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The Mamdani Model: More Socialist Mayors to ComeBeware! The DSA will attempt to repeat Mamdani’s success in other Democrat strongholds.
- By stevevw
- News & Current Events (Articles Required)
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I think this is unreal. We know theres a continual power struggle with groups maneuvering to influence and socially engineer society to how they want it ordered. Even the church does this lol.
Especially in modern times with legacy media and social media. Even small groups can have a major influence of the direct of polcies and society. Its a bit like sales and marketing. Manipulating people to come around to certain ideas.
The whole 'Long March through the Institutions was a socially engineered revolution to undermine and change the social order. Look what happened when it spilt into mainstream society around early 2000's. That was not natural. That was socially engineered through media, and ideologies pushed within institutions and government agencies.
So what were the social norms based on during most of the 20th century. What was the basis for say the anti abortion laws or the marriage laws before they changed around the 1960's and 70's. Coincidently the same time soon after the cultural revolutions that formed the catalyst for those changes that were held by society for generations.
But what was the basis for these social norms and laws.
You don't have to have a State sanctioned religion to have religious foundation to social norms and laws. The west came out of the same empire that birth Christianity as opposed to Islam or Hinduism. This is our heritage.
Western nations are more Christian that Muslim, Hindu or other religions. We draw upon Christian social norms and not Islam or pagan or no belief at all.
My understanding of humans is far superior to yours. You may know physics and I give you that credit. But I know the behavioural sciences.
Yes it does. You just don't understand it. If laws and policies are underpinned by morals. They they are also underpinned by beliefs because morality is a belief. Comes from a philosophical belief.
So the State has to make a moral and belief determination about the polcies they allow or don't allow. To allow abortion is a moral and belief position. To make laws on any social isse involves a moral and belief determination.
When the State says that a religious or any group pray or protest in certain places due to protecting a polciy they have allowed which relates to a moral or belief issue. They are taking a moral and belief position against those they deny and siding with those with the opposing moral and belief position.
Like I said its unreal to have two or more opposing moral and belief systems with equal status at the same time in the same society. One will be denied over the other an dwhne the State sides with one side they are taking a moral and belief position over another. The State cannot govern with a moral and belief position. If its not for God then its against Him.
But each timer it does change it is declaring one moral and belief position about abortion is it not. If the State is anti abortion then its denying the beliefs and morals of pro abortionist and choice. If it makes abortions legal then its sideing against the belief that abortion is wrong. It cannot take a neutral position.
Where else are you going to mix them lol. You have to so you can imagine the scenario. Its like saying Catholics and Communist is a strange mix.
Yes of course, thats obvious in that the government changes between the Left and the Right of politics. I am saying its become more polarised so that when there is a change from Left to Right its far more dramatic.
Far more potentially damaging because if the differences are so polarised then they are major differences in polcies that have major effects. We are seeing this played out with the rising political violence.
If the Left is correct then we went from sleepy Joe to Hitler overnight and now democracy and the lives of many are under threat and we are entering Fascism.
If the Right is correct the US has been saved from an era of identity politics and all the chaos it caused.
So its not just a little swing back and forth like in the past. Its a major difference and thats why political tensions and violence are rising. But its not just the US as its most western nations. Look at Britain and parts of Europe. The same extreme Left and Right identity divide over issues like immigration and race and gender ect.
Yes its been brewing for decades now since the cultural revolutions. The cultural revolutions were a reaction against the establishment which was basically the church. The Christian and other religious nationalist groups was a reaction to the counter culture revolutions.
The academic ideologues who engineered the critical theories and Woke PC was a reaction against the Christian Right and now well who knows.
It seems its the Rights turn but at the same time the Left are not giving in. It seems we have been through the back and forth struggle for decades and now its escalted into a war over political ideology with religion mixed in. With all sorts of stuff mixed in. Its a mess.
So now your tripling down on denying the current situations for Christians. If this was any other group people would at least acknowledge that when they say that they are been affected that they are at least acknowledge. Your not even doing that. Just falling back on typical stereotypes and assumptions that Christians are always complaining.
You don't have to be an American to understand the culture and what is happening. To hear the experiences of people and what they are going through. Besides you often coment on my nation. Its double standards.
Looks like we have to go to some independent evidence.
Hostility Towards Christianity Increasing in U.S. and Europe, Experts Warn
Hostility Towards Christianity Increasing in U.S. and Europe, Experts Warn
Experts are warning of rising anti-Christian hostility - not just abroad, but at home in the U.S. Arielle Del Turco, director of the Center for Religious Libert
Charlie Kirk’s Killing Has Left Other Political Influencers Reeling
Give me a break, you sound like a politician.
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Trump, lawyer fined $1M for harassing Hillary Clinton
- By Aryeh Jay
- American Politics
- 10 Replies
Hank, you should have realized this about @Aryeh Jay a long time ago.
It's easier when that guy jay posts a lot from home or school. Now he's south of the Gulf of America on a Navy ship doing absolutely nothing, just sitting here watching the clouds. But he doesn't post a lot for some reason. Here's a cool picture of clouds from yesterday evening.
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Scientists find coastal seas acidifying shockingly fast
The finger pointing at others, so that the own responsibility can be avoided.
Let me show a few graphs. Because I love fact based discussions.
China as a country is indeed the biggest emitter of CO2 currently. India, which you single out too, emits currently 2.6 billion ton of CO2, while the USA is emitting 5.67 billion ton. Annually. So the USA emits double the amount of CO2 and this even despite the fact that there are more Indians than Americans.
If we look at the emissions per capita, then the graph becomes even more staggering.
An American citizen emits 14 ton CO2 per year, a Chinese 8 ton, an Indian 2.2 ton per year. Every American pollutes as much as 7 Indians.
source: CO₂ and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
China invests in renewables, massively. According to the IAE:
According to the IEA:
“Chinese investments in energy remained extremely strong, accounting for one-third of clean energy investments worldwide and an important share of China’s overall GDP growth. China has announced dual carbon goals – to peak carbon emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060 – and has shown remarkable progress in adding renewable capacity. In 2023, China commissioned as much solar PV as the entire world did in 2022 while its wind additions also grew by 66% year-on-year. Over the past five years, China also added 11 GW of nuclear power, by far the largest of any country in the world.”
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What's the weather like where you are? (10)
- By Bob Crowley
- Golden Eagles (age 50 or older as of 2019)
- 5051 Replies
Meanwhile there are extremes in the West of Australia and the south east, which is having wintry conditions on the first day of summer.
www.abc.net.au
Heat and fires in the west, while record cold delivers snow in the east
Summer has arrived in Australia with a bang, with fire and searing heat in the west, while a sprinkling of snow accompanied record cold temperatures in the south-east of the country.
www.abc.net.au
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Hymn "O Come O Come Emmanuel"
- By David Lamb
- One Bread, One Body - Catholic
- 1 Replies
I'm not a Roman Catholic, so I hope I am not breaking forum rules by answering. I like that hymn, too, as it looks back to the first coming of Jesus at Bethlehem, and forward to His glorious Second Coming. I especially like this verse:Whether or not the hymn is cliche for the Advent season, it never fails to move me. I love it
"O come, O Branch of Jesse's stem,
unto your own and rescue them!
From depths of hell your people save,
and give them victory o'er the grave."
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Young earth vs Old earth?
- By David Lamb
- Theistic Evolution
- 252 Replies
I agree, but I don't see any connection between your post, and the single-word post from Apple Sky correcting another poster by indicating she is female.
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