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The Batlord 03-19-2019 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Anteater (Post 2048662)
Other people have brought up all these points before on other threads. Just because I say something doesn't make it special. You need to smoke some weed or something and relax.

Your points aren't the point. It's how you come off as a tedious yuppie matter-of-factly bringing up the Wallstreet Journal. It reminds me of this.


Anteater 03-19-2019 08:57 PM

Ouchies, i got called a yuppie. The absolute horror.

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Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 2048665)
so now you're recognizing it as a problem?

In the extremely nobody-can-do-anything-about-it abstract sense, yeah. Which I was pointing to in my first few posts pages ago.

OccultHawk 03-19-2019 09:18 PM

Ant

Is it fair to say that the crux of what you’re saying is that white people dont have a monopoly on bad behavior?

Anteater 03-19-2019 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 2048669)
but what if I told you there are public policies that totally do something about it

and Yang supports some of them

He's on the right track (especially if some form of UBI revitalizes middle America), but when you are talking about "white supremacy" you are talking about something a lot more vague than political power. For instance, Yang (and a few other candidates) have brought up "modernized" voting where people could vote without going to polling stations via online methods and then get verified by some massive cloud system or blockchain. Voting participation would skyrocket, but the largest voting bloc of people demographically in the U.S. right now are still white people at the moment. It's also basically forcing everyone everywhere to utilize some form of ID too.

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2048671)
Ant

Is it fair to say that the crux of what you’re saying is that white people dont have a monopoly on bad behavior?

That's fair to say. I just find it sad that we don't have more practical solutions available to defuse all the hatred and fear brewing in the hearts of both the have's and also the have-nots of the world. You often see a phrase like "money is the root of all evil" around, but it's really something more like "fear and uncertainty are the root of all evil".

WWWP 03-19-2019 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 2048669)
but what if I told you there are public policies that totally do something about it

and Yang supports some of them

Yang!

Lucem Ferre 03-20-2019 12:24 AM

Did anybody catch that hilarious heavy metal analogy Ant used?

So like, Ant doesn't think white supremacy is a problem because tribalism exists in all forms of culture and it'll be worse if Hispanics were the majority because they aren't white.

Anteater 03-20-2019 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre (Post 2048682)
Did anybody catch that hilarious heavy metal analogy Ant used?

So like, Ant doesn't think white supremacy is a problem because tribalism exists in all forms of culture and it'll be worse if Hispanics were the majority because they aren't white.

I'm saying it doesn't matter who the majority is because they'd all act the same way once in power..which puts you back to square one if that was your big takeaway. Look at any other country in the world where one demographic dominates. Are you going to go lecture China that they should have less Chinese people so more African-expats (or anyone who is born over there that aren't biologically Chinese) can have market share? What does that even look like?

In the case of Hispanics, it wouldn't be worse. It's simply more likely that they'll be the next majority in the U.S. census-wise.

The Batlord 03-20-2019 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Anteater (Post 2048692)
In the case of Hispanics, it wouldn't be worse. It's simply more likely that they'll be the next majority in the U.S. census-wise.

Based on what? Statistics from the 80s and 90s that assume they'll continue their immigration rates in perpetuity even though immigration and birth rates have been declining since the 00s? Congrats on being a reactionary white alarmist.

Anteater 03-20-2019 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Dharma & Greg (Post 2048693)
Based on what? Statistics from the 80s and 90s that assume they'll continue their immigration rates in perpetuity even though immigration and birth rates have been declining since the 00s? Congrats on being a reactionary white alarmist.

Just because I bring something up doesn't mean I'm alarmed about it. White people are having less babies with other whites here in the U.S. and we've seen similar trends in other places too. It's a fact, and as an overall trend it's ideal.

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-a...nsus-projects/

Hispanics are the largest minority and have lots of kids. Odds are they'll become the next majority by default. If white people have a problem with that, they should up their sperm counts or something.

Frownland 03-20-2019 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Anteater (Post 2048650)
Mexicans would win the race war

Tfw word choice is quite revealing.


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