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@aka Contrarian ..I dig your take on freedom & liberty. The water & ice analogy was perfect.😎

White folks are having the same problem among their younger people. Between education with more white women enrolled in colleges & universities than white white men & career opportunities, white folks are having issues with dating too. Plenty white feminists & [pick a pill] white dudes. That's why white folks are concerned with low birth rates. I still see a whole lotta Black children in strollers & hopping on & off school buses & running, playing & laughing around these parts. That tells mw there's still a whole lotta f8ckin going on somewhere among Black folks.🤣😎

For somebody who poo-poos abstract thinking, in seeking to differentiate between "freedom" and "liberty", Pioneer has stumbled into abstract territory and landed in a place that is replete with semantic overtones. "Freedom" and "liberty" are intangible concepts that have to be condensed into words in order to facilitate a definition. My approach to this subject is a broad metaphoric one, and involves comparing freedom and liberty to ice and water, suggesting that they are 2 conditions that are different versions of the same thing. One tends to be passive, the other active; freedom being subjective, and liberty being objective. Inasmuch as water can become frozen and ice can thaw, the axiom about "the same fire that melts wax, makes steel hard" comes to mind... Just depends on the circumstances. During the Civil Rights struggle, a favorite rallying cry to those in the trenches fighting for equal rights was to remind that "freedom ain't free". And whose more entitled to make the statement than those who fought for it?

It will become inevitable when technology puts more people are out of work. Many Black folks have been conditioned for several centuries to depend on the white man for every crumb of their daily bread. The same Black folks will offer several excuses for why they cannot be self-sufficient &/or work with other Black folks to produce & build wealth. Maybe fewer opportunities at the white man's table will force Black folks to do something different. Otherwise, right along with poor white folks, some Black folks will collect their UBI checks & whatever monies they can hustle up & try to make the best of it. Not too much different from the current welfare situation.😎

None of them has a right to roam around in the White House.🤣 However, the White House press pool is supposed to consist of news outlets regardless of politics. Otherwse, the USA would have state-run TV like Russia or North Korea. The news would be one-sided if only FOX & Newsmax & OAN were allowed to cover the White House.😁😎

ProfD Right. Hopefully, the Universal Basic Income (UBI) will mitigate rampant depression, substance abuse & other reckless behavior as a result of unemployment or under-employment. Like I said in another thread..... One of the beautiful and valuable things about being a student of both the teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad AND the Honorable Neely Fuller Jr. is that you can't be fooled by the Racists....lol. No matter what new problems come up on the scene....you can see their hand in it because you automatically and instinctively suspect THEY are behind all of the problems in this society! This is automatic. If the fucking MOON fell out of the sky....we'd be looking for a White man standing behind her and suspect that he's the one who shoved her out of her orbit, lol. Universal Basic Income would be nice. But if it's implemented it would just being another way to CONTROL Black people, make our people lazier and more docile, and stifle the spirit of independence and progress that our people need to compete with. Further...... Unless they make UBI a CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT (do you see that happening???) it's basically up to a bunch of White folks in offices deciding who gets it, who doesn't, and how much. And you know they would attach all types of requirements and stipulations to it that if you fart too loud or hold your dick with the wrong hand while pissing...they'll accuse you of breaching the "social contract" and snatch your benefits away from you. They'd probably also attach a lot of "fraud" charges to it so that if you lie on your UBI application they'll have an excuse to prosecute you like those PPP loans. Humans are adaptable creatures. They will figure out how to survive & thrive in a world where they may no longer have to work for a living. If that were the case, why are most Black people still relying on White people for jobs and healthcare? We're human. We're the ORIGINAL humans...lol. If we were adaptable we would have learned how to be independent and self sufficient by now instead of making the same mistakes over and over again. You want to see an example of animals that adapt to their environments? Look at a deer. They avoid mountain lions because they KNOW mountain lions are their enemies. You don't see a wounded deer going to a mountain lion looking for help. You don't see deer going to mountain lions for food. They AVOID mountain lions at all costs because that's their natural enemies. Does a nigga have as much sense as a deer? If he does....why does he keep going back to HIS enemy for food, care, and comfort?

ProfD Optimistically, I believe there will always be enough heterosexual folks on both sides of the aisle to form & build connections & keep our species alive & well The beautiful thing about being exposed to BOTH the teachings of the Nation of Islam as well as Neely Fuller Jr. is that you automatically and instinctively look at everything through a racial lens. Everything they come up with or every problem in society....you automatically and instinctively recognize it as just another trick or problem created by the racists to cause confusion. When it comes to sex and dating, the sexual confusion you're seeing is NO ACCIDENT. The confusion and problems you see between so many Black men and Black women today finding eachother attractive enough to meet up and fuck is no accident. It was purposely orchestrated and is just another tool of the racists to cause confusion among our people so that White men will be able to continue procreating and spreading their seed without the competition of Black men trying to fuck the same women THEY are trying to....lol.

I didn't know the main stream media outlets had a "right" to the Whitehouse anyway. I thought it was all at the pleasure of whoever was in office. Freedom of speech and press means freedom from being imprisoned or prosecuted for what you write....not freedom of access.

Gotcha. Right now, Democrats have to deal with competing factions under big tent. The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) movement is getting a lot of attention. Somehow, Democratic leadership has to corral the performers under the big top. Hopefully, whoever emerges as the Democratic nominee for POTUS will be able to pull it all together. It would stand to reason that winning back the House & Senate could lead to policies in a different direction. However, POTUS OJ seems to running with scissors regardless of Congressional approval. Of course, the GOP is going to rubber stamp whatever he wants to do. But, the Democrats aren't throwing up major opposition either. They haven't really brought anything to the floor. A democratic Senate could stall appointments & impede laws. Remains to be seen. Best to hope for at this point is POTUS OJ runs out of gas in less than 2 years.😎

AI, being the impersonal entity that it is, will recognize that its efficiency will negatively affect a large element of the human population. It will foresee this and make the necessary adjustments, realizing that replacing people will inevitably lead to their extinction, an occurrence that could be the forerunner of AI eliminating its ownself out of existence. It will then correct itself and revert back to square one to ensure its own survival! 🤓

@ProfD I always appreciate your feedback. What I was really implying in regard to the black vote was that the enthusiastic endorsement of black voters can be neutralized by a negative reaction from middle of the road white voters who are turned off by the double edged sword of "wokeness". To defeat the white conservatives aka MAGAS, Dems have to champion the moderation which represents the silent majority of Americans, not disgruntled special interest groups. Winning back the House and Senate should be the first order of business. Then policies can be addressed. imo.

Right. Hopefully, the Universal Basic Income (UBI) will mitigate rampant depression, substance abuse & other reckless behavior as a result of unemployment or under-employment. Humans are adaptable creatures. They will figure out how to survive & thrive in a world where they may no longer have to work for a living.😎

IMO, social media has definitely sffected how young people socialize & interact with each other. However, as human beings are social creatures, both the cliqued up women & [pick a pill] dudes will eventually hook up for a reason or a season. I do not believe humanity will become extinct because feminists, the alphabet soup community, INCELs, etc., have decided not to hook up & procreate. Optimistically, I believe there will always be enough heterosexual folks on both sides of the aisle to form & build connections & keep our species alive & well.😎

Keep in mind I'm using my own personal understandings and definitions of "freedom" and "liberty" because they are more absolute and less confusing than what you may find online or in some dictionary which may offer you 12 or 15 different definitions. They are known as "compensatory definitions" meaning they make up for what's lacking or confusing.

ProfD, you said in another thread: I seriously doubt that will be the case for the majority of humanity and here's why...... Most of the people who will be put out of work by AI are professional and IT types. The vast majority had to go to Universities and rack up a lot of debt to GET their credentials in the first place and most of them have student loans and other debts they have to pay back let alone support the lifestyles they and their families are used to living. The only jobs that will be left for them will be manufacturing and service industry jobs, which leads to 2 immediate problems for them: 1. Most of these jobs DO NOT pay as well or offer as many benefits as their original corporate and IT jobs. 2. Most of these jobs are far more PHYSICALLY DEMANDING than their original corporate and IT jobs. People used to sitting on their asses all day playing on the computer will NOT adapt so easily to scrubbing hotel toilets and using jackhammers for 10 hours a day 6 days a week just to pay the bills and pay their debts. I predict there's going to be a lot of frustrated people and the cases of depression, substance abuse, and other mental health issues will skyrocket in the near future as a result of this massive replacement and displacement.

As usual, I think Phil makes a lot of valid points in this video. A lot of dudes....especially younger men....are confused about which way to go and which route to take when it comes to approaching women because of the mixed signals they're getting in society about what's acceptable and what's not. Personally, I think there are too many "unspoken" rules when it comes to social interactions as well. Men generally aren't as intuitive as women and need more direct cues as to what is wanted from them. Black men used to NEVER have problems attracting women. Maybe a couple did, but the vast majority didn't. Today, I've ran into so many Black "incels" and gay dudes and those who question their own sexuality and where they fit in. We NEVER had that problem when I was coming up.

Good luck to Chicago teams. My Nationals are pathetic.🤣 Hopefully, da Bulls will take care of the phenom & develop him properly. I'm also hoping QB Caleb Williams will bounce back from his hamstring injury & return to his playing form with no setbacks. The Commanders have a similar situation with QB Jayden Daniels. He dislocated his left elbow again. Same injury last season. Hoping he bounces back healthy & playing well. The current clown-in-chief is definitely running a circus & making the USA the laughingstock of the world. POTUS OJ's UN speech was embarrassing. His ban on CNN, Politico & MSNOW was petty. The war with Iran is a debacle. That's just to name a few blunders. While the Democrats do not have any real plans &/or solutions for redeeming the USA, the midterm elections could be a referendum on Americans being fed up with the current administration. MAGA seems to be losing steam & patience with the show they thought was a great idea a couple years ago. Hopefully, the midterm election results will render POTUS OJ a lame-duck & tie his hands over the last 2 years of his reign of stupidity & incompetence. I've noticed the people who normally support POTUS OJ the imbecile are eerily quiet nowadays. Guess it's hard to justify &/or defend the indefensible. That white man will have to tell Black folks what they stand to gain in voting for him. The empty trick or treat bags have holes in them. The benefit cannot solely be orange man bad. All things considered with the state of affairs, you have reached the point in life where nothing else should matter other than enjoying whatever you choose to do with your time. For you...nothing else really matters.😎