Kamala Harris Victory Thread- Our new President

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Slackjawed country bumpkins with no college degrees out votin’ trump and shootin their guns

[Octavious]

Slackjawed country bumpkins with no college degrees out votin’ trump and shootin their guns

I could have sworn Kamala was the one who cheerfully told people she would gun down anyone who trespassed into her house?

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Slackjawed country bumpkins with no college degrees out votin’ trump and shootin their guns

I could have sworn Kamala was the one who cheerfully told people she would gun down anyone who trespassed into her house?

Probably?

[learnedSloth]

I hate to indulge your weird interludes Sloth, but what the heck are you even talking about here lol?

Europe used to have some Christian purpose? Is this some endorsement of the Christianizing aspects of colonialism? Maybe you just felt like sharing your recipe for sweet-and-sour revelation sauce?

That wouldn't answer Octavious's question, would it?

The colonies made sharing the gospel easier at the time, but I don't think the settlers were made invincible by technology, nor do I believe that it was due to competent leaders:

This remains so confusing to me. So you were saying that European supremacy in centuries past had something to do with their Christian observance? And not in some cultural "Protestant work ethic" way, but because it endeared them to a God who intervened on their side?

It seems to me that modern Europe better lives up to Christian ideals than they did back then, despite being less explicitly religious. A German in the 2020s is almost certainly more Christ-like in their tolerance and respect for others than their fervently religious ancestors. And besides, hundreds of years of religious conflict and success in the terrible project of colonialism hardly feel like things God would give as a reward for ostensibly greater religious observance.

And if the success of a nation/civilization is a product of divine intervention and a reward for correct religious observance, how could one explain the great success of many non-Christian places? China under the CCP is certainly having a moment. Genghis Khan had a good run. The Aztecs were on a roll for a century or two before Colombia and Cortez.

I don't think you can draw such conclusions from success, but if the colonies had been hostile to Christians they probably wouldn't have served that purpose; that's a practical concern that seems to have favoured Europe.

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Kamala only had 70,309,918 votes so far, losing in popular vote by 4 million.

And I had a point but I am gonna go back to eating chicken wings and admiring that Cornell West did better than Jill Stein as thats more interesting