Hedy Lamarr was a Hollywood actress in the 1940s and 1950s, and she was considered "the most beautiful woman in the world" during her time.
She began her acting career in Austria and became notorious for being the first woman to simulate an orgasm on screen in 1933.
It was during this time that she also got married to Friedrich Mandl, a Vienna-based arms dealer with ties to Mussolini and later Hitler.
The marriage did not last long. In her own words, she wrote, "I knew very soon that I could never be an actress while I was his wife... He was the absolute monarch in his marriage... I was like a doll. I was like a thing, some object of art which had to be guarded and imprisoned, having no mind, no life of its own."
According to her autobiography, she disguised herself as one of the maids and managed to flee to Paris.
Others say she convinced her husband to wear all of her jewelry for a dinner party and then disappeared afterwards.
She eventually booked a liner to New York, where she met the head of MGM, who was impressed enough to offer her a $500-a-week contract to work as an actress. In 1938, she arrived in Hollywood and went on to star in several movies, working with the likes of Clark Gable and James Stewart.
Beyond her acting career, Lamarr was also co-patented spread-spectrum technology during World War II to prevent the Nazis from jamming navy torpedoes.
However, her invention was rejected and wouldn't be implemented until the Cold War in 1962. The technology would eventually be used in developing Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technology.
I have a very serious question to which I would appreciate serious answers.
Many, hundreds, of people I know personally are voting for Kamala because she’s not Trump.
Others are voting for her because she’s a woman and they think it’s time America had a female president.
Others because of her race.
Some others I’ve spoken to told me they are voting for her because she seems cool and fresh and they think that’s what America needs right now.
Here’s the question.
If you are voting for Kamala for any other reason than the ones mentioned above, can you please tell me what that reason is?
Again, the answer should not include the word Trump. I’m not asking why you hate Trump. You’ve made that perfectly clear.
I am asking why you like Kamala.
Is it her policies? If so, which one/s?
Is it her opinions? If so, which one/s?
This is a genuine question and I am asking to learn, not to judge.
Looking forward to real answers.
I’ll just add my own two cents. Out of the thousands of people who have commented on my posts about American politics, there seems to be a very interesting trend.
Almost everyone I know who’s voting for Trump is voting for him because they like his policies, whether domestic or foreign.
It’s true, some are voting for him because he’s not Kamala, but based on my totally anecdotal evidence, that number is very small.
Your opinion on Trump isn’t relevant to this question.
I’m just seeing many people voting for Trump because he’s Trump and many voting for Kamala because he’s not Trump.
Every time I mention anything about Kamala, the vast majority of comments begin with “But Trump…”
So, if you’re voting for Kamala for reasons other than the fact that she’s not Trump, she’s a woman, a person of color, or she’s young and hip, what is the reason?
Looking forward to your thoughts.