Right Wing Discussion Thread XI: It's Okay To Be Right

[Northeast American Federation]

I'm not denying the present isn't all fairies and butterflies or claiming that the past was entirely sucky, I just don't think things were objectively better and trying to revert backwards isn't going to help anyone.

Well if the modern version of "progress" involves the continued breakdown of nations and families alike, the increased instability those yield, the raging identity politics that are liable to start yielding genocides, and all this occurring as we slowly are rendered obsolete by Skynet, well, stop the Progress Ride™, cause I wanna get off.

[The Parkus Empire]

I'm not denying the present isn't all fairies and butterflies or claiming that the past was entirely sucky, I just don't think things were objectively better and trying to revert backwards isn't going to help anyone.

Neither is trying to degenerate further

[Torrocca]

I'm just posting here to see the Righty memes at this point tbh.

[New Emeline]

I'm not denying the present isn't all fairies and butterflies or claiming that the past was entirely sucky, I just don't think things were objectively better and trying to revert backwards isn't going to help anyone.

Neither is trying to degenerate further

Degenerate how, exactly?

[New Emeline]

I'm just posting here to see the Righty memes at this point tbh.

Same, although my stupid urge to argue with everyone I meet gets in the way.

[Torrocca]

I'm just posting here to see the Righty memes at this point tbh.

Same, although my stupid urge to argue with everyone I meet gets in the way.

What'd you say about my mother?

[New Emeline]

I'm not denying the present isn't all fairies and butterflies or claiming that the past was entirely sucky, I just don't think things were objectively better and trying to revert backwards isn't going to help anyone.

Well if the modern version of "progress" involves the continued breakdown of nations and families alike, the increased instability those yield, the raging identity politics that are liable to start yielding genocides, and all this occurring as we slowly are rendered obsolete by Skynet, well, stop the Progress Ride™, cause I wanna get off.

Breakdown of families meaning what, exactly?
Skynet?

[New Emeline]

Same, although my stupid urge to argue with everyone I meet gets in the way.

What'd you say about my mother?

ur mom gay

[Torrocca]

What'd you say about my mother?

ur mom gay

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[Albrenia]

I'm not denying the present isn't all fairies and butterflies or claiming that the past was entirely sucky, I just don't think things were objectively better and trying to revert backwards isn't going to help anyone.

Well if the modern version of "progress" involves the continued breakdown of nations and families alike, the increased instability those yield, the raging identity politics that are liable to start yielding genocides, and all this occurring as we slowly are rendered obsolete by Skynet, well, stop the Progress Ride™, cause I wanna get off.

If you think identity politics is bad now, you should look around 100 years into the past. Oh boy, things really got out of hand back then.

[Northeast American Federation]

Well if the modern version of "progress" involves the continued breakdown of nations and families alike, the increased instability those yield, the raging identity politics that are liable to start yielding genocides, and all this occurring as we slowly are rendered obsolete by Skynet, well, stop the Progress Ride™, cause I wanna get off.

If you think identity politics is bad now, you should look around 100 years into the past. Oh boy, things really got out of hand back then.

Sure seems to me like things are sliding back in that direction, at least in some places.

Breakdown of families meaning what, exactly?
Skynet?

Stuff like:
http://time.com/3265733/nuclear-family-typical-society-parents-children-households-philip-cohen/
https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/09/11/study-the-american-family-is-no-more
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/03/bain-forecasts-10-15-year-automation-driven-economic-boom-but-many-impacts-from-wages-losses-and-job-losses.html
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503423&objectid=12018317

[New Emeline]

If you think identity politics is bad now, you should look around 100 years into the past. Oh boy, things really got out of hand back then.

Sure seems to me like things are sliding back in that direction, at least in some places.

If you're looking at angry preteens on tumblr for an indication then yeah.

[The Parkus Empire]

Neither is trying to degenerate further

Degenerate how, exactly?

9/10 Americans owned homes and land then, there was an extremely low divorce rate, community identity was strong, piety was strong, individuals didn't split and move far from their families as adults, you could see the stars in abundance, nature was everywhere, loving your country meant loving the actual COUNTRY. People sang, they didn't listen to artificial music. It was beautiful

[Northeast American Federation]

Sure seems to me like things are sliding back in that direction, at least in some places.

If you're looking at angry preteens on tumblr for an indication then yeah.

Angry millenials on tumblr and their growing opposites over on the alt right. Small but noisy factions, sure, but small and noisy factions can do plenty of damage left unchecked.

[New Emeline]

Degenerate how, exactly?

9/10 Americans owned homes and land then, there was an extremely low divorce rate, community identity was strong, piety was strong, individuals didn't split and move far from their families as adults, you could see the stars in abundance, nature was everywhere, loving your country meant loving the actual COUNTRY. People sang, they didn't listen to artificial music. It was beautiful

Methinks you have a case of some rose colored glasses my friend.
I agree with you on the nature bit, however. You can hardly see the stars most places.

[The Parkus Empire]

Well if the modern version of "progress" involves the continued breakdown of nations and families alike, the increased instability those yield, the raging identity politics that are liable to start yielding genocides, and all this occurring as we slowly are rendered obsolete by Skynet, well, stop the Progress Ride™, cause I wanna get off.

If you think identity politics is bad now, you should look around 100 years into the past. Oh boy, things really got out of hand back then.

All politics are identity politics

[Northeast American Federation]

9/10 Americans owned homes and land then, there was an extremely low divorce rate, community identity was strong, piety was strong, individuals didn't split and move far from their families as adults, you could see the stars in abundance, nature was everywhere, loving your country meant loving the actual COUNTRY. People sang, they didn't listen to artificial music. It was beautiful

Methinks you have a case of some rose colored glasses my friend.
I agree with you on the nature bit, however. You can hardly see the stars most places.

I think you'll find you're never more than an hour tops from a remote, quiet place with sufficiently low light pollution to see the stars.

If you think identity politics is bad now, you should look around 100 years into the past. Oh boy, things really got out of hand back then.

All politics are identity politics

Depends on how you define "identity" in the context of politics I suppose.

[New Emeline]

Methinks you have a case of some rose colored glasses my friend.
I agree with you on the nature bit, however. You can hardly see the stars most places.

I think you'll find you're never more than an hour tops from a remote, quiet place with sufficiently low light pollution to see the stars.

All politics are identity politics

Depends on how you define "identity" in the context of politics I suppose.

I live somewhere where if you drive for an hour you end up in the ocean, so that's a bit out of my hands.

[The Parkus Empire]

9/10 Americans owned homes and land then, there was an extremely low divorce rate, community identity was strong, piety was strong, individuals didn't split and move far from their families as adults, you could see the stars in abundance, nature was everywhere, loving your country meant loving the actual COUNTRY. People sang, they didn't listen to artificial music. It was beautiful

Methinks you have a case of some rose colored glasses my friend.
I agree with you on the nature bit, however. You can hardly see the stars most places.

No light pollution then

[Northeast American Federation]

I think you'll find you're never more than an hour tops from a remote, quiet place with sufficiently low light pollution to see the stars.


Depends on how you define "identity" in the context of politics I suppose.

I live somewhere where if you drive for an hour you end up in the ocean, so that's a bit out of my hands.

Well, you see, that's why we have a free market that allows for you to rent a boat or save up for one.

[The Parkus Empire]

I live somewhere where if you drive for an hour you end up in the ocean, so that's a bit out of my hands.

Well, you see, that's why we have a free market that allows for you to rent a boat or save up for one.

Get this fusionist outta here

[New Emeline]

I live somewhere where if you drive for an hour you end up in the ocean, so that's a bit out of my hands.

Well, you see, that's why we have a free market that allows for you to rent a boat or save up for one.

I travel often enough, it just kinda sucks not to be able to go outside and not see a ton of stars. But on the grand scale of environmental problems, not seeing shiny sky dots isn't really a big one.

[Lowell Leber]

Well if the modern version of "progress" involves the continued breakdown of nations and families alike, the increased instability those yield, the raging identity politics that are liable to start yielding genocides, and all this occurring as we slowly are rendered obsolete by Skynet, well, stop the Progress Ride™, cause I wanna get off.

If you think identity politics is bad now, you should look around 100 years into the past. Oh boy, things really got out of hand back then.

Not as bad as you would think since the "identities" did not predominantly live in the same nations.

[New Emeline]

If you think identity politics is bad now, you should look around 100 years into the past. Oh boy, things really got out of hand back then.

Not as bad as you would think since the "identities" did not predominantly live in the same nations.

Are you familiar at all with the state of race relations in the United States during, say, the 50s? It wasn't fun. Nor any period before that, really.

[Benuty]

Aye

For some of the population. Also diseases.
No matter how much life might suck now, I'll take it over the past.

Your future self will be saying that fifty years so the cycle will continue. I mean some asshole will view everyone in this chatroom as barbaric in 2078 because of "muh chemotherapy" or "muh nation-states".