Isn't this admission a sign that you should be more clear on the intent of the comment? There are many countries with well-functioning public school systems.

I don't understand how this needs to be connected to the idea of God. Couldn't one believe that there are alien life forms with more power and higher consciousness without believing in God?

In contrast, the Christian followers of God believe he made us (humans) in his image and sent his son explicitly to save us (humans). Isn't that a more self-centered view?

Google's revenue in 2022 was $282 billion, in 2025 it was $402 billion (43% growth).

Meta's revenue in 2022 was $117 billion, in 2025 it was $201 billion (72% growth).

Surging profits paired with flat employment continues the concentration of wealth.

> You know who is steadily shrinking, though? Intel. Wild, eh?

Intel's revenue is falling ($63 billion in 2022 vs $52 billion in 2025), makes sense that they would trim headcount.

What's hilarious about it? It seems pretty well-rooted given the actual history of the two areas.

- 1939: Germany invaded in 1939, officially starting World War II.

- 1941: Germany occupied the rest of Poland after attacking the Soviet Union, which had previously occupied Eastern Poland.

- Teutonic Order/Prussia: Throughout the 13th–16th centuries, the Teutonic Order fought numerous wars against Poland.

- Medieval Period: Records show invasions by Margrave Gero (963), Margrave Odo I (972), Emperor Otto II (979), and multiple campaigns by King Heinrich II between 1003 and 1017.

You are describing "lying by omission" which is a very well known form of lying. Specifically, they stopped reporting the number of casualties to intentionally misrepresent what was happening in the war.

https://www.nber.org/papers/w33279

Not today. However, there is a bill in the Senate, that the President is demanding to be passed, that would eliminate this reality.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2026/03/17/save-amer...

Why? Plenty of people drive in areas with speed cameras, isn't that exactly how they work?

> That's absurd hyperbole. A competent policeman will recognise the difference between me driving 90 km/h on a 80 km/h road because I didn't notice the sign.

I'm not sure it is hyperbole or that we should assume competence/good faith. Multiple studies have shown that traffic laws, specifically, are enforced in an inconsistent matter that best correlates with the driver's race.

[0] https://www.aclu-il.org/press-releases/black-and-latino-moto...

[1] https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2020/may/bl...

It does sound like a bunch of people in this thread forgot. Perhaps they found it more politically convenient to forget rather than admit a mistake?

It doesn't need to be, nor should we measure things against eachother by their ability to be used as an attack. We should measure this on it's own, based on what has happened.

In this case, an agency created by the President's Executive Order, that reports directly to the President made significant personnel and security access changes. There have been many security issues coming from that new personnel and department. If this doesn't fall on the administration, what does?

I bet you said the same thing a year ago when people were warning about exactly this scenario.

Again, there doesn't need to be evidence. The point is that a claim like this is clearly plausible and worth investigating because of political decisions this administration made. They took a non-political issue (access to social security data) and explicitly made it political. You don't get to later use those same politics as a protective shield for criticism.

> it maps perfectly onto an existing fear people were already primed for.

People were primed because of the repeated warning that experts were giving about the security of this data and carelessness in allowing access. You are helping to prove my point that the administration encouraged this by their own actions.

The topic at hand was a whistleblower report, which would have serious ramifications if proven false. It isn't apples-to-apples.

[0] https://thehill.com/homenews/media/fox-news-donald-trump-dig...

If those people weren't granted unprecedented access to our data, there would be no whistle to blow. You can wait for the "investigation" to play out, the rest can see that obvious risks were ignored to benefit someone.

> There is a reason American families move away when Asian immigrants move into school districts

The study shows that "American" families didn't move away, "white American" families moved away.

> not racial animus like you suggested.

Can you share what it is you think I suggested? I don't see where I provided a view on this topic. I simply pointed out your incorrect assumptions of the data.