communism also affected post 1965 immigration because lots of people were not allowed to leave Eastern bloc countries

"While the bill’s champions, including LBJ and Celler, were committed to ethnic and racial pluralism, they anticipated that most of its beneficiaries would hail from Europe.

But the story played out differently. As Europe’s economy finally emerged from the ashes of World War II, fewer residents of Ireland, Italy or Germany moved to the United States, while those residing in the Soviet bloc found it all but impossible to try."

https://www.nature.com/scitable/content/out-of-africa-versus-the-multiregional-hypothesis-6391

I'm working on Spanish in duolingo myself

i took it in hs so it's gonna be much easier for me to learn and use

you're seeing more inter-racial conflict among Democrats, more balkanization of the Democratic party

huh I never thought of it that way, that emigration restrictions in Eastern Europe affected the US

On the other hand, the democratic party, like the communist party, by raising up people who would otherwise never have power, can still stay a stable bulwark, mainly because it is the source of their worth and unites them notwithstanding their differences.

yeah, i was referring more to the question on cyberstrike

Ah, I see.

yeah the low humidity here is good

I'm open to moving in the future with the intention of forming a community

I think we could have a lot of success in a small city

small mw city

surrounding suburbs and the like

I think so too.

same

yeah that is inspiring

workers rights, no child workers, etc

yeah

lmao

That is disturbing

lol

youkipper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw-7_MwO1hY

lower testosterone in men might be a factor

https://www.forbes.com/sites/neilhowe/2017/10/02/youre-not-the-man-your-father-was/#7f4795fc8b7f

anyone looking to discuss community building ideas?

I feel pretty good about closing

since we touched on it earlier

sure i'd talk about community building

other than that, i'm done on the book

ok

i've talked about it before

oh

sounds similar to cohousing

https://www.cohousing.org/

great idea

Well guys I know I didn’t interact much (doing school while I listened), but thanks for the discussion. I love our community and enjoy watching it grow.

For sure, man.

Gotta duck out and take care of some life issue I hear going on downstairs (5 kids lol). Communities are key, I agree.