Liberals: "It's not a real problem, you're just perceiving it incorrectly." X 4000
GnastyGnuts
joined 4 years ago
God bless China.
If we can economically ruin Europe over Ukraine, maybe we can get a bunch of European immigrants coming to the US for work?
That's John Mearsheimer's big case for immigration. He talks about how developed countries get that "inverted pyramid" demographic spread (lots of old people, low birthrate, fewer young people) and how immigration is actually America's edge over China and Russia in that regard.
America pisses it away, again.
Dumbass country reaps what it sows, continues to be ginormous dumbass country.
Mace (technically a brand, the generic term is "OC-spray") is very good as a non-lethal self-defense option. Don't let weird myths about "immunity" fool you either, 99% of people are very much not immune to that shit.
Wrestling / BJJ and boxing, with an emphasis on defensive skills (footwork, head movement, stopping takedowns, clearing collar-ties, getting up quickly, etc.).
The value of unarmed self defense in a world with weapons is that you aren't guaranteed a clean draw of your weapon, so having something to bridge the gap can be helpful. That's really all though -- beyond that weapons are entirely superior, with a little asterisk next to knives because it's too easy for a stronger person to turn your own knife against you.
I think there's something to say about people getting lost a bit in the day-to-day stories and details. Whatever the most recent story is, is not always the most important thing in the course of the overall conflict.
It's happened several times with Ukraine as well. People's brains are too wired for immediacy when it comes to things that take a (miserably) long time to shake out.
Looking back, 2016 basically went the way it should have, in a pop-karma / moral sense.
World's easiest re-paint to just turn each person in the left panels into a chud.
My personal favorite from the Eugene Dabs collection.