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Since I was quoting Trump (there are even quotation marks and a link to the original) to demonstrate his confusion, I don’t see why you think the misunderstanding is mine.

And this is the mistake many folks make when trying to interpret complex issues by using single words to define them. I know a LOT of people who think the way you do, that "liberal" means "anything goes" and conservative means "responsible". I also know a LOT of people who think conservative means "fearful" and "ignorant" and "stuck in the mud", while liberal means "progressive" and "hopeful" and "forward-thinking". This is the problem with using these terms with each other. It's hard to know how a person has been influenced when they use such broad terms. I'm not sure hubris is the problem in the US. In trying to focus on capitalism to the exclusion of any other ownership principles, we're allowing our leadership to pretend to care about us when their re-elections are really up to big corporations. We may find it hard to give up what we think we've earned, but I don't think it's out of pride. If the American public had any pride at all we'd gather to stop these stains on humanity from exploiting us even further (the CEO of Kellogg's recently claimed that if we're worried about the high price of food, we should eat Frosted Flakes for dinner). We make very little investment in The People. Everything goes to keep big corporations in business, including bailing them out with tax dollars when they mess up. I think we should focus on better social spending and representing the will of The People, and maybe then we can better assess whether this is a matter of hubris or not.

I wish it would speak for itself because I can't make the slightest sense out of what you're saying. Perhaps you could open a thread under a forum heading where such mechanics would be relevant. With (sigh) some evidence for such phenomena and their underlying principles.

Defying Hitler. Synopsis: "Sebastian Haffner was a non-Jewish German who emigrated to England in 1938. This memoir (written in 1939 but only published now for the first time) begins in 1914 when the family summer holiday is cut short by the outbreak of war, and ends with Hitler's assumption of power in 1933. It is a portrait of himself and his own generation in Germany, those born between 1900 and 1910, and brilliantly explains through his own experiences and those of his friends how that generation came to be seduced by Hitler and Nazism." I thought now would be a good time to read how a demagogue, encouraging a cult of personality, can subvert the institutions of the state and seduce a population, little by little.

The Na:K mass ratio order of magnitude appears to be established by the ~11:1 ratio in the Earth's mantle. This probably manifests predominantly as hydrothermal vents entering the oceans at mid-oceanic ridges. Beyond that it gets complicated as the elements take different routes in their respective cycles. However, a huge amount of ancient marine potassium has become preferentially locked up in the granites of the Earth's continental crust which must account for some significant depletion of the residual potassium in the ocean relative to sodium. It isn't the complete picture but it may be a good part of it.

Negative things and positive co-exist together throughout our lives. It's up to ourselves to choose which ones we want to see. I often experience crippling depression and happen to have just acquired four budgies. They interrupt my negativity in positive ways. If you are alone and have nothing to care about, find something to care about.... be it others in some capacity, or in looking after some other living thing. Immerse yourself in their needs, or elsewhere, where there is the possibility of reciprocation. Negative past experiences, for instance, need positive new experiences to push them away into insignificance.

I said nothing about pulling out of NATO, or made any suggestion about not standing up for my country’s friends. The emojis don’t make the suggestion less insulting. It’s almost lime Trump is only interested in his personal financial well-being, rather than having his country’s best interests in mind.

There are many activities that could be therapeutic, depending on your temperament and inclination. Some art form - painting or sculpture are the standard choices. Building something, even if it's only bird-houses, can be quite rewarding. Horticulture is very calming and might even yield some superfoods: ripe tomatoes from your own yard, fresh peas, gooseberries, melons...? Another possibility is volunteer work to help other people who are maybe worse off than you are. The objective in any case is to stop focusing on your inner misery and direct your attention and efforts outward, to something positive. There is no magic cure. Maybe you can figure out - with or without help - what's causing the problem and fix it (very difficult and rare). Or you can treat it like a chronic illness, managing the symptoms from day to day (what most people with depression do).

It is Adenine, not Amine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenine If you will start with making ball-n-sticks of chemical molecules of e.g. C5H5N5, C5H5N5O etc. you will see that they make hydrogen bonds with corresponding molecule in DNA chain. I 3D printed my own design of the ball-n-stick set. There are online ball-n-stick editors available: https://www.google.com/search?q=online+ball-n-stick+editors

Nor was Stalin. Communism is a power vacuum that human nature abhors. Communista don't practice communism. They practice dictatorship.

You would think that with their combined economies, the EU would be more assertive on the World stage, but some member states are actively undermining the Union's influence. The same can be said for NATO. Witness Hungary, whose leader seems more aligned with Russia than European neighbors. Witness Turkey, who buys Russian equipment to operate within NATO, among other problems, such as with Greece and Sweden's acceptance. And what about Britain opting out of the EU, which, IIRC, you're in favor of, String Junky; does that not reduce the EU's influence to that of vassal to the US ? The EU has had , for a few years now, the opportunity to be on equal footing with the US, but many of its member states are 'full of themselves' and want to go it alone ( France ), some think they'd be better off on their own ( UK ), some don't give a damn ( Italy ), and all do way more trade/deals, and are then beholden to, dispicable economies like Russia and China. The only member state that seems to 'glue' them together is the country that nearly destroyed Europe in the last century ( Germany ). And then all these states ( and Canada too ! ) blame their failures on American hubris, as you now do. Liberals is the name of the political party, akin to Democrats. The other parties of note are Progressive Conservatives, also akin to Democrats ( thankfully we have no equivalent to Republicans ), and National Democratic Party, socialists who make promises they'll never have to keep because they'll never be in power. That's today's lesson in canadian politics. That sounds an awful lot like what D Trump said 6-7 years ago when he suggested pulling out of NATO, and more recently when he said he would let V Putin have Ukraine, and possibly the rest of Europe, unless they start paying their share. Careful, you might get called a 'Trumpet' 😄😄 . It is not a matter of America being altruistic in providing defense for Europe and the rest of the free World, but a matter of self interest. It is always better to deal with free states than the likes of Russia, china, and other unreasonable autocratic states. I'm not sure when 'populism' took on a different meaning, as it used to refer to the will of the people determining governance, not a few 'elites'. Unfortunately, like other institutions such as communism, fascism, and religion, it is easily corrupted. The best example would be the populism of the French Revolution, which took power from a few 'elites' and gave it to the common people. Fear mistrust, and insecurity ultimately led to the revolution 'eating itself' But back to the OP... The US exerts control over other countries, not militarily like Russia does, or military and economic coercion like China, but rather, through other countries' greed; America is still the largest spender in the world, and other countries want the benefits of America's spending power.

Go too far left or right, one ends up basically the same as the other.

It’s not like that in the US, though. For the last ~30 years the economy has crashed when the right has been in charge, and the left fixes it, at least to some extent. The last 4 GOP presidential terms have resulted in a net growth of less than a million jobs, and three recessions started on their watch.

But with regard tro American Hubris , I think they're "Damned if they do, damned if they don't". We need to find a soft landing for the inevitable fall of American hegemony, without allowing Putin and Xi's "multipolar World" where the "poles" are autocracies. Certainly the UN has no answer, especially with the 5 current veto powers.

In Australia over the past 35 years the (right wing of the) left wing political party has implemented more draconian right wing policies than the right wing party themselves.

Unfortunately the MAGA elected officials do not reflect the will of the people they allegedly represent. Many of them are in heavily-gerrymandered districts, so they are in no danger of losing their seats, which doesn’t offer much leverage to make them accountable.

The EU is stepping up and already paying more to NATO per capita than other countries (especially Poland who has more skin in the game). Spending based on GDP is also way up. Problem is they can’t ramp up quickly enough and won’t be able to supply Ukraine with munitions until closer to 2025. The US is the only country who can help Ukraine bridge the gap and get them enough weapons to survive through the rest of this year. The US also wants to do this. Over 70% of the populace supports it. If a bill came to the floor, it would pass. The problem is one man trying to save his job. He’s Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, and he won’t allow the bill to come to the floor for that vote. Don’t blame America. Blame MAGA morons and their Cheeto Mussolini godhead who seems always to want what’s best for Putin (and are perhaps more susceptible to Putins social media manipulation farms)

Champagne.

..and I would say that your answer is primitive and childish.. ..only for the foolish who started everything from the Bible and took it literally.. Such an interpretation is too easy to mock, simply by saying that there was not enough time to create a stone from the bones of, for example, dinosaurs in the "calculated" time of life on Earth.. ..then who made up the Universe.. ?

Two wrongs don't make a right. It's either leniency or strictness in politics. The leniency of the left leads to the strictness of the right to steer the economy back on track. Take a look at Canada and the wastefulness of the liberals trying to save everyone. I'd like to see a government that understands discipline.

Ultimately, it's Walt Disney's fault, for making us cry when Bambi's mum was killed; he greated the algorithm. That ignores the nuances of life, in favour of a cute picture.

I used the correct single words and "Two wrongs don't make a right" shouldn't have been erased because it makes it seem like I'm favoring the right when I'm not. I didn't use "anything goes" and "responsible" because I don't believe in these definitions for the left and the right. I also don't believe any of the other definitions for the left and the right. Another definition for liberals is putting the cart before the horse while another definition for conservatives is if it ain't broke; don't fix it. Both sides don't understand discipline. I see politics as a bunch of incompetent squabbling chickens. We need Laws because there are people who disregard the lives of others however it seems like non-born leaders are always trying to lead. Trump being a loudmouth non-born leader. Nayib Bukele (President of El Salvador) is an example of a born leader and how he swiftly cleaned up the country. From an outside perspective. It seems like Trump's hubris and his loudmouth followers does make the US look full of hubris. Change is actually afoot. We'll get a taste of a compassionate collective neutrino energy starting April 12th till May 23rd. Then we'll see real change starting January 30 2025. This isn't astrology. It's the human design system and it doesn't contain nonsense astrology. It's a mechanical system which explains how neutrinos from the Sun and planets have an effect on our aura mechanics. The same Pluto energy was around when the American Revolutionary War started and eventually the American Constitution was written. We the people. 1775 + 248 years (pluto orbit around the Sun) = 2023 We've already seen this energy play out. Such as the outright ban of dangerous dog breeds in the UK. This is a great time to be alive in.