I was wondering if the next admin will double down.

The kindness and forbearance here got me hooked. Being disillusioned isn’t always fun, but as someone on another platform says; A lie travels quickly, but the truth endures.

Would you prefer the term malignant psychopath? Or sociopath? Same general outcome in meaning, just more clinical

Yes.

Oh, no, they’re stronger than ever.

Your comment reminded me of this scene.

That is a man.

Men Humans are capable of things considered god like and demonic, but that is a man. Dehumanization of Palestinians is how the genocide began and how it is perpetuated.

I went fishing and caught a . Wow. Leviathan. Wow.

Thanks for the bait. This article is certainly food for thought, which has a watercress bite with a good bit of indigestion. Nourishing, though.

and the one thing that the US really wants from it - a naval base - it gets to have whether the Cuban government likes it or not.

I’ve never understood how that can be. Went is this?

Bowe Berghdal?

It’s going to be hard but don’t engage anyway. Save and protect your energy for things that are important.

I just said when enough of us have done the hard and dirty work of facing our shadows, we can have someone with values like her.

So these lofty projects are distraction?

Truth.

the final threshings of a dying state

I’ve been saying that about patriarchal religions for 30 years and they’re still going. I think at the time I began saying that, I was conflating religion with governments, which kind of makes sense, as religion is used to uphold and justify horrific acts perpetrated by (nation) states.

My college buddy drove a Yugo. His wife stripped reverse and because one was working ft so the other could attend college pt, it stayed broke until they both finished college. We all loved that car 150 US round trip miles per week, $15 (this was pre G.W. Bush).

It sounds like anxiety then. Others in this thread have given helpful tips. If they don’t work for you, maybe there are other ways of participation to help further the cause. Wishing you the best.

I understand. I’m not faulting you. It was just brought to my consciousness in the last month of two. I didn’t have a word to suggest, other than vile, heinous, abhorrent, etc but they fall short.

Have you always had this experience at demonstrations or did it start after you’d been to one or some? Is this a post traumatic stress reaction?

Yes and also, nuclear power is really expensive. No one would ever invest in it without state help. No one insures it. The cost per watt is way to high and set to rise further with depleting uranium deposits. And much much higher, if it was mined in a slightly less destructive and exploitive way. Higher still if security precautions were forced to be up to date. Incredibly high, if waste was properly taken care of and the costs included in the calculation.

My dear friend, are you suggesting we masses have been sold lies?! Can you point me in the direction of more information, please?

Nuclear power was never profitable. The only reason it ever gets founded is because governments are motivated by the urge to amass more and more deadly nuclear weapons. Or keep that option open. Or to feed the industrial complex that grew around that.

The knee jerk cynic in me would be inclined to agree, but I’m very ignorant of the facts.

Compare that to all the genuine novel research that goes into solar and batteries. The advanced materials like complex semi conductor alloys. The clever techniques using the latest in quantum and nano technology. How they squeeze every bit of efficiency out of remotely collecting energy from the nuclear fusion in the sun, that’s already going on for free and at a save distance.

Digging up elements in general has problems. I’m ok with less problematic solutions but don’t want to delude myself that it’s more humane, and identifying problems can help us correct. I’m not knocking your solution, either. It feels more correct (yep, vibes, I really need more quality information. That’s why I’m here).

I’m very interested in Chinese innovation, strengths, weaknesses and risks. It speaks for itself that my government is quick to dismiss, demonize and try to isolate China. It makes me more curious. After all, in the old fables, the serpent told the material truth. I’m getting too big for my britches here, let me leave well enough alone until I’m more informed.

I recall Yogthos having recently posted an article about it. If there are survivors, I may pity them more than the dead.