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Husband. Father. Software dev. USMC veteran. Leftist. Non-theist.
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submitted 81 days ago • 1 comment

I used to be very conservative and libertarian economically, but then life happened. And I began to realize that all the empty platitudes about working hard and pulling yourself up by your bootstraps didn’t match reality.

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard. - Francis Peters

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Trump is an evil man.

submitted 81 days ago • 274 comments

Jesus famously took loaves and fish and gave them to the wealthy men of Galilee before telling the multitudes it was fine; the rich men would ensure everyone was fed as long as they worked for it.

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Why is suicide less prevalent in countries with more collectivist cultural leanings? This is a rhetorical question.

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Maybe one day we'll start to ask why so many people in the most materially abundant era in the history of humankind are completing suicide in such great numbers.

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

So…how long until the second Great Depression starts?

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

Education encourages observation of fine detail, chains of reasoning, information filtering, and the ability to distinguish a good argument from a bad one. All things Republicans hate. 2/2

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

Higher education sways people to the left. But why? Is it because colleges are Marxist indoctrination camps like the right would have you believe? Of course not. Education trains people to think about things in more detail than the average person. 1/2

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

Fascism always picks on a vulnerable target.

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

History is littered with dead empires. Why should we expect the US to be any different?

submitted 82 days ago • 1 comment

The system isn’t broken. It’s meant to break you.

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

Even though I am not a theist, I refuse to label myself as an atheist. Atheist is a word that shouldn’t even exist. Do we have special words for people who don’t believe in Santa Claus or the tooth fairy?

submitted 83 days ago • 2 comments

A second plane has gone down in 3 days. Seems like things were safer when DEI was still in place.

submitted 83 days ago • 749 comments

Please wake me up when America is great again.

submitted 83 days ago • 1 comment

Don’t worry. The first year of this month is almost over.

submitted 84 days ago • 108 comments

When it comes to Donald Trump, remember that every attack reveals a projection, and every projection holds a confession.

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

Conservative outrage is always based on how they feel about something and not anything real.

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

To those accustomed to privilege equality feels like oppression.

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

America in a nutshell: socialism for the rich, rugged capitalism for the rest.

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

Here's more vetted BlueCrew to follow. Please remember to also follow the creator of the list, @jim-c.bsky.social. Thank you for adding me to your list Jim!

submitted 84 days ago • 1 comment

We love and support you, you are not alone!

submitted 84 days ago • 3 comments

Christians do not love God; they love feeling superior to others. Their righteous self-indignation is their God. Their ability to look down on others is their worship of themselves.

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments