we should try everything before bring them into the mix.
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@linate
Obamacare isn't for poor people only, like food stamps are.giving people healthcare similar to food stamps? or, in other words give them subsidies but keep our current structure? or in other words, obamacare minus the mandate and regulations? i never took you for an obamacare type of person.
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@Outplayz
There's not a single example in this country, or any other country, where the government took over the management aspects of an industry and lowered costs without lowering the supply.
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@Outplayz
I mean think of it this way...food is vital to survival...but generally, the government doesn't grow food for us or tell farmers how to grow food (will they kinda do with subsidies but most farmers are free to grow what the people need through a free market)
Poor people that can't afford food get food stamps.
Why can't we do the same thing with healthcare? Full private healthcare, with welfare for the poor? Why does government have to manage the entire thing with regulations and mandates?
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@Outplayz
I get it and I hate to use the same analogy that socialists use "well that isn't real socialism"
But it's really true that we have extremely limited competition with healthcare providers, especially with state regulated monopolies on insurance companies.
There's plenty of things we can do to destroy medical monopolies and create competition simply by deregulating the medical industry. I think it's the second most regulated industry behind banks, correct me if i am wrong. And you know how fcked up the banking system is.
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@linate
1 out of 900 isn't a risk I want to take when I am sick...especially if the stat is 1 out of 900 healthy people.
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@Outplayz
Create new jobs eh? Because even the half-attempt from obamacare destroyed a lot of productive private sector jobs...for what?
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@linate
any is too much. 1 out of 900 can have a fatal condition that Canada can't fix.
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@linate
Just getting seen quick isn't nearly as important as quality of care. If a nurse gives you 2 aspirin and shows you the door, you've been had.
Government run healthcare is great..... until you get sick. The entire world travels to the USA to get quality care.
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@linate
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@TheDredPriateRoberts
You can have the trust-busting government eliminate the AMA and make it illegal for doctors to unionize. Also the government can stop imposing unfair licensing practices. That would increase doctors for sure.
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@Danielle
>>>If you are a fan of Bernie - do you agree and why?
They're not breadlines, they're DEMOCRATIC breadlines. Jeez, people need to learn the difference...
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@Outplayz
Our government is already overburdened with excessive responsibilities. It's unfair to ask the government to take on more jobs without removing other burdens.
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