Can you elaborate by what you mean by debt slavery?

No I don't see it as a problem. (Note I don't use the word capitalism as it's a marxist framing technique of identifying their target, what you are describing is government backed free enterprise. No-one sat down and said "lets create a system and call it capitalism. It's just an example of the superior linguistic discipline the left has)

There are many individual issues with financial problems but they are individual not as a result of some mythical "system" to say that is to buy into the marxist frame.

I think most of those individual issues could be solved or avoided by greater economic literacy in individuals. Seriously Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell is required reading.

A temporary setback but good to see nonetheless.

Essentially yes. But not all organs of society can be rebuilt in parallel. Some have to be taken over with our own long march.

And marxism and globalism have to be clearly identified as an enemy ideology, and have discipline around using it. "No that's marxist" needs to be used over and over again untill it shuts down a discussion like calling something racist is. There's no point rebuilding a house in the same spot that's been collapsed by termites. Structures of society are the same way. If some retard brings up DEI in a boardroom and suggests it. It can be shut down by simply calling it marxist and ending the discussion.

marxism and globalism need that stigma attached to it. Sadly that would require a level of message and discipline in optics that "the right" has no chance of attaining.

But primarily conservatism has to be abandoned as it doesn't offer a competing moral vision. I like the idea of rejecting the label of "the right" and taking on the mantle of balanced morals, using moral foundation theory as the basis (Johnathon Haidt wrote a book about it) because it defines us as the moral, balanced centre, and our enemies as on the fringe morally. It's a trap that they can't help fall into. It also allows for going on the offence in the culture wars, conservatism is a losing strategy but you don't win wars by being on defense all the time. The enemy only has to win once.

I like Auron MacIntyre. He's definitely in the first camp in the below scenarios.

To summarise as best I can there are two "sides" to the America question, and the west in general.

1. Acceleration and rebuild post collapse OR take over via cheating or illiberal means.

2. Take the higher moral ground and rely on institutions to work by enforcing rules as they are written.

Unfortunately both of these are losing strategies because in the first instance any hostility towards the state, either through just cheating to win locally, or anything up to full blown revolution is not going to work. The idea that American's would win a civil war because there's hundreds of millions of firearms owned by beefy Men with beards and tacticool gear is a fantasy best left to the pages of the Turner Diaries.

The second instance is in my opinion, even sillier. If you're playing a game of soccer and in the first half the other team plays with 20 players and relentlessly cheats. Committing to having better fundamentals in the halftime huddle and planning to win because you're going to play harder is laughable when the other team is spending that time building a brick wall over their goal.

I'd be happy to go into more detail to disabuse people of their fantasies, if required. I suspect the first one will be more provocative.

I do think there is a way out of it and forward, but it requires sticking to the rules and playing a different game instead. Unfortunately I don't think it's possible as it requires people to act out of accordance with their natures.

"MuH CoNsTiTuTiOn"

The Constitution is your biggest weakness because everytime something permanently shifts against you, "at least we still have the constitution" is what placates you.

The constitution is a paper document, and eventually some protesters are going to destroy it.

Bill Burr is a sad story, I THINK it was one of his Rogan appearances where Joe asked him are you going to settle down or something similar and his answer was basically I can keep doing what I'm doing and die alone or marry some harpy and become the butt of my own jokes and I'll probably end up doing that because I don't want to die alone.

And he did.

What's the actual sales pitch behind it? Is it as a virtual helper AI? Because shit like that is sci fi levels of helpful and usefulness, and I'd actually really want it. If I actually controlled it and it wasn't just monitoring me 24/7 and the helping me was just a bribe to allow me to be monitored. If I actually owned a helper AI that would be great.

It's already done, just without the screen recording. They already record background info and diagnostic info.

Yes welcome to 2008.

The ends justify the means because the outcome is all that matters.

I hate to be that guy but it is important to understand your enemy. "real" communism is the end state, a utopia where reality no longer applies and all things are equal for all time in all places.

You have to remember marxism is actually a religion and "real communism" is their version of heaven on earth (which is always hell) so technically "real" communism has never been tried in the same way the second coming of Jesus has never been tried.

I'm not on enough to notice that really, I see retards posting retard stuff but it's downvoted pretty heavily and it's so stupid what's the point of doing anything but ignoring it?

I have no idea what any of this relates too or who everyone is and at this point I'm afraid to ask.

I just want to offer my humble opinion that I like this place.

I did not know that. I'll put the book on my reading list.

I find the study of Australia to be woefully lacking. The Tyranny of Distance, while not an overly provocative book, shattered 3 or 4 central myths about Australia and our history for me.

the trouble with being the lucky country is that it quickly becomes the apathetic country.

It's telling that the first bit of text in an article about womens basketball is "how to watch"

The trouble with Eastern Europe is that it's traditionally a path to invasions from/of Europe so you're likely to be in the middle of a major war at some point.

This is exactly what happened a few years before mao's red guard was unleashed on china. Teachers being purged by students.

If it follows the normal trend it wont see commercial backlash till GTA 8 or so.

I've seen a few takes on that interview and how it's because they lack the IQ to model someone else's reality in their heads so they are unable to conceive that the victim might suffer from it.

This is just some weird niche retreat not a widespread thing right?

If Switzerland wins, I might just give up on this absolute bullshit schlockfest,

Why are you watching?

Australia had that policy in the 50's, now look at us.

I like to think they had to reapply the same face mask in court while everyone watched.

3 or 4 times I had to stop and ask myself if this was clever satire or just flat out made up.

WTF.