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Why are Republicans/Conservatives embracing fanaticalism these days?
  • Telling me I'd like to watch it all burn, and then calling me a political pacifist in the next breath? Come on, now, you can do better.

    The debt isn't an abstract thing that can be unilaterally printed away. It has real-world consequences, real-world resources that can't be ignored, and that the US isn't even in a position to come out on top of once it comes calling.

    I'm glad you're fighting that political fight. It keeps you occupied, and keeps them occupied. Like a pair of dysfunctional lovers, you deserve each other. I'm watching, and I'm learning. I know how to take advantage of the mistakes you make, and ones they make, and use them to my own personal advantage, as well as to the advantage of other moderate folks that I'm perfectly willing to give business preference to, and reach out for, and go the extra mile for.

    ..just.. ..keep fighting, bud. It'll end soon enough. ..and certainly, you will win. Perhaps not like you think, though.

  • Why are Republicans/Conservatives embracing fanaticalism these days?
  • The debt is going to come calling, and I'm sure you'll blame Republicans, and I'm sure they'll blame you.

    Perhaps I'll have my place self-sustaining by then, perhaps not. But I'll be sure to keep plenty of popcorn stocked.

  • Evidence
  • Your options are "grow" or "repeat". Unfortunately, you're the one most equipped to take responsibility for your own life, but you evolved into this situation, and evolution is messy. It's not your fault, bit it's your responsibility.

    Accepting those things deeply enough, and what they mean personally, changes everything.

  • Evidence
  • I'm glad there's someone else out there with the same concerns.

    I'd be more glad if unknowns and inconsistencies were frankly acknowledged. Even though in some senses Feynman contributed to the metaphorical tech debt, one of the things I love about his lectures is his frankness in regard to the (then) current state of knowledge, and about how much was simply unknown. Much of that is still unknown, and there are major glaring inconsistencies that are handwaved into oblivion.

    To be clear, this is not an "anti-science" comment, but rather a desire to see the institution of science become more consistent, and to address unknowns honestly.

  • Is there any real physical proof that Jesus christ ever existed?
  • I don't have a horse in this race, but man, let it drop. The person who's fighting for ridiculous improbabilities here is you. Nobody you're arguing with in this thread is even making a claim that Magic Jesus existed. Just that the man named Jesus who is talked about by the early Christians likely existed (which is scholarly consensus, not even a niche claim). They're specifically not claiming that the fantastical claims made by the early Christians about that man are true.