The child loved [X], he spent 5 years working on it until his father decided his time, effort and the childs own opinion on the matter were entirely worthless, and destroyed [X] without any consideration to his son.
It's clearly not just about [X].
Buffy was a different category.
Show wasn't about her getting power but learning how to use it and live with the responsibilities it demanded.
Compare with spiderman, spider-bite instantly gives him the full package, the narrative is what he does with it.
The american picture is somewhat dull, as much as some pundits try to paint it as a crisis, it's a huge economy that can take a lot more pain than you imply.
Examine the Iranian FX reserves next, what happens when they can't buy loyalty with a hard currency?
It also requires one to believe that the rich taxpayers are stealing from themselves whenever they pay less tax.
And thus Fitz must be shoveling money to the ATO, for he is wealthier for every dollar they take and made poorer by what he keeps.
"The stats are wrong, because I'm different"
The data was extracted from a large sample of women, any attempt to alter the male cohort shall have zero impact on the data in question.
You too are an argument against women voting.
"Evil makes average look good"
Evil is a psy-op by, and exists for, the mediocre.
So... what is she advocating for here?
If all men benefit from evil, should we be more evil?
Violence is now a charity, a public good for all.
"needy mums"
That's a curious slur.
Loving ones own children too much, as a sin.
The leftist ideal, therefore, is to love them less and desire less time with them. Our enemies have zero insight.
They ought have what they can hold.
On their own dime, without a legion of lobbyists pissing in our politicians pockets.
That aside, why couldn't the Lebs just offer to be the Yankess less shitty ally in the middle east?
The state can't be disempowered in a vacuum.
First, you need competing bodies that can take from it the duties it abuses. It's empowered by the responsibilities it assumes from the individual.
Free the slaves of the state and it shall be a poor master.
You've not thought this through.
If I pay you a tenner then demand you pay a dollar back, why not just give nine to start with?
Don't tax benefits, just reduce them a chunk and sack a few bureaucrats along the way.
The US just spent a month slamming their oldest enemy while shouting "Murica!" and dunking on the euros, minimal lives lost and only a handful of war crimes.
Spin wise, much easier to sell as a victory than a loss. Depends on how the strait looks after 2 weeks.
Begs the question, why is such an impoverished fool the hero?
If he's a warrior, seek a tourney.
A wit, through canny schemes.
He's given his fellow an obstacle, now have him overcome it, and not whine and give up as his author seem wont to do.
Your takes are wildly off.
Iran has been crippled, in less than a month, they've nothing but a fraction of their missile capabilities and Hormuz to work with.
This is the cleanup stage.
Also, you've said NOTHING about Irans internal dynamics. You've been worthless on this issue
The systems purpose is what it does.
If you hand more money to teachers overseeing the destruction of a nations academic capital, the decline will accelerate accordingly.
Punish the worst offenders, and they will also respond accordingly.