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Again, I don't see where your point of view was disputed. The situation is fluid. Still got 2.8 years to go.

What exactly are you seeking credit? This whole thing is still playing out in real-time.

No exaggeration. Similar to when folks go under anesthesia for surgery. Don't feel a thing. Forced labor could still be most profitable. Drugs is high on the list. It's definitely not the Martians. Absolutely. Let's not leave out their willingness to be violent & kill as they deem necessary.

I guess you skipped over where I typed certain situations. I do not have anything against the Chinese. I was pointing out that China isn't the threat white folks would have others to believe. Semantics. Geopolitics is a Chess game.

It is a given that hard work is only one aspect of becoming successful. There are no lies when one lives the reality. I'm Black to the core & very proud of it. Encouraging Black people to do better does not diminish or insult our history. As I've mentioned before, billions of dollars pass through Black churches every year. It isn't the Black 1% pouring billions into churches & gross consumerism. White folks don't stop Black folks from giving their tithes & offerings. I'm not suggesting it has gotten easier. My point is that it's not impossible. Black people don't have to start tons of businesses. But, when AI puts a whole bunch of Black folks outta work, we'll have no choice. The Black 1% definitely is not exempt from investing in the community. It is a fact that Black people can make a lot of money. No assumptions. I don't have to convince the Black people where I live that they too can be successful.

Newsflash...most businesses fail. It's part of the game. The successful keep getting back up & trying again. Again, you're looking through a very small window. Black folks collectively have enough wealth to invest in businesses including social media platforms. The *problem* is that Black folks do not encourage entrepreneurship & investment. Not in the same way that religion demands tithes & offerings. Do not continue trying to tell me how to communicate. My patience isn't that long before I become the most rude & insulting mf'er you could ever read. No more excuses. Billions of dollars go through Black folks hands every year. The question is what are we doing with the money. How many engineering firms have Black folks started? No reason to wait on NASA or any other white entity to give them a job. The village collectively could invest in its own people. I don't believe you realize outside of New York there are a high number of successful Black people. Successful Black people see things from a different perspective. One of the biggest challenges is getting our people to believe they can do better. Understand that because I'm a successful FBA/AfroAmerican man of average intelligence, I believe other Black folks can do it too. Just a matter of putting in the work.

First, I realize you want your threads responded to in a certain way. It's not gonna happen. I could take the brotha @Delano approach & not participate in your threads but that wouldn't be fun. Nor did I state that Ford needed a bail-out. If you haven't noticed, threads take twists & turns around here. It's not that anyone has a crystal ball. The subject of discussion is mostly hypothetical. Bankruptcy does exist & is allowed to happen in certain situations. My tangential response was related to how bankruptcy isn't allowed in certain situations. In ao many of these threads, we've already covered how & why the USA is the pre-eminent super power. Geopolitics requires good & bad guys, opponents & adversaries; real & make believe. Neither Russia nor China is the threat talking heads would have folks believe. China is the largest US labor force outside the country. They could weaken the US through imported products & more importantly...the number of Chinese people living in the US. Russia has been involved in conflicts over there since Vlady Putin has been running sh8t. The US issues fake warnimgs but they're not going to do anything to him. It's not just because of nuclear weapons. The Chess *game* is more important than anything. These super powers cooperate in how they choose to run the planet.

Right. It has been happening for a long time now. Funny part is when people asked for natural remedies for their ailments & conditions they would get side eye from medical professionals. That is until industries started producing *natural* herbs & supplements which can be found on store shelveseverywhere. Follow the money. The economy is fueled by all types of drugs and the conditions, industries & jobs created by demand for it including law enforcement, judicial, hospitals & prisons.

How do you really know there's no interest in it? Just like pro sports, let a wealthy white dude announce he's financing a Black Male Pageant & n8gglets will come running to be in it.

Right. Everything about this existence stops. No more chains. Many people find enjoyment &/or pleasure in doing absolutely nothing. Death provides it. They don't really want to be free. Like a drug addict, they just want to get high. There's a difference. The temporary enjoyment allowed by the slave master was good enough for him. Again, most people are afraid to die for several reasons. Freedom isn't one of them. Yet, there's no way of proving &/or knowing alternative dimensions or realities exist other than one's own mind. Freedom, enjoyment and pleasure are not synonymous or inextricably linked. For examples, humans find enjoyment & pleasure in s8x but procreating can nullify their freedom. People enjoy getting high until a terrible accident gets them locked up behind bars or worse.

The average person doesn't understand the financial windfall wars generate. Those who engage in war fully understand the end goals. German soldiers high as a kite were able to brave the elements & sleep deprivation in order to fight & felt nothing when they were killed. There's no better way to encourage people to kill themselves than drugs. Ovet the past 50+ years, drugs both legal & illegal has been the most profitable war waged against humans.

Absolutely. Death is freedom from all forms of pain &/or suffering. Regardless of state of being, that person is no longer restricted or oppressed; in pain &/or suffering. Reads like your idea of freedom comes with some type of enjoyment. The lure of enjoyment which is temporary freedom is exactly how people remain restricted &/or oppressed. That's why most people are afraid to die. To truly be free is unbound by any chains literal or figurative. Death removes them.

Just like Miss Black...we can create pageants specifically for Black men. Here again...the problem is waiting around and seeking validation and/or permission from non-Black folks.

Enjoy my brotha. Here in the USA over 140 million people are enduring a snow storm.

Well, you don't know me in real life but I think we're cool in this virtual realm. I use FBA/AfroAmerican quite a bit to differentiate FBA (Foundational Black Americans) aka descendants of slaves from our Black brothas & sistas from abroad. I've also replaced jive-assed n8gga with n8gglets. Unlike Noah Webster, I will not be writing a dictionary any time soon. Using words and phrases is enough to get the meaning and point across.

https://apnews.com/article/wef-davos-trump-ukraine-carney-musk-9f9a80ba7b80139f6bcfdf7b2a620c1a This past week, POTUS OJ gave a 1 hour & 10 minute speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. POTUS OJ in his rambling style was all over the place in his speech which contained his usual talking points. In his speech, POTUS OJ berated world leaders for being weak & unable to defend their own countries & totally dependent on the US for security. He also reminded them that they were not paying a fair share of the tab for their protection. POTUS OJ is coming off as straight gangsta in everything from blowing up Iranian nuclear facilities to removing Venezuelan president Nicholas Maduro to attempting to wrestle Greenland from Denmark. Then, there's the chaos & mayhem he's causing domestically. I still don't believe this clown car can continue at this pace and stay on the road over the next 2.8 months or so. The circus will eventually collapse & leave. Hopefully there isn't too much elephant sh8t, er, mess to clean up behind these fools.

Beauty pageants are just another form of entertainment. A temporary distraction and escape from real life. Entertainment can be anything. Just a matter of imagination. Off the top of my head...we could come up the Alcoholic Olympics. An event where people get drunk & try to do various things in competition to win prizes & money.

Inaction speaks volumes. Absolutely not. That's why our progress moves slowly. It's not about throwing anyone under the bus. Malcolm X had warned Black folks to be wary of white folks wanting to be involved in our struggle. Especially when they created the system & conditions.

Stay tuned. The white folks are trying to clean up with zip ties, handcuffs and bullets.

One way or another, even if Ford have been bought out or allowed to go bankrupt, another major automaker would have grown or been established. Lighten up. I was joking.

F*cebook was started by a teenager in a college dormitory. M*crosoft was started by a college dropout. Apple was started by a marketing wizard & his friend who was a wiz with electronics. Y*hoo & G**gle were started by nerds in silicon valley. Sure, these companies have grown into sprawling behemoths but they came from the proverbial mustard seed. IMO, Black folks have the aptitude to invent things. Too few lack the entrepreneurial spirit. Seems easier to trade labor for wages.

IMO, it is unfair to compare the US (340 million people) to Canada (41 million people). The population of Canada could fit in California. 70% of Canadiens identity as white (28 million). The rest of the country breaks down as Indigenous (1.8 million), South Asians (2.6 million), Chinese (1.7 million), Black (1.5 million), Filipino (960,000), Arab (690,000) & Latinos (580,000). Canada takes care of its citizens by way of social safety nets, public healthcare & government regulations. Again, the majority of them identify as white. The US as a pseudo-rainbow & melting pot is much bigger & fueled by racism white supremacy is a different setup.

@Troy...thanks for acknowledging some of our elders, brothas & sistas who have departed the rock. We can add Sly Stone, D'Angelo & Angie Stone to the 2025 list.

Yep. I heard they took his weapon & shot him 9 times afterwards because the border patrol agent feared for his life. White folks from Minnesota to Ukraine are just showing how easily they are willing to kill anybody.

Right. Back in the day, I remember when Jamaican dudes didn't have too much love for their AfroAmerican brothas. The tension was high and killings were real. It has calmed down over time. There's still not a solid alliance between AfroAmericans and Black Americans.