Summary of the Ukraine conflict:

[Matt Collins]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD_S6HmI8XU

[TheTexan]

Garbage video. Surface level propagandous bull$#@! that could have been written by cnn.

The only redeeming factor of this video is the generic "proxy wars is bad" theme.

[Matt Collins]

Garbage video. Surface level propagandous bull$#@! that could have been written by cnn.

The only redeeming factor of this video is the generic "proxy wars is bad" theme.

I don't think we watched the same video.

[acptulsa]

I don't think we watched the same video.

I know for a fact you haven't watched ten percent of the videos he has seen on the subject, so that's a safe bet.

[Snowball]

I watched it, and looked over their past videos.

Very targeted towards Gen Z and young Millennials.

Fact is, Libertarianism is not the answer. We already had it. We are living the result of it.

[acptulsa]

Fact is, Libertarianism is not the answer. We already had it. We are living the result of it.

How is that not trolling on this site?

We already had liberty, in the nineteenth century, in the Roaring Twenties, even a fair dose for a few decades after. And we are living the result of it, yes. It created this global superpower. Good times do produce weak men. Then weak men do produce hard times, invariably by restricting liberty.

So, we should never ride the cycle back up to the very best of times humans have ever known?
And we cheat ourselves of that simply because history teaches us we can't sustain it?

Is the bipolar better off riding his cycles up and down? You obviously think not. You're prescribing lithium. Let us all go forth and spend eternity being mediocre.

Besides, insanity may be doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. But changing one small, yet vital, thing this cycle could change that outcome.

[Snowball]

How is that not trolling on this site?

We already had liberty, in the nineteenth century, in the Roaring Twenties, even a fair dose for a few decades after. And we are living the result of it, yes. It created this global superpower. Good times do produce weak men. Then weak men do produce hard times, invariably by restricting liberty.

So, we should never ride the cycle back up to the very best of times humans have ever known?
And we cheat ourselves of that simply because history teaches us we can't sustain it?

Is the bipolar better off riding his cycles up and down? You obviously think not. You're prescribing lithium. Let us all go forth and spend eternity being mediocre.

Besides, insanity may be doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. But changing one small, yet vital, thing this cycle could change that outcome.

I'm not the only non-libertarian that posts here. You know, "liberty" wasn't suddenly invented in 1776, or, 1787.

If we all of a sudden went back to the good old days in this country, it wouldn't be starting from the same level playing field.

Everything's changed.

All the damage and control, ill-gotten financial powers and bad philosophies would stay, just as they are. We can never go back because this country and this planet just aren't big enough for certain appetities.

[acptulsa]

I'm not the only non-libertarian that posts here.

You're not the only poster here who has been known to get things wrong, either.

You know, "liberty" wasn't suddenly invented in 1776, or, 1787.

I'm not even sure I know what "liberty" means, when you put the quotation marks around it.

If we all of a sudden went back to the good old days in this country, it wouldn't be starting from the same level playing field.

Everything's changed.

All the damage and control, ill-gotten financial powers and bad philosophies would stay, just as they are. We can never go back because this country and this planet just aren't big enough for certain appetities.

Maybe. Maybe not. Populations have a tendency to re-prioritize in big and sudden ways. That's what gave rise to the phrase, brushfires in men's minds.

[Matt Collins]

Fact is, Libertarianism is not the answer. We already had it. We are living the result of it.

LOL... someone lacks critical thinking skills

[Snowball]

You know, "liberty" wasn't suddenly invented in 1776, or, 1787.

I'm not even sure I know what "liberty" means, when you put the quotation marks around it.

It meant everything it did before 1776. You know, when the Illuminati stole it, misappropriated it, and turned it into a propaganda slogan for their bloody revolution campaigns, that brought us the modern heresies you guys keep making excuses for.

Liberte ! Egalite ! Franternite !

[Matt Collins]

It meant everything it did before 1776. You know, when the Illuminati stole it, misappropriated it, and turned it into a propaganda slogan for their bloody revolution campaigns, that brought us the modern heresies you guys keep making excuses for.

[Snowball]

Yeah. I know you want some, Matt. Good.