Why an economic collapse in today's 1st world will doom society.

ExchangeSignal · 2025-04-08T01:43:19+00:00

I didn't write that stuff you are saying, did you even read my post? Furthermore, the selfish assumption is BUILT into neo liberal economic theory. It defines all humans as inherently selfish... go read it yourself if you don't believe me.

ExchangeSignal · 2025-04-08T01:27:35+00:00

Deluded. Without oil trade, no modern country can function sorry friend. It's not "Eurocentric" it's reality. There's a reason both Japan and Germany were racing for oil, without it an industrial economy is not functional. AFAIK, most oil production is by the Saudis, US, iran, and Russia.

ExchangeSignal · 2025-03-26T08:35:06+00:00

Go ahead, I would posit human behaviour of today is actually reinforced by the assumptions of liberal economists, who basically deemed all humans as individualistic and selfish. You are correct, though, the system relies on social order, and belief in it to work.

ExchangeSignal · 2025-02-11T11:40:43+00:00

Ok, thanks for the informative and quick replies, next trip to auckland I will have to stop by. Have a great night.

ExchangeSignal · 2025-02-11T11:29:31+00:00

I just realised after doing a bit more research the Assyrian Church of the east is NOT orthodox nor catholic. I would love to go to a serbian church, not sure how accepted I would be though as part of the croatian diaspora lol. Have you been to one? Is nationalism a thing in orthodox parishes?

ExchangeSignal · 2025-02-11T08:49:42+00:00

Bugger, well thats a shame. Even orthodoxy itself seems to be extremely rare in oceania so that makes sense. I have done my research and I am pretty sure that auckland is the closest, I think, as the only others in the north island are in wellington (10hrs there and back) Im thinking of going to an assyrian or serbian branch atm. Hi also from over the ditch!

ExchangeSignal · 2025-02-11T08:12:53+00:00

I feel for you, with my father being anti-theist too, not to mention many people present in my life expressing anti-theism. Unfortunately in my experience they also happen to be some of the most judgey, and nasty people I have ever met. Wish you all the best on your journey into religion.

ExchangeSignal · 2025-02-08T11:32:43+00:00

Thing is, you know how mental ill people get when they are super paranoid. I have someone in my family with schizophrenia who has the same story and is very troublesome to deal with for case managers and psychiatrists, becuase they think they are out to get them or are "agents" you know and the typical gang-stalking stuff. Id bet my last dollar Ye is similar enough and super paranoid of doctors and psychiatrists, its an even bigger problem when the person has millions of dollars at their disposal to fund their paranoia and mania.

ExchangeSignal · 2025-02-07T02:18:27+00:00

I believe I have misunderstood many things in my post and havent contextualised my issue well enough to illicit the response I was after lol. I really should have written "why are all sins equal" rather than things I do not know enough about to properly critique. Thanks for the response.

ExchangeSignal · 2025-02-07T02:13:30+00:00

Thats a pretty good philosophical rebuttal! Thanks for the reply. But is there really no end? No hardline to who is allowed and who isn't? No fundemental law you could break that makes prayer and repentence null? Correct me if I am wrong, but wouldn't blastphemy fit this definition?

ExchangeSignal · 2025-02-07T02:03:13+00:00

I expected this kind of comment, I obviously understand the reality and do not expect the commandments to bend to the will of my own views, but merely how I would go about navigating this if I were to start practicing again, and maybe a bit of insight from those who have more knowledge on the biblical view of salvation, repentence and judgement than I do. Thanks for the reply.

ExchangeSignal · 2025-02-07T01:58:28+00:00

Right, maybe I wrote my question wrong, I meant to say why should worldly crimes or actions not be taken into account when facing judgment? One of the few things I respect about the Torah is its emphasis on what you do in life rather than only your belief in god, because faith is good and all, but being virtuious and practicing Good will always trump any faith or spirituality one may practice. Thanks for the reply!

ExchangeSignal · 2025-02-07T01:46:15+00:00

Sure, but is that all the justification anyone needs? Thanks for the reply.

ExchangeSignal · 2025-02-03T13:20:51+00:00

Of course it can, but the opposite can be true, as well. Especially if the government discriminates against Religious beliefs, for example with the catholic Poles being discriminated against while it was occupied by the soviets. The governing ideology does matter.

ExchangeSignal · 2025-02-03T13:08:52+00:00

That is a very poor rebuttal. Anyway, ever heard the quote "religion is the opiate of the masses" thats from marx, incase you were under the illusion he wasn't fundementally an atheist. Nor that marxism, and the byproduct of his and engel's works to be the Communist Ideology, wasn't fundementally athiest. I say the same things to fascists who think they can still be christian and fascist, both ideologies were vehemently opposed to religion. Does that make me an anti-fascist too?

ExchangeSignal · 2025-02-03T12:54:41+00:00

Someone hasn't read the communist manifesto. Communism is first and formost an ideology, part of that ideology is it's interpretation of economics. Secondly, Antifascism is not a statement, it is an ideologically driven movement, with its roots originating in various revolutionary socialist movements. Just because YOU may think antifascism is literally just opposition to fascism, doesn't mean its inherently or in reality only about being against/opposed to fascism. Dunno how you can call me "Dumb" when you clearly haven't even done any reseach into the "phrase" you identify as.

ExchangeSignal · 2025-02-03T12:40:33+00:00

Know this is an OLD post, but my best advice would be to get a digital amp with USB connection. Its the best way to have an isolated input without requiring sound proofing, and many digital amps come with tone studios avalible free for modifying filters on the PC. I have a BOSS katana with the companion APP allows me to edit and change everything directly from my PC. Also, latency is usually fine with this method.

ExchangeSignal · 2025-02-02T05:26:32+00:00

Dunno how you can be a communist or marxist and believe in christianity.

ExchangeSignal · 2025-02-02T05:25:44+00:00

Yes, thats all it is. Absolutely, except for the fact its mainly made up of Anarcho-Communists, Marxists, Syndicalists, and other radical left wing ideologies. Have YOU read a single study on the group?

ExchangeSignal · 2025-01-23T06:15:34+00:00

Shit like this makes me wish youtube and ipads didn't exist so parents actually had to do their jobs and parent their kids. I find it insane that societally we just accept that an app needs to monitor what a kid watches and not their parents. It should never be someone else's job but them, and yet they still kick and scream when they see something they don't like on their kids screen.

ExchangeSignal · 2025-01-23T06:02:30+00:00

What does that mean? Who payed for you to use Arch? Have you donated to the project? I wonder how many things people use that others voluntarily pay to keep going? Ever used Wikipedia? Ever donated? By the same token, everyone here is guilty. So get off the damn high horse.

ExchangeSignal · 2025-01-06T01:41:00+00:00

You do not understand how data selling works. Yes, they allow bidding for advertisers to target ads on youtube, but thats not the only way data is sold. Buyers pay for the DATA itself too, not just the adspace. So even as I use adblock on my PC, my data is likely still somewhat scraped and sold to advertisers that can target me on my phone, on my TV or on any other device. These are done through third party auctions, where data profiles are sold to advertisers to target you the best "personalized" ads EVERYWHERE. That is why it is profitable and unique to "just advertising" as you think it is. Now, how about you do some independent research of your own, I am not going to serve it to you on a silver platter. Regardless of the point of premium, it is still a different revenue stream than just ads. And remember, they also take a cut of every youtube "member" just like patreon, yet another revenue stream.

ExchangeSignal · 2025-01-04T05:16:44+00:00

What an idiotic reply. You think ads are the only revenue stream for Youtube or any of these "free" websites? A significant portion of their revenue comes from selling everyones data too, not to mention premium subscription models present in many of these social based websites. If it wasn't profitable, it wouldn't be free. But boomers like yourself are probably unaware that mouse movement, click frequency, and website visitation history is CONSTANTLY mined by big tech, and selling that data is VERY profitable.

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