shawn1122
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- Comment on Is it gay to have pleasurable sex with your wife? 4 hours ago:
I think they just romanticize Western antiquity which very much saw sex as a manifestation of power and control rather than an expression of an intimate connection.
- Comment on Is it gay to have pleasurable sex with your wife? 4 hours ago:
Damn didn’t know Lemmy drafted Aristotle. Another win for the Fediverse.
- Comment on DEI4All 5 days ago:
DEI isn’t a hiring quota. That’s a widely held misconception. It’s purpose identify hidden biases and expanding oppurtunity. Employers may run outreach or mentorship programs, and set realistic goals to give under‑represented folks get better access to hiring consideration, while still selecting based on merit.
- Comment on The Economist on using phrenology for hiring and lending decisions: "Some might argue that face-based analysis is more meritocratic" […] "For people without access to credit, that could be a blessing" 6 days ago:
The goal here is to go back to a world where such racial hieraechies are accepted but without human accountability. This way you are subjugated arbitrarily but hey the computer said so, so what can we do about it?
- Comment on I'm coming for you 1 week ago:
Wheres the paneer though?
- Comment on With how shitty some Christians are, you really have to wonder if Lucifer or Satan is truly "evil" 2 weeks ago:
The Old Testament is a monotheistically rebranded Epic of Gilgamesh. A lot of the themes were borrowed adapted and rebranded from there and other literature are the time. Even the monotheistic Jewish God was initially given the title of the supreme God in the Canaanite pantheon (El).
The Old Testament is a time capsule from 5000 years ago. There are some general concepts that can apply to a modern moral life but if you tried to follow everything it says in life today, it would be problematic.
The clear message in the Old Testament is one of God as the absolute and final authority. Its very clear that the message is one to keep people in check. Theres often bending of the rules and some degree of favoritism towards God’s chosen ones. Does not give off an egalitarian vibe but religion is generally not meant for that. Its generally meant to reinforce hierarchical structures (and to get people to accept them even if they are low in the hierarchy out of fear of God).
- Comment on Why isn't the rest of the world doing anything about the USA? 2 weeks ago:
When theres 195 countries and they only male up 4% of the global population? Yes.
- Comment on Why isn't the rest of the world doing anything about the USA? 2 weeks ago:
The US is small on a global scale but certainly big enough to destroy the world.
- Comment on Why isn't the rest of the world doing anything about the USA? 2 weeks ago:
The US certainly punches above its weight economically and militaristically. But its population is still a fraction of the global population and while it has wealth and lots of weapons, the rest of the world absolutely does have a say in how important we let it be.
- Comment on Why isn't the rest of the world doing anything about the USA? 2 weeks ago:
The US was already mildly disliked for that general civilian arrogance but most Canadians overlooked it say 15 to 20 years ago. Now when American arrogance is recognized, its seen as unequivocally contentious vs. being harmlessly obnoxious.
I’ve met several Americans that seemed to think the financial might of Wall St or the sacred reverence with which they hold their constitution somehow made their existence more meaningful, fulfilling or even valid. They had the genuine belief that everyone wanted to be in their position even though their specific material circumstances were often worse and their priorities were warped in many ways.
From a Canadian perspective I might have put my hand on their shoulder and said “Cool”. Now I’d put my hand on their shoulder and say “You’re stupid” which is many ways more grace than some deserve.
- Comment on Why isn't the rest of the world doing anything about the USA? 2 weeks ago:
It will take the US decades to rebuild trust. Its more likely the country decays some sort of hypercapitalist modern flavored feudalism with water slaves dying in the streets before other countries put long term trust in the US again.
- Comment on Why isn't the rest of the world doing anything about the USA? 2 weeks ago:
Its not just the Western world.
America defined the new world order after world war 2.
They accrued 75% of the worlds golds reserves selling weapons to allies during WW2.
This allowed them to peg the dollar to gold under the Breton Woods system, allowing their currency to become the global reserve currency.
The rest is history.
- Comment on "What is the oldest country in the world that still exists?" is a Ship of Theseus problem. 2 weeks ago:
There are Americans that believe the US is one of the oldest countries in the world ie. if you start counting from when nation-states became a thing. Its a super hilarious question from an Indian, Chinese or African perspective.
- Comment on What if reincarnation is real, but you were probably plankton in your last life, so you don’t remember anything anyway? 3 weeks ago:
Sounds like Advaita Vedanta from Hindusim which itself led to Brahminism’s concept of oneness or the Brahman.
Always fascinating to see Eastern spirituality’s influence on philosophy.
- Comment on Yum 3 weeks ago:
Syphilis?
- Comment on I don't think so 3 weeks ago:
Is white a unifying culture in anyway? Wouldn’t calling it European make more sense?
- Comment on The bourgeoisie could technically unintentionally end capitalism... 4 weeks ago:
Can you expand on this thought using a hypothetical supply chain? Land and resources would still hold monetary value even if the value of human labor has been vanquished.
- Comment on Why do so many boomers and even some gen x believe so peristently that if you dressup and show up in person anywhere you will get whatever you went there for? 4 weeks ago:
I’m pretty sure racism never existed in America, especially not in the Boomer era. They are a well known for being an open minded and accepting generation.
- Comment on Why do so many boomers and even some gen x believe so peristently that if you dressup and show up in person anywhere you will get whatever you went there for? 4 weeks ago:
I mean, that’s just smart, wearing Western formalwear to convince white Westerners that you’re human.
I think the point does stand that this advice needs to be considered in the racially privileged or disenfranchised context Boomers lived in.
- Comment on Why do so many boomers and even some gen x believe so peristently that if you dressup and show up in person anywhere you will get whatever you went there for? 4 weeks ago:
This is truth. Immigrant and minority boomers/Gen X didn’t have it this easy. They were dodging racists like landmines and racist hiring practices were way less frowned upon back then.
- Comment on Why do so many boomers and even some gen x believe so peristently that if you dressup and show up in person anywhere you will get whatever you went there for? 4 weeks ago:
You’re getting down votes but I remember very specifically a trope on Reddit more than 15 years ago was that as a dude you could dress up in a suit and show up with a clipboard and infiltrate any professional environment. I think it’s a throw back to the movie Catch me if you can. I never saw it myself but it certainly captured some imaginations.
Anyways, I remember thinking maybe if you’re a middle class or better off white dude this could work and some people went as far as to actually share that sentiment and they were received as positively as you are right now.
- Comment on Jesus hates American "Christians" 4 weeks ago:
It wasn’t open to interpretation.
And yet, 2000 years later, here we are.
- Comment on Jesus hates American "Christians" 4 weeks ago:
If they identified as Christian but never read the book or rarely go to church, what connection do they have to the religion and why do you feel they wished to impart it on you?
- Comment on See ya. 4 weeks ago:
I haven’t read the book but how did it criticize the colonizer mindset? A cursory look makes it seem like a justification of paternalistic authority, so propaganda for kids to blindly listen to their parents haha.
- Comment on Commercials seem to be normalizing an unhealthy work-balance more. 5 weeks ago:
Somehow I’m not surprised that the music genre attributable to poor rural white folk I’d heavy on boot licking, especially considering how many voted for Trump.
- Comment on Commercials seem to be normalizing an unhealthy work-balance more. 5 weeks ago:
It is individual but its also cultural. Many in Europe and Canada look at the work life balance in the US and see it as toxic, for example.
I was shocked to find out many women don’t get more than 3 months maternity leave (FMLA) in the US and it may be unpaid. That’s a dystopian work life balance compares to many other high income countries.
- Comment on TRUMP 5 weeks ago:
As a PoC we kinda just go with the flow. Got a few scattered family members that support him for his regressive values but its very fee and far between. For white people j can only imagine, entire families must have had a schism put through them.
- Comment on wish 5 weeks ago:
Spain and then America both exploited the Philippines for centuries. Spain made indentured servants of the local population and turned their economy into a cash crop resource extraction machine for Spanish wealth.
America took over around 1900 and continued that legacy, extracting sugar, coconut and hemp while stalling land reform laws for locals.
It makes sense to move to the nation where the fruits of your and your ancestors labor has been stolen to.
- Comment on wish 5 weeks ago:
This sounds like a consequence of coming from money. Some rich parents are slave drivers and others are just happy producing trust fund babies. Wealth makes being a good parent more challenging.
That being said, most kids want to vet away from their parents and establish themselves at that age.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Before 1950: Colonizer. Cool, badass, likely about to commit crimes against humanity.
After 1950: Expat.
People like this never see themselves as immigrants. They believe immigrants extract value while they bring value to anywhere they may grace with their presence.