I know every country has its problems and that there are desperate people everywhere.
but its very much american exceptionalism, that americans would assume people coming from a country that has infinitely more worker rights, would move to their failing state just to work.
Im tired of pretending we need to humanize people who abuse POWs by making them dig their own graves before murdering them, castrating them, cutting out their eyeballs, mow down civilians whilst having them all tied in a chain together, or who look at them the wrong way, loot and vandalize people's homes and leave hand grenades and landmines in their cupboards as a parting gift. and all of the other things the esteemed Armiya Rossiya has done to its so called "Slavic Bretheren" the last decade.
and dont get me started on the Dedovschina Rape culture in the Russian Army.
All militaries are violent, but The Russian military takes it to a different level, it's permiated in a culture of savages who revel in the practice of dehumanization, and I shed no tears for people who choose to behave this way, getting put to the sword.
Russia cant compete economically, technologically, or diplomatically, all they have is violence and coercion, No one except chauvinists would ever -want- to join Russia, so if Russia wants someone to join them, they really only have one card, war.
I have so many old games and programs on my win10 PC that the amount of effort it would take to get everything back to the way it was, would almost argue for just getting a New PC and not bothering with the migration.
I know that its not based in science... but I just dont trust windows OS migration. I did it once from Vista to 7, and something messed up, and had to reformat the entire drive and fresh install, losing everything.
as for getting a new PC , hardware wise, it will cost me several thousand and will probably only be a fraction of an increase of the system I have right now. its just not worth it.
so all in all, I think Im going to just play danger zone, and ride Win10 into the digital apocalypse for a while.
" I’m convinced the primary reason they are popular, is people are too lazy to want to have to read news/information of whatever topic and assemble it into something resembling their own opinion. They’d much rather have some other person read, parse, watch the goings-on and then deliver it as the influencer’s opinion."
You've essentially described why idiots like Joe Rogan are so powerful
Voters don't read research articles though. They don't have time to do research.
To them. Research is listening to some sock puppet who puts on the disguise of a layman's podcast like Joe Rogan. Or they share bullshit that crazy uncles and foreign social media shitposters created on facebook
Is your wife from a background that could be remotely linked to something "bad" by crazy radicals?
that basically boils down to being from any part of the world that constitutes as Brown, Socialist, Controlled by China, or Controlled by Europe, in the Radical's view.
This is reminding me of one of my uncles who has become so radicalized by both Christofascist propaganda, and stuff he reads online, that he believes the world is in a "Kaliyug" Hindu term for the final stage of civilizaiton cycle, defined by violence, crime and immorality.
he believes that now, everything is boiled down to "you're either a good person, or you're just a criminal" there is no in between.
and if you're a criminal, he basically beleives you need to be killed. for the good of society.
*Got sick and couldnt see a doctor for 7 hours? The doctors are just corrupt criminals
Your work didnt take enough income tax from you and you owe $1000 ? Well your employers are just corrupt criminals.
Chocolate Milk is $11 a jug? the Grocers are just corrupt criminals.
Russia invaded Ukraine? Oh this is just Putins plan to rid the world of Criminals, both sides emptied their prisons and anyone who wants to fight / defend their home, they're just a violent person who needs to be removed from society anyway.*
Every one of these is opinions I've heard him express recentley.
I want to add, this Lunatic lives in the same building as me now. I've never had a better advocate for being agnostic / atheist / irreligious in my life. that door is permanetley slammed shut. Hail spaghetti monster.
Im not a religious person, I dont really believe in deities, gods, etc.
but if theres ever been an argument for there being an antichrist, I think between the Right wing fascists calling themselves christians in America, and the genocidal warmongering fascists in Russia calling themselves gods warriors, I think they've got it locked up.
My Uncle and his family are like this, his kids are adults now and they still go to Disney every year.
We're Canadian. and he is a staunch opponent of the Canadian Healthcare system, He believes that because he can personally throw money at a Doctor, that everyone should be treated that way, first paid first served.
Elon is just another member of the trans national crime syndicate that masquerades as many national governments.
Im not sure anyone is in charge of it, and its most likely a gentlemans agreement between its leaders to divide the world up into territories amongst its members,
but if anyone's in charge of it, its not Elon or Trump, its Vladimir Putin.
No, Im saying things are so far gone that violence is looking inevitable. and that the men of power are already well prepared to commit mass violence to protest their way of life by way of bloodthirsty "police" and private security on the payroll.
the United States does not recognize dual citizenship.
so if you get branded a criminal or terrorist, they're coming after you. and they will absolutely threaten your second country into extradition if they want you bad enough
I guess its a good thing the police havent been militarizing, and filling their roster full of violent trigger happy assholes who radicalized themselves into thinking they're the thin blue line between civilization and savagery,
I dont think he's written hardly anything since the days of covfefe