Would you make the same argument about kids using heroin, just stop using it?

For context: one major issue with social media is that it's addictive, and Facebook in particular has made efforts to be as addictive as possible.

Those are all goals that we should aim for if we want to prosper, even if they are not immediately reachable. One step at a time.

I don't think anyone mentioned capitalism until you did. I don't think this is about capitalism versus socialism. The society we live in has privatised profit and nationalised losses. Poor people pay for the externalities of rich people so that they can stay rich no matter what. That's a problem.

Do you believe democracy is working in capitalist USA? Whose interest is Donald Trump representing? What about Congress? Or are you arguing that the USA is a socialist country?

Not sure where you're going with that. History has shown that Communists and Nazis cannot coexist. History has also shown that Islamists, being the religious traditionalist right-wing extremists that they are, cannot coexist with many people, that is not surprising, they essentially hate everyone who is not them.

As for Communists, they can absolutely coexist with others, in fact they do in Kerala for several decades now. Don't get me wrong, I'm no fan of Communists, but get your facts straight.

Not sure what you mean with that, but: US aid to Israel is in billions every year, and that money is coming from the taxes that the 340 million Americans pay. Just for context. Have you been complaining about how these billions in taxes could be better spent on US health care than on helping Israel do what it does?

It really is funny, I wish I had mod points. The right is all about rationalising at any cost rather than questioning their belief. In fairness, that's probably most of us to some extent, we just don't realise it. This reminds me of this flat earther who came up with a valid scientific experiment and said "if I observe X, my belief is wrong and the earth is round". Inevitably and unambiguously he observed X. His reaction was then "I must have done something wrong, I will do a bigger and better version of this experiment". Some people just refuse to stand on the shoulders of giants.

The idea that people are mainly motivated by profit or selfishness is dogma, not fact. Our capitalist societies rely on it and encourage it, but it doesn't mean that it is an immutable truth. There's plenty of social experiments that show cooperative behaviours emerging. The environment matters. The fact that the environment we have makes it seem easier or more logical to be selfish is something that we should question, and be willing to amend.

I don't think that's accurate. Trump is an authoritarian, no question. But fascists actually have a vision for society. A fucked up one, but a vision nonetheless. Trump really only cares about himself.

No, they are being criticised for committing ethnic cleansing and apartheid since their creation, and now genocide. This is a legitimate criticism. Making it about the hate of Jews is a weak attempt at avoiding accountability. There are plenty of Jews who are critical of Israel. By the way, using "mohammedan" to talk about Muslims makes you look stupid.

Can you provide an example of that happening?

Also your whole point is somehow made invalid by the existence of Wikipedia.

You have expressed views and presented them as reality. In doing so, you have conveniently ignored a bit, so I'll ask again: How is cracking down on (illegal) immigration working our for the US? Is there an effect on the price of essential commodities, or on inflation?

Camacho was also ultimately able to work with others for the common good, I think there's a big difference there.

I wonder what future historians will think when they observe the very near release of Idiocracy and election of Donald Trump.

To the first point: entire sectors have grown to depend on the employment of undocumented immigrants. When the right wanted to crack down on illegal immigration in France, restaurant owners protested. Farming and construction are other notorious examples. If you remove that workforce from the country, you automatically raise the cost of a number of things and you slow down the economy. Do with that what you want. And do let me know how that's working out for the US.

To the second point: I do not see where you're going with this. NATO has worked well and we're all happy about that. It is becoming unreliable so the need to not rely on it is increasing. The fact that it has worked in the past is irrelevant to the fact that it is unreliable in the present, and that nobody sane should bet on it being reliable in the future. It's not rocket science.

I think anger might trickle up first.