Are we being deliberately torn apart?

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(This is not off topic, the internet is where we get virtually all of the information we seek
therefore, it is a format for our opinions.)

The Internet is the bane of our times.
Information Highway(?) or the Road to Hell is Paved by those hate mongers, muckrakers
that we have given a voice tooon the Internet and Satellite TV.
 

Sunny said:
See, there you go, Annie. "Slam from the left?" You're already denegrating it without even knowing "who that is," because I posted it? Perfect example of exactly what I am talking about.

(I went back and reread what you originally wrote, Annie, and I probably overreacted. But "slam from the left" really does sound pretty nasty. You are probably one of the less polarized people who post on this forum.)
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I thought about not wording it that way, but I did it deliberately because it seemed to be one of those let-me-sneak-this-in sort of things.

Appreciate you characterizing me as less polarized even after that!!! I always get 'moderate' or 'libertarian' on political quizzes. I lean to the right of moderate on some issues but there are a lot of issues perceived as left-leaning that I identify with.

After undergrad in the 80s (where I got involved in a uber conservative Calvinist denomination because the people in that particular campus group were really nice which I didn't realize were uncharacteristic of many in that denomination). I moved to Jackson MS and actually attended the church, lived it the neighborhood referenced in The Help. But I never could quite swallow the whole thing and it was not good for my mental health.

Following grad school in another town, I moved back to Jackson and tried to pick up where I'd left off but just couldn't do it anymore. I deliberately sought out an inner city Methodist church that made the deliberate decision to stand against 'white flight' and different colored people with different views came together there to do a lot of good things. There were a lot of people in recovery and I'd joke that I was a recovering Pharisee, but I really meant it and they knew I did and loved me just like all the other broken people. Politically, most of the members were left if not far left but that was okay. I had erred on the side of law too long and if they erred sometimes on the side of tolerance, it was something I needed to learn.

But there wasn't always tolerance there and our pastor was wise enough to point it out to us. He said it's easy to get self-righteous while pointing fingers at the self-righteous.

From there and a lot more continued soul-searching and questioning, I'm kinda sorta a Christian Agnostic and a moderate. Dunno where I'll wind up because I hope I never quit questioning.

Sorry for the derail into personal stuff, but I wanted you to know that if I come across as less polarized (again, thank you!), it hasn't always been that way and it's something I have to work at ...thankfully I enjoy it!
 
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Aunt Bea said:
IMO China is the only country on earth that takes the long view.

China works quietly and methodically to advance its position around the world.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/18/world/asia/world-built-by-china.html

I think that the internet pranksters/terrorists/influencers share common goals and strategies but are not in any way organized or backed by one country or group.

IMO it's up to each of us to think for ourselves and be skeptical of anything we see or hear these days.
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Agreed with all of the above! China stands to gain economically as the US rips itself apart. If they can ever knock the dollar out as the world reserve currency, they won't even have to fight a traditional war against us. Dividing us is a great strategy in the long view for lowering our world standing.
 

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Aunt Bea
China's generational view is something learned in their history.
We have a problem, we will work on resolving it, but if it remains without a solution,
my children will work on it, my grandchildren and their children.
We will work on a solution during schisms, wars,...A concept foreign to the Western
World.
 
AnnieA said:
Agreed with all of the above! China stands to gain economically as the US rips itself apart. If they can ever knock the dollar out as the world reserve currency, they won't even have to fight a traditional war against us.
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IMO we are knocking out the dollar with all of the COVID19 stimulus money we are putting into circulation.

When we increase the money supply the dollar falls in value against the currency of other nations around the world.

Our dollar-denominated exports, real estate, stock, bonds, etc... become cheaper and easier to afford on the world market.

This creates a short term boom while we put our nation on sale at bargain prices for others.

On the flip side, everything that we import becomes more expensive.

IMO we should slow down the printing presses and tighten our belts before it is too late.
 
Pepper said:
I could see it @Sunny. Looks like W. Not sure it's supposed to.
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It's Putin. And he's holding a model of Air Force One.

It was Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO every Friday), who identifies as a liberal, but is against political correctness. And his guest, who suggested this theory as "the only thing that makes sense," is none other than Jim Carrey! (Before you start laughing, yes, he's a nutty actor, but he's also a very successful political cartoonist and political commentator.) The cartoon clearly implicates Russia, but he also mentioned China. Try as I may, I can't see any flaws in his theory.
 
I watched that show. I enjoyed it. I forgot it.
 

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