Comments by "Rune of Svalbard" (@vladimirofsvalbard9477) on "Lex Fridman" channel.

  1.  @Zultzify  No idea, but I think one of them lives in Florida at Mar-a-Lago.
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  2. Why is that crazy? Tbh, they're all dictators; even Zelensky.
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  3. Why?
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  4.  @S0DAo  Chris Williamson, Jordan Peterson, and Russel Brand are my favs.
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  5. You can clearly see it in how she frames her arguments. All these operatives do the same thing, which is their weakness. She frames Putin as (looking for an excuse to use nukes). She is simply parroting the official narrative set forth (at least in part by the media). Who knows who really knows who the top payer/influencer is?
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  6. That's like asking average Americans what is happening to our elections, healthcare mandates, and public debt. If you ask average people, you'll get average answers. Most Americans have no freaking clue what is going on in the world, let alone domestically. I would assume the same for Ukrainians. Plus, you have eastern Ukrainian trying to annex themselves with Russia and fight against the Zelensky regime. Vice versa in the west; they are hardly a united people.
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  7. "Ukraine has the most sophisticated anti-corruption system in Europe." Really? Does this guy believe his own bs?
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  8. Then go to the gear box and choose Spanish with subs; he says this in the beginning.
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  9. Politics in blood-sport. If you stand up outright against the institution; you'll end up in a made-up scandal and getting kicked out of office It's that simple! I'm a conservative and my DREAM-TEAM is Tulsi, Kennedy, and Bernie running the Democratic Party. Give me that and I'll ditch the joke that's called the GOP. I truly hate having to vote 'against' candidates as a standard of election time.
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  10. You call those facts, but emigration data suggests that nearly 4 Million Ukrainians have settled in Poland, Czechia, or EU nations. Some 100,000 have come to the US under asylum. Where are you getting your info?
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  11.  @victorsmall7  Personally, he doesn't seem qualified whatsoever. He's a major bs'er on any given topic. Many of his reasons are (to save people's lives). If that's the case, then why did NATO organize a coup against Kiev to initiate Russian aggression? It blows my mind how people are still unaware of what's going on in this conflict; no offense.
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  12. Did you guys have sex after this?
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  13. There is a Spanish option in the gear box :)
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  14. I actually agree!
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  15. There is; he says this in the beginning of the video. Go to the gear box and choose the Spanish version :)
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  16. Maybes he's insinuating Mark needs a wank break? Lol
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  17. Tell us something we don't know lol.
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  18. WTH are you talking about?
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  19. I disagree, he doesn't sound qualified to lead virtually anything. His background also suggests otherwise. Much of what he's stated has been rather vague. The fundamentals are important here. Ukraine as far back as 2014 was under the political control of Russia until the Obama Administrated orchestrated a coup against Kiev which changed everything. NATO and Russia are fighting over control of Ukraine. Anybody saying it's a sovereign country is selling you bs. It has been a puppet state/region for centuries. Even back in 2004, annexation was one of the biggest political pushes after the Soviet Union fell and eastern Ukrainians were desperately trying to realign themselves with the Russian Federation. NATO should not be dictating how foreign residents should be aligning politically. If anything NATO is revoking the Democratic process by using their puppet Kiev against eastern Ukrainians since 2014.
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  20. Fascist? You must be trolling lol
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  21. If the DNC looked like (Kennedy, Tulsi, and Bernie) - then they'd have my vote. Aside from that, it's been taken over by seemingly Venezuelan Socialists that value incompetence. Kamala Harris can kiss my as-$.
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  22. ^ Look at Mr. Perfect who's never said anything stupid in his life folks ^ You're not impressing anybody. You're looking for videos that criticize JP. How about you be a bit more liberal/open and learn? He's helped a lot of people, myself included. Don't be so closed off about learning.
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  23. Because you need to clean your room :)
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  24.  @natalyakoval5712  Not everybody that disagrees with kissing Ukraine's rear is a bot.
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  25. I'm American, the people living here are going absolutely insane. I'm married with the best wife ever and we are quite literally watching this country tear itself apart. Freaking vehicular accidents alone went up 10.5% in one year in this country. I think it's the social media algorithms; making people malfunction.
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  26. Having a disproportion of people in powerful positions that are Jewish isn't the same thing as a Jewish conspiracy. This is an age old idea that holds no water. It's like saying there's an asian conspiracy because there are more of them in STEM than other races.
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  27. Well, it's more complicated than that. As much as people may hate illegal immigration, it's one of the things keeping the economy functioning. Illegal migrant labor is so imbedded in every state economy that it's actually dangerous to remove it. Considering that the US debt-to-GDP is at a point where very little can be done to avoid an eventual default. It's a situation that has to be handled with extreme tact.
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  28.  @222ableVelo  This is a big misconception; I'm talking mathematically. You need to think about this on a macro level and demographics of the labor class. Could you imagine what inflation would look like if we either (A - removed 40 million illegals) OR (N - gave them citizenship with minimum wages?) Careful what you wish for. Americans began leaving those industries in droves back in the 2000s. The US cannot afford deflation in a large scale and any loss in GDP is going to be replaced with more printing long term. There is a large scarcity of US citizens willing to do any kind of farm labor or blue collar work. So naturally your supply would shrink in absence of illegal immigrants; raising prices significantly. The ONLY way your argument works is if deflation was allowed to occur (lower prices/lower wages) AND on top of that the US would need a GDP that it had more than 40+ years ago to support domestic productivity.
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  29. Everything is a competition; don't ever buy into this "allie" crap that the media spins. These intelligence agencies jerk each other off and stab each other in the back all day long.
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  30. Seriously bro, what are you talking about? Trying to see something that doesn't exist doesn't make you good at detecting things. It makes you good at thinking of things that simply 'don't exist.'
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  31. Meh, our leaders are a big problem, but you're missing the bigger picture. If the politicians are lost, so are the people. Americans in large have lost their minds. The volatile events of the last several years are NO accident.
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  32. Well, depends on your perception. Is our military getting better and faster? Is our medical system getting better and faster? In my opinion, they are only getting more efficient as curing ailments that (they themselves) create. The only things medical science has done (in large) is aid in the reduction of infectious disease. Other than that, it's a Band-Aid for things itself creates. At the same time, regulation NEVER works (at least in the long term). Everything moves in waves and bell-curves. Regulations just make bubbles that 'always' pop in the end. You can't truly stop human choice. People will ultimately pay for their choices, regardless of how hard you try to save them. In this case, AI and infertility have the potential to reduce the global population from 9T to eventually 1-2T.
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  33. How about you keep an open mind and not going roaming for things that don't exist? He's a clinical psychologist and a professor. He's accustomed to lecturing and giving a slight performance about it.
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  34.  @222ableVelo  Trying to create a system that doesn't prey on people by using patents and loopholes is completely different than having government take over and use administrative control to ration resources to people. I don't understand how those two are conflated. Millions of people died because the government (took) the land, removed it's residents, and employed thousands of people that knew nothing about agriculture. So millions starved or were sent to gulags because a foreign backed series of revolutionaries took over government. I don't think anybody would agree with maintaining the status quo of how things have been. Taxes and law are used against the voter because there are companies and people wealthy and powerful enough to gate-keep it that way. Bootstraps arguments aren't even working for conservatives anymore. You can't outrun a system where inflation is being driven by the greed of being able to milk institutions thru power plays. Think of it like this. If your municipal water was auctioned to a private corporation. Do you think they would keep prices low OR would they try to exploit it's residents thru a monopoly of scarcity? In that situation, there is no limitation to the connections and profits that the company can affect before they decide to short and then bankrupt their own assets. That's the larger problem.
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  35. OR, he has an exit-contract that bars him from speaking on certain subjects. It's not being "clever", it's called following the rules or facing financial penalties or a subpoena.
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  36. Probably the same reason that Never-Trumpers are still Republicans.
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  37. He uses biblical references from a physiological aspect. Many of us have watched his (Biblical Series). It has nothing to do with 'believing in Jesus or God." It's a psychology lecture.
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  38. Integrity goes a long way; charisma isn't everything.
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  39. Too many people in the comment section are trying to "affect" a way of thinking that they are seeing something in the interview that doesn't actually exist. Probably to make themselves feel better about their low IQ I suppose.
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  40. How so? He's been consistent for the 5 years I've watched him. Try to make sure you are hearing what he's saying and not hearing what you want.
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  41. You went to college?
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  42. There is! Just hit the gear box and switch to Spanish with captions :)
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  43. The Ukrainian issue was architected back in 2014. People like to forget that the Obama Admin actively sought to aid in overthrowing their government during civil unrest and replace it with a puppet (that we know as Zelensky). It's been a money laundering state and buffer against the Russian Federation ever since.
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  44.  @BAD_CONSUMER  He claims in the info box that he's attempting to do this, but Youtube is being difficult with the publishing.
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  45. TO be fair, most people don't look this good at this age.
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  46.  @AndrewSmart-sk1qo  Exactly!
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  47. Love or hate him; easy to say behind a screen.
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  48. That's because Ashkenazi Jews (as well as east Asians) have an average IQ that is 113; compared to an average American that is 99-100. This will mean that there are a larger proportion of Jews and east Asians in positions of power and competence.
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  49. That would be the media; for ad revenue.
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  50. Well, try to harness your ability to detect deception. If you are looking for deception, you'll find it everywhere you want.
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  51. You're missing out on a wealth of psychological lecture bud.
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  52. Well, as much as I might agree. We're looking at an imploding system with the current trajectory. Bootstraps arguments don't work for most people, because it mathematically can't be done without making ridiculous concessions and opportunities. I think most people are irritable because the wealthiest people use a system of loopholes that are not available to the general public in order to protect their assets, patents, and/or scams, etc. Government is being used as a gate-keeping mechanism for a lot of upper wealth. It wouldn't exist in a largely deregulated system.
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  53.  @Donnie12592  Ukraine hasn't been a sovereign nation for centuries Donnie. Ukrainians have been trying to separate their country since the fall of the Soviet Union. Since 2004, annexation of eastern Ukraine has been sought after by it's own residents. Most people fell asleep in 2014 when the Obama Admin overthrew the existing government in Kiev, which was when Zelensky was installed. Call the invasion what you want, but they've been at war since 2014 (only officially since 2022).
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  54.  @trigamac  I already did, your gaslighting response makes me think that you're making things up tbh. I gave specifics; you did not. If you were serious and telling the truth; I assume you'd have done the same.
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  55.  @jesan733  Really? So do leaders of a Democracy bomb civilians that attempt to annex their municipalities to their nation of heritage?
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  56. Congratulations, I have a Chinese sister and all these attributes are spot on. Does that make you wrong and me right? Feelings are irrelevant, it's just a matter of fact that Chinese culture extends leaps and bounds above others. It has a very strong connection to birth, culture, and family. Chinese people tend to be extraordinarily nationalistic and family centered about their heritage. That's just the way things are and have been for a very long time. Take a chill pill and leave emotion out of geopolitical issues. Go ahead and visit China and the people living there. While you're at it, go visit other Chinese people living inside the states. Then come back and try to say the same thing, because you won't. People really need to choose individualism or collectivism; much less let it go. The same people that are so passionate about jumping on the "it's racist bandwagon" tend to be the same ones that are deluded with collectivist ideology. Which makes absolutely no sense as far as principle or worldview.
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  57. Plant? Like a potato? lol
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  58. Envy often masquerades itself as compassion. Perhaps you need to listen and not assume things?
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  59. It's largely why they want censorship.
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  60.  @dereksupernaut  You're attempting to measure attention span by category of activity? That makes no sense. Try talking to somebody about a topic (that they want to talk about). See how long they can stay quiet and listen to you; that's their attention span. My own parents can't listen to anybody longer than 5 seconds. It's the most annoying thing on the planet. It's so rampant that I end up walking away from many conversations.
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  61. That's the problem, it's financially a nice model, BUT the rate of chronic disease just hits the model out of the park. You can't really do anything about healthcare unless you fix the food-supply.
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  62. Yes fucking way, FUS RO DAH bitch! lmfao
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  63. Putin wants control and domination; based on what? It's war; theatrics and economics. Russia wants control of Ukraine back and NATO is being funded by lobbyists to turn it into a strip-mall. Greed all around if you ask me.
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  64. Yep! I noticed when he said that as well.
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  65. So nobody should interpret anything, ever? Got it.. Otherwise they'll get criticized by people that have just enough of an impressive vocabulary to express that they can't think or write intellectually :)
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  66. If the universe is like any other normal distribution. Then probably 90% of the universe is uninhabited . Of those 10% remaining that have the 'ability' to contain life (at least bacteria). Most likely 90% of those lack life. So more or less, you only have 1% of planets contains some sort of alien life-form; even if it's microscopic. Of THAT 1% you have an even smaller number of planets that have some sort of pre-historic-esque alien life-form. Of those planets that contain some alien creatures, even fewer contain a civilization of alien or humanoid-like beings with reasoning abilities. Keep in mind, you have to consider all of this (with time). The universe spans millions of lightyears. It would be impossible to know how many civilizations have gone extinct on alien planets.
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  67. Naive how? Perhaps you are assuming he is arrogant without evidence because of the nature of the conversation? Seems many people on here are doing that. I call it, "trying to make everyone think you're smart by pretending to see something that actually doesn't exist."
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  68. What about eastern Ukrainians? lol
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  69. Saying that a considerable number of Muslims view homosexuality as a sin punishable by death is NOT the same as what Kanye said. I don't see hypocrisy. Ben has always confronted the fundamentals of Islam and surveyed sentiment in the Muslim world.
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  70. It's both an ethnic group and religion. Jewish people have a genetic bloodline that is certainly traceable. One cannot be Jewish (religiously or racially) unless their mother was of Jewish decent. You can practice Judaism I suppose, but you cannot call yourself Jewish unless you meet genetic criteria. That's a fact for you.
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  71. When you're a child; it's always about the good guys and the bad guys. As an adult, it's all about how to go forward with two parties fighting over their own political ambitions.
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  72. You claim he lies and manipulates facts for his own agenda, but I feel you are just projecting. You are doing exactly what you accuse him of. When has he ever used religion to justify his lies? Discussing religious faith and fundamentals doesn't mean someone is using those fundamentals to lie and manipulate people. It's like the simpletons that call Jordan Peterson religious when he alludes to biblical scripture to understand the human psyche in and behind the writings. Of course, people of short intellectual endurance can't stand it for obvious reasons.
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  73. He can be a handful for people that are not on the intellectual track. He's been a wealth of knowledge though. Little by little, just like Neitzsche. Eventually, the concepts will be easier to grasp :)
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  74. The world ebbs and flows in waves of inequality. When the inequality is low; people thrive. When the inequality is high; people become envious, contemptuous, and murderous. Unfortunately, there's no constant; no system that we know of that produces a consistent result to keep humans exactly where they are. Of those that have been tried, humans always break the barrier and progress onwards to their eventual demise.
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  75. Congratulations on your virtuous life changes; most people will more than likely NOT share your sentiment. In a natural distribution, you may be in a demographic of the conservationists. Though for the rest of the population, this probably won't happen. Take your rationale and apply it to Americans; it would be laughable and I would agree. Being German makes no difference! My energy cost has increased 65% (by rate) in the last three months, but I'm fully aware that most of my neighbors and family members haven't looked at those metrics in years. Populations always behave with herd mentality. Don't project your higher than average IQ and preparation onto the rest of the useless population.
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  76. He addresses religion from a physiological aspect. The interpretation of where they came from and how they pertain to the human condition. I would highly advise listening to his Biblical Series. It's not for religious people, it's for people interested in the study of humans and psychology.
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  77. Women ruin your life is you a bad at choosing the right woman.
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  78. The same could be said of either side. CNN and FOX has the power that regimes of the past did. They control and manipulate their viewers, expand on their prejudices and insecurities, and use them to profit. You thinking liberals (explicitly) are an issue means that one of these manipulator has control of your mind.
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  79. How did you seriously derive that from the lecture? I'm not even religious, but if you people would 'listen' and not hear what you want, I think you'd learn quite a bit. His biblical lectures pertain to psychology, not the actual faith smh
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  80. Yeah, he really strikes me as a world class bs'er.
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  81. Perhaps we should support peace and not economic ambitions? By Ukraine; do you mean East or West Ukrainians?
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  82. I love this response! I think this is how a majority of Republicans and Democrats truly feel about the current environment.
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  83.  @oklol7799  Depends on your perception; hierarchy of needs.
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  84. What qualifies as crazy $***? Almost all his material is relative to physiological concepts, hierarchies, or clinical psychology. If it's hard to grasp, don't blame the messenger.
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  85. That's not very logical; is somebody supposed to know everything about everything in a certain area? Is a Physician supposed to know everything about nutrition and preventative care? Don't type in all caps btw; it's vey childish.
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  86. Is it really hard to grasp the concept of religion (thru a psychological lens?) That's how he's always talked about it. You hate religion, so you hear what you want to hear perhaps?
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  87. I'd be a lot warmer and a lot happier with a belly full of mead.
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  88. No meaning, or are you unable to comprehend the subject? You're in the minority bud. Perhaps you should increase your comprehension skills?
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  89. Boomers have no problem using unionized profit sharing and social security in order to have an average asset nest of $2-5 million by retirement age. There's a big difference between socialism and progressive profit share. In many ways, I'd argue this system has been socialist for nearly 30 years and it's led to mass inefficiency. I don't think people are really for socialism, but rather a system where there aren't a different set of rules that create an oligarchy.
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  90. What an ignorant statement. This podcast was filmed before the invasion took place. He's already left for Ukraine to interview leaders inside the nation. Open your ears and pay attention my friend.
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  91.  @kurtpearson2793  Too many Boomers still watching MSNBC that think the DNC is run by people like Clinton. The party is unrecognizable.
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  92. Your assumption of scientific consensus is the 'Achilles Heel' in your essay. As far as Ukraine goes, perhaps NATO and the US shouldn't be overthrowing governments and installing dictators. Zelensky has been pushing a terror-campaign against the pro-Russian residents of eastern Ukraine for the last 8 years. US money laundering in that country goes completely without consequence. I have no qualms about Putin's actions in Russia personally. His annexation of those four territories are a liberation for the populations living there. Populations that have been voting for pro-Russian parties in Ukraine for the last 20 years. You can't rely on governments and agencies to give you objective information. The same goes for climate alarmism. Not to mention those of us that are old enough to have lived through the litany of climate alarmist 'scams' of the past. Non-profit is a way to make a lot of money and pay no taxes, flying completely under the radar as long as you have a friend in Congress.
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