Our Gross National Product, now, is over $800 billion dollars a year, but that Gross National Product - if we judge the United States of America by that - that Gross National Product counts air pollution and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our doors and the jails for the people who break them. It counts the destruction of the redwood and the loss of our natural wonder in chaotic sprawl. It counts napalm and counts nuclear warheads and armored cars for the police to fight the riots in our cities. It counts Whitman's rifle and Speck's knife, and the television programs which glorify violence in order to sell toys to our children.

Yet the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country, it measures everything in short, except that which makes life worthwhile. And it can tell us everything about America except why we are proud that we are Americans.

If this is true here at home, so it is true elsewhere in world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy%27s_remarks_at_the_University_of_Kansas

2d ago

Whoever introduced standpoint theory to liberals is the most successful anti communist force ever

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stink @lemmygrad.ml 2d ago

Black History Month was a Reaganite invention.

3d ago

Streamer Slop: Hasan Piker betting on horse races in Hong Kong

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stink @lemmygrad.ml 3d ago

He's also a lil weird about women. Paused the video he was watching once to call Karoline Leavitt hot

3d ago

Approximately 1 in 25 Pixel users run GrapheneOS

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stink @lemmygrad.ml 3d ago

I wouldn't consider myself a pro user but graphene was so easy to install. One click of a button while it's connected to my computer!

3d ago

Generation Alpha is the first generation to have 24-hour access to internet brain rot, starting from the moment they enter the world. It's not going well...

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stink @lemmygrad.ml 3d ago

installed a stalking app on her phone

Even 10 years ago people were broadcasting their snapchat locations to the world. There really is no sense of privacy anymore lol

3d ago

Generation Alpha is the first generation to have 24-hour access to internet brain rot, starting from the moment they enter the world. It's not going well...

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stink @lemmygrad.ml 3d ago

Over two decades ago my Muslim parents sent me to a pre-school program in a church because it's what they could afford and it just made sense at the time. It isn't all that uncommon either lol, I've had cousins go to private catholic schools just because the education / opportunities are better, and these schools hand out scholarships and subsidize the costs like crazy.

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And by "This" I mean [REDACTED]

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stink @lemmygrad.ml 4d ago

Nah the exhaust fumes reduce the amount of oxygen in the air, leading to slight euphoria. It's true ask Grok

4d ago

Twitter briefly allowed people to see where each account was operated from. turns out, the official DHS account is run from Tel Aviv

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stink @lemmygrad.ml 4d ago

Idk if this is true

4d ago

And by "This" I mean [REDACTED]

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stink @lemmygrad.ml 4d ago

I think he's talking about one of those late night parking lot chats with the boys

4d ago

And by "This" I mean [REDACTED]

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stink @lemmygrad.ml 4d ago

Ngl, parking lot chats after a long day of work or a night out and it's getting late but you're having a good conversation and just vibing and nobody wants to go home yet, really hits for some reason

5d ago

Fedcobin mentioned 🎉🎉🎉

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stink @lemmygrad.ml 5d ago

They had (and still do) a raging zionist piece from like 8 years ago lol. Can't find it but I linked it somewhere here. It was so rabid I thought they were doing an ironic bit