Links: Jewish fertility rates; pre-Trump GOP; 'Jeopardy!' controversy
Many Nones are ethnic Jews who were converted by Luther and converted again after Augsburg. Birthrates in this group have declined, which means that, unless my generation spends all of its wealth, the one following will have plenty. Plenty often is associated with irreligion, but not a loss of spirituality or holiday commemoration. More wealth may or may not lead to more spirituality. It will lead to more overt practice.
Trump hit the CEO/Prosperity Gospel slice of the GOP dead on. He is everything they want and the feeling is mutual. When he falls, it will be interesting to see how they react. I suspect that their fair weather faith will not serve Trump well.
Thiil shows that some people's speech is louder than others, but he is not convincing anyone not already on board. Rich people are used to having people behave in response to cash. MAGA voters do not disappoint. The solutions are not to restrict speech. Restricting wealth, and especially the control over others that it enables, is the challenge of the day. The same dynamics are in force with major donors to the Church.
Steadily unpayable debt is evil. That the Government relies on such things to fund Obamacare. The irony is that the people who they need to sign up for Obamacare cannot afford to because of their high student debt payments. When debt payments are deferred, interest should no longer accumulate. There is a term for capitalizing unpaid interest. Loan sharking. Those who never had to have a student loan should not criticize those of us who needed debt forgiveness.
Humans are tribal. That does not go away when watching game shows.
Some historians claim that Catherine was the basis for Cinderella.
Poor diet and sanitation, as well as environmental toxins, are all risk factors for cancer. All of these were endemic in the early modern age.
No comments:
Post a Comment