Comments by "LancesArmorStriking" (@LancesArmorStriking) on "PowerfulJRE"
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@The Dali Llama
It sounds to me like you know your position is wrong and don't want to admit that to yourself.
If you think I like Trump, then clearly by brain's not the only one rotting, here.
I despise him- not just as a politician, but- from what has been said of him by acquaintances of his- as a person. He's a shit businessman, politician, and husband.
As I said, the one area where Trump would have been wise to keep troops, he took them out.
ISIS was already defeated and no more lives were being lost, so the "money lost, lives lost, decades without any US success" argument is wrong.
That was his one foreign policy success, and he squandered it. The lone achievement in his dumpster fire presidency, and he chucked it.
If you want to keep living in your bubble, go ahead. I've tried to engage with you on specific points and I don't think I've been unreasonable in my concerns.
That you still refuse to open your worldview to any criticism just confirms to me that... neoliberals? I can't tell and don't care what you are at this point- are a lost cause.
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@joellamas184
The USMCA is just NAFTA 2.0, the actual differences in trade provisions are largely to do with digital piracy and little with domestic production (and even those aren't substantial, the trade deficit is still in Mexico's favor):
https://ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements/united-states-mexico-canada-agreement/fact-sheets/modernizing
The China trade deal is still ongoing, and the Buy American is too little, too late.
Trump received a briefing in 2017 that a virus was very likely to come out of China, he ignored it. He received direct news of the outbreak in early January, he downplayed and refused to do anything until the 2nd of February, by then 300K+ Chinese nationals had already entered the U.S.. Now we have the most cases and deaths on Earth.
He's also reconsidering opening the country back up by Easter, because 200K+ lives is apparently worth sacrificing to make rich people happy. He repeatedly said it was under control, would be 0-15 cases soon, a hoax, etc etc.
He failed. Americans will die because of his indecision.
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He's really, really bad at presenting his ideas (ironic!) but what he said is true.
The studies most commonly used to argue against trans-athletes competing in the sex of their choosing (so, if a male-to female transition, then competing in female sports) actually address most of the points people like Joe or even Rationality Rules make.
For instance, V02 max, muscle fiber number and density, fast twitch muscle fiber proportion, and heart efficiency all change with hormone therapy, contrary to alt-right beliefs.
Now, whether or not it's okay (as Adam mentioned) to trust a child's judgement about his/her own gender identity, is subject to debate.
But barring a few factors (like reaction time and bone waist/hip ratio), virtually all of the factors that give men an advantage, change during hormone therapy. The issue is, why do transgender athletes keep winning? My guess is the downtime for hormones to flush out of the system is too low, or the athletes are fudging their drug test results to get an advantage.
But the point is, even though he said it horribly, most of what Adam said is true.
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@fraymond3
Issue is, most people don't have much of a choice- the 'lifestyle' comes later, but the core elements are done out of necessity.
If businesses refuse to open in high-risk areas (which just so happen to be black, courtesy of covenants and redlining) its residents have the choice of either waiting for hours on America's horrible transit system to work in a nicer area (which many do), or find local work that hasn't been out-competed by wealthier areas- drugs, sex work, drinks.
The 'echoes of racism' so often talked about are just the fact that, decades after the law itself was repealed, economic and racial distinctions still go hand-in-hand. Wealth (businesses, families) take time to build and establish, and redlining was only stopped in earnest during the '80s.
The black community was legally disallowed from accumulating wealth, so their lifestyle (coupled with the fact that businesses are still risk-averse) is a response to their economic condition. No one's taking away their agency by saying "victimhood", they just actively choose one of the few options they're given. It's either be a good citizen, or starve.
Hope that helps
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