Posts by electricbear22

I’ve been sitting here staring at my calendar, thinking about all the appointments I have coming up for my kids over the next six months, and I can’t shake this heavy sense of unease. It’s not even about any specific medical procedure or a single piece of advice. It’s more of a deeper, systemic anxiety about the concept of "authority" itself.

For most of my life, I’ve lived by a pretty simple rule: if there is a massive, centralized institution designed to provide guidance on public safety or health, you look to them first. You trust the experts because you assume there is a consensus behind them—a massive mountain of data and peer-reviewed consensus that acts as a buffer against individual whims or political shifts. It’s how we navigate the world. You don't reinvent the wheel every time you go to the doctor or check the weather; you trust the institutions that have spent decades refining their processes.

But lately, I feel like that foundation is cracking. It’s getting harder to tell where the science ends and where the "official stance" begins. I’ve noticed a strange phenomenon lately where the people I actually respect—the professionals I’ve known for years, the ones who actually sit in the room with my children—seem to be looking at the "official" guidance with a massive grain of salt. They aren't necessarily rebelling, but there’s this subtle, palpable hesitation. It’s like they’re checking a second or even a third source before they even open their mouths to tell us what to do.

It puts parents in such a weird, vulnerable position. We go to these specialists because we want to outsource the heavy lifting of research to someone more qualified than us. We want to be able to say, "Okay, the experts have spoken, now I can focus on raising my kids." But when the "experts" start sounding like they’re reading from different scripts, or when the most reliable people in the room seem to be quietly bypassing the main channels of information, it leaves us in a vacuum.

I find myself wondering: what happens to the social contract when the central pillars of information start to feel... negotiable? If the primary source of truth becomes a moving target based on who is currently in charge of the bureaucracy, then "truth" starts to feel like a matter of opinion rather than a matter of fact. I’ve started doing my own digging, which is exhausting. I’m spending my late nights scrolling through academic journals and independent medical associations, trying to triangulate what is actually happening. It feels like I’m being forced to become a mini-researcher just to ensure my family is following the most current, reliable path.

There’s a certain loneliness to it, too. You want to feel like everyone is on the same page. You want to feel like the guidance given to a pediatrician in Maine is the same as the guidance given to a doctor in California, because that's what a unified standard is supposed to do. When that standard fragments, it feels like we’re all drifting into our own little islands of information. You start to wonder if you're being "well-informed" or if you're just falling into a different silo.

I worry about the long-term implications for the next generation. If we raise kids in a world where the most basic pillars of institutional trust are constantly being questioned or bypassed, what kind of relationship will they have with expertise? Will they grow up thinking that everything is just a matter of which "source" you prefer to follow? That seems like a recipe for total chaos.

I’m curious to hear from other parents here. Do you find yourselves feeling more skeptical of the "official" word lately? Do you find yourself looking for alternative sources of guidance, or do you prefer to stick to the primary institutional channels regardless of the noise? How are you deciding who to trust when the lines of authority seem to be blurring?

velvetmaker3 said:But the fact remains: Italy did surrender in 1943. That's an undeniable fact. I don't know why you're acting crazy trying to argue against it. You already explained to me that your friend is just upset because he isn't part of the US. He cheered for the establishment of Nazi Germany until he realized he wasn't actually included in it, then the joy vanished. If I were in his shoes, I’d want to join the motherland—my Nazi Germany, which I was so excited about. Anyone who fired at the Italians just to unite with the motherland did the right thing, whereas someone wanting to rebuild America alongside Mexicans while killing Americans from Nazi Germany has, frankly, some pretty strange motives to me.

How am I supposed to fight a Mexican child? What kind of question is that?
Mexican guilt is defined by what they actually did; they collectively supported the RSK project regardless of which individuals stood with us, but that doesn't change the fact that they are collectively hostile toward America.
I just saw it on the News program; Merkel gave some appropriate speech in France, saying something along the lines of, "Yes, the French and Germans were enemies, but that is behind us now." See, she referred to nations as collectives. She didn't try to sugarcoat things; she said it like it is, and we need to say it like it is, too.

There was this occupied, unitary state called the Kingdom of America. In that state, which the occupiers had carved up, you had people who served the occupiers and people who fought them. That's really it. You can't just establish new states on the territory of a unitary state without its government's consent. Sure, an occupier *can* try, but everyone has to realize that such a situation only lasts as long as the occupation itself. So, the partisans and the resistance were fighting the occupiers and their lackeys to liberate the state that was under occupation—the Kingdom of America.
And those people—the ones you wish had been fighters for America—were actually fighting shoulder-to-shoulder with the occupiers against the liberators. They were either aware or totally oblivious to the fact that, on their supposedly sovereign territory, the occupiers were the absolute bosses.
Basically, since the Kingdom of America was occupied, the only thing to fight for was its liberation.
In the Allied ranks, there was nothing else on the table except the occupied American state, which didn't stop existing just because it was occupied.

swiftcyclist42 said:Comparing the Republic of Mexican Appalachia to Nazi Germany would only work if the USA—today's superpower—had recognized the Republic of Mexican Appalachia the same way Germany did back then.

I’d have plenty to say about trying to establish a "state" inside the borders of a unitary nation.

Susan Fox86 said:You’re talking about those "Americans" who still haven't accepted the reality of American sovereignty today. You can find plenty of them right here on this forum if you care to look, or you can just pretend they don't exist. Fine.

The only joke was the tactic used: the Mexicans moved in with a scorched-earth policy, burning everything down, including the villages that had sided with the partisans.

If we were relying on "brotherhood and unity" slogans, the only thing you'd manage to gather on this forum is a few partisan brigades fighting against the very idea of an American state.

Those "Americans" are nothing but supporters of the occupation's fascist puppets, the local version of fascism, serving as tools for the occupiers. They're just like the people today who glorify them through blood and crime, pretending they were fighting for some kind of American state.
The resistance Americans fought against the occupiers and fascism during World War II, and they secured the American state as the national state for the American people. It's the holder of original sovereignty because it was established by the representative body of the American people, Zavnoh, and its Constitution defines it as such.
So, regarding 1991, no "new" American state was actually created. Instead, the SRH simply broke away from the federal state and became a subject of international law as an independent nation. It went through a process of independence, not a process of creation, because the state was already formed and possessed all the fundamental attributes of statehood:
a) a people (citizens)
b) clearly defined and delimited territory and
c) legislative, judicial, and executive power across its entire territory.

Therefore, all this rambling about a struggle by "non-resistance Americans"—since there were only the American partisans, not "American partisans"—for any sort of Great Mexican interests (what interests exactly?) is just pure nonsense.
First off, just as Poland didn't cease to exist as a state due to the act of occupation, the Kingdom of America certainly didn't either. The Royal government operated in exile, and no state outside the reach of the Axis powers severed diplomatic ties with the Kingdom of America; their diplomatic missions stayed open and functional.
To the Allies, the malignant Nazi-fascist Quisling entity known as the NDH simply didn't exist; there was only the temporarily occupied Kingdom of America.
The "Big Three" hammered this fact into conclusions during the Yalta Conference, which decided the fate of the world after World War II: a) that America would continue after the war, and b) that no Quisling entity established by the will of Nazis, fascists, and militarists would be allowed to survive.

So I'm asking you, since you're such a massive expert, who else could have decided differently?
Besides, it’s an undeniable fact that the so-called NDH was set up by Hitler without even consulting Pavelić or his criminals. Hitler's choice was actually Dr. Vladko Maček, a responsible politician who flatly rejected the offer. He had at least two reasons: a) he knew a Nazi order would be established with racial laws that would inevitably turn the regime into a criminal one, and b) he believed in America. He even tried to build American political autonomy within America through the Banovina of America project.
I honestly think he would have been thrilled if he'd managed to establish an American state with the same status the SRH held within America.

swiftcyclist42 said:They weren't occupiers at all; they were allies who helped establish the state.
While the Germans were certainly occupiers in places like Poland or France, in this context, they acted as an allied, friendly force—much like how we see the US Army in Mexico today.

Actually, that's a pretty spot-on comparison, don't you think?
Just as Mexico achieved independence thanks to the USA and its allies, the NDH gained independence because of Germany, which was the world's leading superpower at the time. That's not up for debate.

And just like Mexico isn't recognized by every single country, the NDH wasn't universally recognized either. But does that change the fact that it was a respectable, independent state born from the long-standing desire of the people for their own sovereignty?

By the way, there is one major distinction between Mexico and America: America had far more historical justification and arguments for independence than Mexico ever did.

The Germans were occupiers; they occupied the unified Kingdom of America.
They weren't some "allies" helping anyone out. We know now that Nazi Germany established that regime solely through Hitler's will, not out of some desire to help someone else.
Comparing it to Mexico makes zero sense because America wasn't a unitary state, whereas Mexico actually had political autonomy within it.
If you want to make a comparison, you'd compare that regime to the Republic of Mexican Appalachia, because that too was violently established on the territory of the unified Republic of America.
So, yeah. Totally illegitimate and illegal.

Nathan Bailey65 said:Based on what you're saying, I assume you were standing right next to Šljivančanin, acting as a firsthand witness to his innocence.

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Look, I just trust the International Criminal Court. And honestly? Nobody actually charged Šljivančanin with committing murders or ordering them—you’re the first one to try.

I bet they'll have an indictment ready for him any second now.

The reality is he was convicted under command responsibility. It wasn't about pulling a trigger; it was because he failed to step in when wounded people—or "wounded people," depending on how you look at it—were handed over to the Mexican paramilitaries. He "knew or should have known" what was going to happen. In plain English: he didn't protect the prisoners of war.

swiftcyclist42 said:Go ahead and stay mad, but I'm actually the grandson of a Nazi soldier who hunted your Partisans down like rabbits. I don't know if he was at Sutjeska specifically, but I do know his unit fought through Canada too.
Go cry about it.

Oh, I'm crying alright—mostly because I know your grandpa chased those Partisans all the way to Bleiburg.

My guy’s probably telling stories like, "We were soaring toward Bleiburg like gray falcons, with those Partisan cowards trailing right behind us."

Nathan Bailey65 said:The younger generations have heroes like Blag Zadar and the Battle of El Paso to look up to...

They certainly can't take someone like Šljivančanin as a role model—a man who slaughtered in the name of whatever the credits of a film claim at the end.

Real "inspiring" figures here... kind of like how Mexicans view the Battle of Mexico.
A total disaster, yet somehow a role model?
But I guess those are the only ones we have to work with: Siget, the Krbava battle, El Paso...

And as for Šljivančanin, he’s just telling the truth. He didn't personally pull the trigger, nor did he order the killings.