More books like the Population Bomb. I'm sick of them. Every age thinks that the past age was better off, but the truth is that we live better than Louis the Sun King. The only think blocking progress is government do gooders like the WEF thugs who want to take farmland, so we'll starve, and block the production of oil and gas so we'll sit in the dark and freeze. We're facing energy shortages in Europe only because the Germans decided on a Green Agenda and didn't have a plan B. What a bunch of idealistic fools to trust Putin.
The Biden people have blocked pipelines and drilling to restrict the production of oil and gas. Now, there is a shortage and they have to suck up to MBS and Madura. There is enough oil and gas in the US to last 300 years, but not if government has a Net Zero agenda.
Justin Turdo in Canada has now mandated electric cars for all Canadians and there is exactly one electrical charging station in the entire state of Alberta. These policy people are like dodo birds, except those who will die out will be the peasants and the pawns, not the WEF elite.
Life is so much better today than it was when I was a boy. We have more of everything, except brains.
Dutton makes a good case for diversity does not increase strength. Might even cause deeper divisions if cultures refuse to adapt to the dominant culture. The US has been a leader in bringing in diverse cultures and assimilating them into the "American dream". But that was in a process of controlled immigration where people waited years to be granted entry. They largely were proactive in adopting new cultural norms, to fit in. The arrival of large numbers of refugees largely displaced by war or economics are much harder to assimilate into the culture because of different motivations. While these arrivals do eventually move on from their retained cultural enclaves in the US, the EU seems to be less able to achieve that integration. Some of that might be historical; the EU doesn't have a long record of adding arrivals.
Culture is something that is quite difficult to change. It's the glue that allows the tribe to tolerate each other. Trying to change culture may be quite difficult. Watching the effort to change US culture now in process has become quite uncomfortable. Trying to deny a great heritage claiming all sorts of historic injuries may please a few but at the risk of building a conflict reducing social cohesion. As you note the future of non-reproducing woke is not sustainable. OTOH, the backlash has been arriving as the less-woke are taking great offense. Another social blip that needs to end.
I think Russia is just getting started. They’ve not targeted civil infrastructure before. If you think you can survive in a war zone with a butane stove in the middle of winter…. let’s just says it would be a better idea to get your family out. That butane might be very valuable for those without.
Yes, they have targeted civilian infrastructure. The dam in Kyiviy Rij, for one. As I wrote, I think they are short on options. This strike cost just short of a billion dollars. It killed about 12 people, reduced Kyiv to short rolling blackouts for two days. Get out? Where to go? Yes, there is risk here. Life involves risk. I don't assess anyplace else to be better.
At this point it's not clear if the Russians can target anything aside from counter battery fire. They cannot risk carpet bombing so the terror they inject is largely symbolic and increases the will to resist. They cannot achieve their objectives in any way given the will of the people to resist. Sad to see Russia suffer from Putin's folly. Obviously worse for Ukraine but their recovery will be easier.
It could drag on, but I have a sense it is building to a crescendo. Putin is more and more in Zugzwang, force to make uncomfortable, losing moves. Like the mass mobilization.
We have to appreciate the benefits. Ukraine is cleansed of the few immigrants we had. Nobody wants to come. Nobody is forcing Covid nonsense on us. I can homeschool Eddy with no pushback from anybody.
More books like the Population Bomb. I'm sick of them. Every age thinks that the past age was better off, but the truth is that we live better than Louis the Sun King. The only think blocking progress is government do gooders like the WEF thugs who want to take farmland, so we'll starve, and block the production of oil and gas so we'll sit in the dark and freeze. We're facing energy shortages in Europe only because the Germans decided on a Green Agenda and didn't have a plan B. What a bunch of idealistic fools to trust Putin.
The Biden people have blocked pipelines and drilling to restrict the production of oil and gas. Now, there is a shortage and they have to suck up to MBS and Madura. There is enough oil and gas in the US to last 300 years, but not if government has a Net Zero agenda.
Justin Turdo in Canada has now mandated electric cars for all Canadians and there is exactly one electrical charging station in the entire state of Alberta. These policy people are like dodo birds, except those who will die out will be the peasants and the pawns, not the WEF elite.
Life is so much better today than it was when I was a boy. We have more of everything, except brains.
Dutton makes a good case for diversity does not increase strength. Might even cause deeper divisions if cultures refuse to adapt to the dominant culture. The US has been a leader in bringing in diverse cultures and assimilating them into the "American dream". But that was in a process of controlled immigration where people waited years to be granted entry. They largely were proactive in adopting new cultural norms, to fit in. The arrival of large numbers of refugees largely displaced by war or economics are much harder to assimilate into the culture because of different motivations. While these arrivals do eventually move on from their retained cultural enclaves in the US, the EU seems to be less able to achieve that integration. Some of that might be historical; the EU doesn't have a long record of adding arrivals.
Culture is something that is quite difficult to change. It's the glue that allows the tribe to tolerate each other. Trying to change culture may be quite difficult. Watching the effort to change US culture now in process has become quite uncomfortable. Trying to deny a great heritage claiming all sorts of historic injuries may please a few but at the risk of building a conflict reducing social cohesion. As you note the future of non-reproducing woke is not sustainable. OTOH, the backlash has been arriving as the less-woke are taking great offense. Another social blip that needs to end.
I think Russia is just getting started. They’ve not targeted civil infrastructure before. If you think you can survive in a war zone with a butane stove in the middle of winter…. let’s just says it would be a better idea to get your family out. That butane might be very valuable for those without.
Yes, they have targeted civilian infrastructure. The dam in Kyiviy Rij, for one. As I wrote, I think they are short on options. This strike cost just short of a billion dollars. It killed about 12 people, reduced Kyiv to short rolling blackouts for two days. Get out? Where to go? Yes, there is risk here. Life involves risk. I don't assess anyplace else to be better.
At this point it's not clear if the Russians can target anything aside from counter battery fire. They cannot risk carpet bombing so the terror they inject is largely symbolic and increases the will to resist. They cannot achieve their objectives in any way given the will of the people to resist. Sad to see Russia suffer from Putin's folly. Obviously worse for Ukraine but their recovery will be easier.
Admire your resolve to stay put and stick through the war. This may drag on for another year, or more.
It could drag on, but I have a sense it is building to a crescendo. Putin is more and more in Zugzwang, force to make uncomfortable, losing moves. Like the mass mobilization.
We have to appreciate the benefits. Ukraine is cleansed of the few immigrants we had. Nobody wants to come. Nobody is forcing Covid nonsense on us. I can homeschool Eddy with no pushback from anybody.