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NorthwestRider
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Change My Mind: Fixing Up Both The Economy And The Healthcare System Are More Important Than Having A Hissy Fit Over Abortions?

Actually, voted that "I can't change your mind" because your mind is already made up. However, the question begs the larger question. To wit, why bother fixing the health care system or the... Society & Politics

Stoner710
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Why don’t we just move the age of adulthood to 21?

Actually, it used to be 21 and was lowered to 18 because of the eligibility of the 18 year olds to be drafted. So, in that sense, we've been there before and are where we are because of military... Society & Politics

Anonymous
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Do you think political ideologies are closely related to religions?

Yes, but not necessarily in the way the question suggests. In fact, in the Western world, historically speaking, religious ideas played a part in the development of political ideas. For... Society & Politics

Julie4
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Do the Anglo-Saxons consider France as "Cheese-eating surrender monkeys " only because of the Second World War?

This is probably the most personal answer I've ever written on this site. No. Most Americans don't think about other countries one way or another unless the country is in the news for some reason.... Society & Politics

Anonymous
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What do you think about the fact that the Europeans colonized the world?

On the whole, a huge benefit. This is not to say that European rule was always beneficial or motivated by the highest standards. Rather it is to point out that the ideas that followed European... Society & Politics

Physics-Man
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Is kneeling during the American National Anthem a protest against Racism or a protest against America?

Voted C - "Other." Actually it is neither specifically anti-American nor anti-racist. Rather what it is, frankly, is a symptom of the age. Self-absorption and moral preening. Moral exhibitionism... Society & Politics

Juxtapose
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USA: are corporations or the lower class the bigger welfare queens?

This is sort of the fallacy of the false alternative. At least in a democracy, you don't get one without the other. The modern welfare state in the United States was born in the wake of the... Society & Politics

normalice
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Do you think republicans will ever take the mental health crisis seriously?

Not sure of the calumny being directed at Republicans in this question given the history of the treatment of mental illness in this country. Leaving aside that the "crisis" only began to become an... Society & Politics

Subarugirl
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Why are the majority of mass shooters male?

The answer to the question is complex and, at an irreducible level, case specific. Any mass shooting episode has its origins in the particularities of the events and circumstances that led to it.... Society & Politics

JoyGirl
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Why isn’t the government creating more jobs in America 🤔?

Well the problem at the moment is not the lack of availability of jobs. It is rather the reluctance of workers to return to the labor force. A factor that government intervention would likely make... Society & Politics

Julie4
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Are the main democratic powers of the world in decline?

The answer is to the question that there is no metric by which to judge the answer to the question. On this page you have any number who confidently answer that "Yes, the end is nigh" and a few... Society & Politics

Julie4
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Why are Americans so attached to carrying guns?

At the most basic level, the American emphasis on gun rights is rooted in the nation's history. This then being given further impetus by recent events and a general suspicion of government that is... Society & Politics

sage2021
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After every mass shooting the people demand change so it doesn't happen again. But nothing ever happens. Time goes on they're forgotten. Do you agree?

Not necessarily. The problem is rather that Americans do not realize that not every problem has a solution. Rather some problems are just difficulties that must be managed as best they can be.... Society & Politics

Julie4
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What is the last book you bought?

Just bought - literally the day before yesterday - "The Right: The Hundred Year War for American Conservatism" by Matthew Continetti. Although I have just started reading it - I am on page 55 -... Society & Politics

Anonymous
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When AOC becomes President one day will you respect and support her as your commander in chief?

Oh please! The notion of Rep. Ocasio-Cortez as President is something on the order of handing the keys of the car to an 8 year old. It is not likely to end well. Truth in advertising, I have... Society & Politics

Anonymous
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What is your favorite country?

Well, aside from my own country - the USA - put me down for Great Britain. Grant, as a matter of climate you could put me down for St. Vincent and the Grenadines, but for history, architecture,... Society & Politics

Julie4
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What is the US policy towards Taiwan?

At the risk of sounding cynical, it is not clear that President Biden knows himself what US policy toward Taiwan is supposed to be. That being worrying not only in terms of the risks it poses for... Society & Politics

OddBeMe
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What's the reason for the increase in mass shootings?

Did not vote as the options were a bit too vague. Suffice to say that there are a variety of factors at work, not least being that in the recent response to the COVID pandemic, the nation... Society & Politics

Anonymous
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Are you pro choice or pro life?

Voted "Pro-Life." The British statesman and political philosopher Edmund Burke wrote, "The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do as they please. We ought see what it will please... Society & Politics

Julie4
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If an alliance between France, Germany and Russia were to form, what would be the geopolitical consequences?

Well, it is no really possible to answer the question because it is predicated on so many other questions: 1) What caused this alliance? Was it a reaction to a challenge from outside Europe?... Society & Politics

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