First off, the fact that imagining "life" without the latest silly tech gadgets, without which humans survived for tens of thousands of years, as some kind of difficulty is downright absurd. Heck, as recently as fifteen years ago most people didn't have these things.

Second, I've never bought an Apple product in my entire life, I could replace Amazon with a million other options in a heart beat, have literally never used Facebook, have been using "DuckDuckGo" for years instead of Google, and I have zero exposure to Microsoft products outside of work, where my company-provided laptop runs Winbloze. I do have an Android phone, but could chuck it into the lake tomorrow and would probably be happier without it-- I'd just use email to talk to the few people via which I presently chat on Signal.

Gee, that was tough!

In other news, there's this. I'm trying to figure out how the remarks are even remotely controversial to any rational person: Ilhan Omar-- who is a walking parody I might add-- is devoutly religious, as evidenced by her hijab; Muslims and Jews have been in conflict for thousands of years, especially recently regarding the Israel situation; why wouldn't Omar's deep-seated religious world view influence her perspective regarding the Jewish influence on American politics? To me it's like stating the obvious. And I'm not even sure there's anything wrong that being the case; if she is ideologically opposed to Israel, why shouldn't she be resentful?

And on that note, why were Ilhan Omar's original statements controversial? America's entire foreign policy-- especially in the Middle East, where like 90% of US global involvement is centered-- is built around preemptively protecting Israel, who as I'm reminded constantly by creeps like Marco Rubio is America's "wonderful sacred shining light Democratic ally!", blah blah blah. In fact, in every Republican primary debate isn't it implicitly-- if not explicitly-- explained what a large role Zionism plays in American foreign policy, as a matter of pride? Again, it's a statement of the obvious. But as Omar is finding out, if you want to know who controls things, look at who you're not allowed to criticize...

Finally, I really like Molyneux's theory wherein he links evolutionary theory with both racial qualities such as IQ and aggression trends, and current events. I don't know if he's right, but it sure ties into a nice bow. Fascinating stuff!