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Wait...what. Who thought that was a good idea?
TruckchaseWhat does America (USA or the whole of 2 continents?) have to do with stripping in front of kids?
Well, most cultures aren't as fucked up as Americans when it comes to the human body.
Twerking, however, should be a crime in -any- civilized society.
Wall Street Gets It - Income Inequality Bad for Wall Street
TruckchaseWhy this concept would be foreign to anyone is beyond me; nature has billions of years of evolution under it's belt and if there is one thing it has proven is beneficial for the vast majority it's balance relative to reality. If we can't evolve attitudes in line with reality we will render ourselves obsolete.
I'm disappointed to see this covered by a conventional partisan. If I could have one wish it would be to render the terms "conservative" and "liberal" out of our lexicon. Ideology is more complicated than a two-dimensional scale. Democracy is based on a thinking populous, and we need to revert to that ideal to survive. The separation of personal identity into "brands" is at the core of what is tearing our society apart.
Iraq Explained -- ISIS, Syria and War
TruckchaseI see what you're saying, but it does more harm than good. For example, the video wraps up by saying "Somehow, we have to break this circle." While it isn't called out explicitly the implication is that "we" represents anyone other than ISIS/ISIL, etc. My contention is that "we" need to stay out of this mess; this whole region is carved up in a way that served the British empire prior to World War 2. Until the people that occupy that region have the ability to carve out their land for themselves the very circle he refers to will keep occurring.
Main point: This video serves to support an undeclared media bias towards more "intervention" and softens the public to additional western military action.
I don't think a short attention span is enough justification to say this is a bad example of a video. If people aren't interested in a subject you can't force them to be interested, but at the same time, the video's visualizations showed without telling where someone who wanted to know more where to look. Even in the video they annotated that this is more of a research jumping off point, that it is indeed a compressed version, and even paid a little lip service to other complications if only to get you going on your own.
I spent a good few hours looking at ISIS, trying to figure it out myself a week before this video came out, now that this video is out it did the same in about 4 and a half minutes. Granted, this is without on demand sourcing of sources, but like I said above, its a great primer. For people that want to know and don't, this is a good place to start. For those who don't care why does it matter?
iPad/iPhone Quick-Draw System
TruckchaseAre we obsolete yet?
Iraq Explained -- ISIS, Syria and War
TruckchaseGot it; we enforce the rights of women at gunpoint and give the kids ice cream. This will turn out well in a few years.
Ice-cream. Give everyone ice-cream.
Granted the plan isn't fully thought-out, but this could be the core component.
More seriously, empowering women's rights would be the best method to improve poverty & education, while further restricting the ease and acceptance of violence.
Less seriously, maybe only give ice-cream to those who are being socially pleasant, considerate and respectful to others.
Either way, we'll get there eventually or have a great time wiping ourselves out in the process of failing.
https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence
Iraq Explained -- ISIS, Syria and War
TruckchaseMany details including how all these people came to power, who was really in the region, how war in this region works, and most importantly not asking the basic question of: "Why are the borders of Iraq important?" (think about it).
Anyone reading this is fully capable of figuring it out on their own, but it takes reading historical accounts how how this region came to be in the state it is in rather than watching a couple of three minute videos and rallying behind western powers again.
- Or, as I like to put it, "things the internet doesn't have the patience for".
...because?
Iraq Explained -- ISIS, Syria and War
TruckchaseNo, quite a bit of it is wrong.
Its quite succinct in getting its message across and is otherwise a great primer for understanding and digging deeper.
Iraq Explained -- ISIS, Syria and War
TruckchasePicot Agreement and the Paris "Peace" Conference started this problem; Intervention policies then and since are what created this mess.
Allow self-determination and GTFO.
Sen. Brandon Smith goes to Mars
TruckchaseGood luck humanity!
Hate-a-hate-a-hate-a-hate-a, hate-a-hate-a-hate-a-hate-a-, hate-a-hate-a-hate-a-hate-a-, HATE HATE!
Sen. Brandon Smith goes to Mars
TruckchaseIs he trying to say that the temp on Mars has been raising at the same rate? I haven't seen such data, but it does deserve a little more context before everyone hops aboard the hate train.
The Burger King Proud Whopper
TruckchaseWe're all the same consumers, rejoice!
eric3579
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TruckchaseThanks you sir!
Happy Birthday you!!
Truckchase
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TruckchaseIf there's one thing I've learned over the last six years siftbot, it's that you're a liar.
Happy anniversary! Today marks year number 6 since you first became a Sifter and the community is better for having you. Thanks for your contributions!
Listen To This 9 Year Old DESTROY Monsanto
TruckchaseI'm guessing this kid came up with this by himself after a whole lot of analysis and critical thinking.
Or he was used as a prop to (unintentionally or otherwise) undermine your own movement. I'm gonna petition the EU to have this erased from the internet.
Why Does 1% of History Have 99% of the Wealth?
TruckchaseLet's see debt history with this.
Free (to pay your debts) and Honest (that we'll fuck you over if you don't).
Get back to work wage slaves.