I disagree they should be paid that much. But software developers work significantly more than Congress. More days, more hours. In addition, when was the last time you were able to speak with your rep personally in recess? Never for me. My wife works 80 hrs at the peak of her busy season, and I’m supposed to pretend her job is worth less than Congress? A senior manager at her firm, one step away from partner, is worth less than a Congress person. I disagree.
Gentle reminder that the US pays ~$100M/yr to their congresspersons. What an insane waste of money.
nah, gimme the blades.
Nah, born and raised in the US. But I pledge allegiance to no government.
Edit: you just struck me as a nationalist, so I figured I would appeal to that by saying your country. you gotta be nationalist to ignore the history of the country.
make up quotes about me what an actual child, you are. Here’s the actual quote.
It’s not naive because Northen racism still fought a war to give African-Americans the right to be citizens.
It’s not naïve to say that we would still have the level of racism today, when after they fought that war to give African Americans the right to be citizens? When those same soldiers killed black people? When they kept them out of schools and churches? You’re still ignoring the point, my friend. How about another quote?
…democracy and freedom for all
you said this as your main sticking point for the difference. Where is the freedom in segregation? Where is the democracy in intentional economic hardship? Where is the democracy in lynchings?
You are quite welcome to keep your whitewashed history of the US. Good luck overcoming the fascism with that one. Your country can’t even agree on your own history and you hope to be condescending? Truly it is a wonder how Donald Trump got elected in your country.
But like, there is starvation in Africa. I am being pedantic, but it’s worth not forgetting about the current Sudan situation.
I don’t know, I wrote down several times that black people died and you’re dismissive of it, because at least they freed em first. I don’t know how much more I can break it down.
You’re not actually responding with rebuttals, you’re just saying naïvely, “north freed black people. Doesn’t matter how many died from racist attacks and infrastructure. Because they fought to free them.” that’s insane logic. The north made few steps to prevent discrimination against blacks, even preventing them from voting in some areas. The rest of the country did too, I wonder why? Maybe it’s because america is a country founded on racism. Or more accurately discrimination of the unseemly. The unwanted. The outcasts of society. It was blacks, Jews, Irish, Italians, Polish, Arabians, southeast Asians, Indians, American Indians. The list goes on.
We will always have racism and I wish I had your optimism. It’s admirable. But I have seen far too much of the horrors of the world up close, to ever believe humanity will get better. I’m sorry you weren’t able to convince me, and I you. I hope you are able to see the future you yearn for.
That 1700s example is something hotly debated by historians and anthropologists. So, I’m not going to touch on it. My point was that humans innately need/want a tribe. Some humans now, use race in place of a tribe. Others use nationality. Some use religion. It’s all the same. This was always the endgame. There is no other outcome. You will never be able to move past it. To think so, is naïveté. Because there will always be a group in the shadows waiting to strike and poison the well.
It just doesn’t matter, dude. We as humanity deserve to die regardless. As a species we’re absolutely useless to this Earth. We’re selfish, narcissistic people. We’re animals. We make choices based on how it can help our people first, not others. It has been this way since the start of society.
P.S. I will add that, racism is always discrimination, but discrimination isn’t always racism. As such, it doesn’t matter if it’s called racism, or not. It’s discrimination rooted from a tribalistic us v them ideology.
Two things, one it’s a different angle. Two, they straight up removed the nose lol. Also, this is Fox’s dad.
But you’re rewriting history. They still burned black people inside their homes. They lynched. They segregated. They did all the horrific things. But you want to draw the line and say that they were better because they gave them citizenship? How’d that citizenship work out when trying to get a job?There were plenty of sharecroppers stuck on farms for money they couldn’t spend anywhere else. But hey! At least they could vote! America is a racist country through and through. Stop acting like it’s not, y’all.
If you want to ignore the blatant racism of the America since it’s founding, you can. But don’t act like America has gotten better. It still hates the minority, I.e. not whites.
What is the difference between enslaving someone from not viewing them as equal and setting their house on fire with them in it, for not viewing them as equal? You bring up recent history saying things were getting better, even ten years ago. I disagree. The thing that brought it back out was electing a black president. And all those with racism in their hearts saw it as the end for them. So, they’re gonna make everyone pay for that. Because America has always been racist. It will never stop until whites in america are the minority.
If you think it was better, you missed the part where we vehemently imposed cruelty on Arabs in the past three decades.
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Segregation was common across across the whole country. This whole country has always been racist. My point was this wasn’t a north south issue. It is the heart of America. What does it matter if we give people freedom and still starve them? What good is freedom if you have no home? What good is freedom if you’re still burning them? This is wasn’t progress in the north, it was trying to feign righteousness. America, all of it, is a racist country.
I think the fundamental disagreement we have is, you have faith in progress; and I am jaded.
Were they ashamed when they segregated the black people? Were they ashamed when they economically crippled them at every turn? Were they ashamed when they made them sit in the back of their churches? Were they ashamed when they were forced to go to their own people’s colleges and universities, because they weren’t allowed admittance to the white school? This all happened in the north post Civil War. This was the endgame of America. Always has been and it’s been known since the beginning. It’s time to just sit back and watch the collapse of the empire. Nothing else to do. Racism will never fully be extinguished because it preys on our tribalistic instinct. Hard to overwrite that one.
It was very nice to give them the right to vote, as long as they stayed far enough away from the whites. I’m just saying, it’s naïve to say that this level of racism was only fostered from the Confederacy. It’s tribalism. The most exceptional part of the human race. It’s what kept us alive long enough to evolve this way. Every single one of us is sucept to it. To think not is folly, friend. You have a level of anger in your heart that is best put aside for a sandwich with a friend. The world has not changed, it has always been this way. How you choose to react is your own. Peace and love to you.
Absolutely hysterical that they chopped Columbia up into thirds. It’s such a democratic stronghold, they think divvying it up dillutes the vote, but I think they might be shooting themselves in the foot here. Either way, shit can’t get done until Gov. calls 'em back for a special session and Foghorn Leghorn is fairly against this measure.
Edit: Weird to see so many folks to get worked up about my state. I actually think this has a higher chance of backfiring, if they enact it, than succeeding. All that being said, THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN , MARK MY WORDS. Gov. McMaster is leaving office and truly does not give a shit. He would rather keep the 6-1, than risk a 4-3.
It is very naïve to assume racism only belonged to the Confederacy. Just because black folks were free in the North, doesn’t mean it was all sunshine and roses. This was inevitable from America’s founding as a white nation. It’s a sad, hapless truth; one that, as every society has, will bring us to collapse. So, stock up, play nice with neighbors, and ride out the fall of America.
More botched than her plastic face. I usually don’t get cruel about appearances. But she purchased her face, so that’s a product now. And it’s a very bad product. And if by some chance it’s only makeup, girl, get better please.
yeah, is it just me or are half the posts on politics from clickbaity websites that have no context, or nuance. or they’re opinion pieces where someone got SLAMMED and this is for sure the last straw. I’m starting to think the problem on reddit wasn’t reddit, but that people just suck lol. maybe I just need to find a new instance.