K. Just checking.

Making sure you were being consistent.

Although, to be fair

Majority does not equate to correctness

I believe the true meaning of Islam is a peaceful one at its core, but even if I'm wrong, the majority of people I've met who associate themselves with being Islamic are well-meaning and lovely people

I mean, yeah.

If you truly think your beliefs are correct, then the beliefs of others shouldn't be a concern to you.

Well, if you truly think your beliefs are correct, you'd try and be helpful to others

Rather than berate them for real life factors out of their control

Well, yeah. Sure.

Especially in a religion of love

We're not on about that anymore, right? I'll move on from that

But with the existence of an Abrahamic God, justice is ordained in the afterlife.

As I said, the difference between 'God will punish you for that...' and 'I've been sent by God to punish you.'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkgkThdzX-8&ab_channel=johnlennon Get your lighters up motherfuckers, I love humanity

Eff that song.

Lmao, I post it mainly memeing but I like the sentiment of us actually being unified

'Imagine' is overrated. Change my mind.

Songs about Communism for 400, trebek!

Oh it's definitely overrated, it's a good song though

And yeah, "Imagine no possessions" made me double-take

I think he's more speaking against materialist attitudes though

Imagine there's no countries

Not material property as a whole

Imagine all the people sharing all the world

I get what you mean

It's literally communist propaganda.

Lennon stated: "'Imagine', which says: 'Imagine that there was no more religion, no more country, no more politics,' is virtually the Communist Manifesto, even though I'm not particularly a Communist and I do not belong to any movement."

I suddenly don't like the song

🔴 💊

Lmao

A better song, then

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JwYX52BP2Sk

Get moving

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There we go.

> kill 42 children using bears for insulting someone
"that's bad"

> maiming 42 young/immature adults using bears for insulting someone

"See? the is the almighty good god"

glad we found the line. -.-

"we can't kill people, thats immoral.... just rip them limb from limb until near death, that is the good and god approved way"

The last video in <#463052787970998282> about the communism is the same old everybody in western media is peddling. I'm surprised Tim is falling in to this trap, given his inquisitive record, but it's the same problem with the western surface level politics. I am from Eastern Europe and it's common we look down upon the desire for simplisity in disecting a very complicated issue. I was very young when socialism fell in my country, but the talking points so far have been juvenile. Firstly full disclosure:
1. I do NOT believe socialism and communism is a good idea and believe any similar notion should be condemed
2. People in Eastern Europe do NOT fit western political paradime. Namely - it's usually authoritarian left conservative and liberal right wing.
3. I'm 32. Not an old fart, but not in college

My point is that the claims gulags are impending on the west is hardly realistic. Bussiness is simbiotic with government and gulags are bad for bussiness. A iron authoritarian system as it is in modern day Russia is the worst a socialist system would put in place.
Second point would be the beaten to dead claim that socialism doesn't work financially and has never worked. In reality people look to states with crazed paranoid dictators and military hotheads, as well as multinational symbiotic nation states, with religious and ethnic nations. Those are sad examples, but in fact, socialism (to an extent and by design) has worked financially in SOME Eastern European countries.
The dangers of socialism go way deeper and are way more sinister to the really important parts located higher in Maslow's piramide. A planned economy is effective, but devastating to all but basic food on the table and housing and transportation. Transitioning away from it is nie impossible. 30 years later, my country and many others are still healing the scars from the worst parts of it.
I'm not sure if I'll break any discord channel rules in tagging Tim or any of the admins, but really want to gauge and poke your brains a bit. Why do you think in none of the debates western journalists and pundits never speak to any of the people that have lived through it and lived through the transition of socialism?

What do you mean they do not fit in the western political paradigm? just curious