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Travis's avatar

To be fair, we might be better off as a country without Hollywood and Disneyland (less decadence, distraction, and complacency as a peoples). The Texas Medical Center might not even exist had oil and gas not become relevant, because Texas wouldn't be rich enough to stand it up without that mineral wealth.

I imagine everyone would be happy to build giant desal plants as an aided compromise in getting to a 2-state solution. The problem is that Israel doesn't want to give up those lands and Hamas would rather fight Israel than govern a country of its own (see the Taliban's recent governing headaches after finally catching the car and getting the US to leave). So even if the world offered, Israel might not take it and Hamas definitely wouldn't. This conflict only ever ends when the Palestinians abandon/kill off Hamas and when Israel decides that it's willing to give up the land it's currently letting its own settlers inhabit.

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drosophilist's avatar

"we might be better off as a country without Hollywood and Disneyland"

Booooooo

Substack really needs a downvote button! :)

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Travis's avatar

People know more about the lives of Hollywood celebrities and worship their wealth while allowing the rise of a billionaire class and knowing fuck all about foreign policy or economics, but sure, Hollywood is a national blessing lol (I may or may not be jaded about American culture haha)

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