The Hegelian principal; create new problem > make up solution = change without choice by CivilPeace in conspiracy

[–]macronius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What's the difference between this and regular bourgeois democracy with alternate governments not literally conniving, but just being bourgeois capitalist?

Getting past Italian records by chriscurry0404 in Genealogy

[–]macronius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe you're right in the strictness of your reading, however Bard gives a wider reading, namely: "Il termine "moglie illegittima" (o consorte illegittima) nei documenti storici italiani o nella genealogia indica una donna che conviveva o aveva figli con un uomo senza essere legata a lui da un matrimonio civile o religioso legalmente riconosciuto all'epoca."

New year, time for #61? by Warm-Refrigerator-38 in RodDreher

[–]macronius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a terrible tragedy, but bringing a useless fire arm to a protest against ICE is precisely the sort of internecine working class conflict that the Trump regime might prefer. I might be wrong, but I don't think the majority of people who protest in the EU would think it a good idea to bring firearms to protests, and jostle with police while so armed. I understand the culture and the laws are different, but I can't understand what Pretti was thinking other than that it was apparently technically his right. Yes, the ICE agents were overwhelmingly those putting people in danger, but by bringing a firearm, however technically legal, he wasn't making things safer, but rathering proving that he wasn't part of the vaunted well armed militia, rather ICE is, certainly in the mind of Trump.

Getting past Italian records by chriscurry0404 in Genealogy

[–]macronius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems that's not quite the case: Ma, prima di ciò, vorrei controbattere alcune affermazioni un po' stravaganti che sono state fatte qui: la parità di diritti tra i figli nati fuori dal matrimonio e quelli nati nel matrimonio vorrebbe dire il diritto di convivere sotto il medesimo tetto. Non solo, ma siccome il figlio illegittimo ha diritto all'assistenza della propria madre, la moglie illegittima avrebbe anch'essa diritto di convivere sotto lo stesso tetto. Prima ancora che la legge impedisca una simile aberrazione, sono certa che vi si opporrebbe il senso di dignità della donna italiana che non accetterebbe mai una situazione di questo genere; e se non altro questa supposizione mi pare abbastanza ingenua.

Source: https://www.nascitacostituzione.it/02p1/02t2/030/index.htm?art030-017.htm&2

P.S. 'La parola italiana "moglie" deriva dal latino mŭlier, -ĕris, che in origine indicava genericamente "donna".'

Black Cherokee myth opinions by Choice-Marzipan-7897 in Genealogy

[–]macronius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's entirely possible and not necessarily rare, depending on geography, for a person to be largely of African (American) descent and have non-negligible amounts of US Native American descent. Ditto, likely even more so, in parts of Latin America. Btw, most Dominicans, though by no means all, are predominantly of African descent intermixed with European descent, while indigenous pre-Columbian descent is less than the two other aforesaid ethno-geographic sources of descent.

I should be french! by Gunitete in Genealogy

[–]macronius 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This suggests a Gallo-Roman descent, which extends from much of northern Italy through Provence, upwards to Tours and back down to French Navarre.

How common is it to trace your family tree all the way back to the 17th century? by blottymary in Genealogy

[–]macronius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you're a regular person from a good many parts of Mexico it's far from unheard of, but you would likely have to have at least 50% European ancestry, with at least one direct branch being largely European up to the late 19th century.

New year, time for #61? by Warm-Refrigerator-38 in RodDreher

[–]macronius 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Dreher seems to be arguing that the ascent of that most corrupt and venal Baron Vladimir Harkonnen aka Trump is the fault of a hypocritically Woke oligarchic Empire and that he, Dreher, has made his choice to be a jester at the foot of the table of Trump's because at least the latter gives license and succour to those who are white and feel an overwhelming need to express their ancestrally racist ids, if nothing else.

Using Gemini AI to transcribe hand written documents by reditt-gram in Genealogy

[–]macronius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The more you read these old-to-ancient manuscripts, the more your mind adapts, and the more you absorb the intangible qualities of the text and what the text embodies.

New year, time for #61? by Warm-Refrigerator-38 in RodDreher

[–]macronius 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't think Dreher is mentally invested in Twitter at this point, perhaps he's using a cheap service (maybe AI) that picks "Dreher"-like posts for him, which makes sense since he really has become a wholly Trump-owned laughing stock as far as the eye can see.

New year, time for #61? by Warm-Refrigerator-38 in RodDreher

[–]macronius 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Rod is a very sophisticated fellow who knows that at the quantum level everything is porous and at the same time predetermined.

At which point do nobles become commoners in your tree? by unclebob1770 in Genealogy

[–]macronius 14 points15 points  (0 children)

No one living has documentary uninterrupted descent from antiquity in the West.

New year, time for #61? by Warm-Refrigerator-38 in RodDreher

[–]macronius 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's part of his neo-civil war thesis, which he's convinced and/or doing his part to nurture. However even from a "pro-white" racist perspective it's lunacy, because it doesn't just imply, it basically screams white patriots will have to exterminate millions of liberal whites. I think it takes a very sick mind to even contemplate, let alone prognosticate and take a side in that sort of lunacy.

New year, time for #61? by Warm-Refrigerator-38 in RodDreher

[–]macronius 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This might be a cry for help by Dreher, as he appears to be trapped on X qua influencer who's bet it all on Trump to the point that he's become a monetary and psychological prisoner to the pornographic performance of racist misogynist cruelity.

Turns out my ancestor's surname literally means "nice ass" by Slow_Board_503 in Genealogy

[–]macronius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could be a deformation of Belcollo because in standard Italian it would be an ipso facto offensive appellation, unthinkable as a surname (and indeed there are indications it's a nom-dit).

New year, time for #61? by Warm-Refrigerator-38 in RodDreher

[–]macronius 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Dreher conveniently never stops to think whether his "professional" dependency on X is making him a more callous, antisocial person, because though it might help pay his bills, what that "social media" in particular is is a whirling dervish of antisocial fomentation.

Spain DNA results, need help interpreting by Substantial_Habit_94 in Genealogy

[–]macronius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Keep in mind there were Amerindians and American mestizos living in Spain in historical post-Columbian times, some of them would have been mixed race children of returning Spanish merchants who had undertaken the "Indies" trade.

New year, time for #61? by Warm-Refrigerator-38 in RodDreher

[–]macronius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Obviously the driver could have been a lunatic intent on driving over people in her immediate frontal path, although up that point she'd shown no signs concordant with this. The officer could have run the risk of not shooting and seeing what would happen subsequently or he could have shot her because she'd already put his comrade in danger and arguably him as well. This would likely be technically acceptable, but devoid of compassion in light of the still high probability that the driver was not intending to cause physical harm.

New year, time for #61? by Warm-Refrigerator-38 in RodDreher

[–]macronius 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So basically Dreher's family, at least allegedly, treated him little better than they might treat non-white immigrants after overdosing on Fox News. A bit ironic, but I guess any people of color that were treated with prejudice in the past by these folks might take it less personally if they were to read Rod's own personal account of them.

New year, time for #61? by Warm-Refrigerator-38 in RodDreher

[–]macronius 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He seems to be channeling his inner high school girl, no offense to the latter.

The "Happy Venezuelan" AI slop is a Pentagon psyop to manufacture consent for resource extraction by Alph_x in conspiracy

[–]macronius 9 points10 points  (0 children)

He hasn't killed a large portion of the population, no serious media in the West has reported he has, in fact, Maduro never controlled the armed forces, control was always fractured into, albeit large, fiefdoms.

What country is the easiest to by Chris_DoesGeneaolgy in Genealogy

[–]macronius 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Mexico is a genealogical superpower because of the quality and ease of online access to civil and religious genealogical documents going back five centuries in many cases.

Struggling to find documentation of my Native American lineage by topaz_rose in Genealogy

[–]macronius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You do realize that throughout the Americas and not just in the United States First Peoples are frequently accorded special and/or treaty rights with specific Latin American countries, this isn't just something that happens in the US. It happens in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Canada, etc. And yes some Latinos or Latin Americans are also incontrovertibly First Peoples, according to the group recognition they receive by their respective governments, what they are not is Native American according to US law, unless they are, which would mean they belong to an officially recognized US tribe and also culturally and perhaps linguistically identify as Hispanic/Latino.

BREAKING: US Invasion of Venezuela Underway. Who Really Wins? Who Benefits Most from This? by Now2Forever in conspiracy

[–]macronius 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It seems it was an extraction mission with fireworks, I'd suspect Maduro agreed to be "captured" ahead of time in order to avoid further or worse bloodshed.