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Sure. Rep. Crockett could hook up with a multimillionaire or billionaire and make bigger moves. Ask a man like POTUS OJ if any of his wives contributed to his success. Wait for the amswer. Don't interrupt. Rich and powerful white men are rarely shown with their wives if they are even married at all. A lot of women do not want to be defined by men. Some folks are unwilling to *do* or put up with the strings attached to that help. Oprah is a multibillionaire. Only another billionaire could help her get more than she has already. Again, these successful women do not think they *need* a man.

Unfortunately, entrepreneurship is not heavily promoted among our people and often times frowned upon. Most of our people are taught to get a job or career working for someone else.

Hopefully, McDonald's won't get the bright idea to start using insects and bugs to sell McRoaches and McCrickets and McButterflies.

Religious folks are indoctrinated and radicalized into believing they are dying for a greater cause and will be rewarded on the other side. Humans have a natural desire to live and survive. Most don't want to die because it's final an as you mentioned, they don't really know what's on the other side.

That's exactly how robots and drones will take delivery jobs. More folks will be out of work.

Epstein Transparency Act has been signed by the Senate and supposedly by POTUS OJ. Let's see how long it takes for the files to be released and what comes out of it.

Sure. There are many opiates folks choose to use in order to cope with their existence. Black folks do not have a monopoly on undermining each other in the workplace. Certain types of jobs lead to backbiting and other tricks to get ahead. Starting a business or company is one thing. Creating an economy is no small feat because it would require coming up with something *new* and controlling the entire chain from production to distribution. Fair enough. However it manifests, fear can lead to paralysis.

She's already a successful politician without needing a man's help. People hardly ever say, if that man locked arms with the *right* woman he would be more successful. Your scenario paints the picture a lot of women work hard to avoid. They strive to prove a man isn't necessary for their success. Degree of success can be debated but it differs from one person to the another.

Reminds me of those Dawn of the Dead movies where they keep sending people to the zombies. At some point, folks are going to stop knocking on the doors of white folks. Especially not knowing how many guns they have up in there. Just throw deliveries or packages or whatever in their front yard and keep it moving. If the white folks call the company to complain...give the standard police answer "I feared for my life and safety".

Surely, she has traveled in circles and been around men on her level. Balancing her career as a politicians and having time to deal with a man would be the hurdle. A man on her level doesn't need game to impress her. That dude would be more interested in going shopping or having a girl's night out with her.

Absolutely not. It is the opiate that makes life under the system of racism white supremacy more bearable for some folks. China only has a higher population of people. They do not have the same military strength from a technological perspective. A world war won't be as many boots on the ground. Drones and other hi-tech sh8t will be used to *fight*. Most Black folks work for white-owned companies and businesses. Fear can be mental and/or physical. As @frankster mentioned, it doesn't have anything to do with intelligence.

Right. Marriage is a social contract of accountability that serves to maintain quotas and provide a moral framework in governing s8xual relations. Men tried to come up with a way to keep themselves from running around impregnating women without a commitment to take care of them and their offspring. Especially at time when women were not providers and head of households, it would have been at bad look to have men dropping children everywhere and not providing for them. We live in a society that believes it is a better look for men and women to be in committed relationships stamped in holy matrimony. Of course, like the late Heavy D said, independent-minded folks got their own thang.

They are trying to protect rich and powerful white folks. The same white folks who donate huge amounts of money to their political campaigns. Just like the JFK files and MLK files and everything else they cover up, if they are released at all, do not be surprised if the Epstein files have been redacted and sanitized to the point of a nothing burger.

Comfort and fear. Apparently, when it comes to s8x...humans don't have to do a whole lot of thinking. They aren't concerned about their *problems* or living situation. Regardless of an individual's condition and/or circumstances, when the hormones kick up, somebody gonna get it in a shelter, alleyway, near a trashcan, abandoned car, etc.

D8mmit brotha @Troy...I knew there was a latent sense of humor behind that literal, no-nonsense virtual persona.

Neither a woman nor a man has to be married in order to enjoy companionship and s8xual satisfaction. It is easier for a woman to replace the batteries in a gadget than it is to get rid of another human being especially if/when they start f8cking up and/or getting on their nerves.

It is not about about consciousness and/or enjoyment. Nothing about this existence is of concern to the dead. Regardless of one's beliefs, when looking into a casket, it does not appear that dead people are in pain or suffering from anything. I get it. The natural desire of most humans is to live regardless of the conditions and/or circumstances. Those who control the levers of power know it too and that's why they will put people through all types of sh8t. The believers in sky fairies want to go to heaven but none of them really wants to die. That's also why those same people have a hard time understanding suicide and other forms of martyrdom. Again, many folks are willing to endure poverty, pain and suffering for a morsel of enjoyment and/or happiness.

"Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once". Those who flee and/or give up the fight are still dying...slowly. No more problems, pain and suffering. Death brings peace and freedom.

A lot of people would be vegetarian or pescatarian if they had to hunt for and/or slaughter their own food.

Slavery was horrible. Reparations should be paid to FBA/ADOS. As Black folks, we don't have to repeat cycles of dysfunction in response to slavery. People should be able to provide for offspring instead of relying on the government or anyone else to take care of them. As adults, we have a responsibility to do strive to do better by every means necessary.

The government should not be responsible for birth control. Why should a homeless person want to bring a child into the world and not being able to provide for them? Isn't it the responsibility of their parents to teach them better? Despite the fact that @Pioneer1 believes people lack intelligence, Black folks have been educated for many decades when it comes to the responsibilities of children, poverty, homelessness, etc. IMO, it is very selfish of people to bring children into the world and not be able to take care of them. The government and taxpayers shouldn't have to bear that responsibility either.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-vote-full-epstein-files-release-move-speaker/story?id=127593181 It didn't take long for Bill Cosby, R. Kelly and Diddy to be charged and convicted and punished for crimes against women whether they were guilty or not. For whatever reason, white folks are having a hard time releasing the files on pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Apparently, the file contains the names of powerful people who supposedly weren't guilty of getting down with underage girls but they hung out with Epstein. The talking point is these powerful people shouldn't be exposed and/or have their lives ruined because they were associated with Epstein the pedophile. These powerful people are guilty by association especially if they were hanging out with a pedophile and underage girls were around too. In real-time, we are witnessing the lengths to which white folks will go in order to protect their own who commit crimes and let them get away with it. Even more interesting is that white women never seem to be outraged when white men commit crimes against women and children. Almost as if they expect it. I already knew how white women rolled when about 15 of them were in a room and asked about POTUS OJ grabbing women in the crotch. Every last one of those women basically said..."boys will be boys". In other words, they didn't care. The people named in the Epstein files really don't have anything to worry about. Their wives already know they are dirt-bags. Just keep bringing that money home so she doesn't have to get a real job.

Black folks need to pool resources and build institutions that generate wealth. For example, the Nation of Islam generated a lot of money selling bean pies and Final Call newspapers. Entertainment was a wide open area that Black folks could have invested in themselves by maintaining ownership of their intellectual property and selling it instead of enriching non-Black folks.

Right. It is no different from reading several books, newspapers or magazines, etc. Consuming information from a variety of sources gives the listener/reader more material to broaden knowledge and/or shape perspective.

In the grand scheme of things, white folks are using American taxpayer dollars to take care of their own people in other countries. IMO, they are not getting their azz whooped by a higher intelligence. It is more powerful. If someone is in a fight with a smaller person and a bigger brother, cousin and uncle showed up...intelligence will not save them from a major azz whupping. The only choice becomes fight or flight. Fleeing to safety means accepting b8tch status and/or being treated however the host chooses. That is why it is important to learn self-defense. Once a person runs from a fight, they will be running forever. Some people are perfectly comfortable with b8tch status. It has never been a good look for a man though.