Yes, and if we continue down this path China will be the biggest winner. If we align with Russia, then Europe and southeast asia will have no other choice. Africa will also be easy pickens for China.
The best case scenario for USA is we are able to hold on to secure elections, Democrats move towards something like Ezra Kleins’ vision and MAGA collapses and a more values based party takes their place.
1. I agree with you.
2. Assange is a Russian asset and the West’s (esp USAs) emphasis on freedom of speech puts us in a very difficult situation with respect to information dissemination.
3. This blind spot is being heavily leveraged to alarming success and Authoritarian regimes are gaining momentum with their goals. Mainly To destabilize democracies and make us all like them. We also want them to fail and be reborn as democracies.
4. I do not know how to navigate this challenge in an ethical/moral way. But i want to make sure we all recognize the biggest genuine threat to our descendants’ freedoms.
No, absolutely not. The West must be held to a higher standard and we have a duty to hold ourselves there, but too many are failing to understand the biggest threat to all the world’s freedom. Hint hint, it is the actual authoritarians.
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For many students, the sport team culture and the activities surrounding these events is a big draw and motivator to attend university.
Most college athletes will not play at the professional level. Their young adult connections and the values they develop as being part of a team to overcome great challenges in preparation and on game day are important to our society. The stress one feels for a final exam does not compare to the emotions one feels on a big game-day! Valuable mental models are developed from athletics. Lessons learned are applied to every industry. it’s important simulation.
To deduce it all to irrelevance is a mistake that many intelligent people with no team or sporting experience often make to no fault of their own.
The best case scenario for USA is we are able to hold on to secure elections, Democrats move towards something like Ezra Kleins’ vision and MAGA collapses and a more values based party takes their place.