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9 votes
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American gerontocracy: Typically, congressional representatives are 20 years older than their constituents. We must have lawmakers who look like the people they represent
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Americans here: what is right wing, what is left wing?
I know that I might be opening a can of worms, so please allow me to start my post with a request to not create deep comment chains with back-and-forth unproductive discussion. Let's do it...
I know that I might be opening a can of worms, so please allow me to start my post with a request to not create deep comment chains with back-and-forth unproductive discussion. Let's do it scientific-ish, and share our answers as top-level comments that expose our perception, thoughs and answer. If you disagree an answer, post a toplevel comment that exposes your view, instead of direct refutals to individual comments. I believe that's a more productive approach.
The right-left distinction in US politics is quite different to what it is in other parts of the world. Your right wing politics supports free speech for example, which in most parts of the world is an oxymoron. Could you explain me which ideas and stances are classified as right wing and which left wing in the US politics? Please read the above request before responding, I really don't want to start a political flame war and would be sorry if this turned into such a thing and became a burden on the mod(s).
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Brett Kavanaugh and the information terrorists trying to reshape America
17 votes -
US Senator Ben Sasse (r) on #MeToo, judicial nominations, and bad faith political arguments
7 votes -
The future of war will be ‘liked’
6 votes -
Brett Kavanaugh’s 1983 letter offers inside look at US high school clique
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How game design transformed Hillary for America's supporter engagement
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‘The trauma for a man’: American male fury and fear rises in GOP in defense of Brett Kavanaugh
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Russia 'tried to hack Foreign Office', says British diplomat
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Architect of Paris climate accord says Morrison government's emissions stance is 'anti-science'
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Is whitewashing a two way street?
I was recently watching this video about whitewashing in films, and it started me on a chain of thoughts that I'm slightly confused about. I'd like to get some alternative viewpoints on the...
I was recently watching this video about whitewashing in films, and it started me on a chain of thoughts that I'm slightly confused about. I'd like to get some alternative viewpoints on the matter, to hopefully clear up some issues I'm having.
In this video, the person presenting the opinion goes on to define whitewashing as:
[...] when Hollywood takes a character who is a person of colour in the source material, and casts a white actor for the final portrayal we see on screen.
This definition is good, and I agree with it. I can also clearly see how "Whitewashing" is a problem. However, later on in the video she says:
But this thing some people like to call "Blackwashing", is not a problem. It's not even a thing.
This is what I have trouble agreeing with. If we take the definition provided for whitewashing as a good source, how can "blackwashing" not be the opposite, where a person of colour plays a traditionally white character?
She provides some examples from comic book movies, such as Nick Fury from the MCU. I think that Samuel L. Jackson does a great performance as Fury in all the MCU films; I wouldn't cast any other actor for the part. However, I do have a problem accepting that "Whitewashing" is a problem, but "Blackwashing" is not. Logically, would not either one or both of these be a problem? I'd love to hear what everyone thinks about this, as I'm pretty clearly confused myself.
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The Supreme Court doesn't need nine justices. It needs twenty-seven
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The ideology of "Homaitism"
don't know exactly what to title this so that'll do. this is maybe a topic that could fit in ~talk but since it's something i came up with i'll put it here for now. move if necessary. i also don't...
don't know exactly what to title this so that'll do. this is maybe a topic that could fit in ~talk but since it's something i came up with i'll put it here for now. move if necessary. i also don't know if it will "work" in the sense that it'll generate a discussion, but we'll see. never know until you try.
anyways, i am a writer at heart and to put a long story short one of the more interesting concepts i have going on is the social/political ideology of "homaitism", an ideology which at is core opposes property entirely and seeks to establish shared ownership of everything in a society. in a more Wikipedian serse, i think this best describes the ideas at play here:
[Homaitism is] the general term applied to a collection of far-left political philosophies and ideologies which, broadly speaking, reject the ideas of property ownership and sometimes small government. Many Homaitist schools of thought advocate the establishment of a large social net, the socialization of the most important services in a society (such as those of fire, police, healthcare, and so on), and the formation of a government which serves most if not all of the needs of its people. Others resolve that this is incompatible with a Homaitist society and suggest a more communal organization to society, in which groups are formed voluntarily on the basis of need rather than through the establishment of a state authority.
i think it goes without saying that there are some significant flaws in this idea, which is primarily what i want to explore. my main questions here that i'd be interested to hear people's responses to about this, if there's anything to be said (which maybe there's not? dunno):
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what impression you get from that as an idea. far too utopian? far too many holes to be viable? impractical but not impossible? possible on a certain level? things like that.
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are there reservations or flaws you see beyond the obvious questions of whether this is utopian or in any way viable?
other comments about the general idea here are also welcome (especially if you think some of these ideas are dumb and contradictory and/or would not work together at all). if people don't think this is enough to go off of i'll try to post some of the more detailed writings/sketches i have which elaborate on it more.
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Changes for automakers, dairy farmers, labor unions and large corporations headline the renegotiated USMCA, which is poised to replace NAFTA
16 votes -
What Brett Kavanaugh’s drinking tells us about his credibility
19 votes -
Anti-transgender legislation devastates trans children — even when it fails
9 votes -
Australian states and territories agree to axe 'tampon tax'
10 votes -
Travellers to New Zealand refusing digital search now face NZ$5000 Customs fine at border
15 votes -
Will Florida’s ex-felons finally regain the right to vote? A referendum on the November ballot in Florida would re-enfranchise 1.5 million citizens.
21 votes -
How we know Brett Kavanaugh is lying
52 votes -
The banality of Brett Kavanaugh
19 votes -
Brett Kavanaugh clerk hire casts light on link to US judge forced to quit in #MeToo era
6 votes -
Was Hitler a socialist? A response to a common argument
11 votes -
A graphic history of the rise of the Nazis
8 votes -
ABC board members appointed by Communications Minister Mitch Fifield despite being rejected by merit-based panel
3 votes -
White House limits scope of the FBI's investigation into the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh
13 votes -
Massive protest against fascist presidential candidate Bolsonaro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
13 votes -
Kavanagh vote delayed one week for FBI probe
29 votes -
The Kavanaugh hearings show how race affects our willingness to forgive bad teen behavior
19 votes -
US House committee votes to release Trump-Russia transcripts
8 votes -
Watch live: Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate hearing
18 votes -
US President Donald Trump’s UN press conference, annotated
12 votes -
'Rank socialism': Facebook removes senator's official page over hate speech
8 votes -
Putin's 'tourist' accused of nerve agent attack turns out to be a highly decorated Russian intelligence officer
14 votes -
US President Donald Trump urges world to reject globalism in UN speech that draws mocking laughter
36 votes -
Needy Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan changes tune on Berlin
10 votes -
Full text of Christine Blasey Ford's opening statement for US Senate hearing
8 votes -
Rod Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General, is expected to leave job
15 votes -
The real identity of one of the Salisbury Novichok poisoning suspects is revealed by an investigative website
7 votes -
EU, China and Russia in move to sidestep US sanctions on Iran
7 votes -
A Supreme Court case over the dual-sovereignty doctrine could expand Presidential pardon power
6 votes -
These are all the foods being affected by Donald Trump’s US trade war
4 votes -
The Maldives has another shot at democracy – but it needs help. At last, the violent rule of Abdulla Yameen is over. But the nation has a long way to go if it is to restore trust in its institutions.
7 votes -
Scott Morrison calls for new national day to recognise Indigenous people
8 votes -
How Russia helped swing the election for Trump
13 votes -
The Unlikely, Obvious Solution to the Trade War
7 votes -
Goths for Trump - Inside the unholy alliance of goth culture and radical right politics
8 votes -
The influence game: How to access power in Australia.
4 votes -
Senate Democrats investigate a new allegation of sexual misconduct from Brett Kavanaugh’s college years
15 votes