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[–] shrink 0 points 10 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago
Goes to show you there's nothing new under the sun. It's not something you'd think about when you're under 25 years old or so, but any student of history starts realizing that the "history repeats itself" cliche is true to a nauseating degree. It's ALL been done before, nothing anyone is experiencing today is unique. If they'd had the medical tools and tech for it, you can bet there would have been several civilizations in history that tried to normalize transsexuals and deviants. The entire concept of letting women vote and giving them power leading to a major blow against society's integrity has occurred more than once. And here there's a guy from fucking two millennia ago warning against the dangers of multiculturalism, how it's used and abused to suit those in power and how it destabilizes the nation itself.
I don't believe anymore that there is any one single social issue that hasn't been encountered a number of times throughout antiquity.
[–] Monkeyshinerbot3000 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Well said!!!
[–] ScoDux 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Which is exactly why we know socialism is evil, a capitalism is the only way.
The reality is we have crony capitalism in which the government picks and chooses who will be the top of the top. Amazon, Google, Facebook, Twitter ect
They legislate laws that doesn't allow competition from smaller players because they can't navigate the red tape or afford to compete with those that can take advantage of economies of scale.
Government is always the problem