i fail bc i dont believe in the evil in ppl?
France riots
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zubenelgenubi
I'm a star
I agree smoking three packs a day for 60 years is not a good idea. Even though those people are generally in their 80's at that point, so well above life expectancy. A few cigarettes and a few cigars here and there is not a big deal. This is another place I think we agree on, most people who are heavy smokers probably would never have smoked so much if they weren't constantly bombarded with cigarette propaganda advertising.
zubenelgenubi
I'm a star
No, because you seem to identify with Agent Smith.
he was right about some things. thats part of the point is to get past the superficial appearances and listen to the content of whats being said
im not familiar with how much you need to smoke for it to
with youppl should be able to smoke just dont get addicted
zubenelgenubi
I'm a star
im not familiar with how much you need to smoke for it to
ppl should be able to smoke just dont get addicted
Someone posted some stats on another board I'm part of. Basically a pack a day barely registers on the increase in chances of getting cancer. I simply don't like smoking more than a couple of cigarettes a day, and I can go for months without any.
i like beer but u gotta be reasonable
i like consumerism but its gotta be reasonable. problem is quite often its not.
zubenelgenubi
I'm a star
Not treating corporations like people with the right to propagandize through "free speech" is a good place to start. The US is the only country that allows pharma to advertise.
yea i thought i recall hearing that.
you guys are 5% of worlds population but ur drug consumption is very high and the prices are so high too.
it can be bad here too. ive paid alot.
zubenelgenubi
I'm a star
Do you see the grift? People have done what has been asked of them, and the people who profited are now trying to punish the people who gave them money and power. To some extent I understand that people are getting the just desserts of being mindless sheeple, but it is making life difficult for everyone, and mass murder is not a reasonable consequence given the crime. Neither is totalitarian control.
yea i see them chipping away at our standard of living and future. but i also believe they will cling to totalitarian control and mass murder to keep the short term profits going.
strongest democracy on earth?
oldngray
nowhere special
when america goes from a democracy (which it is although to be fair the founders werent in favor of it) to dictatorship, many of you will cheer
You’d cheer if it were your comrades who were running that dictatorship.
nowadays, america is only a democracy by name. we all know its ruled by money and the people who control both parties wont let any real challenger (bernie, kucinich, RFK) to get the nomination
Thebrownblob
Well-Known Member
We’ve never been a direct democracy we are a constitutional republic.
these are just words. things change. right now you are ruled by money and have been since 1980, and the voting system is controlled by 2 parties, the media propagandizes the worst candidates and doesnt give equal time to all candidates, and the 2 parties gerrymander, plus the electoral college.
in the 1960s, 1970s america had a pro democracy movement with ralph nader's group, womens rights, environmental rights, anti war, civil rights.
great depression was a pro democracy movement with commies, socialists, and unions causing union rate to jump to 33% and the new deal getting passed.
women and people who didnt own property used to not be able to vote. but things change
Thebrownblob
Well-Known Member
Ralph Nader is an idiot, and we’ve been ruled by banks and the federal reserve since December 23, 1913
