George W.Bush: “When I first met with Putin I saw he was wearing a cross […] He started talking about his mother, the cross, and what it meant to him […] I looked into his eyes and I saw a soul. I trusted him.”
STOP. FUCKING. ELECTING. PEOPLE. WITH. SKY. DADDY!
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IIUC Epstein’s Island didn’t have underage boys, so Theil never paid a visit. I assume he has his own island and tries to keep under the radar
In case anyone hasn’t read this yet. The above is not really hyperbole
“Vote Vance! Couches, not Kids!”
I browse Reddit on redlib instances. NO ADS
Once you have faith in a Sky Daddy, evidence doesn’t matter and Truth is whatever you “feel in your heart”
tldr: delusional adults with a Sky Daddy that hates science
People who think religion is real and should have a hand in politics… … … have no place in modern civilized democracy
competition model only works in urban environments
I live in a rural area, my kids went to Montessori. 30 mins drive each way for me.
And of course there is the Internet now. It is not a drop-in replacement, but for some kids and some subjects it works very well.
We can have regulation, education requirements, and standards while still encouraging healthy competition.
They’re gonna string him up like il Duche when they realize what we all know
“Good czar, bad boyars”
TBF, I am critical of Luigi and find myself having to tread on thin ice with my opinons
TBF, there is a system in the US that tends to enforce mediocrity, spends a lot of money on bloated administration, and is both fearful of competition and willing to resort to politically dirty tricks to maintain their education monopoly.
I remember a Steve Jobs interview in Wired many years ago, he said his wish was for a group of energetic people graduating college to be able to start a school, just as readily as they could start a restaurant or a landscaping business – both of which, it should be pointed out, are regulated industries with licensing and safety standards.
merciles ridicule
… only entrenches people in their positions
Especially for religious identity and other identity politics.
The way to flip such positions is to provide role models, people who are still clearly identified in the group, but who embrace – to the degree possible – tolerant liberal democratic evidence-based social structures.
“We are in a race between education and oblivion” -R B Fuller
I think this is a really important point.
We as a society, as a civilization, have to figure out free speech/unfettered inquiry versus disinformation/objectively falsified (or even weaponized) speech
Ditto. Use libreddit instances to read, but I do not feed the beast
Is “No Hamas” allowed?