How stupidity is an existential threat to America

[maesariang]

USA has 7/10 of largest business in the world yet USA has high debt, high crime and lots of social issues. Amazing really. The system is not working.

Edited August 26 by maesariang

[KannikaP]

6 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Given they can take half our assets after one year of living with us, yes.

There are women óf colour' who can do the same thing.

[Will B Good]

1 minute ago, maesariang said:

USA has 7/10 of largest business in the world yet USA has high debt, high crime and lots of social issues. Amazing really. The system is not working.

 

This stems from too many people being obsessed with money and power, combined with a total lack of empathy.

 

If you introduced a more caring, gun free, secular and socialist society, life would be so much better.

 

Now there's something to get your teeth into.

[maesariang]

3 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

This stems from too many people being obsessed with money and power, combined with a total lack of empathy.

 

If you introduced a more caring, gun free, secular and socialist society, life would be so much better.

 

Now there's something to get your teeth into.

Like the UK? It is a mess

[Lacessit]

3 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

 

 

Now there's something to get your teeth into.

More like frothing at the mouth.

[Will B Good]

Just now, maesariang said:

Like the UK? It is a mess

 

 

55555....after 14 years of right wing austerity, bungs to mates, VIP lanes and thanks for the dosh, now you are a Lord...aka the Tories......hardly socialism.

[Lacessit]

6 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

There are women óf colour' who can do the same thing.

If one checks Thai family law, IMO it is far more sensible on how assets are divided.

[john donson]

hahaha inflation, when you don't count in electricity, 2nd hand vehicles, rent, ...

 

statistics, great to manipulate

[maesariang]

5 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

you introduced a more caring, gun free, secular and socialist society, life would be so much better.

So the opposite of Thailand? No socialism there, 2nd highest gun ownership

[Will B Good]

2 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

If one checks Thai family law, IMO it is far more sensible on how assets are divided.

1. Community Property (Sin Somros)

 

• Definition: This includes assets acquired by either spouse during the marriage, except for certain exceptions like gifts or inheritances given explicitly to one spouse.

• Examples: Salary earned during the marriage, property bought during the marriage, and any income generated from separate property.

 

So say one spouse worked and the other didn't.....the working spouse would have to give the non-working one half the salary they earned during the marriage?......I take it the intention is to share half of whatever was saved and/or invested as opposed to what was actually earned?????

[Will B Good]

6 minutes ago, maesariang said:

So the opposite of Thailand? No socialism there, 2nd highest gun ownership

 

 

If you like.

[Taboo2]

 

Another article about American and American Politics and Guns,,,blah, blah, blah....

 

Hint:

 

OK, Americans care about football, kids, football, sex, football, cold beer, football, barbeque, gambling and football.

 

We have our guns fully loaded and  ready just in case our Government gets out of control.  

 

Also, our military is stacked with kids whose parents are gun owners and they will never, ever turn their guns on their parents.

 

Look up Fragging in Nam to understand why you should never push us to hard.  

 

Finally, we all know that both parties are controlled by very powerful people...and when we are ready, we will manage that issue.

[billd766]

7 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I think we should abolish all political parties and only vote for individuals. IMO party politics is the problem.

I agree that Palestinians should be able to vote in israeli elections.

It would be nice if you had answered the questions that I asked.

[billd766]

3 hours ago, Cory1848 said:

You are definitely on to something. Americans vote for leaders who have an existential effect on citizens of other countries; Russians likewise. Palestinians vote for leaders whose sole agenda is the destruction of one particular foreign country, which has no say in it; Israelis vote for leaders who likewise seek to unilaterally annex the land of their neighbor -- whose own residents can’t vote in Israeli elections. Cross-national voting might make us all a little more aware of our common existence and equality, speaking of humans generally.

 

I sense that you were being a bit sarcastic; I’m not.

I am not sure if I was being sarcastic or not.

 

My answer came from responding to another poster.

[KannikaP]

23 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

If one checks Thai family law, IMO it is far more sensible on how assets are divided.

I thought that you were referring to Aussie women when you said that they can take half after one year.

[AndreasHG]

16 hours ago, TedG said:

 

The people who run for office these days are on the radical side of the left or right.   We would be better served by randomly selecting people from the phone book.  

The result of gerrymandering, which is radicalizing politics to the point that it does not represent the bulk of the American people, but only the extremists on both the left and the right.

[maesariang]

21 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

 

If you like.

Then move to a socialist country. Problem solved.

[harryviking]

21 hours ago, maesariang said:

Like Biden.

??? Even worse.....Trump and co. .....

[Will B Good]

1 minute ago, maesariang said:

Then move to a socialist country. Problem solved.

 

 

What was the problem again?

 

 

[harryviking]

Once upon a time we did of course know there where stupid people, but they were few and far apart. Then came internet with its social media and all those stupid people found each other on line! Now they pose a threat to our existence!🙄

[maesariang]

3 minutes ago, harryviking said:

??? Even worse.....Trump and co. .....

Trump had the best economy in 50 years. Fact.

[thaibeachlovers]

3 hours ago, Cory1848 said:

I’m not sure I’d want a US president to be weighing their own child’s welfare as a factor in whether and how to engage.

Why not? If the president can send thousands of other people's children to die, why should they be exempt? If the cause isn't worth the loss of their child it isn't worth the loss of other people's children.

 

In any event one person should never be able to declare war, or dictate how it is prosecuted.

[DustyShoes]

Unfortunately, has been progressively getting worse since America's birth.

("Progressively" lol.... see what I did there? Progressively... pun intended.)

 

Not surprisingly, there was an uptick for Trump. But then dropped again two ticks for Biden. If KH gets installed, the inaugural address will nosedive to kindergarten level, perhaps even to special needs level.

 

https://www.independentsentinel.com/american-voters-are-getting-dumb-breathtakingly-fast

 

 

“Americans are getting dumb breathtakingly fast,” says Peter St. Onge. In 1900, Inaugurals were written at a college level, but today, they are written at 8th grade level for Barack Obama, 9th grade for Donald Trump, and 7th grade for Joe Biden.

In 1828, Andrew Jackson’s Inaugural was written on a 22nd-grade level, in other words, a two PhD level.

George Washington’s Inaugural was in 26th grade, so you’d need that third PhD.

 

 

 

[thaibeachlovers]

15 minutes ago, billd766 said:

It would be nice if you had answered the questions that I asked.

That's not how a public forum works.

 

Next.

[billd766]

Just now, thaibeachlovers said:

That's not how a public forum works.

 

Next.

That is how lazy posters work though.

[1FinickyOne]

18 hours ago, Lacessit said:

America has gone way beyond stupid into insanity.

Thankfully the world has so many smart Aussies to balance it out? 

[thaibeachlovers]

8 minutes ago, billd766 said:

That is how lazy posters work though.

Having a bad day?

 

[Kinok Farang]

Luckily the vast majority of stupid people already live in America.

[thaibeachlovers]

33 minutes ago, Taboo2 said:

 

Another article about American and American Politics and Guns,,,blah, blah, blah....

 

Hint:

 

OK, Americans care about football, kids, football, sex, football, cold beer, football, barbeque, gambling and football.

 

We have our guns fully loaded and  ready just in case our Government gets out of control.  

 

Also, our military is stacked with kids whose parents are gun owners and they will never, ever turn their guns on their parents.

 

Look up Fragging in Nam to understand why you should never push us to hard.  

 

Finally, we all know that both parties are controlled by very powerful people...and when we are ready, we will manage that issue.

It's surprising how many posters make silly comments about how the US doesn't need a right to bear arms  any more, when the need is even greater now, to keep the US government in check.

Seems some posters think the only need for an armed militia is if the British invade.

[Will B Good]

4 minutes ago, Kinok Farang said:

Luckily the vast majority of stupid people already live in America.

 

 

Post of the day....right there.....🤣