Hmm, didn’t think I was being aggressive or arguing in bad faith as I wasn’t arguing at all. I was agreeing, and just find it odd that there’s a need for the propaganda and pandering. It’s not something that should need to happen and doesn’t happen elsewhere, and is ridiculed when it does. I find it somewhat fascinating that a country like the US has to spend time self-propagandising to its citizens rather than letting its actions do the talking for it.

Who am I talking to? Anyone who finds that juxtaposition interesting too.

Ultimately, this is a science community. I admitted that I pondering politics and psychology which wasn’t the main topic of the thread so I said I was stopping. But if you decide to read it in another way, I won’t stop you.

Edit: there’s only 14 comments in this thread, and 1 or 2 mentioned propaganda so no, not everyone has mentioned it. Maybe many don’t see it like that being that it’s just normality to them (like those who don’t think reciting the pledge of allegiance daily is strange)

There’s very good reasons for the birthright citizenship dating from post-slavery. However, most countries don’t do birthright citizenship. They do have a statute that allows for citizenship if you were born there and lived there for a certain period of time though - which would/could arguably be a more sensible approach overall as long as the removal of birthright citizenship isn’t being done for bigotry reasons, which, unfortunately, the US has proved time and time again that is the main reason it exists in the first place and why it shouldn’t be removed. Once it eventually grows up past its racial-predjudice stage, it might be able to rectify this.

I had to update my Elgato Stream Deck software and it pointed to their new product - the Stream Deck + Lever.

Admittedly I did do a WTF at first but then remembered what day it was. I didn’t check more, but I have to assume! There’s no way it could be real.

Oh, that and today was the first I heard about the scope of the Artemis II mission, but it turned out that actually was real even though it seemed like an elaborate joke. Cue the conspiracy theories

Vance-style preferably.

Southern Italian families about to have a hard time

I dunno. Most countries have decent education systems to help prevent the need for self-glorification. Its just weird that your population needs to hear that about themselves. They shouldn’t need to be told, as pride in your country is a feeling. It just shocks me that they still ignore the genocide of the native population, slavery and all the shitty things. It’s a refusal to acknowledge their foundings and white-washing their history. The vision portrayed is a fiction.

If you look at your country and think “meh. It’s okay, could be worse but could a whole heap better” and without resorting to bigoted reasons, you’re doing okay. Anyone who requires blind praise about the country they were fated to be born into seems odd. Maybe it’s just me. But this isn’t really in keeping with the nature of this community so I’ll stop now (though it is psychology so…😃. No, I’ll stop.}

Arguably both things can be true at the same time. Whilst I enjoyed watching the launch, not only from a scientific and human endeavour, there was an advert about 20 mins before launch which was unnecessary propaganda talking about US exceptionalism, “best and longest democracy”, manifest destiny themes and lots of other political bullshit that not only is untrue, was totally unnecessary for this next stage of space exploration - and unfortunately, was more similar to that of the 60s propaganda than anything we’ve had in a long time.

Always remember that 87.3% of all statistics online are imaginary

This what you mean?

Hey now, don’t kink-shame downed pilots. It’s just the way they like their lovin’

Sauce: pielot

Isn’t she screwing someone else anyway. All these people are hypocrites. If they say they hate cross-dressing, they love it. If they say they are Christian, they’re anything but. If they say they have good family values, they’re having affairs. Standard.

Trump fundamentally misunderstands the idea of NATO and its position purely as a defensive alliance.

Edit: ftfmyself

Let’s be honest here. If they didn’t have the US covering their ass at every turn, and US money fuelling their economy, their territorial expansions, violations of sovereignty and human rights abuses would have caused them to have faced even a modicum of retribution. Essentially they’re a spoilt child, with a parent who can’t see that their kid is part of the problem. But then the parent is a big problem too so the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

The current Labour party is a centre right party as it was in the Blair/Brown years. They rejected traditional labour ideals for electoral success moving the Overton window further right.

Greens are closer to traditional Labour these days.

“Final Destination” intensifies

Depends where you’re coming from.

From Australia, no. Bali is cheaper and bogan.
From France, yes. Bali is expensive and exotic.

People in poverty ALWAYS bear more financial and time-consuming hardships.

Edit: not saying this is how it should be, as it clearly shouldn’t, but just stating the unfortunate facts

-w! This shower thought stinks like a waffle stomp.

Fun fact: if by some miracle you find Fosters anywhere Australia, if you actually buy it and drink it, you get instantly deported to Manus Island because you’re clearly not from around here. Or worse, a pome.

Are you on drugs?