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>>18916810
Right. Some of the people that the U.S. was paying off were actual drug lords who rape kids. That's an actual thing. But we have to give more money to these people because the Taliban will oppress women! But they might not be any worse, and they might even be somewhat better, because they'll be able to at least provide some basic security so things can function. But I think the media likes to use bait to hang a story around and lure people in, and they're constantly throwing out little balls of cheese on a hook to see if the fishes will bite.

Also, I haven't read Spengler and I'm posting in a thread about him anyways, and I think things could get worse or the society or civilization could "collapse." But you gotta understand, a lot of the world is like that all the time already.

There are a ton of places that are in a constant state of freefall or crisis of some kind. A rebel group approaches their town and the people run into the jungle for a week, and then a return carrying veggies and dead monkeys they've harvested and reopen their markets and go to back to business like it wasn't even a thing. And whatever big economic shocks are happening that's causing inflation at the store, the same thing is happening in other countries and it's 10x worse at minimum.

I guess it's a matter of perspective.

Or... guns are scary? They're not scary. You should respect them, but like I was saying about the Stuka dive bombers, those things were scary. Also, my granddad witnessed some soldiers in his unit get killed by a Messerschmidt that strafed them and he was nearly hit by the same attack. That's freaky. Also, ballistic missiles seem pretty scary. Those things make a big bang where you feel the earth shake. I've never experienced one but I met someone once who witnessed seeing the Russia army use them in Chechnya. You wanna watch out for those things. Well anyways, have a great rest of your week.

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