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“Why have people fallen in love with a system that exploits them?” All systems and societies are created by the decisions, efforts, and contributions of the members. Some may benefit without contributing. Some who contribute may not receive the hoped-for benefits. But if the society is more or less stable, then everybody benefits from its existence, since the alternative — having no system or order in society — harms almost everyone. Even oppressive systems may be better than anarchy or chaos. Seeking to alter, modify, or improve society may sometimes result in change, sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. Simply fighting against the existing order with no replacement plan only rarely results in improvement for anyone. The American Revolution was designed to remove England as overlord, but the rebels wanted a stable replacement system to maintain order without interruption. Hence, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, and the continuation of state governments with elected leaders. People with property held on to their property. But the French Revolution was spontaneous and undeclared; radicals of a certain stripe proclaimed themselves the bosses and got enough soldiers to agree that they could be called a government. But they were murderous and vengeful and demolished the institutions — the system — that had maintained order, however unfairly. The new system collapsed as a heroic strongman emerged to become dictator --i.e., a replacement king. Napoleon defeated invading enemies and then invaded them back, ostensibly for the revolutionary ideals. But he led a generation of young Frenchmen to be slaughtered or starved and frozen in a pointless Russian campaign and those who replaced him tried to restore the previous order. But the instability in France lasted through the first and second republics and on into the third, and one might argue that it was Nazi occupation and the Gaullist government that restored a more or less stable system to France. Chaos is less satisfying and less prosperous than order. So a system, call it good or bad, is built by its participants and generally is better than no system at all. It can be said that all systems exploit the contributors, and benefit many noncontributing parasites. I can think of no example from history that benefits all contributors and excludes all parasites. The continuation of good order requires the compliance or cooperation of almost all, even those who feel under-served by the system, because if the system falls without a sturdy replacent ready, the resulting chaos is worse for everyone, and worst for those already vulnerable and weak. So to call the contributors exploited and call all defense of the status quo “propaganda” is to advocate for destruction and anarchy, which hurts worst those least benefitted by the system as it was. The destroyers, however, don't care — they are poised to take control locally, mafia style, or, in other words, feudally, or else make accommodation with whatever strong man emerges on top. Every utopia I've ever heard of that promises to benefit rather than exploit the contributors turns out to be gamed by power-seekers, who develop, usually through an eventual monopoly of violence, a new system which is only rarely an improvement. So to those who berate and seek to bring down the current system really ought to present their plan for a new system clearly, or, if they have no plan, shut up until they do.

What opinion about Men do you have that makes people feel like this?

BBC kids’ show is claiming that Black people build Britain. This indoctrination needs to end. This forced rewriting of history is awful. They’re doing this to erase the past and replace it with propaganda to make people accept cultural replacement.

Good morning, travelers. Here is a 4:30 am view of the general security line for Checkpoint 1. We’re expecting a record-breaking volume of people — there are about 38k of you flying out today. Please arrive at least 2.5 hours prior to your flight’s departure for domestic.

Basically every Republican state is racing to cut income tax at the same time Democratic ones are sprinting to raise them Will be a fascinating economic experiment

Islam is such a violent religion. Every time we murder a bunch of their children, they try to kill some of us. Disgusting.

If you offered the chronic unhoused fifty grand each in cash to leave and never come back, most of them would take it, and the city’s problem would be solved for about six months worth of the budget for it. But then the army of social workers and bureaucrats who are paid six figures to manage this population wouldn’t have jobs anymore.

Rwanda killed 800,000 people in 3 months with oversized knives. Cambodia killed 2 million people in 3 years with gardening tools. Israel failed to kill 100,000 in 78 years with one of the most advanced militaries in the world. Israel really sucks at genocide.