Jaytreeman

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[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree with you, but you might find the history of Zionism interesting. Before Israel, there was a sizable portion of Zionists that didn't want Israel to exist in the middle east. There were also Zionists that didn't want a 'state'. They thought it was more important to have a safe place for a sizable Jewish population. There's probably a lot of flavors of Zionism that you'd agree with. It's the dominant Israeli Zionism that's horrible.

It's a lot easier to say 'Zionist' though. Just thought I'd share in case you weren't aware.

[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

By all accounts she saved the original trilogy from George's input.

[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Dude fundamentally doesn't understand art.
Artist makes art.
Artist puts it out into the world.
Consumer consumes art.
Consumer interprets art.
The art is then an amalgamation of the artist, the art, and the consumer.
The art is meaningless without the consumer.
Grow up George. We don't want your newly interpreted versions of a thing that you get credited for creating. Han shot first and your ex wife saved the original trilogy from your input.

[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

I listened to a podcast a couple of months ago that was about some international agreement that got rid of a bunch of pollution that was going to make this year MUCH warmer.
I'll find it if anyone's interested.

https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/105-leon-simons

[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 68 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Lenin and the Bolsheviks essentially legalized it though.
Nobody likes Stalin. If you do, think about your life and your place in the world

[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Exactly. All we can do is try to improve.

[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Southern Ontario checking in. We did that too. 'Gyped' and 'indian giver' were also things.
Although, I had an indigenous friend one summer who quickly became popular because he was very funny. He used to use slurs against all of the white kids all of the time. It was the most effective anti racist tactic I've ever witnessed. None of us were comfortable using a lot of the slurs that were baked into our culture, unless it was with our friend and a smile.

[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 33 points 1 year ago

List of contacts and then there's the conversations she's holding.
Guy was probably unfaithful, but why would she want to do that?
You didn't miss much

[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

When Harper was still in power, the Canadian government had a deal where the oil companies would get subsidized until the oil sands were profitable.
So Canada was giving the oil companies billions.
I'm putting on my tinfoil hat now.
Trudeau rushed to buy the pipeline when it was canceled. Is that because the oil sands can't be profitable without the pipeline, and this deal is bleeding Canada dry?
I just thought of this now, I'd love some criticism if anyone's got some.

[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think our three major parties are all neoliberal. They all want to do the same things, they just argue against how much to spend and who to give the money to.
There's exceptions of course. Notably guns and marginalized people.
I'd prefer not to have a neoliberal government, but until then I'm voting for more freedom for everyone. (NDP or Green)

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