She has a well earned reputation of sounding in private just like in the video . I’m sure the video is not her, but it was really accurate in tone; which is why it’s getting traction

What is good enough for the goose is good for the gander

If it was good enough for my parents, it’s good enough for me!

Why not both ™?

If it were not porn, then the powers would pick some other thing to justify age checks: graphic violence perhaps

Look at the luxurious lifestyle! They get to eat and have water.

I think that is an excellent selection for people wanting to double down on that strategy.

But for my area, I choose other ways to do the above

Democracy was first formed by powerful people in city states so they could rule jointly.

It really has not evolved much beyond that. Except in very small countries, today it merely means oligarchy.

While it is often better than despotic, autocratic or monarchy. At the end of the day, the ultimate tests are: how the working classes fare; the happiness index of the majority; how much corruption is in the government; how fair the justice system is; life expectancy; and access to medicine and treatments.

Democracies are overrated, but yes

Dictating all social services leave back doors for meta to monitor… wow, this one may beat the Americans in the race for criminal stupidity

The teachers I had opened the window and shouted at the office

I have envied people who are fully aware and alert and ready when they wake up.

For me, it takes longer than a few minutes

The term confuses me in politics: it seems to have too many meanings; and even the agreed definitions are flexible.

Historically, democracy only allowed free males who were land owners to vote. A minority.

In the last few generations the wealthy have come up with clever ideas to hold onto power while expanding the vote to the majority.

So, I think Democracy is defined by periodically changing some of the government by the voting of some people. And the votes must be counted in front of witnesses.

This is my definition of democracy only; and not me arguing for it, personally I don’t think it works well enough

Yes, as practiced it’s mostly theatrics and the working class does not take power due to many controls and mental conditioning.

Democracy gives the illusion of control.

But many of these countries are by definition democracies

Yes: As long as people can vote, kick the other government out, and replace it with worse, maybe better.

I think where the confusion lies at, is the very definition of democracy. Democracy does not mean good governance or even particularly fair treatment. It had nothing to do with socialism or helping the disadvantaged. It simply means it can be replaced using voting.

I think the democracies of the west are overhyped oligarchies; but they are democracies

One is a quickly developing powerhouse.

The other is a democracy. It’s main opposition party had promised to allow porn again and is wildly successful

This tech we all use is advancing exponentially.

And we must be ready to embrace the dizzying changes in the next few years so that we can improve our lives and have better governments.

Noo…!

People know instinctively when they are dating up, down or have impossible dreams.

The reasons for that is as varied as there are people, but we all have primate brains and are hard wired to select partners using criteria that can be and are amazingly flexible