Tipote said:

The Ecstatic said:

Bigbadwooof said:

The Ecstatic said:

I doubt anyone will actually read it, but im halfway through an excellent book by Andrew Bacevich called The War For The Greater Middle East.

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I always find myself buying books, and then realizing I don't have time to read books. I think modern technology has made me too ADD to just sit and read also. I just feel too stressed and anxious all the time... can't focus.

I've wanted to read several books you've posted. Especially Thomas Piketty. Blech >.<

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Dont fret young buck! They make audiobooks for practically everything now.

Check out audible.com or squarespace.com

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never heard of square space.. but audible is great. you can listen to the reading of the book while doing other stuff.

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Squarespace is basically the same thing. And yeah, i keep headphones in at work, i can blaze through a couple books a week. Its great.

qman said:

Not on this debate, the vast majority of US citizens believe in national sovereignty, secure borders, legal citizenship, legal immigration, and maintaining law.

I'm afraid it's people like yourself that have this "pie in the sky" outlook on national sovereignty that are in the minority.

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my3rdeye said:

qman said:

Not on this debate, the vast majority of US citizens believe in national sovereignty, secure borders, legal citizenship, legal immigration, and maintaining law.

I'm afraid it's people like yourself that have this "pie in the sky" outlook on national sovereignty that are in the minority.

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Yes all the angry white guys want to maintain that status quo on the stolen land you occupy. Secure borders is another way of saying you are racist. No matter how much you try to rile everyone up no one cares about the border. Borders are made up nonsense, it's something you need to believe in but cannot see. It also allows you to keep the worlds problems out. Tough shit you people created all the third world problems, I hope you have to pay for the welfare of 50 million fat illegal mexicans.

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"stolen land you occupy"

All land on this planet was fought over at one point in history, conquest is a part of human nature.

"Secure borders is another way of saying your racist"

So most of the world's governments are "racist" according to your warped logic.

"no one cares about the border"

Borders exist for a reason, it's not because "no one cares".

"you people created all of the third world problems"

  No, the third world creates most of their own problems and if it wasn't for the developed world they would be in even worst shape.

night_shift said:

qman said:

night_shift said:

On this day, 71 years ago, Nazi Germany ceased to exist. Some seem so tempted to follow the footsteps, it's amazing.

С днем победы!

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If Germany wasn't flooded with over a million refugees in the last few years, the recent rise of Nazism would have never taken place.

We can thank people with your border less mentality for that fact, the real world isn't one big hippie fest.

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No. You get national socialism when you combine nationalism with socialism. See? It is really this simple.

For best results:

Start off with an economy that produces massive social inequality, divide the people based on their belonging to the nation or not (criteria may vary) and voila. I get it your solution is to remove the not belonging people from the equation? I wonder who else came up with the same brilliant idea?!

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qman said:

They also didn't have a religion that made their assimilation almost impossible to accomplish, you're talking apples and oranges.

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Tipote said:

the world needs to move beyond nationalism and borders but I dont think we are there yet. We need to be able to make decisions on a global scale as the world is an interconnected place. Sealing our borders and pretending something outside those borders can't hurt us is naive. Why not contribute to a global system where its not zero sum? Where cooperation shows that we have more interest in working together. Why not move away from an economy that says we can dump toxic waste into some countries and treat citizens of one country like slaves while all the jobs and the wealth are in others. The rich countries are like gated communities with the naive idea that you can fuck up the rest of the world and sit back insulated from all that shit.

It should be in the interest of rich countries to genuinely help poorer countries to develop. People won't want to leave their countries to come to yours for jobs if they can just work in their own countries. Elimination of poverty, tackling climate change, universal energy system - all of which will take the sting out of immigration, will help manage global population better and provide clean energy for the planet.

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qman said:

night_shift said:

qman said:

night_shift said:

On this day, 71 years ago, Nazi Germany ceased to exist. Some seem so tempted to follow the footsteps, it's amazing.

С днем победы!

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If Germany wasn't flooded with over a million refugees in the last few years, the recent rise of Nazism would have never taken place.

We can thank people with your border less mentality for that fact, the real world isn't one big hippie fest.

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No. You get national socialism when you combine nationalism with socialism. See? It is really this simple.

For best results:

Start off with an economy that produces massive social inequality, divide the people based on their belonging to the nation or not (criteria may vary) and voila. I get it your solution is to remove the not belonging people from the equation? I wonder who else came up with the same brilliant idea?!

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The Jews weren't flooding into Germany by the millions and demanding free food, shelter, education, and health care. They also didn't have a religion that made their assimilation almost impossible to accomplish, you're talking apples and oranges.

Also, the wealth inequality was the complete opposite, if was the native German's that were on a shitty end of the stick.

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Tipote said:

qman said:

They also didn't have a religion that made their assimilation almost impossible to accomplish, you're talking apples and oranges.

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What is it about islam that makes "assimilation almost impossible" in a secular West?

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night_shift said:

qman said:

night_shift said:

On this day, 71 years ago, Nazi Germany ceased to exist. Some seem so tempted to follow the footsteps, it's amazing.

С днем победы!

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If Germany wasn't flooded with over a million refugees in the last few years, the recent rise of Nazism would have never taken place.

We can thank people with your border less mentality for that fact, the real world isn't one big hippie fest.

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No. You get national socialism when you combine nationalism with socialism. See? It is really this simple.

For best results:

Start off with an economy that produces massive social inequality, divide the people based on their belonging to the nation or not (criteria may vary) and voila. I get it your solution is to remove the not belonging people from the equation? I wonder who else came up with the same brilliant idea?!

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The Ecstatic said:

Bigbadwooof said:

The Ecstatic said:

I doubt anyone will actually read it, but im halfway through an excellent book by Andrew Bacevich called The War For The Greater Middle East.

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I always find myself buying books, and then realizing I don't have time to read books. I think modern technology has made me too ADD to just sit and read also. I just feel too stressed and anxious all the time... can't focus.

I've wanted to read several books you've posted. Especially Thomas Piketty. Blech >.<

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Dont fret young buck! They make audiobooks for practically everything now.

Check out audible.com or squarespace.com

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Bubbles85 said:

Number 1, where did i say any thing about it being a problem? I didn't, thats your perception

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Bubbles85 said:

The reason i stated that a large Muslim population in London, will have played a major role in this guy being elected major, is because it is the truth.
Do you not think it is not within the Muslim population of London's interest, to have a fellow Muslim in such a position? Of course it is, only an idiot would think other wise.

Twist my words and try to mock all you like, you're only making your self look foolish.

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qman said:

Tipote said:

qman said:

They also didn't have a religion that made their assimilation almost impossible to accomplish, you're talking apples and oranges.

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What is it about islam that makes "assimilation almost impossible" in a secular West?

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I think you already know the answer to that question.

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qman said:

"the EU was on the verge of collapse BEFORE this migrant crisis"

Really?  When, why, how?

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Tipote said:

qman said:

Tipote said:

qman said:

They also didn't have a religion that made their assimilation almost impossible to accomplish, you're talking apples and oranges.

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What is it about islam that makes "assimilation almost impossible" in a secular West?

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I think you already know the answer to that question.

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I wouldn't be asking otherwise. Please educate me then, qman.

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Do you really think many of their homophobic, sexist (anti-women), and anti-Christian views of the world mix well with the liberal Western culture?

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qman said:

Tipote said:

qman said:

Tipote said:

What is it about islam that makes "assimilation almost impossible" in a secular West?

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I think you already know the answer to that question.

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I wouldn't be asking otherwise. Please educate me then, qman.

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Do you really think many of their homophobic, sexist (anti-women), and anti-Christian views of the world mix well with the liberal Western culture?  Why do they alienate themselves so much within the EU if those mix so well?

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