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I couldn't find that quote...

That's actually Einstein. :roll: "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.”

What an absurd proposition. :eyes:

:victory:

That's pretty much how it works here in America. Government representing special interest groups insurance companies and big business. Nevermind the p...

https://youtu.be/MfZB3BrjI74 https://youtu.be/cZPFMjyf79c

I guess that explains the angry diatribe against US presidents in the OP. :gasp:

Your not the first person here to tell me what to read. :zip:

Okay, but i am saying that the EU is important for world peace. Sorry for butting into your conversation. :sad:

Would rather have a divided Europe, keeping in mind recent, twentieth century history with world war 1 and world war 2? A unified Europe is much bette...

I see it makes more sense now. :smile:

2009, there was no Brexit yet! I rest my case. :cool:

Am I missing something? Isn't the UK part of the EU??

The rating is given out of ten with eight and above ranking as "full democracy", six to eight as "flawed democracy", four to six as "hybrid regime" an...

I found that information here. :chin: https://www.euronews.com/2018/02/01/less-than-half-of-eu-countries-are-fully-democratic-report Full Democracies ...

Oh c'mon. :grin: I could just as well be playing devils advocate. :smirk:

There's also the issue of oversimplification. One can be dumbstruck because what was written appears inefficient, vague, inadequate, strange, odd, and...

Fair enough.

That's included because the general idea is that your debating opponent is deceiving you. True, but I have the feeling that there are more variables.

Yeah, but that news article had nothing to do with that. It's about a politically motivated move to counter critical race theory.

https://youtu.be/O2SobUhM55o

Since you mentioned the south: I summon AronRa from Texas. https://youtu.be/N0e21oaUDeU

Crocoduck! How can I forget?

I summon the mighty A.C. Grayling! :fire: https://youtu.be/S6oOLJ_zbm0

https://youtu.be/zBGKoB6TjBM :rofl:

Yeah, but US conservatives won't have it. They've successfully made congress dysfunctional. And you need congress to help ratify a new amendment. (I f...

Petition for an amendment! Reason: too many gullible people! Now, how's that for a proposition? :nerd:

Yea, good luck passing that. I believe it's also unconstitutional. Was it the 1st amendment?

Correct. The Iraq war had really good ratings on cable news. To quote George Carlin, "We love war!" https://www.marketwatch.com/story/fox-news-tops-cn...

Nevermind the fascist point. I had something else in mind. :yikes: But the again EU is anti-democratic, and they also want and army... :grimace:

French president Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have both expressed their support for a joint European army. https://en.m.wikiped...

Yeah, i don't really care about the EU.

Why even bring China into this? Chinese expansionism is a separate issue. The OP is about Trump America.

But is president Xi a threat to the EU? If so, who's a bigger threat to the European Union? The United States (under fascist Trump) or China?

Point taken. We will call trump a non-hawkish fascist!

If that be the case i think it's inaccurate to call him a fascist in the same sense that Hitler and Mussolini were fascist.

Perhaps with a threat of economic sanctions because Americans care passionately about their economy. It's better than tempting another world war (supp...

I see what you mean. I just wish people would calm down a bit. Philosophy doesn't have to replace politics. :smile:

Yeah, I see that too. And then there are some discussions that are so dysfunctional, you have people yelling at each other with constant accusation of...

It also depends on what you are trying to do with your philosophy. Messiness can get in the way of clear communication, which is bad. But some ideas a...

Not at all.

That doesn't seem like such a terrible game!

"The game of life" refers to a cellular automaton created by John Horton Conway. Since you are obviously not talking about the cellular automation, no...

Okay, even if you succeed in demonstrating that having kids is bad and unjust (in a philosophical sense), I can accept that. But that alone isn't suff...

But if he is happy the whole argument breaks apart because antinatalism presumes the unhappy misery of your offsprings. You accomplished nothing with ...

I don't doubt that you have valuable things to say.

Good.

It's good enough for me. :cool:

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