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bc he often explicitly speaks of the inherent supremacy of Western society and culture compared to the Arab world. like, its not even latent with him.
Most people don’t think that Western values are worth defending because of inherent reasons. I think those reasons are more historically contingent and subject to change.
Probably nobody who posts regularly in a politics forum has any desire to get over themselves. Including you and me ofc.
I read the recent bump posts in a thread and above them were posts by some guy called lagtight. Christ that guy really sucked badly. Wonder what happened to him?
Most people don’t think that Western values are worth defending because of inherent reasons. I think those reasons are more historically contingent and subject to change.
western values would be a very good idea.
Headlines like "Millennials aren't buying large and very expensive houses, and why that is a problem", "How boomers made houses too expensive for Millennials to buy" are mostly engagement bait.
It's all just rehashed copywriting techniques from the early 1900s. I've been doing it for years. Times and circumstances change but people having pain-points will always exist.
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Huh?
This:
You're not talking in terms of economics proper. You're talking in terms of Modern Monetary Theory, which has as much to do with the actual economy (Gross Domestic "Product") as math does to physics. People don't eat bonds and money. Or just because housing prices double doesn't mean the food supply for the termites living in them doubles too. That's their balance sheet problem
Oh okay. And I'll assume that explains your cockroach comment, too. The economics is over your heads:
[QUOTE=ChatGPT]The poster isn’t talking about physical housing or people literally living in it. They’re using **“termites” metaphorically to represent economic actors or dependents** who rely on assets (like houses) **for value or sustenance in an economic sense**.
So in this sentence:
> “just because housing prices double doesn't mean the food supply for the termites living in them doubles too”
…they’re pointing out that **an increase in asset prices (like housing) doesn’t create more real goods or wealth for those dependent on those assets**. The “termites” are **metaphorical claimants on the asset’s value**, not people or literal insects. It’s a colorful way of saying: rising prices don’t magically increase actual material resources.
In short: the poster is using **termites as a metaphor for economic dependents in a balance sheet sense**, not insulting anyone or literally describing humans.
If you want, I can map **the whole metaphor to MMT vs GDP concepts** so it’s crystal clear what the poster is arguing. Do you want me to do that?
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That dude just looks for trouble. It was pretty obvious what your comment was about. He probably gets offended drinking a glass of water in the morning.
I thought it was obvious. Didn't even occur to me he was referring to a post I made in another thread. I was just curious how he read "insect" into my post upthread.
I know this isn't the golf forum, but JFC Tiger.
I know this isn't the golf forum, but JFC Tiger.
Tiger's drives on the golf course much better than his drives in his car.
Breaking!!
The Vise President is officially going after Ihlhan Omar for immigration fraud.
I know this isn't the golf forum, but JFC Tiger.
Also, how did he get so old so quick?
