Pandemanium

Mormons have three tiers of heaven. According to some, even Hitler would make it into the lowest tier. I'm not sure what you'd have to do to actually go to hell, which is supposedly just lonely infinite darkness away from the presence of God.

There's a $4000 credit for qualifying used EVs.

It sounds like you might not be ready for behavioral therapy just yet, especially in a group setting. Behavioral therapy, IMO, is sort of the last step in the process, where you already know what you're doing wrong and are just trying to correct your behavior.

Before all that, you may need a period of validation. CBT is extra hard for people who have been invalidated their whole lives. You may need to figure out which of your behaviors are "you" and which are just maladaptive coping mechanisms. You need to be able to identify your emotions for CBT to work. It sounds like you don't have the time/space to really feel and explore the emotions that are coming up in these group sessions.

I would ask the session leader if you could do some one-on-one sessions before going back to the group. Everyone's different, and if it feels like this isn't working for you it's ok to step back and take a different approach.

Where did I say you should roll over and accept it or do nothing? The only thing I said was that protest won't change anything, specifically right now. There are plenty of other things you can do besides protest.

Personally, if we get to a point where there's an organized multi-state secessionist movement, I'll join that army in a heartbeat to try to take back at least part of our country. We're not at that point yet.

Your premise is flawed. A question doesn't beg an emotion, it begs a response. The response could be completely devoid of emotion.

I don't want us to leave individually, because that way we are just handing them our country. They get everything. I want us to leave collectively, and at least take back a piece of what's rightfully ours.

Russia wants to pit the US and China against each other to distract and destabilize them both. So all of this is great for Russia's bottom line.

I grew up with people who talked like this. It's all "just a joke" until suddenly it isn't.

Democrats have to cater to like three different and mostly separate agendas to win. Republicans only have to cater to one. I think the problem is we've been expecting Dems to pull off what is essentially impossible.

Corps have been complaining for years already that people aren't buying enough. Millenials are killing this industry and that industry because we don't consume enough - "enough" being whatever level they've decided we should consume. They feel entitled to our dollars, whether or not their product or service is any good.

If they were smart, companies would lower prices to be more competitive and incentivize people to buy more. Instead they've doubled down and posted armed guards at the store exits to intimidate the customers they have left. They've slipped data collection into every interaction. It's pretty obvious they're not playing the long game anymore.

I first read that as "sheep medication" and... wasn't even that surprised.