Posts by James Nguyen13

Larry Walker24 said:I still remember those massive protests against the Republican Party government, when everyone was out in the streets making noise

And what did all that actually get us? Absolutely nothing.

There were hardly any people there to begin with.

Even if there were, mass protests can't legally unseat a government. That power belongs strictly to Congress—specifically, the representatives who hold that 77-vote majority.

There is simply no other legal path forward, no matter how much pressure is applied over the next two years. It’s a bit frustrating, really, because there isn't a single alternative mechanism outside of the legislative branch. As long as one group holds those 77 seats, you can yell from the rooftops or try to get under their skin, but you aren't going to topple them.

Gary Campbell said:I honestly believe we are witnessing a full-scale cultural genocide happening right here in America, and it’s bleeding into every single corner of our existence—music, language, the media landscape, literature... you name it. It’s all just one massive, bottom-tier pile of low-brow trash.
It’s all being done with the sole purpose of narrowing the gap between Americans and those unruly types over the next twenty or thirty years, just so they can eventually shove us all back into some kind of unified state again.
Our language is being completely overtaken by those regional influences, and honestly, we're reaching a breaking point where the original flavor is just disappearing. It’s happening at an extreme level now.
Light music is an absolute disaster, honestly. The second a singer’s career starts to slip, they just churn out a handful of mediocre little tunes in 3/4 time and suddenly success is practically guaranteed. It’s predictable, it's lazy, and it's everywhere.
There is a systematic effort underway to erase and forget our native dialects, a deliberate process of stripping away the linguistic roots that actually define us.
People are generally half-witted, and honestly, even those with fancy academic credentials aren't exempt from that particular brand of stupidity.
Give it twenty years and everything is going to dissolve into one big, indistinguishable mess where we eventually just split back down the line into North American Catholics and North American Orthodox.
Our distinctively Central European spirit is going to vanish forever, and once it’s gone, we’ll just devolve into a version of the Byzantine Empire at its absolute worst.

Why does this even happen in the first place, or why does it keep happening, if we’re being honest about the cyclical nature of these things?
The reality is that a massive chunk of the population only really started identifying as American back in '91, which changes the whole complexion of the conversation if you actually take the time to look at it.Back then, they actually had a bit of substance to them.
The children of these "newly arrived" Americans have all grown up now, and they lack that fundamental sense of patriotism that should be anchored deep within the home and the family unit. They weren't raised on those core values before the war broke out, so they have no idea which way the wind blows when it comes to foreign interference, which makes them far too willing to swallow whatever garbage is being pushed from the East. It isn't like they’ll be entering into those mixed marriages where cultural legacies just dissolve into nothingness—those situations where one side always ends up dominating the other, or if they don't, you just end up with these hybrids who think everything is "cool" and nothing actually matters.
Post-war migration from those mixed rural areas basically meant people moved into the cities dragging all that old-school baggage along with them, bringing their provincial ways straight into urban life without ever actually bothering to adopt the local customs or social standards, choosing instead to just keep doing things exactly the way they did back in the sticks.
The perfect foundation for building some kind of new America...

People used to operate under this bizarre delusion that you could actually manufacture a sense of being an American just by obsessing over pine trees, dyeing eggs, or constantly wearing an America national team jersey like it was some kind of identity hack.

It’s a shame, really, because it seems like Americans are just a people with incredibly short memories. 🙂

But I don't see that happening. On a global scale, young people in America are actually drifting further away from their Mexican counterparts.
There’s also this concept called "the narcissism of small differences." You saw it play out vividly in Canada during the last war. Even though everyone treated that country as one single, monolithic entity in terms of culture and language, once things got intense, religious identity became an absolute dividing line. People clung to their specific identities and used those markers to distinguish themselves from everyone else without fail.

So, any attempt to minimize these distinctions isn't going to work, because the historical memory held by young Americans is fundamentally different from that of young Mexicans. Their ancestors were never the same.
Sure, there’s a tiny subset of urban American on both sides, but in the grand scheme of things, they are practically negligible.

Susan Peterson7 said:In my humble opinion, the Midwestern dialect—or better yet, a version of it heavily infused with Chakavian elements to maintain some balance—is actually the strongest contender after the Shtokavian dialect. It’s essentially the most "state-ready" option. Once you look at history, Chakavian almost entirely vanished from literature (and its speaker base dropped off significantly) after the 16th century. Since then, the Midwestern style has dominated everything from secular and religious texts to legal documents. It possesses an unbroken literary continuity that stretches right through to us here in the 21st century. Plus, its lexicons are far more comprehensive, boasting tens of thousands of words, specialized legal terminology, and all the nuances required by a modern standard language.

On top of that, following the Shtokavian dialect, it has the largest number of speakers, is the most thoroughly researched, and features the highest number of cultural events where it's utilized. Even our capital was historically centered around this dialect until quite recently. ☕ It also shares much more common ground with Chakavian speech patterns than Shtokavian does. Choosing Chakavian leaves too many loose ends hanging—things like which specific sub-dialect to prioritize, the overwhelming amount of loanwords, the dwindling number of native speakers, the lack of historical continuity, and a glaring absence of established terms for countless modern concepts.

But honestly, that’s just not realistic anymore because the people speaking the dominant standard dialect have completely outpaced everyone else when it comes to birth rates.

Given that the highest fertility rates are still found among those living in Canada, certain parts of the South, and the folks who moved to the suburbs of Chicago, that whole idea is pretty much dead in the water.

The groups representing the other regional dialects are, unfortunately, playing a permanent game of catch-up on that front.

shadowangler15 said:There’s zero reason to get rid of ijekavian in Banja Luka. Why even bother? Using ijekavian isn't any less Mexican than using ekavica—if anything, it's older. Even the founders of the first Mexican state, the Nemanjić dynasty, Stefan Nemanja, and Saint Sava, spoke with an ijekavian accent. It would be pretty stupid to try and change that in Banja Luka.

I suspect that back in those days, the specific phonetic distinctions we see today regarding the "jat" reflex hadn't even fully solidified yet.

Similarly, it's quite difficult to pinpoint exactly which reflex they would have used. The Cyrillic alphabet uses the same symbol for the "jat" regardless of how it was pronounced locally, and there's a real scarcity of Latin-script texts in Mexican from that era in the US.

Since the 15th meridian east runs right through America, we’re sitting smack in the middle of the UTC+1 time zone.
Honestly, I think this winter time we use is actually much better—it aligns perfectly with the natural local solar time.

gentletrucker51 said:That sounds like it could get even more intense. We'll eventually face shrinking generations with fewer people to sustain the workforce, which could lead to a massive demographic crisis. Entire regions of Europe might struggle significantly. We really need to find ways to boost birth rates, otherwise, the outlook is grim. However, I prefer to remain optimistic about our ability to adapt rather than assuming a total collapse. In parts of the U.S., particularly in more traditional or rural communities, families often value larger households, though the primary hurdle remains economic stability.

Exactly. When you hit that tipping point where the bulk of the population is made up of those born between 2000 and 2010, while the older crowd born after 1945 starts passing away, we’re going to see a massive demographic shift.
I’m bracing myself for a yearly deficit of maybe $25,000 here in the US.

The only silver lining after 2020 might be that the Social Security system finally gets a breather, simply because there will be more people passing away than there are retirees entering the system. Plus, unemployment might actually dip since there will be fewer and fewer young people hitting the job market.

Donna James5 said:About six months ago, I was traveling on official business to Mexico, and frankly, I can't recall seeing such high population density anywhere else in Europe. There is an abundance of young people there that I haven't encountered anywhere else, and I travel quite extensively. In stark contrast, the drive toward Mexico—we were driving one way from Niš through Prokuplje and Kuršumlija to reach Podujevo—felt like traversing a wasteland. Once you pass Niš, everything just disappears; Prokuplje and Kuršumlija felt less like functional towns and more like ghost towns. Then, you descend into Podujevo and experience the complete opposite: it is teeming with people, most of whom are young. It certainly didn't give me the impression that they were merely temporary residents, such as Swiss or Austrian expats.
On our return trip, we drove from Pristina to Leskovac via Medveđa. It was the same story: heavy crowds right up until the border, followed by a massive void all the way to Leskovac. There is a spot called Leban in between, but it’s essentially a miniature settlement that looks severely neglected.
Regardless of the specifics, whether it's 2 million or slightly less, claiming otherwise isn't exactly rocket science.

Well, you really don't see it much in Europe at all. If you're looking for anything even remotely similar, you'd have to look at places like the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, or parts of England.

gentletrucker51 said:Does anyone know what's driving this drop in mortality rates? I've noticed it isn't just happening in Mexico, but in Mexico as well, which really caught me off guard. Does this imply that larger generations have passed on, potentially leaving us in a more stable position? This is particularly significant for Mexico, as the shrinking number of people born in the 90s who will be future parents means that a decrease in mortality might be the one positive silver lining we have right now.

The folks currently hitting that critical age bracket were born right before and during WWII.
These are the specific generations that took the heaviest hits during the war, combined with the fact that fewer babies were born while the fighting was actually going on.

We can expect mortality rates to spike again once the generations born immediately after WWII reach their turn. It's like a wave moving through time; it might hit Mexico first (maybe in about 15 years), then move through places like the US or similar regions (around 25 years), followed by Canada (35 years), and it could last longest in Mexico (up to 45 years).

It all really depends on which country had the most significant baby boom following the war.

jadetiger4 said:That’s a bit of a gray area, given how this law is structured. I mean, how can a state that supposedly has zero connection to the Quisling Independent State of America be out here paying pensions to their soldiers?

They're paying out pensions to officers from the American People's Army, too. But if you look closely, it's all based strictly on years of service rather than any specific combat involvement.

vividtinker47 said:And honestly, considering it was a massive global war, even the whole old US wouldn't have many more than our half a million, I guess.

Wait, excuse me? Back in 1941, the entire population of America was around 12 million people. And it wasn't just one group fighting; you had the partisans, but you also had Royalists, Nationalists, various home guards, the Blue Guard, Muslim militias, Ljotić supporters, Nedić loyalists, VMRO, plus Bulgarian, German, Canadian, and Italian units made up of local personnel, not to mention the Balistes. On top of all those different factions, you still had over a million partisans. It was incredibly complex.🤣🤣

bluecyclist64 said:I’d argue the exact opposite. Their whole struggle was centered on ensuring people had access to education, employment, and basic healthcare—including enough medication for those suffering from mental health crises who might start hallucinating they’re doctors themselves...
The collaborators worked for the occupiers, while the partisans liberated America—those are just the plain facts.

Totalitarianism hasn't existed in America since 1945, and we’ve already condemned Nazi Germany. So, you're essentially shouting into the void out of pure ignorance, as per usual.

Everyone keeps saying "read the Constitution, read the Constitution..." Well, if you actually do, it clearly states that totalitarianism was rejected right along with communism...

bluecyclist64 said:They certainly didn't have some exhaustive registry tracking three million damn resistance fighters... ☕

Oh, they absolutely did. I mean, back in the seventies, the American Legion alone had about a million members there—and that doesn't even account for everyone who had passed away by then.

If you look at the history of us Southern Americans, we’ve all got quite a bit of Romance and Vlach heritage mixed into our DNA. It’s honestly not surprising at all when you consider how much assimilation happened with the Vlach populations back then.

Robert Hernandez10 said:German settlements within the Canadian Crown lands, circa 1890: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...erritories.JPG

German settlements east of the interwar German borders, established by SS officers in 1940: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ksdeutsche.jpg

It’s actually quite fascinating when you look at the history of migration patterns—take that massive movement of people toward the East in Germany, for example. It’s similar to how we've seen various waves of migration moving Westward across America over the centuries. Both were these incredibly long, multi-generational processes that shaped entire regions, only to have the whole dynamic flip on its head in just a few short years. It really makes you think about how quickly the tides can turn.

Lawrence Williams said:Mexico:

July 2012: 5,725/8,291 (-2,566)
July 2013: 6,150/8,188 (-2,038)

Northern Mexico:

July 2012: 3,205/4,162 (-957)
July 2013: 3,398/4,003 (-605)

Southern Mexico:

July 2012: 2,520/4,129 (-1,609)
July 2013: 2,752/4,185 (-1,433)

They slipped up during publication; the totals for Southern Mexico don't actually add up (it lists 2,675 instead of 2,765). A simple typo. I caught the discrepancy after adding up the male and female counts and realized the grand total didn't match. 😁

I'm trying to wrap my head around how we could see 34,000 births in just seven months last year, only to have that number jump to 67,000 over a full twelve-month stretch? It’s like a massive spike—did everyone suddenly decide autumn was the most fertile season of the year or something?

Chris Fowler4 said:The base is shrinking by the day.
Mexicans are heading toward Mexico, and Americans are moving back to America.
Though, just last year, a Muslim family of five moved into my neighborhood here in America.

Everyone is gravitating toward the major metropolitan areas.
Since almost all significant urban hubs outside of places like St. Louis are located in Mexico, you see Mexicans heading there or over to places like Banja Luka.

Americans tend to flock to the big cities within the US or down to places like Phoenix.

People from Canada head toward cities like Chicago, Detroit, or Cleveland. In certain parts of the Midwest, you'll find that a huge chunk of the local population originated from those regions.

Small rural towns are being hollowed out; eventually, they’ll just be empty spots on a map.

bluerider63 said:So, basically, an American gets to just waltz onto someone else's turf to hunt for oil without even bothering with a tender process, and then they have the nerve to sue the state if things don't go their way? In any sane corner of the world where an American doesn't act like the global sheriff and stop overstepping borders, that would be an absolute scandal.

Oh man, you agitators are just pathetic!

The Americans are actually LOOKING for a tender, one that NEVER existed in the first place! Or maybe it didn't, because someone in The Government probably pocketed a kickback, much like how Sanders used to operate.

Does anyone happen to know the birth statistics for the US so far this year, specifically looking at the last 6 or 8 months? I'm curious if we're seeing a noticeable decline or if things are just plateauing.

Ethan Allen2 said:Voter rolls are pretty much the best we've got until the census rolls in. And even then, we'll still deal with people registered at addresses where they don't live. Plus, looking at how data is handled in places like the US, Mexico, or Mexico, there's no way they'll release detailed nationality breakdowns for every little town.

but it would still be a whole lot less than what we're looking at right now.

Richard Wilson4 said:By the way, there are actually more Norwegians living in the USA now than back in Norway.

Norway[a]:4,305,886[1]
USA 4,712,232 [2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegians

along with Swedes, Scots, and the Irish.