TreeBeard

You call this post “thoughts”? 😂

What would you call it if more people will die due to a bad political decision? Removing cancer clinics would be a death sentence to those with cancer. Seems like a fair enough statement, no? Why are you trying to police the tone?

You need me to post the usage of the two words? You don’t know that they mean different things? Your statement assumes I believe everything from a particular source. I can believe some things and not others from the same source.

Influence ≠ rule

No, that doesn’t follow.

Then why have the rightwing commentators bing funded come out and said they were the victims if there wasn’t evidence? Mr Rubin, who boasts 1.5 million followers on X, said his show on Tenet ended months ago, and that he had not been contacted by the justice department. "I and other commentators were the victims of this scheme," he wrote concerning the allegations. "I knew absolutely nothing about any of this fraudulent activity."

That’s not what democracy means. What argument are you trying to make here? Did you not understand my response?

What conspiracy theory are you referring to?

No. The government should not be the gatekeeper of the proper way to apply one’s values when it comes to voting. Democracy is flawed in part because it lets everyone participate. This is also its biggest strength.

It simply means we need to strengthen our democratic institutions to root out undue foreign influence. Traitorous seditionists always try and thwart democracy. These particular ones are taking money to spread these ideas from Russia. We have some doing this at the behest of China too. How am I “clinging to both”? I don’t know what you mean.

A country with no abortion laws has less abortions per capita than the USofA. To reduce abortions, maybe they shouldn’t have any laws at all

How else would you be able to spread anti-immigrant hysteria? Mention that they commit less crimes than the average American? Facts ain’t gonna do it!

No, but machines certainly will. AI will just be the platform to design the machine and techniques on how to replace you.

I think enough of the electorate is susceptible to believing crazy conspiracy theories being spewed by rightwing commentators that it’s an issue. This forum is evidence of that. Depends…. Some yes, some no. You think all of the media (who aren’t paid for by Russia) hate Russia?

Of course they can sway some of the public.

Agreed. I am leaning more and more towards at least a partial technocracy. I think the Senate, if it’s appointed, should be appointed based on expertise, and not a lifetime appointment. Imagine a senate that is made up of medical professionals, bio-ethicists, constitutional scholars, etc. being asked to give “sober 2nd thought” to legislation and issues based on their expertise.

No. Yes.

So do you call yourself a gravitationalist? You believe in gravity, right? I guess I shouldn’t assume.

I know what Darwinism is. I didn’t ask that. Read more carefully.

If scientists didn’t speculate, we would still think the sun revolved around the earth. 🌍 ☀️

We elect governments who will change the law. We thought we had one in the Liberals, but they lied.

What is a Darwinist?

What do you mean?

Last booster was a year ago, or so. I know you want to live in 2021, but the pandemic is over. It’s now considered endemic and no one is really talking about it. Except you.

Britain’s House of Lords still has members of the Church of England. We still have unelected appointees with real power to stop or change legislation called the Senate. There are several anachronistic flaws in our political system that still need to be worked through. I agree that first-past-the-post is one of them as well. And should be the first one to fall. Other parliamentary systems based on the UK model have done it to great effect. Society progresses. To do otherwise is to stagnate and die.