"Some scholars say that it's just an inevitable consequence of development for societies to secularize. Once there are strong secular institutions, once people's basic needs are met, there's less need for religion," Kramer said.
This explains why religion tends to fear and attack secularism: people will no longer need religion. True spirituality would not care how people's well being is improved.
This also explains the contradiction of conservative religion: they want to improve people's lives only enough so that they are dependent upon the church, but not enough to liberate them from dependencies altogether.
This is why I subscribe to ideas such as atheism, secular humanism, libertarian socialism, eco-socialism, and green anarchy.
Modi tells Putin "Now is not the time for war".
Rarely is there a time for war. War is unnecessary suffering, senseless destruction, and a stupid waste of resources. Imagine how much better everyone could be educated, housed, and medically treated without military-industrial complexes or arms trade!
Currently, world leaders police each other in such a way that allows the club to get away with crimes against humanity. They shield each other from prosecution in the world court. Every nation should be subject to the International Criminal Court and International Court of Justice, without exception.
The UN Security Council must undergo a major reform. At a minimum, the veto must be abolished and Southern Hemisphere countries given permanent membership. I recommend Brazil, Kenya, Egypt, and India. Or each world region could be allotted permanent membership seats for non-renewable terms, and only after nomination is approved by the General Assembly.
Russia was wrong to attack Ukraine. All conflict should be approved democratically by the world, and unilateral action should receive the full force of the world. But so was NATO wrong to expand to Russia's borders. How would the United States react if the Warsaw Pact expanded to Canada and Mexico? NATO and all other military alliances should dissolve, leaving one pact of UN Peacekeepers, to which all nations pledge.
Texas and Florida ship migrants out of state:
1. This lacks compassion. Human species are one family.
2. US foreign policy created the migrant refugee crisis through CIA secret wars since the 1950s and other US foreign policy failures before then.
3. Rejecting refugees is anti-American
3. Rejecting refugees is anti-American
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,With conquering limbs astride from land to land;Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall standA mighty woman with a torch, whose flameIs the imprisoned lightning, and her nameMother of Exiles. From her beacon-handGlows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes commandThe air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame."Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries sheWith silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,I lift my lamp beside the golden door.
4. The American economy thrives on migrant labor, especially Texas and Florida!
5. This is an inefficient, costly way to re-home migrants.
6. This is merely a political stunt that hurts people who are used as pawns to score points for their racist, xenophobic constituency.
I woke up in Idiocracy. This is a dystopia. I'm just waiting to leave this stupid biblical apocalypse story, sue the directors and producers, and bankrupt the studio.
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