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Sure. I’m not trying to whitewash colonialism just pointing out that it is a lot more complex than the standard anti-colonialist view would have you believe. E.g. in the context of…

It is as a student of history that the more I learn, the more I realize that The "White people did colonialism and everyone was sad" attitude I grew up with is simplistic when not …

The trick is to find non-white people so indifferent to their traditions and culture* that they’ll sell it to white supremacists for material gain. *Also did 19th century Muslim Eg…

What you are saying is generally true (and certainly true for many Indian texts), but the oral tradition of the Vedas really is old. Having been brought up in the West I only learn…

Central to the culture is the idea that a marriage is between two families not two individuals. Some people care more, some less.

Is a dating site profile creepy and weird to you? It’s the same thing basically.

I single out Christians BECAUSE WE ARE DISCUSSING J D VANCE. You keep talking about faith in the abstract but no one believe in Faith, they believe in specific faiths. Remember the…

Are you married?

Oh ffs. I belong to the one true faith (big fat /s so you comprehend). I do not agree with people of inferior beliefs but I _understand_ why and how their beliefs drive their actio…

I’m now in the awkward position of trying to explain Christianity which I don’t know how well I’m doing but here goes. The emphasis in American Evangelical theology is on a persona…

That’s sad. I hope (there it is again!) you feel well soon. I personally have never let politics alter my mood despite being surrounded by people who are let’s just say wrong about…

If you read “Mostly these are not national issues but the national party sets the tone.” and understood that I think the president fixes potholes then maybe you should do the count…

As I mentioned before, I live in a blue state as most Indian-Americans do. I can tell you every racist encounter me or my family has ever had (thankfully not a lot) has been with p…

Rather than make a snarky response I’m just going to say you should hope for better things.

After last weeks kerfuffle I told myself I not to get involved in politics threads on HN but this is right up my alley. Your response illustrates the dilemma. Yes there is a proble…

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I want to touch on one more thing here. You said: "Harris, which really means the bureaucratic group project that Harris would have continued" Is that what we're voting for now? A …

I was talking about the Democratic party. The appropriate comparison would be to the Republican party. I 100% agree Trump himself practices identity politics. That was the innovati…

"Once America denounces it's superpower status and 'leader of the free world' image..." That's exactly what a large part of MAGA want! America First and the rest of the world be da…

Ok Harris and Walz then. I'm not offended by "orange man" etc. which you frequently see here but keeping things at a grown up level is good too. I was specifically responding to yo…

While I’m recovering from your devastating critique would you care to share who you think should be president in 2028 and why.

Isn’t expecting American voters to worry about the consequences to Europe also an erosion of democracy? MAGA is just the latest incarnation of a deep isolationist trend in American…

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Of course all the headlines say Trump did this and that but the person behind this is Secretary of State (foreign minister for the tourists.) Marco Rubio. He will be low key about …