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Paulo Roberto 
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Rıdvan Patat wrote:
for me, it feels (has been so for a while now) just like the title of that Berman book: "all that is solid melts into air"
times of rapid and massive changes in technology, economics, politics, social structure(s), ways of life etc. (and thus, times of vast uncertainty emerging in a lot of forms and aspects) have a way of hassling, even haunting one in the mind and in the soul, which I find quite understandable given we are beings with limited spans of existence and the world around us keeps getting more and more complicated and unpredictable every other day, overwhelming us with the crushing sense of losing control.
then again, I'd like to maintain my faith in human-beings' amazing capability of making things right when they need/have to, which Marx defines as "yet man does change in the course of history... he develops himself, he transforms himself, he is the product of history, and since he makes his history, he is his own product."
and I choose to (and I do think this is a choice to be made - this much at least) uphold my hope for things to take a turn for the better, sing along with Baez: "we shall overcome".
well, "maybe I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one" (or am I?)
[Edited at 2025-08-29 13:05 GMT]
Yes, this is the feeling, not just one aspect, but many combined (including war), as you eloquently put it.
And if we don't hold on to hope with determination, life becomes unbearable.
Thank you for validating my perception, I appreciate that.
We shall overcome!
[Edited at 2025-08-31 06:08 GMT]
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I totally agree with @Rıdvan about the rapid and massive changes, but for me, there's something more beyond that, like a detaching.
Sometimes it feels as if the world is sort of distancing itself from everything related to emotions, leading towards logical thinking. It's as if the heart is losing the battle against the mind. It's as if the dominant ideology sees emotions as a weakness because they are confusing and unproductive.
Humanity has developed the modern tools only fr... See more I totally agree with @Rıdvan about the rapid and massive changes, but for me, there's something more beyond that, like a detaching.
Sometimes it feels as if the world is sort of distancing itself from everything related to emotions, leading towards logical thinking. It's as if the heart is losing the battle against the mind. It's as if the dominant ideology sees emotions as a weakness because they are confusing and unproductive.
Humanity has developed the modern tools only from a rational perspective, without considering the emotional perspective. Therefore, we live in an era surrounded by and attached to technological tools that are emotionless, but they are smart.
We live with our smartphones, smart TVs, smart screens, smart washing machines, smart refrigerators, and so on. Every technology surrounding us is a (techno)logical tool built to be productive and helpful with our problems, and we use this technology the whole time for almost everything.
So, now, to prove we are humans, we have to pass captchas rather than show emotions, because if we show emotions, then the mainstream narrative will tag us as weak.
It feels as if this world demands us to detach the organic, emotional half of ourselves.
Paulo Roberto wrote:
There is a vague, unshakable unease, as though something terrible is lurking just beyond our sight, drawing steadily closer
And to make it worse, we experience the world through these heartless tools that are gaining more preponderance. These (techno)logical tools are mimicking us; they can copy our arts and make our tasks faster than us, while most of us don't have a way to control them, and it seems as if their development is unstoppable.
So, this emotionless algorithmic world we are living in doesn't allow us to show weakness (= emotions), so it has all (or most) of us clueless about what to believe, what to trust, and what's real, or what's fake. ▲ Collapse
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| On wanting war | Aug 31, 2025 |
Tom in London wrote:
The people who want war seem to be in command of all the mainstream news media. Fortunately we don't have to rely on the mainstream news media. Don't let them get you down.
There's a fundamental principle of criminology that's associated with the Latin tag "Cui bono?" (who benefits?).
So when we're looking for people who want war, we should ask that question. Who benefits every time a missile is launched? Every time an automatic rifle's magazine is emptied and exchanged for a full one? Every time a fighter plane is shot down and has to be replaced?
And moving on from that, we can ask who represents the real power behind the governments that either actively encourage these activities, or sit on their hands and do nothing to try to mitigate them.
Cui bono?
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| Responsibility | Aug 31, 2025 |
Gerard Barry wrote:
Is he responsible for the excessive immigration we've seen here in recent years and decades, which, incidentally, is the main cause of the shortage of housing being experienced in so many European countries?
Migrants such as yourself are the main cause of the shortage of housing in Germany. Not to mention taking the jobs off of decent hard working, god-fearing, tax paying German citizens.
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| Movin' right along | Aug 31, 2025 |
Philip Lees wrote:
we can ask who represents the real power behind the governments that either actively encourage these activities, or sit on their hands and do nothing to try to mitigate them.
Cui bono?
It's not them....we can blame everyone....but we should blame the Universal Soldier, whose body is the most important weapon in any war.
https://tinyurl.com/25sb8694
[Edited at 2025-08-31 15:19 GMT]
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Baran Keki wrote:
Gerard Barry wrote:
Is he responsible for the excessive immigration we've seen here in recent years and decades, which, incidentally, is the main cause of the shortage of housing being experienced in so many European countries?
Migrants such as yourself are the main cause of the shortage of housing in Germany. Not to mention taking the jobs off of decent hard working, god-fearing, tax paying German citizens.
You're correct. Migration (not migrants, but migration policy) is the main cause of the shortage of affordable housing in most Western countries. After all, demand for any product or service pushes up prices. It's basic economics. But the strange thing about my situation is I literally cannot go back to Ireland because the shortage of housing there is so severe. If you don't believe me, Google it.
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| Sounds like a lame excuse to me | Aug 31, 2025 |
Gerard Barry wrote:
But the strange thing about my situation is I literally cannot go back to Ireland because the shortage of housing there is so severe. If you don't believe me, Google it.
Then there's also a multitude of infernal Turkish barbers sworn to give Paddies a bad hair day, right?
Why don't you come over here to Turkey? We have this shed here that we don't use. We can put you up there free of charge (we're welcoming people like that!), you can start doing MTPE jobs from there.
| | | | Tom in London
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Gerard Barry wrote:
I literally
How about metaphorically ?
cannot go back to Ireland because the shortage of housing there is so severe.
There is no shortage of housing in Ireland. There is a glut of housing. But not the kind of housing you are looking for.
That's what happens when you leave it to market forces.
[Edited at 2025-09-01 12:55 GMT]
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Gerard Barry wrote:
I personally couldn't care less about American politics.
So why spend so much time defending Trump and his policies?
Clearly we should all care about US politics, because they affect all of us.
I kinda miss the days when you weren’t allowed to say anything political on here. It made it harder for people to out themselves as despicable.
[Edited at 2025-09-01 13:29 GMT]
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Tom in London wrote:
Gerard Barry wrote:
I literally
How about metaphorically ?
cannot go back to Ireland because the shortage of housing there is so severe.
There is no shortage of housing in Ireland. There is a glut of housing. But not the kind of housing you are looking for.
That's what happens when you leave it to market forces. [Edited at 2025-09-01 12:55 GMT]
Not sure what on earth you're talking about. There most certainly is a shortage of housing in Ireland, with a record 15,000 people living in emergency accommodation there. What sort of housing am I looking for? A ten-bedroom house?
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Gerard Barry wrote:
Tom in London wrote:
Gerard Barry wrote:
I literally
How about metaphorically ?
cannot go back to Ireland because the shortage of housing there is so severe.
There is no shortage of housing in Ireland. There is a glut of housing. But not the kind of housing you are looking for.
That's what happens when you leave it to market forces. [Edited at 2025-09-01 12:55 GMT]
Not sure what on earth you're talking about. There most certainly is a shortage of housing in Ireland, with a record 15,000 people living in emergency accommodation there. What sort of housing am I looking for? A ten-bedroom house?
So what does all this short-housing problem have to do with the topic question:
Does anyone else feel this way?
Why do you always hijack topics and turn them into disgusting, xenophobic ones? What's your bono/benefit in doing that?
| | | | | Distorted view | Sep 1, 2025 |
Gerard Barry wrote:
... There most certainly is a shortage of housing in Ireland, with a record 15,000 people living in emergency accommodation there. What sort of housing am I looking for? A ten-bedroom house?
If you believe those 15,000 people living in emergency accommodation would be competing with you as a potential buyer/renter on the housing market if you decided to return to Ireland, then you'd do well to look again at the facts - and more especially the social and economic profile of those people. As defined in Ireland, 'emergency accommodation' relates to support from local government services and private organisations for the benefit of people/families who are in no position to acquire property (or even pay rent) owing to homelessness triggered by domestic violence, long-term unemployment, drug/alcohol addiction and other afflictions.
Which of those categories of distress do you fit into?
As for the alleged 'shortage of housing in Ireland', the most-recent figures I found on the web suggest that there are at least ten times more empty homes in Ireland than there are folk living in emergency accommodation.
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Lieven Malaise
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Maria Laura Curzi wrote:
Why do you always hijack topics and turn them into disgusting, xenophobic ones? What's your bono/benefit in doing that?
That's what frustrated petty trolls do. They can't help themselves (and they enjoy the outrage they cause with people).
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The Shredder wrote:
Gerard Barry wrote:
I personally couldn't care less about American politics.
So why spend so much time defending Trump and his policies?
Clearly we should all care about US politics, because they affect all of us.
I kinda miss the days when you weren’t allowed to say anything political on here. It made it harder for people to out themselves as despicable. [Edited at 2025-09-01 13:29 GMT] [Edited at 2025-09-01 15:28 GMT]
Trump's policies affect us all, do they? Well if that's the case, do did those of his senile predecessors and all US presidents before him. Nothing special about Trump in that regard.
I'm despicable, am I? That's like Hilary Clinton calling all Trump voters "deplorables" 10 years ago. That worked out well for her, didn't it?
You know what kind of people I find despicable, Chris? Globalists who support open borders, seemingly oblivious to the fact that it harms poorer people in Western countries, dilutes our cultures and makes our societies less cohesive. I also despise hypocrites who come from large, cosmopolitan cities (such as London) and then - for some reason, I can't possibly think why - move to more homogenous places such as Wales, only to lecture everyone else on the joys of multiculturalism.
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