My theory on the general nature of the “root cause”? Fear of the very idea that they don’t actually matter. The fact that the lie is soon fed to them from birth doesn’t change that it’s bullshit.

One of my favorite lines ever in any media has got to be master Yoda explaining the danger of fear. Tied is the “litany against fear” from Dune, but the point is to teach hate, first teach fear.

That…sounds like hate. I don’t mean to be pedantic, but I think it’s important. Not only to call a spade a spade, either. I’ve witnessed a close family member insist a hateful view or stance was not actually hate if you’re “doing it for the right reasons”.

To clarify, I don’t think you were taking that stance. I think we probably agree on the relevant issues, in fact. So I regret my earlier choice of words; I was unnecessarily combative in how I phrased it.

In the end, to so thoroughly succumb to greed that you justify acting so hatefully to the rest of the population is deeply disturbing.

Their actions don’t support this at all.

LMAO

I been kinda wondering if anybody was ever gonna pull that one…

How about a NSFW tag?!? I was eating, then next thing I know that disgusting face is on my screen!!

Is it possible I had no intention to answer your pointless question?

The promise of America is, and always has been, a lie.

What about marshmallows with poor impulse control?

Used to know a guy that had like some weird fetish for that. Was drinking with him and a few friends and out of the blue he tells me to kick him in the balls. I refused, as did my girlfriend. He asked another girl we were drinking with to do it; she obliged. I swear he went into the fetal position before hitting the ground!

His charitable foundation is a personal tax haven/PR machine.

Fuck him.

No, they don’t. The “criminality”, aka the way it’s being accomplished, is his problem. Not the effects.

This guy can take a long walk off a very short pier.

Isn’t the sound more like gak gak gork…?

No.

Aristocracy is absolutely the goal. Rugged individualism is simply the most popular lie used to attain that goal.

And North Korea is obviously democratic!

Oh, wait, no that’s fucking retarded.

So, eh, depends on the situation.

No. No it doesn’t.

Even the headline itself suggests this is not worthy of discussion…

They’re afraid of a simple truth: they don’t matter.

In the grand scheme of things, none of us do. Not even those “remembered” by history. A person is so much more than a name or the deeds they accomplished, but none of that will last beyond your death. Not for any of us.

Fear. It starts with fear. As Matter Yoda taught us.

Three thirds is 100%…

Lol.

I withdraw my argument.