Post B5CnFdcZCltSHY59V2 by apropos@fsebugoutzone.org
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 (DIR) Post #B5CnFdcZCltSHY59V2 by apropos@fsebugoutzone.org
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       The dark humor of the situation is that a deal was scuttled over vain hopes to save the petrodollar, which is already bleeding out and doomed. A realistic, non-delusional, non-propagandized US would've accepted ANY deal. US leaders who cared at all about Americans would've just released all the Epstein files as a distraction from the war and let that less chaos consume the failed elites.A loss is not a permanent thing, if you simply take it. A taken loss can be motivational, cleansing. You can shake off the rust and unrealistic ambitions, and aim for something new. The US just went to the moon and there are absolutely incredible riches in near space, and new military prospects too. What you want on Earth, you can actually buy. It's not actually cheaper to steal. Empires should be treated like a temporary embarrassment caused by surrounding weak states, and not a goal or a thing to care about maintaining. Empires destroy the core population, as happened in Rome and is happening now in US. America would be better off without an empire, and if the loss had simply been taken it'd even shortly be more respected and safer. The Democrats might've even crucified Trump's administration well enough to discourage some of the long-term Iranian vengeance.Well, nothing's guaranteed. Trump could just do - nothing. That would be nice.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5CnFeFYrn5MEUKIHQ by SPRENGLARF@fsebugoutzone.org
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       @apropos Convert to Islam while there's still time!!!
       
 (DIR) Post #B5CnFeZlefFTF9mQm8 by apropos@fsebugoutzone.org
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       @SPRENGLARF I'm right-handed so I don't like RTL writing systems.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5CnFekkzo2TnEvCu8 by SPRENGLARF@fsebugoutzone.org
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       @apropos Thats your only gripe? 🤣
       
 (DIR) Post #B5CnFexWEMFOQotOnQ by apropos@fsebugoutzone.org
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       @SPRENGLARF if a key doesn't fit a lock, it can be a very small difference, it doesn't need be a completely different lock.Shiite Islam is tolerant of Christians anyway.There's an interesting pattern of religions breaking up intoa. appreciation for the Creator and the natural order of the universe that was created for usb. a belief in celestial contract magic, in demons that can be cheated and fooled into exploitationThe first is like a farmer who learns how the world works and works with it to grow crops, and is mostly concerned about disasters and pests that invade to fuck things up. The latter is like a bandit who learns how best to raid the farms and enslave the farmers, and is mostly concerned about missing a loophole or a mark.And I think you can probably find this division in any big religion. Maybe Shia/Sunni is (a)/(b). Maybe there are overlooked cults of (a) Jews and they aren't all (b). Some Protestants clearly come off as (b).
       
 (DIR) Post #B5CnNiEnvLZSuvokW8 by apropos@fsebugoutzone.org
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       @SPRENGLARF probably not a good thing to talk about on Orthodox Easter, but consider Mormonism.Mormons believe in Jesus Christ. The official name of the church even has "Jesus Christ" in it. But Mormons mean something wildly different by "Jesus Christ", so it's a very common Christian take that Mormons are really not Christians at all. You can find similar words, similar traditions, a shared recent history - but the meaning is different and the relationship with the universe is different.Now consider the opposite problem: there's a group that has the same meanings, but uses different words. You describe Jesus Christ at length without naming him, and this group says "oh yeah! I know who you're talking about!" and then names some other guy.Which group do you consider more to be your brother? I think a farmer is more my brother than a bandit no matter the words and symbols the bandit uses, because the bandit's relationship with the world is completely alien to mine. If you walk into a church and the pastor is teaching that you can transfer your sins to a chicken and fool God, I don't think "well at least they have a nice Easter display."Of course I would prefer to have the right words as well. I'm just talking idly. I wouldn't convert to Islam even after being taught how to get ink on the edge of my hand.