The veteran’s response highlighted some of the underlying issues. Here are some of the statements made: 1. “We’ve already sacrificed enough for our country — it’s not about what we ‘deserve’ but what the country owes us for our service.” 2. “The government spends billions on other priorities; it’s not …

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Just lost a brutal round of Catan. Thought I had the perfect strategy lined up—until someone slipped in with a sneaky settlement and flipped the whole board against me. And it hit me: this is exactly how today’s “debates” play out. It’s not about who’s got the best plan or …

It’s tempting to talk about “the West” or “the East” as if they were single, unified blocks — one voice, one agenda, one mindset. But this kind of reductionism flattens reality. The United States, for example, is not one policy or worldview; it’s a landscape of competing voices — from …