myTakes: Society & Politics

Raising retirement age

i specify: the topic is not retirement benefits but age! 1, shapiro, known as conservative, spoke about retirement age. people use their free speech n video platforms to paraphrase wrongly or pretend to know his...
strateguy632
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Was Napoleon a madman driven only by an insatiable desire for conquest? Part 1

Was Napoleon a madman driven only by an insatiable desire for conquest? The relationships, rivalries, and conflicts between states have always been driven by a tangle of interwoven causes. There is no historical,...
Julie4
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Biden keeps mentioning January 6 hoping you forgot

reminder, the House accused so senate judged... ruling Trump innocent, even innocent of incite insurrection, certainly not trump doing insurrection. they couldn't convince the senate because trump ACTIVELY separated in a...
strateguy632
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Georges Clemenceau: The Tiger of France

Georges Benjamin Clemenceau, a name synonymous with unwavering resolve and fierce patriotism, was a towering figure in French history. From his early days as a fiery journalist to his pivotal role as Prime Minister during...
Julie4
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I feel jealous of athletes' tax rates

my job in hi tec, not my personal salary, but common salary $65,000 per year. based on tax bracket i pay 9600 each year for federal besides state and city tax. so can keep $55,000 for expenses. in contrast to wealthy...
strateguy632
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If There's One Thing That You Should Remember In Life, It's That You Should Treat Everyone The Way You Want To Be Treated

We need to start identifying the triggers that aggravate mental health issues in our society - bullying, social media negativity and anxiety, gender based violence, substance abuse, stigma around issues such as maternal...
Anonymous
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Pollution has made humanity less intelligent

People generally like to believe we are the most highly evolved we have ever been. From my research I have seen that people think evolution is ongoing. And most people who think they know how it works don't know how it...
Passerby2
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You terfs say I will never know what being a woman is like but I say you will never know what being me is like.

No I don't know what it's like to have periods and give birth. A lot of cis women don't. But I do know what it's like to be called sweetheart and be told to smile. I know what it's like to be called a bitch. I know what...
ElizaPam
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Why to people hate Donald Trump

Sure. There are a lot of of people don’t like Donald Trump. Yep, his personality and his moral character put off many people. Many people dislike him so much that, even though they can't name anything they object to about...
Dargil
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What do you think of this text, about conservatives, morals and society?

" When conservatives, the laudatores temporis acti, lament the moral decay of mankind, the partisans of progress do not fail to remind them of the terrible shadows of the past, that long procession of cruelties,...
Julie4
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What will the future of humankind be like. I don't like what I'm thinking.

If I were better educated, I could have thought this out better, but here is the framework. Prognosticators like Elon Musk are predicting AI will become self-aware take over much of non-physical digital human activity,...
Dargil
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Logically honesty is the only valid choice.

At my college a memo stated a printer was stolen. Most likely it was stolen by a college student. When I read the memo, I thought, “How can a college student be that stupid?” Since it wasn’t a break-in, most likely, was...
Kelley1
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Feel free to deny it. Alpha males do exist.

Feel Free to Deny It. Alpha Males Are Real Hey there, skeptics! We've all heard the debates, read the articles, and maybe even engaged in a few heated discussions about the existence of alpha males. Some dismiss it as an...
HawkPerception
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Russia is winning, and winning big

Do you notice that hype about the Ukrainian counter-offensive died down around October? When I posted about this a month or two ago, there were several comments that I was not saying what the credible sources were saying,...
RealMarek
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Thinking about the long term

There seems to be a massive disconnect in my personal opinion. So, let me make sure that I understand this right. I can, without proving beyond a reasonable doubt and without due process of law, take away every democrat’s...
DexWest
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Is there a two-state solution in israel?

Regardless of any historical perspective or contrivance The PA/Hamas and the nation of Israel cannot occupy the same space or share a common border. The Palestinian Arabs cannot allow it. Any two-state “solution” can at...
Dargil
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Americans That Other Americans Don't Know Are Americans

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is an Unincorporated territory of the United States. It's not a State but it's not exactly independent either. In any case, people born there are granted US Citizenship at...
MysticDevice
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Stop saying "boycotts don't work" or "nothing has changed".

No real humanitarian, and especially no real Palestine supporter, says along the lines of these, or thinks Palestine is trendy. In fact, Yemen and Congo are already in the same situation as the Gaza and West Bank parts of...
InsecureLivesMatter
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What do you think of this Christmas text?

I think about widows and widowers who, amidst family gatherings or what remains after decompositions and recompositions, smile and play along. They exchange gifts, sip champagne, devour yule logs, feast on...
Julie4
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It's Not "Fear-Mongering", "Vote-Shaming", or "Bullying": Voting For a Third-Party Presidential Candidate in the United States of America is Useless.

On November 4th, 2008, for the first time in my life, I voted in a nationwide election for a sovereign state. I voted for the independent candidate, Ralph Nader, who won 0.56% of the popular vote, but more importantly, he...
EnglishArtsteacher
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