Sounds like brutish lives. But property rights were brought in with European settlers, so it would be odd not to recognise native rights.
And, as we all know, Europe had an advanced peaceful culture. Hadn't had a war in centuries....
Sounds like brutish lives. But property rights were brought in with European settlers, so it would be odd not to recognise native rights.
So the Native Americans did not have property rights until the Europeans "brought" them?
Who are these "all sorts of people" that invented property rights? Were none of them Native Americans?
You're talking in circles.
That was NOT my "idea". Where did you get that idea?Don't be silly. All I was saying is that your idea that the first group to spend thousands of years on a territory should give up their land to invaders who knew they were stealing territory.
kmoney said:If you don't also see criticism of our economic system then you're missing it. The economic system is criticized. Guess which party fights against those changes. Guess which party is driven mostly by white people like Trump. lain:
- I don't think races are monoliths.
- The reaction I was talking about is that the racialized society you hate did not start with the people you're outraged with now.
- I didn't say AA programs are designed to fight discrimination. It's designed to fight the effects of it.
So your options are to institute drastic economic reforms to help black people or send them all back to Africa. :freak:
It'd be easier if you and Spencer and his ilk leave. :wave2:
Did they call it stealing territory? I don't believe they saw the people living on American soil as a nation like Prussia and Spain and England were nations.Don't be silly. All I was saying is that your idea that the first group to spend thousands of years on a territory should give up their land to invaders who knew they were stealing territory.
The various tribes living on American soil were not recognized as legitimate nations. The nation state was a relatively new idea. Sumer was the first civilization. Before that , various tribes roamed from land to land. The tribes living in the western hemisphere were still living according to that pattern .They have lived in the land for 15 thousand years before Europeans came and took their land from them. Should the possession of firearms and virulent diseases have given the settlers the right to take the land others already occupied?
Agreed. Jews are outnumbered about 500-to-1. They pose more than a 1/500th influence on the world.
I think that rather than saying there's a "Jewish problem," that there's a problem with everybody else. There's a deficiency among other people, of discipline, of wisdom, and/or some other bona fide qualities perhaps. There's a laziness problem with everybody else IOW, a problem of sloth, is my first thought.
If we all were more "Jew-ish," then wouldn't your so-called "Jewish problem" go away, without any discrimination or violence or bloodshed? And wouldn't the world be far better off for it? But don't all families do that? I know mine does, and most other families I know of do too. I don't think that's bad, necessarily, so long as it doesn't interfere with justice.
Can I ask why do you have a swastika as your profile picture? ThanksHave you been watching Bill Maher (JEW!), Kmo? [emoji14]
Or do you honestly think that Chuck Schumer (JEW!) - who, as a side note, is, yes, apparently related to Amy Schumer (JEW!), agrees in any substantial way with Bernie Sanders' (JEW!) economic policy proposals? You think that Dianne Feinstein (JEW!) is on the side of the economic progressives? Do you honestly think that Debbie Wasserman Schultz (JEW!) is in favor of a progressive economic agenda?
Do you honestly think that the DNC, who are beholden the economic donor class (especially the Jew infested Wall Street!) rigged the primaries against Bernie Sanders and in favor of Hillary Clinton (who gave paid speeches to Goldman Sachs, a JEWISH bank!) because they are on our side?
Do you honestly think that people like George Soros (JEW!) donate tons of cash to political causes because they want the kinds of changes that Bernie Sanders has been proposing?
Do you honestly think that the mainstream media ( ... ) all but ignored Bernie Sanders during the primaries and actively worked to promote Hillary Clinton because they are in favor...
...But I think you get my point.
I think we know whose interests the democratic party serves, and it's not ours.
Of course, the Republican party also doesn't serve our interests.
At the very least, however, it is noteworthy that Trump, about half the time, ran on an economically populist agenda. Trade tariffs, withdrawing from the various outsourcing deals (e.g., NAFTA), rebuilding our infrastructure, reinstating Glass-Steagall, universal healthcare coverage, allowing medicare to negotiate drug costs, etc. are all populist measures.
He's apparently not following up on those campaign promises.
But then, at least Donald Trump had the good sense to pay these things lip service.
Hillary Clinton and the DNC? Not so much.
You essentially told me that white people are on a pedestal and they deserve to be knocked off of that pedestal.
Do you wish to retract that sentiment?
I fail to see how this is relevant. It doesn't matter who started it or why. The simple fact remains that it exists and it's a problem.
This strikes me as such a stereotypically childish and stupid thing to say: "BUT HE STARTED IT!"
Either discrimination is permissible in principle or not.
If discrimination is permissible in principle, then you will be hard pressed to provide an actual argument against me when I tell you that the US constitution should be amended to say that only white (non-Jewish) people can be citizens and that every non citizen should be deported.
If discrimination is NOT permissible in principle, then "but it's designed to fight the effects of discrimination" is not an argument in favor of affirmative action.
Which horn of the dilemma do you want, Kmo? [emoji14]
A few thoughts on this:
1. Nothing that I've proposed is actually drastic. If anything, the economic status quo in the United States is drastic and extreme. The economic system of the United States is a draconian system which is set up to benefit and protect the J...elites and is rigged against everyone else. The United States is the only first world modern nation which does not have some version or other of single payer healthcare coverage. Many first world modern nations already have tuition free college. In fact, in Denmark, not only do students not pay for college: they get a stipend!
And while it is true that no nation has a universal minimum income, it is most certainly not a drastic or radical leftist proposal. Hayek was no progressive, and yet, he was in favor of both a universal minimum income and universal healthcare coverage.
2. I don't care about black people per se. It is certainly true that the kinds of economic reforms I am proposing would disproportionately benefit certain minority communities (e.g., black and latino communities), but that's only because those communities disproportionately tend to be poor.
Actually, if you actually cared about black people, then you should be all in favor of a UBI. If the UBI were high enough, that would serve to help break up the ghettos.
Again, ending the war on drugs and getting rid of private prisons would disproportionately help black people, but that's not why I am in favor of it.
In fact, and I'll go a step further: thinking that policies should be enacted specifically to help or harm people based on race alone (as though poor white people are somehow less deserving of aid than poor black people) is itself racist!
3. It's not an either/or thing.
Even if we didn't have a racialized multi-racial society, we would still have significant class problems which would require economic reforms to fix.
The only thing that having a racialized multi-racial society changes is that it just so happens that race often stands as a proxy for socio-economic status. It just so happens that black people and latinos are disproportionately poor.
But even if the US were inhabited solely by white people, we would still be experiencing the same kinds of problems. The only thing that would change is that white people would be living in over-policed ghettos and getting thrown in jail (likely to fill a quota) because they had a little marijuana on them.
And even if we had economic justice, a racialized multiracial society would still be a problem.
4. You understand that even if every single "alt right" person left the United States, that wouldn't solve anything, right?
The alt-right are a reaction to the rampant anti-white racism and are essentially the "right wing" "pro-white" counterpart to the various left-wing racial identitarian movements.
And really, you have no reasonable grounds to reject the alt-right, given your lack of outrage against the rampant anti-white racism of our time. Either racial identitarian movements are fine, or they are not fine. If they are fine, then the alt right is fine. If they are not fine, then BLM is not fine.
To be unconditionally in favor of one, but not the other, is only to reveal yourself as a racist.
Once someone goes the way Trad has just owning a bed sheet isn't enough. They have to wear it. It's a symptom, like fever.Can I ask why do you have a swastika as your profile picture? Thanks
Thanks for taking time away from your "JEW!" naming to strip away the previously insincere attempt to paint yourself as someone without your idol's problem.Jew infested Wall Street!
You're a regular connect the dot. lain:...But I think you get my point.
Discrimination without just cause has always been the standard.Either discrimination is permissible in principle or not.
Most of the rich in this country aren't Jews, doofus.If anything, the economic status quo in the United States is drastic and extreme. The economic system of the United States is a draconian system which is set up to benefit and protect the J...elites and is rigged against everyone else.
Do the rational a favor and don't come out for anything helpful. It muddies both of our messages.The United States is the only first world modern nation which does not have some version or other of single payer healthcare coverage. Many first world modern nations already have tuition free college. In fact, in Denmark, not only do students not pay for college: they get a stipend!
Thanks for clearing that up [/sarcasm].2. I don't care about black people per se.
Like Rip Torn asking if something is a little over the top.That doesn't strike you as a racist sentiment?
So you think the problem with Jews is a mirror of your white people problem.That, however, is not, I think, the kind of in-group preference that Jews broadly have. Jews don't just have an in-group preference for their Jewish family members. They have an in-group preference for Jews, broadly speaking.
Town Heretic said:Discrimination without just cause has always been the standard.
Most of the rich in this country aren't Jews, doofus.
Do the rational a favor and don't come out for anything helpful. It muddies both of our messages.
Thanks for clearing that up [/sarcasm].
So you think the problem with Jews is a mirror of your white people problem.
Not for your cause, no. Racism isn't a rational state interest for depriving anyone of equality before the law. We feel so strongly about being clear on the point of racism that as a compact we literally amended the Constitution to make sure everyone of the people like you understood that.Great.
The right to dream a racist dream aloud has nothing to do with arguments that commence the moment you attempt to move beyond espousing the idea.Then you have no argument against my saying that only white people should be US citizens and that all non-whites should be deported
I appreciate your admitting my notice, that the overwhelming majority of those empowered by wealth are like my father and not like the boogieman of your rich if twisted fantasy life.Last I checked, roughly 18% of the top 1% are Jews.
You mean it's impressively disproportionate. Over representation implies an unfairness that you can't demonstrate.Not 1 in 500, which, according to Nihilo, would be proportional to their population. Not 1 in 50, which would be a vast over-representation already. No. Almost 1 in 5.
Bigoted jackassery noted. But really, you had that at the swastika.And as for the rest: they might as well be Jews. They largely act like Jews.
There's nothing rational in your advance beyond sentence structure, Trad.I find it amusing that people are so willing to identify "rational" with "opinions that I consider acceptable."
What I care about is a life lived within the rational application of right and the defense of that among men. That means occasionally dealing with people like you, who wrap their personal demons in the appearance of reason to advance madness.If you care about black people qua black people, that by definition is racism and runs contrary to liberal principles.
See, that's you avoiding the petard you're hoisting yourself on.Do you deny that Jews tend to live in places where there are higher concentrations of Jews?
Do you deny that Jews tend to live in places where there are higher concentrations of Jews?
And do you know that most Mennonites live around other Mennonites? How about how the Amish live in Amish communities? How about the great slums of New York where there were Puerto Rican, black, Italian, Irish, etc... neighborhoods? Where I have lived there were Mexican neighborhoods too. Like congregates with like. That's simply human nature, not evidence of some type of evil. Your reasoning falls far short of knowledge and rational thinking.
If you honestly believe that in-group preference is human nature (I'm actually not sure that it is), then how is that not an argument AGAINST having multiracial/multiethnic/multicultural societies?
If you think that in-group preference is human nature, then you should agree with me when I say that we should have a white ethnostate.
... Or do you honestly think that Chuck Schumer (JEW!) - who, as a side note, is, yes, apparently related to Amy Schumer (JEW!), agrees in any substantial way with Bernie Sanders' (JEW!) economic policy proposals? You think that Dianne Feinstein (JEW!) is on the side of the economic progressives? Do you honestly think that Debbie Wasserman Schultz (JEW!) is in favor of a progressive economic agenda?
Do you honestly think that the DNC, who are beholden the economic donor class (especially the Jew infested Wall Street!) rigged the primaries against Bernie Sanders and in favor of Hillary Clinton (who gave paid speeches to Goldman Sachs, a JEWISH bank!) because they are on our side?
Do you honestly think that people like George Soros (JEW!) donate tons of cash to political causes because they want the kinds of changes that Bernie Sanders has been proposing?
Do you honestly think that the mainstream media ( ... ) all but ignored Bernie Sanders during the primaries and actively worked to promote Hillary Clinton because they are in favor...
These communities seem to exist to provide support for new citizens. When you are new to a country and poor, it's hard to live surrounded by folks who do not share your culture.If you honestly believe that in-group preference is human nature (I'm actually not sure that it is), then how is that not an argument AGAINST having multiracial/multiethnic/multicultural societies?
If you think that in-group preference is human nature, then you should agree with me when I say that we should have a white ethnostate.
If you honestly believe that in-group preference is human nature (I'm actually not sure that it is), then how is that not an argument AGAINST having multiracial/multiethnic/multicultural societies?
If you think that in-group preference is human nature, then you should agree with me when I say that we should have a white ethnostate.
Yeah, you're a Nazi. I get it....But I think you get my point.
If you think the GOP is more likely to pass the stuff you want then you're kidding yourself, whatever Trump talked about during his campaign.I think we know whose interests the democratic party serves, and it's not ours.
Of course, the Republican party also doesn't serve our interests.
At the very least, however, it is noteworthy that Trump, about half the time, ran on an economically populist agenda. Trade tariffs, withdrawing from the various outsourcing deals (e.g., NAFTA), rebuilding our infrastructure, reinstating Glass-Steagall, universal healthcare coverage, allowing medicare to negotiate drug costs, etc. are all populist measures.
He's apparently not following up on those campaign promises.
But then, at least Donald Trump had the good sense to pay these things lip service.
Hillary Clinton and the DNC? Not so much.
I didn't mean each and every white person.You essentially told me that white people are on a pedestal and they deserve to be knocked off of that pedestal.
Do you wish to retract that sentiment?
I agree that it isn't really an argument. It was mostly an observation. You say it was childish on my part but that's exactly what I was trying to say about you. We've had an identity driven society for a while and now when there is some push back against white people you get outraged and want to create a white state.I fail to see how this is relevant. It doesn't matter who started it or why. The simple fact remains that it exists and it's a problem.
This strikes me as such a stereotypically childish and stupid thing to say: "BUT HE STARTED IT!"
Either discrimination is permissible in principle or not.
If discrimination is permissible in principle, then you will be hard pressed to provide an actual argument against me when I tell you that the US constitution should be amended to say that only white (non-Jewish) people can be citizens and that every non citizen should be deported.
If discrimination is NOT permissible in principle, then "but it's designed to fight the effects of discrimination" is not an argument in favor of affirmative action.
I didn't mean 'drastic' in a bad way. I simply meant that it would be significantly different from what we do now.A few thoughts on this:
1. Nothing that I've proposed is actually drastic. If anything, the economic status quo in the United States is drastic and extreme. The economic system of the United States is a draconian system which is set up to benefit and protect the J...elites and is rigged against everyone else. The United States is the only first world modern nation which does not have some version or other of single payer healthcare coverage. Many first world modern nations already have tuition free college. In fact, in Denmark, not only do students not pay for college: they get a stipend!
And while it is true that no nation has a universal minimum income, it is most certainly not a drastic or radical leftist proposal. Hayek was no progressive, and yet, he was in favor of both a universal minimum income and universal healthcare coverage.
I worded that poorly. I didn't mean that you would enact those policies in order to help black people. In fact, I'd expect you to view that as an unfortunate side effect. lain:2. I don't care about black people per se. It is certainly true that the kinds of economic reforms I am proposing would disproportionately benefit certain minority communities (e.g., black and latino communities), but that's only because those communities disproportionately tend to be poor.
Actually, if you actually cared about black people, then you should be all in favor of a UBI. If the UBI were high enough, that would serve to help break up the ghettos.
Again, ending the war on drugs and getting rid of private prisons would disproportionately help black people, but that's not why I am in favor of it.
In fact, and I'll go a step further: thinking that policies should be enacted specifically to help or harm people based on race alone (as though poor white people are somehow less deserving of aid than poor black people) is itself racist!
First, I don't think you've shown 'rampant anti-white racism.The alt-right are a reaction to the rampant anti-white racism and are essentially the "right wing" "pro-white" counterpart to the various left-wing racial identitarian movements.
And really, you have no reasonable grounds to reject the alt-right, given your lack of outrage against the rampant anti-white racism of our time. Either racial identitarian movements are fine, or they are not fine. If they are fine, then the alt right is fine. If they are not fine, then BLM is not fine.
To be unconditionally in favor of one, but not the other, is only to reveal yourself as a racist.
Yeah, you're a Nazi. I get it.
if you think the GOP is more likely to pass the stuff you want then you're kidding yourself, whatever Trump talked about during his campaign.
I didn't mean each and every white person.
I agree that it isn't really an argument. It was mostly an observation. You say it was childish on my part but that's exactly what I was trying to say about you. We've had an identity driven society for a while
and now when there is some push back against white people you get outraged and want to create a white state.
I think some of it could depend on how the AA is working in practice. It doesn't have to be an HR person choosing a black person over a white person because they are black. It wouldn't even have to be an internship program that explicity denies white people admittance. Maybe you simply have outreach to underserved communities that are largely minority. You may look at that as the same thing but I wouldn't.
I worded that poorly. I didn't mean that you would enact those policies in order to help black people. In fact, I'd expect you to view that as an unfortunate side effect. lain:
First, I don't think you've shown 'rampant anti-white racism.
Second, earlier I did say that I agree with some of your criticisms. An example would be some of the cultural appropriation claims that occur.
Third, since you singled out BLM, I support BLM in general but I don't think it's exactly comparable to the alt-right movement. The foundation of BLM is simply to fix some racial injustices that occur.
I don't think you can say the same thing about alt-right. It seems to be much more intertwined with white nationalists and neo-nazis. Putting whites above everyone else, sometimes violently.