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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
For a conservative that’s amazing, I’d be kinda proud of him. I’d comply with his request, assuming he wants you to see a couple other doctors and not attend some conversion camp or something. I’d just frame that as getting a second/third opinion, basically, which is always a good idea anyway.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Memory Wiped⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
… really? Even we learn a fair bit about the British Empire, though I suppose Anglo-American history is somewhat intertwined, so it makes sense. We covered Magna Carta, 100 Years War, Henry VIII, then some British Empire. And the World Wars of course.

We don’t really go over the Commonwealth nations that much, but we definitely touch on Britain quite a lot. Though we did cover Indian Independence a little bit, Gandhi and all that, if memory serves.

Glazing over the largest empire ever created on our planet seems a little odd to me though, especially when its your own. That’d be like Greek kids not covering Alexander.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Memory Wiped⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Yes, it is very much an ongoing battle, that’s for sure.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Memory Wiped⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
You also said it was a Hollywood production.

I’m neutral on your overall argument, I think it’s a little frivolous. I don’t know of any way to accurately guage how effective CCP methods are, and I have no personal experience with living in China, so a comparison is impossible for me to make. Your opinion is noted, but it’s just a random opinion to me.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Memory Wiped⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Yes, we are talking about education. You can receive education in all of these things in more advanced studies, it is available and anyone can choose it. This is because the information is not suppressed.

I’m unfamiliar with this PR campaign you’re discussing. Is this the film you’re talking about?

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_for_Haditha

If so, it’s British and you seem to have your facts incorrect. Though I do agree the DoD engages in domestic propaganda and is overly aggressive with classifying information, no question about that. This does not prevent any American from receiving an education that includes what is known of the real events, however.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Memory Wiped⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
North Dakota makes sense, that’s a fairly conservative region if I’m not mistaken. I’m from a more purple region.

I don’t expect everything to be covered in junior high or high school, there isn’t enough time in a general US history or world history class to focus on most details. They’re not US imperialism classes, they’re generalist with a lot of material worthy of time and attention. This is what more advanced studies are for.

This is entirely different from actively suppressing information. The information is available, even if teaching it to all teenagers is not mandatory. One thing is active suppression, another is prioritization of limited time.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Memory Wiped⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
I learned about around half of that in junior high and high school. Where did you study? That has a lot to do with it, our education system is controlled at the local level by individual school boards.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Memory Wiped⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
We also had discussions on war crimes, though that wasn’t until high school.

This was before 9/11, so the War on Terror had not happened yet. It was mainly focused on Vietnam. We did learn about some of the covert stuff, but most of it was not covered.

I agree none of it is part of mainstream US discourse, but neither is the vast majority of the things covered in history class. This reflects American anti-intellectualism overall imo.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Memory Wiped⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
It is kinda weird. We don’t have any problems talking about our historical atrocities, unless your community is really, really conservative. I first learned about the Trail of Tears in elementary school, we even took a field trip to a historical location on it. That’s some heavy shit for a little kid. We didn’t go into all the gory details, but the wide scale of the suffering and betrayal we committed was covered.

Even into current events, American bombs falling on Gaza was a big deal.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am in the US and its gotten very political but as pretty much a peon do I just tune the stuff out thinking its fear mongering? Or should I closely pay attention to it?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Really minor side note. I don’t think comparisons of Trump to Hitler really help that much, there’s too many differences between the two men. What I think helps much more overall is comparisons of Trump to Benito Mussolini, who he much more closely aligns with, and who predated Hitler in the interwar period as a fascist dictator. The term fascist is originally an Italian word, even.

Mussolini comparisons capture Trump’s smallness and bumbling nature while still highlighting his ability to do great harm much more accurately. Trump is an American Mussolini.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does the USA simply have no food safety standard at all?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Some plastics are more stable than others. That said, we are admittedly far too lackadaisical with them in general.

To answer your direct question, we do have an FDA that does a passable job with some things, salmonella outbreaks, emergency vaccine development, stuff like that. There is probably some regulatory capture at play, though, where business interests get their people appointed into oversight roles. When a full half of our government is so vocally and rabidly pro-business, this is difficult to prevent in the long run.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Charities of Employees from "non-profit" I was going to donate too⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I never said it was fair, don’t get me wrong. How it got this way vs whether that’s a good idea or not are two totally separate topics.

I’m not sure that most boards of directors are full of CEOs either. It is full of rich people though.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Charities of Employees from "non-profit" I was going to donate too⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
The CEO does not set his own compensation. He is hired by the owners of whatever company to operate it for them. They ultimately determine the compensation.

I agree there’s no struggle to find top candidates, that’s for sure. That’s partly because the compensation tends to be very good. The trades, which do not compensate as well as a chief executive, are struggling more. If plumbers frequently pulled CEO pay, we would not have a shortage.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Charities of Employees from "non-profit" I was going to donate too⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
It’s not an absolute, it’s just an incentive. Talent is also an intangible, it cannot really be measured. Nor does high pay in some way guarantee you will get a talented or qualified person for your position, it just gives you better odds. It’s bait, basically, but you cannot guarantee your bait will work to attract what you want.

I’m not sure of any evidence, I’m not an economist. I’m discussing the theory of how capitalist systems are intended to function. How well they succeed at this is very messy and muddled at best.

Lastly, I actually disagree that our hypothetical construction person makes less because they are less talented. It’s that their skill is in lower demand. They could be extremely talented, but there are simply more of them available, so less needs to be offered to attract them.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
She seems to be playing politics. Kissing his ass may be extremely distasteful and embarrassing, but it’s also a prudent move when his foreign policy is based so heavily on his own personal feelings towards another country’s leader. It’s the hand she’s dealt, so I don’t blame her for playing it this way.

It’s a big if, but if she actually is seeking American support against encroaching Russian influence for the sake of her citizens, then I respect the decision and would offer her a bottle of mouthwash to maybe get the taste of Trump’s ass out of her mouth. I cannot imagine that tasted good.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Charities of Employees from "non-profit" I was going to donate too⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Hypothetically, if you were looking at two civil engineering jobs, and one paid 100k/yr, and another paid 200k/yr, which would you pick?

Would it matter much if any of the construction guys doing the actually construction of your projects made 50k/yr? Are they less talented than you for that?

It’s not so much about “talentless hacks” vs “a decent job” as trying to entice the best person you can afford.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should South Korea launch a preemptive attack on North Korea?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
War is very seldom inevitable. We tend not to focus much attention on wars that never started, because that does not make for very engaging history content. It happens far more frequently than a war actually starting though.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Charities of Employees from "non-profit" I was going to donate too⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
No, a company definitely doesn’t have to pay their CEOs generously, and not all do. The median pay for a CEO is actually about 250k/yr.

www.bls.gov/oes/2023/may/oes111011.htm

Though if we just look at CEOs from S&P 500 companies, that jumps up to 16 million. There’s going to be a lot of factors involved, from the size of the company to the cost of living in the area. A CEO in San Francisco is probably going to make a lot more than one in Milwaukee.

It’s less propaganda and more just understanding how the capitalist system is intended to function. It applies to other jobs as well, a software engineer can make quite a wide range of pay, depending on who they work for. Then they can also get increased pay for advancing up the ranks of their organization, as promotions often involve raises.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NYPD Releases Maskless Photos of UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Killer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Do you cross reference against other sources, to see if something is being omitted or lied about?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Charities of Employees from "non-profit" I was going to donate too⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
This is more of a system issue than bad behavior of an individual charity.

Charities can underpay a little bit, because working for a charity has its own appeal. But if you want a talented, experienced person to run your org, you have to consider what they could make if they worked for someone else. San Diego is not a cheap city, and has its fair share of CEO positions.

If you really want to stretch your dollar though, local food banks are probably a better bet.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NYPD Releases Maskless Photos of UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Killer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
What if they simply omit key pieces of information? Lies of omission, instead of a statement of falsehood.

As a way of example, if there were a hypothetical murder case where camera footage was shown in court that demonstrated the accused was not the murderer. Say one outlet reported on the existence of the video, while another simply … didn’t mention it.

Would both outlets be equally worthwhile?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are Republicans struggling in Swing State Elections?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
They don’t really think it that far through. Policy proposals aren’t considered, it’s more about vibe.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are Republicans struggling in Swing State Elections?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
After the election, AOC reached out to her constituents to ask why some of them would vote for both Trump and her.

There’s a variety of answers, but the general sentiment is people want some way to “shake up Washington” without a real understanding of how exactly that would work or what would happen.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should Germany aquire nuclear weapons?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Obama made this a goal of his second term, and while he achieved some success, the relationship between the west and the other major nuclear powers has significantly worsened since then.

It’s an admirable goal, but I’m not sure it’s going to be feasible any time in the near future.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What gives you hope to keep going?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Study of history.

People have been prophesying the end times for millennia now, for this reason or that reason. I think that ultimately they just don’t like the basic fact that change of some sort or another is inevitable in the world, it will not remain static and no system or institution will last forever. This does not result in any concrete end, however.

To quote Morpheus, “I remember that I am here not because of the path that lies before me, but because of the path that lies behind me.”

There’s also a fair bit of profit-driven exaggeration in just how bad things really are in certain arenas. Bad news makes good clickbait, good/neutral news less so. So the ratio of bad to good news we receive is not actually representative of the full picture of what is happening in the world.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BACK IT UP⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Don’t forget the FDA’s aggressive suppression of exercise.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨USA President term limits⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Assuming he abides by constitutional law, this will be his final term.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do I fart all the time when I'm trying to sleep?!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
That last line was the funniest thing I’ve read in the past few days, so thank you for that.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the next steps for Americans to help prevent the worsening of genocide in Palestine?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
On the arms shipments, we may try lawsuits via the Leahy Law if the ethnic cleansing ramps up. The way the law is written, it actually looks at arms shipments all the way down to the granular level of individual military units. It does not say arms cannot be exported to countries engaging in war crimes, it specifically says individual military units that commit war crimes cannot receive arms. If they choose to engage in a broader campaign of organized displacement out of Gaza or starvation in places where combat has largely died down, a larger number of military units could potentially become implicated, which could maybe make a lawsuit more feasible. We’ll have to see.

Regarding AIPAC, since Citizen’s United determined that monetary donations are a form of speech, this requires either an amendment or recapture of the Supreme Court. Otherwise Americans are allowed to lobby the government for whatever they wish, even if they are doing so at the behest of a foreign government. They have to disclose that, but so long as they do, they are simply exercising their Constitutional rights as perceived by the current Supreme Court. This isn’t going away any time soon, the current law is very clear and pretty much ironclad, rooted in the Constitution itself via the Bill of Rights.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there opposing institutions to things like the Heritage Foundation? Are there liberal policy think-tanks?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Some good answers already. To add, in the media sphere Pod Save America and their related branches is a liberal progressive media organization that tries to run counter to the conservative media ecosystem, trying to ride the line between policy wonkery and approachability.