On topic, the beliefs of a cult: - defeats are actually victories in disguise - we won the argument though we lost the battle - everything is always somebody else's fault - we know what's g… (View Post)

In fairness, there is another class - rarely, lying can be in the national interest, like Churchill pretending he had a realistic plan to win the war after the fall of France, rather than just waitin… (View Post)

I don't think we are, because MaxPB said it was a huge "ongoing" source of infections. But if we are, then I agree. Quarantine may have stopped the virus in January/February, though it… (View Post)

Trump is not for us, though. His big selling-point is American nationalism ("Make America Great Again", etc.), and none of us are American nationalists. Other people's nationalisms are… (View Post)

Also our life expectancy would increase and average age would fall. (View Post)