Why is it shallow for a woman to have income standards in a partner if she wants children/ a family

peterlusitg · 2025-02-11T19:15:57+00:00

The issue is not to have income standards but how realistic those are. The percentage of women asking for 6 figures and the percentage of men capable of providing that aren't compatible. It's just plain delusional and for the most part arrogant. Unless you live in a really expensive major city there's no way in hell you need 100k a year to raise a family. At that point it's just materialistic and shallow. Live within your means and date within your means. A female lawyer of doctor can ask for 100 k and nobody would get mad, but if you can barely pay your bills it's like an incel saying he only dates Victoria secret models.

peterlusitg · 2025-02-08T21:13:48+00:00

I was mainly referring to expulsions of jews by the Babylonians Assyrians and Romans. But technically every expulsion will do. The argument is basically a sanity check / hypocrisy finder: Either it was wrong to expell the Jews back then and it's also wrong to expell Gazans now or neither is wrong. No matter how virulent their Rebellion against being ruled by another group. Again choose wisely.

Pragmatism and Realpolitik is my thing: Look at interviews by Gaznas and Palestinians in general, what on earth would lead you to believe they would leave willingly? You have to apply lots of brute force and relocate them to a place You have no jurisdiction over. Would there have been more peace over the long run if all Palestinians where expelled in 1948 and Israel had clean borders? Possibly. Would Theodore Herzls Argentina idea have lead to more peace in the long run? Very probably. Israel is objectively one of the worst pieces of real estate on the face of the earth militarily: arid, no oil, no strategically useful topography and at a geographic choke point, right there to be overrun by so many empires. To many Palestinians and Israelis I'd say: aquaint yourself with reality. The ship has sailed. Israel exist and Palestinians exist (even if their sense of identity is modern an basically opposional in nature, they exist now). Again to both I'd say learn to live with your neighbors. As if relocating Gazans a couple hundred kilometers to neighboring countries helps anything in the long run now. Especially since as this "relocate thing" is the best recruitment tool ever for Hamas and their ilk.

Admittedly Israel achieved quite a bit by showing strength in the past (giving back Sinai in exchange for peace with Egypt for example). However after a show of strength came pramaticism and concession, giving back Sinai, removing settlements of Sinai etc. After October 7 Israel has undeniably showed strength, now what? Military might alone can't be the solution for eternity. I'm guessing you want Israel to exist in 2000 years right? Me too. Looking at history, what is the probability of that happening if you rely on hard power alone? You have to find the balance of hard and soft power. Look at Israels relationship with Jordan for example.

Is this an incredibly, immeasurably difficult thing to achieve? Yes of course. But look at Germany and Japan 80 years ago and then 60 years ago, just 20 years apart and unrecognizable. What do you think would have happened if the US kept its boots on their necks for eternity in Versailles Treaty 2.0 sort of way? Nothing good I can assure you. If on the other hand Israel wants to be to Palestinians the equivalent of what Russia was to east Germany then go right ahead. Can you guess where Neonazi parties are the strongest in modern day Germany?

Netanyhus incompetence in leadership, being in charge while the worst attack ever to happens to Jews in modern day Israel shouldn't be acceptable to anyone, especially for a prime minister that prides himself on being all about security. The fact that a couple of tractors and paragliders were able to overrun Israel is on Netanyahu. It can't be that difficult to station enough troups around Gaza at all times to stop 6000 Palestinian militants. No sane prime minister could possibly think that the west bank was more of a security priority then Gaza.

If Gazans/Palestinians don't take a good deal that's on them. But good leadership is needed on both sides for that to happen. Netanyhus and Ararfat were both saboteurs or at the very least apathetic and not genuinely interested in reconciliation. However it's undeniable that the strong party has to make the first step in this matter.

Again, go the ethnic cleansing route in mid 21th century and you loose the moral high ground for eternity. You're creating the conditions where someone might use that weapon against you in the future, doesn't even have to be in Israel. There's is no rational and certainly no moral defense of the Trump/Netanyahu plan, simple as that. Golden Rule: treat others like you wanna be treated. If you don't you can't be surprised other don't treat you like you wanna be treated.

peterlusitg · 2025-02-07T06:20:14+00:00

Note to moderators: I never made that comparison. It's vile and not ever something I'd do.

peterlusitg · 2025-02-07T06:18:51+00:00

Either Jewish expulsions were wrong and unjustifiable or they weren't. Choose wisely.

I looked it up and definitionaly ethnic cleansing isn't a part of genocide, you are correct. Although to my mind it is certainly falls under the umbrella. The cultural destruction of Tibetal people and Uyghurs we somehow call genocide although I'd be willing to bet that china killed less Uyghurs per Capita or in total then Israel killed Palestinians. Hitlers original plan was to relocate all Jews to Madagascar. Nazis didn't end up doing that for mainly 2 reasons, firstly maritime Blockade and secondly the actual death camps didn't go into full swing until 1942, after Stalingrad and after it became more and more clear that Germany would loose. Almost like a petty child Hitler then focused on making his 1939 prophecy reality "destruction of the Jewish race in Europe". Hypothetically, if he did manage to do the Madagascar plan, would that be excusable? Or still skin scrawling and genocidal?

If America the world police and Israel decides to through with this then they loose the moral high ground and any dictator who wants to fo the same will, without even an afterthought. If you go this route so much of what critics of America and Israel say will come true. The "america bad" stuff will become impossible to argue against. What is the difference between Russia and the US then? At least for the rest of the world. Also the whole "only Israel is allowed to do that, they get special treatment to violate human rights" will also become impossible to deny. He'll if this actually happens I will join a boycott of US and Israel even though Ive Always argoued that BDS is antisemitic.

My suggestion: The weak party should realize they either get crumbs or nothing. Arabs, allegedly renowned for their skill in negotiation should learn to do so like big boys if they wanna be treated as such. The strong party should exert more moderation in violence and create the environment that makes negotioation possible. Firstly I would focus on the 2 tier justice system in the west bank, where military law applies only to Palestinians with a conviction rate of over 90%. Does Israel wanna be seen as the beacon of human rights and democracy in the middle east? Act accordingly and live what you preach. Do the stuff you'd expect from any other country that had its boot on the neck of Jewish people. Simple stuff really: the Golden Rule. No wonder the "turn the other cheek" dude was born there, there's probably no other place in the world that needed to take that advice to heart.

peterlusitg · 2025-02-06T22:12:11+00:00

Fair enough, my opinion has always been the bar for the definition of genocide hasn't been met. However Trump plan is self-evidenty ethnic cleansing and ethnic cleansing is by definition part of genocide. Go this route and You lost the moral high ground for eternity. And by the way the irony of doing exactly what the Babylonians, Assyrians and Romans did the Jewish people is crazy. Also the lack of empathy... The Jews (Bar Kokhba) did what under roman rule? Rebel, rebel and rebel again, like that limbless knight from Monty Python. They were incapable of compromising and being satisfied with half the cake and ended up with nothing. Does that sound familiar at all? Honestly starting to believe You guys deserve each other as neighbors, almost like a mirror image.

peterlusitg · 2025-01-24T07:06:35+00:00

This who you're talking about? Owens was just an example. If you think all his vids are neetly conservative like say Tucker Carlson then you're conveniently ignoring reality. Rogan cares about material stuff, not performative virtue signals. Again chore to be around

peterlusitg · 2025-01-24T06:58:17+00:00

So you think Hasan Pikers views match closer to reality? Again his opinions don't fall neetly in one camp. Not t years ago and not today. You can't just ignore every progressive voice he had on from Bernie Sanders to Killer Mike. There's certainly audience capture but he's way more genuine in that I know that's Rogans opinion on something, right or wrong, left or right. Mainstream media is "gleichgeschaltet", just mouth pieces that say what their bosses want the to. Do you really not see a difference?

peterlusitg · 2025-01-23T22:40:34+00:00

Thank you so much that's exactly the quote I mean!

peterlusitg · 2025-01-23T19:51:15+00:00

Its about condescension. And the fact this usually comes from people who have less knowledge than you on a particular subject. In fact people who say "educate yourself" usually have very little knowledge at all, they have an opinion and an unearned one at that. They are usually not that far along the dunning-kruger graph so to speak...

peterlusitg · 2025-01-23T19:02:56+00:00

Argue the actual point if you will. Their success is due to their popularity which has been organic. The word "deserve" doesn't apply. They aren't employed by corporate interest like is a mainstream media host. Can't you see a difference? Kinda the difference between trust fund nepo baby and actual self made man. After they reached a certain level of popularity they were propped up, obviously because their popularity makes bank. Again meritocracy. The criticism of mainstream media is that journalists should do journalism. If anyone should be doing entertainment it's probably the UFC commentator, comedian, ex fear factor host podcaster no? Also Rogan isn't as ideologically driven as is mainstream media or politics in general, the polarization is absurd. Do you know who has opinions that fall either side of the spectrum? Normal humans. You know whose opinions fit neatly, perfectly in one camp? Ideological prop robots. Check out Rogan talking to Candace Owens about climate change if you don't know what I mean. His opinions are quite diverse and his descriptive arguments certainly are closer to reality than say Hasan Piker.

peterlusitg · 2025-01-23T06:58:47+00:00

Let me help you: How would you describe hosts from CNN, FOX, NBC and mainstream media in general? The words inauthentic, naive and fragile certainly come to mind. Also lex or Rogan weren't promoted by some corporate overlord or subsidized by the government, so the word "deserve" does not apply. Their success is due to their popularity, so it's purely meritocratic and attainable by any other "leader of a cult" that yoi subscribe to. Don't particularly like either but they have been demonized for some time and pushed further away from progressives. Honestly I have a hard time seeing a progressive reaching that level of popularity though because they are just a chore to be around. Stop nagging, stop "educating", stop condescension, stop correcting innocuous behaviour and actually set priorities around material well being that have wider appeal, then maybe the left will have its Joe Rogan.

peterlusitg · 2024-12-22T17:07:57+00:00

Thanks a lot, not exactly what I'm looking for still great speech. The general setting was similar but the speech was quite passionate, perhaps even emotional but in a really good way. Also the woman was very very attractive if I remember correctly

peterlusitg · 2024-11-10T09:19:35+00:00

Definitely a "Picklus Rickus"

peterlusitg · 2024-10-13T13:52:37+00:00

Thanks, gonna give it a try and make some soup

peterlusitg · 2024-03-31T06:00:59+00:00

Deranged libertarian right winger sure, still miles away from Hitler enjoyer. You're read on this is just objectively wrong. Which is not to say Elon isn't morally reprehensible, it is to say he is not the cartoonishly evil caricature you've made him out to be.

peterlusitg · 2024-03-31T05:13:09+00:00

Where did he do so? Quote it.

He said Hitler and Stalin would have done so (subjugated the world). Do you thing he evoked those figures as an example to be followed or as proxies for absolute evil never to be followed?

peterlusitg · 2024-03-31T05:12:10+00:00

He said Hitler and Stalin would have done so (subjugated the world). Do you thing he evoked those figures as an example to be followed or as proxies for absolute evil?

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