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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Annie and Andy get your gun! in the forum Politics 10 months ago
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Unless things change, Simon, he has the currently dominant political party (especially on the state level) working for him. So, it’s no time to be complacent.I know he’s acting dangerously, but I think the dynamics are different from other fascist or would-be fascist regimes. Trump’s glory is in Trump only, since everyone al…[Read more]
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Sunday School August 31st 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 10 months agoUnseen wrote:
That’s right, Trump’s electoral strength—and his staying power—have been buoyed, above all, by Americans with authoritarian inclinations.I’ve heard that before. Also that Trump supporters tend to think in a very group-oriented way, they think that groups have to compete, and that their group has to win.
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Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School August 31st 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 10 months agoThis article is more than 10 years old, but it explains a lot, like how in the world does he get so much support within groups you’d think shouldn’t support him: ethnic minorities and women among others.
The One Weird Trait That Predicts Whether You’re a Trump Supporter
I’ve found a single statistically significant variable predicts whether a v…[Read more]
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Unseen replied to the topic Annie and Andy get your gun! in the forum Politics 10 months ago
Simon Paynton wrote:
I know Trump would like the USA to be a dictatorship, because that would please his “ego the size of a planet”. But he’s probably not able to pull it off in the United States of America, because its defences are too strong. It remains a democracy, albeit he is busy politicising the machinery of government in his favou… -
Strega replied to the topic Sunday School August 31st 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 10 months agoThanks, Reg 🙂
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Unseen replied to the topic Short Videos (e.g. like TikTok) in the forum
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Unseen replied to the topic Short Videos (e.g. like TikTok) in the forum
Random Posts 10 months agoWhat makes a bicycle stable. I always assumed it was the rider. However, it turns out that a moving bike (given even a little forward speed) is ridiculously stable on its own, no rider needed.
(Looks like the nondisplaying thumbnail problem strikes again.)
Also, how you execute a turn on a bike has been discovered…[Read more]
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Annie and Andy get your gun! in the forum Politics 10 months ago
I know Trump would like the USA to be a dictatorship, because that would please his “ego the size of a planet”. But he’s probably not able to pull it off in the United States of America, because its defences are too strong. It remains a democracy, albeit he is busy politicising the machinery of government in his favour.
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Unseen started the topic Annie and Andy get your gun! in the forum Politics 10 months ago
This highly-researched article maintains that there is no example in history of a peaceful throwing off of a dictatorship.
The article: I researched every attempt to stop fascism in history. The success rate is 0%.
The opening paragraphs:
In 1933, German conservatives thought they could control Hitler. Two years later, they were being…[Read more]
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Simon Paynton posted an update 10 months ago
According to Joseph Henrich (“The Weirdest People in the World”):
The higher the percentage of people who believe in a contingent afterlife (hell and heaven) in a country, the lower the murder rate. By contrast, the greater the percentage of people who believe only in heaven, the higher the murder rate. That’s right, believing only in heaven…[Read more]
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Strega replied to the topic Sunday School August 17th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 10 months agoPopeBeanie Even then, cold objectivity leads me to concluding that there has never been an effectively humane solution, such that even a huge asteroid wiping out that area naturally, i.e. sans human intervention, could have been better for humanity. And easier for outsiders to accept. (How cold is that?)
Wow Pope, that’s some statement. Is it co…[Read more]
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Strega replied to the topic Sunday School August 24th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 10 months, 1 week agoThanks, Reg!!
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Simon Paynton posted an update 10 months, 1 week ago
I’m currently reading “The Weirdest People in the World” by Joseph Henrich. It’s very interesting on the formation of religions and why people in the West are so individualist.
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Unseen replied to the topic Canada is the new United States in the forum Politics 10 months, 1 week ago
Or…is Mexico going to be the new United States?
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Unseen replied to the topic Canada is the new United States in the forum Politics 10 months, 1 week ago
Trump’s tariff taxes are hollowing out America’s once world-class economy, much of the business going to Canada (and Mexico, too, to a lesser extent).
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Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School August 17th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 10 months, 1 week agoWATCH: Nearly 500,000 Israelis rally for the release of the hostages in Tel Aviv
Nearly half a million Israelis gathered in Hostages Square and the surrounding streets of Tel Aviv on Sunday, demanding the immediate release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip and a comprehensive deal to end the war.
The mass rally followed a day of nationwide…[Read more]
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Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School August 17th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 10 months, 1 week agoWATCH: Nearly 500,000 Israelis rally for the release of the hostages in Tel Aviv
Nearly half a million Israelis gathered in Hostages Square and the surrounding streets of Tel Aviv on Sunday, demanding the immediate release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip and a comprehensive deal to end the war.
The mass rally followed a day of nationwide…[Read more]
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Unseen started the topic It happened. A day that will go down in infamy in the forum Politics 10 months, 1 week ago
Today, America became the world’s largest banana republic.
A message is being sent here, but to whom?…
Anyone who is actively opposing Trump, who gets in the way, who speaks out, or embarrasses him.
So, Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders and AOC, the left-leaning Youtubers, and even the likes of Joe Rogan…[Read more] -
Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School August 17th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 10 months, 1 week agoThe mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza
The mathematics of famine are simple in Gaza. Palestinians cannot leave, war has ended farming and Israel has banned fishing, so practically every calorie its population eats must be brought in from outside.
Israel knows how much food is needed. It has been calibrating hunger…[Read more]
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Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School August 17th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 10 months, 1 week agoYeah, corral them all in one target on the East End of the Mediterranean where they’ll be safe.
How’s that working out for the Jews, Jake?
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Interesting. Does the sociological sampling include organizations like ISIS/ISIL, or would one’s belief in “contingent afterlife” vary across belief systems?
I’m not arguing against the premise in general, because I think it makes sense. But since the ultimate judge is most commonly considered to be God, then what people consider God/Allah to want…[Read more]
(OMG [sic], and what about the views of atheistic Jews?)
Atheistic Jews? Why Jews? Why not atheistic Greeks? Or atheists? Do Jews have to be singled out as nonhumans in every way possible?
Side-note, have to wonder if Trump considers virgins to be a perk (kinda rhymes with perp) in an afterlife.
I think it varies across belief systems, but after controlling for everything else, it’s the threat of hell and not the promise of heaven that keeps people in line.
I see what you mean. Do Isis believe in hell? They obviously don’t think it’s a sin to kill infidels.