I can see a young bachelor with no hobbies choosing that but if you have a family and do this then you might as well just say that avoiding them is your only hobby.

Blame the wealth hoarders.

Sure but in this case there are numerous gun related phrases that have persisted in American culture because of this particular affinity.

Presumably

A lot better in reality or in storytelling?

Modern translations of the Bible try to soften culturally unacceptable practices in the present day like pedophilia and rape (especially in the old testament).

You should probably be more concerned with hindu nationalism and casteism then.

Numbers 31:17-18

Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.

But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him keep alive for yourselves.

People need to understand that religion was shaped by culturally accepted practices of the time, and shit was pretty universally fucked up 5000 years ago.

Also child marriage is still legal in most US states and the first state to make it illegal (Delaware) did so in 2018.

A quick look at American history and I don’t think babe has ever touched liberty and justice for all.

Considering this guy got re-elected, there may be some overlap with American qualities here.

Yes, thats part of the why but it’s still odd culturally from the perspective of the rest of the world especially since what you’re describing occurred 100+ years ago and the terminology has likely only persisted because of the US’ gun obsession.

Sounds like the US’ chickens coming home to roost. After creating those conditions with their CIA elsewhere for decades.

Progress towards an unsustainable capitalist dystopia that sets the world on fire is still progress right?

Or maybe they can’t work due to autoimmune disease or chronic illness and maybe even could work if they had healthcare…

Thank you boomers for destroying our planet with climate change. Here’s one free healthcare to-go.

'Murica

Not really off script for Abrahamic religions though.

Not necessarily. If doing that is against a persons value system, it’s perfectly acceptable for them to choose not to enter a relationship with that person. It doesn’t have to be related to control.

If my partner started doing that without telling me, I’d tell them it’s not consistent with my value system and see if they’d reconsider. If not, we’d go our separate ways.

Never said Westerners were the only imperialists. But the scale of their foreign interference, in recent times, is unmatched. The Japanese mostly stayed within East Asia.

You can attempt to throw out as many supposed counter-examples you like. Nothing will match the scale of destruction and genocide that was the European colonial era.

No one is saying that the Europeans were the only ones that lacked the ethical framework to forego the colonial pursuit. The point is that they absolutely did lack that ethical framework and, well, here we are. There are many cultures on Earth that would not have done what they did, if given the same circumstances. Even though I know you’d prefer to focus on the cultures that would.

That doesn’t mean white people are more evil or violent. I personally beleive Abrahamic religions are often interpreted by their followers as a justification for conquest. It’s part of why Europe and the Middle East are so similar in their imperialistic aspirations over the past millennia.

Also you’re not a sociopath. The argument that you suggested is sociopathic though.

They parts are still made in China, the phones are just assembled in India.

We can speculate they’d hop on a boat and do that but the reality is only one region of the world actually did it on a scale that was globally disruptive in recent history.

In any case, it’s still a sociopathic argument that relies on gaslighting.