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Somewhere the little 12 year old you is still playing video games.Let me turn this into a debate though. There is no direct evidence that time travel is possible in either direction, and expert opinion varies. However, that is physical time travel. What do you guys think about the possibility that consciousness can travel backwards or forwards through time? If you have ever watched the later episodes of Lost you will understand what I mean because there was a storyline about it.Consciousness is a considerably less understood subject than astrophysics, so I propose how you answer will largely depend on whether you believe consciousness to be more than an abstract concept. I will get cute and argue that consciousness exists in physical reality because the chemical and electrical signals of which it consists are transmitted by cells (i.e. neurons) which have physical mass.Agree or nah?
First this idiot claimed Karl Marx (the most thorough critic of capitalism in recorded history and a research academic who wrote literally dozens of articles and books about capitalism) "didn't understand capitalism".When I laughed at him for saying something so outrageously stupid he tried to pretend the joke was on me by writing an Amarel-style 10,000 word reply consisting exclusively of straw man argumentation. It began:-"Part of Marx' misunderstanding is that he conflated capitalism with industrialism"Except...The Emergence of Marx’s Critique of Modern AgriculturePointing out harmful consequences of capitalist agriculture based on a division of town and country that quickly exhausts the soil in the interest of maximizing profits, Marx warns that the development of productive forces and technology under capitalist relations of production does not automatically prepare the conditions for human emancipation.https://monthlyreview.org/2014/10/01/the-emergence-of-marxs-critique-of-modern-agriculture/Be warned. If you see any posts by either Amarel or MarcusMoon, know that you are talking to a liar and a fanatical political zealot.
This interesting discovery forms part of a larger study in which I hypothesise that the silliness of Conservatives is compelled to increase proportionally both to the passage of time and the strength of their enemies' counterargument. I am due to present my findings to the anthropological faculty in several weeks so I thought I would give you all a free preview.In fact, we have seen Conservative silliness rise from a record low in 1997, to just under 0.74 episodes per sentence in 2018, which is a STAGGERING rise of more than 624 % in only two decades.It is very interesting data!!!!
So it leaves me in a constant state of bewilderment when I have to listen to brainwashed American nitwits tell me about how they don't want the state running their lives. Exactly how low has the average American IQ fallen? The state DOES run your lives, which is exactly why Marx invented socialism in the first fucking place. The state is the proxy of the ruling class. It is SO STUPID hearing ignorant American wankers describe people like Stalin and Mao as communists, since they did the precise opposite to what Marx stipulated should be done and concentrated power further. Just because someone claims to be something does not necessarily mean they are that thing.Rant over.
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