Foxes in the henhouse.
Itâs bunkers how compartmentalized American society was/is.thought.
Italians emigrated en masse to other countries in the American continent such as Brazil and Argentina, but as far as I know there wasnât a noticeable difference in treatment between them and other Europeans.
The Bolsonaros werenât socially below the BĂŒndchens on account of their origin.
Unlike North America, native peoples in Brazil were too numerous in proportion to colonizers, and couldnât have been completely wiped out by the plague/smallpox/guns (not for a lack of trying, mind you). And most importantly, there werenât enough Portuguese to settle the country. Most of the ruling white upper middle class in Brazil is Italian by ancestry.
Therefore, the color barrier is much, much darker than in North America and people whoâd be âblackâ in US can be white racists in Brazil.
Not to mention that there were concerted efforts in the 19th century to bring âwhiterâ immigrants to Brazil, notably Germans to the south and ex-Southerners after the Civil War (the famous Confederados).
As for Argentina - well, itâs a country run by descendants of Genoese small-time criminals who speak something resembling bad Spanish.
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Always a pleasure to read your input.
I was under the impression that Neapolitan culture prevailed over the Genoese - at least in Buenos Aires.
The Basques were quite successful too.
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No, youâre right - tanos are the dominant culture, itâs just that the Genoese were first to come (La Boca comes to mind). 19th century Italian immigrants came from the north, 20th century ones from the south.
Speaking of weird immigrant groups in South America, my favorite stories are about Japanese death squads in the interior of Sao Paulo in the late 1940ies who for years terrorized Japanese immigrants (over one million strong) because they believed that news about the Japanese surrender were fake (thereâs a Brazilian movie about this)
And Brits capturing Argentinian soldiers on the Falklands who spoke only SpanishâŠand Welsh.
Garibaldi, who married a Brazilian woman, is a hero in that part of the world.
Damn. Those are amazing.
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The very things they accuse capitalism of causing are the very things capitalism can fix.
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Do you happen to know the name of the film?
I know of Gaijin, which tells the story of early 20th century Japanese immigrants in Sao Paulo working in coffee plantations but would be very interested in watching the one you mentioned.
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The funniest one is malariaâŠdidnât vaccines invented and produced under capitalism all but eradicate this disease except in very small areas of the world?
None of the lost makes sense but that one is just way off.
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Cool, thanks.
Every now and then I run across a dumb commie posting these and today was one of those days
Iâll never understand how communists always equate capitalism with the unfortunate realities of being alive on a planet with limited resources and knowledge. All of these issues (starvation, disease, etc) have existed since the start of humanity and exist even for animals haha.
The funniest one is malariaâŠdidnât vaccines invented and produced under capitalism all but eradicate this disease except in very small areas of the world?
None of the lost makes sense but that one is just way off.
To play devilâs advocate, since I do believe itâs importantâŠ
What these communists/socialists will argue is that all these issues shouldnât exist anymore, and the fact that they do is evidence of capitalismâs failure.
What they fail to see is that simple things like corruption cause these issues to persist more than âonly providing goods/services for a profitâ ever can. Completely dysfunctional governments institutions is another giant issue. India is a great example of a country where corruption and dysfunctional institutions cause more damage than U.S.-style capitalism ever could.
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Depends on what type of karate you do
I did Shotokan with full contact sparring. Perhaps it wouldâve carried over to kickboxing, but I barely got into kickboxing before being forced to stop, so I canât say much there. Didnât seem to carry over to boxing.
But after the age of 30 I intend to give up most athletic endeavors.
I just turned 29 and donât feel like Iâve gotten to start my life at all yet, so no way Iâd stop at 30. Seriously, it feels like I havenât been allowed to go more than like 20% physically ever. I canât wait for this to be over so I can actually start athletic endeavors. Itâs like a bunch of built-up energy ready to burst haha. Once I feel ready to really start, I feel like I need to jump onto something crazy like 531 BTM to celebrate haha.
For all of you reading whoâve been lucky enough to actually go hard physically, (respectfully) fuck you 
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Unfortunately thatâs not how EDS works
EDS doesnât go away. It progresses with age, particularly because the threshold for injury is far lower and defective collagen means injuries rack up. You donât heal as well as a normal person.
Youâll need taping, braces, potentially surgeries. The threshold for developing overuse tendonitis, bursitis and tears in tendon, muscle or cartilage is far lower relative to a normal person. Extra strength/muscular bulk can help compensate, but osteoarthritis from overuse will set in sooner and the course of progression will be more aggressive.
This doesnât even touch the potential complications like hernias, retinal detachment/tearing (can go blind from boxing), organ prolapse, cardiac arrhythmia, the prospect of developing a chiari malformation and more. Unfortunately, chances are that you DONâT have your whole life ahead of you to go all outâŠ
If this is what you want (seems it is what you want), youâve probably got a decade at most to do what you want to do provided you have primed your body to the best of itâs ability.
If you just want to lift weights, you can probably pursue that for a long time (or not⊠depends on how severe your case is. The really bad cases wind up dead and/or totally bed ridden). For martial arts⊠5-10 years⊠donât count on being able to do MMA into your 50s⊠or even your 40s.
Donât worry, they donât understand anything they say either.
Never thought Russel Brand would be the voice of what those of us with a science background were thinking:
Interesting to see the studies coming out.
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Believe me: I have no science background and never doubted for a second that every bit of COVID fear was bullshit.
I mean, itâs a nasty virus for a small subset of the population - the same subset that is generally more susceptible to other viruses that have minor effects on the population at large.
Scientists are already coming to the conclusion looking at actual data that the lockdowns will cause more health issues and deaths in the long run (massive increase in obesity, psychological trauma and lack of educational progress for kids [i volunteer at a local nonprofit whose focus is a lot on literacy in kids and they had many 4th graders reading at first grade levels this year - this kids were first graders when the VID hit], massive loss of small businesses due to bankruptcy from shutdowns, etcâŠ)
The video from Brand has the head and former head of UK health essentially coming out and saying the response was all bullshitâŠ