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One half the country is pseudo-Christian and the other half is promoting trans/transgenderism which is defined by Christians as Satanic. Doesn't take high IQ to see these things are not compatible and not directly the fault of FB.


This is obviously true.

However Facebook is grouping people together into groups who only receive messages that reinforce these kinds of beliefs.

It is amplifying and hardening them and making them more extreme.

Is it the cause? Of disagreement? no. Of the extreme polarization? Yes, is one of them.


Only if you have no savings. Petrodollar not as healthy as it used to be.


What kind of pressure? It seems that China has the upper hand in terms of economic leverage.


I mean I would start with divesting from chinese manufacturing en masse. Move those iPhone factories elsewhere.


There's also an insurance scam where the driver slams on the brakes for no reason on the highway hoping you rear-end them literally was 50mph to 0. I barely dodged that one, since I allow 3-lanes of stopping distance, but I still needed to swerve toward the median, and the guy behind me hit me, and behind him hit him and behind him hit him.


The worst is when you pay for an online newspaper and they still have ads!


Marketing/ETH pumping like the bitcoin pizza story. NFTs will be nearly useless unless they become integrated with real systems; legal system, ticking systems, royalty payment systems, DRM systems (this token allows you to download to such-and-such MP3) Buying NFTs for huge sums might move the needle on such projects.


This is still 1997 for NFTs - there will likely be more to come in the next decade


Invested in and made a fortune off Nvidia after reading various comments. Similarly Sold Tesla near the peak based on comments here.


Not remotely believable.


What makes you feel that way? Do you think the narrative might be more complicated than what the parent suggests?


Not really. The FBI infiltrates these groups easily and quickly like they did with the militias in the 90s.


Infiltrating easily does not negate the fact that domestic terrorism is growing.

"In 2019, the FBI revealed that it has arrested or disrupted more domestic terrorism suspects than international terrorism suspects “in recent years,” indicating the growing threat of domestic terrorism and the corresponding shift in law enforcement resources.

Moreover, the bulk of the domestic terrorism cases investigated by the FBI in recent years are linked to “racially motivated violent extremism,” and of those cases, white supremacy represents the greatest share."

https://www.lawfareblog.com/how-federal-government-investiga...

"The FBI and Department of Homeland Security are doing more at home. Senior officials highlighted the danger of white supremacist and anti-government violence, suggesting they are increasing resources against these threats."

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/12/24/2...


It doesn't exactly say that. It talks about the shift in percentage between international and local. Which makes sense considering the height of terrorism internationally has been dropping since Osama was caught.


Left has the reins of power, so they don't need to pretend they care about tolerance, freedom, or the rule of law anymore.


And you say that after 4 years of a right-wing presidency and after at least 8 of right-wing legislative overstepping.

We all know Merrick Garland should be on the SCOTUS. He isn't because a right-wing senate didn't allow a black president to nominate him.


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