Questions: Society & Politics

Greetings, all. Long time, no chat.

I'm doing research for a book and would like to know what you all think about this.

If you know or remember me, you know I like detailed comments, the more exploratory, the better. GAG is a place to socialize but also to think about the world, and how we all fit together (or don't).

So, I'm asking this question as deliberately and consciously open-ended, so as not to narrow down the thinking too much, but I will say that 'objectification' is key. Write whatever comes to mind. I never delete comments unless you're harassing someone or being extremely rude. Otherwise, I enjoy an array of opinions and angles. Speak your mind, speak your peace, non-anonymized.

I will set one, sort of, parameter, though—I'm not so much interested in, have you ever been an object, or how often, but more so in terms of the hypothetical, how would/did it make you feel?

And, ladies, feel free to comment, but the poll is for the gentlemen this time.

Hope you all are well,

ta, ta

The UK and Europe buy a lot of military equipment from the USA, they're actually contracted to do it as part of the NATO agreement. Rising tensions between Europe and the USA have raised concerns about getting spare parts and maintenance for equipment.

There are also online rumours a lot of it comes with built-in kill switches so America can render it useless. The USA denies this, but they would, wouldn't they?

Elon Musk has admitted he fears he could be “assassinated” if he opens up too much on his work with the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) to axe corruption in the US government.

Speaking on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast on February 28, the Tesla CEO opened up about being smeared by the mainstream media (MSM) and receiving death threats online.

During US President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the 53-year-old appeared to make a Nazi salute to the Republican crowd.

When asked how he was feeling while dealing with the hate, Musk told Rogan it was “stressful”.

“They actually want to kill me,” Musk admitted. “They say so online. There are Reddit forums where they don’t just want to kill me, they want to desecrate my corpse.”