archdang

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by archdang 2mo ago
Our new RaaS platform, Retirify, provides a wealth of more creative ways to receive your own, personalised, brutal ending.
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by archdang 3mo ago
When one is out of real arguments one resorts to mere whataboutism.
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by archdang 3mo ago
Meh, lazy thinking on religion and oversimplification of history. Yet, there's absolutely an argument to be made that capitalism has provided wider mobility than the Chinese bureaucratic system, the medieval church or merchant states p
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by archdang 4mo ago
Losing wars is surprisingly often not that bad an outcome for countries in the longer run.
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by archdang 5mo ago
It's a narrow and poorly supported view that it truly was money-losing. Such claims systematically ignore the $45 trillion (current value) extraction from India, and treat the counterfactual of Britain with no Empire incoherently. The
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by archdang 5mo ago
Effective and plentiful assassin drones are part of our future.
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by archdang 6mo ago
I think it was a quip strategically designed to make the Americans feel better about themselves even as it clearly puts them down, and to become an aspiration at least. In some sense the history of the US is about unleashing a powerful idea
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by archdang 10mo ago
The latency problem proves to be insurmountable and we drift apart in woe at that fruitless sacrifices we made, then splinter in forgetting.
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by archdang 1y ago
A person of moral courage inspiring millions.
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by archdang 1y ago
Spoiler: Israel did not stop bombing Gaza.
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by archdang 1y ago
The blatant political purposes of acquiring TikTok demonstrate the impoverished status of the US and Israel to millions of representatives of Gen Z, and another platform is ready to rise to bring more truthful takes to the next generation.
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by archdang 1y ago
You move goalposts and mire yourself in falsehood. Point 1 empirically wrong. Of course more food was provided after guns went silent. Point 2 you sound like you agree with me and disagree with your original post. Point 3. Reveals you as a
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by archdang 1y ago
We see here an example of a useless idiot. Point 1, nonsense: Allies fed Germans during WW2, the US fed Iraqis and Afghans during their wars and occupations. Point 2, nonsense: The Rafah crossing has been intermittently open, and Egypt has
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by archdang 1y ago
It is very far from excellent. Did you read it? The Free Beacon piece feels like it’s arguing against a caricature of the UN report rather than the report itself. The Commission wasn’t trying to do a military balance sheet of Hamas vs. Isra
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by archdang 1y ago
Two days before the January 6, 2021 insurrection, there were already clear and documented warning signs that violence was likely. Intelligence units within the FBI and DHS were aware of this chatter, and the FBI’s Norfolk office even issued
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by archdang 1y ago
Yes, Kirk advocated for a violent solution due to the election not going his way. It's also standing in stark juxtaposition to how Brazil handled similar issues with a much greater level of integrity. "Expect perhaps" now see
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by archdang 1y ago
There are quite a few to be found if you look around. From Wikipedia: On January 4, 2021 (the day before the Capitol attack), Kirk tweeted that Turning Point Action and Students for Trump were sending more than 80 “buses of patriots” to Was