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darthmohawk1 2 points ago +2 / -0

I don't begrudge and am not offended by your suggestion that my friend is not my friend, because all I told you about him was that he recommended "White Fragility" as a valuable piece of literature. I would probably have a similar reaction about one of your associates given the same amount of information.

It's funny, though (well, not really): We have 20 years of great history together with plenty of shared hobbies and time spent at each others' houses. We started talking politics and other "real talk" around 6-8 years ago, I forget exactly when, and it seemed like we were mostly on the same page for a while. But for some reason this year has brought a real rift about, between Trump being President, COVID shutting everything down and the recent riots.

It just feels bad.

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darthmohawk1 2 points ago +2 / -0

Those look like some quality suggestions; thank you for making them.

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darthmohawk1 1 point ago +1 / -0

So, devil's advocate time for a moment. What are the odds that Hillary would have left the country open for business, the way Obummer did for Swine Flu? (Note that even if she did that, the cost of having a Madam Prez would still be intolerably high)

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darthmohawk1 1 point ago +1 / -0

As far as I am aware, basically every country in the world has some level of national debt. But if every country is a debtor, then who are the creditors?? wouldn't it benefit the entire world to basically "swap" the debt around so that every country holds debt that it issued and can then cancel it?

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darthmohawk1 3 points ago +3 / -0

I know Trump said we were going to have "social distancing" until the end of April, but I still hope he finds a way to open up the country well before then.

One thing's for sure, though: I'm 100% glad Trump is president right now, because I am 100% sure he cares about both the country and the people in it.

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darthmohawk1 2 points ago +2 / -0

The media is dead The media is dead He used poisonous gases And he poisoned their asses

The media is dead The media is dead It had to be done So that we could have fun (Affirmative - I poked one, it was dead)

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darthmohawk1 1 point ago +1 / -0

I did not expect that. But then, I expected not to expect something, so it doesn't count.

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