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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Manlobbi ✺  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Atheism = US Policy
Date: 03/15/24 3:45 PM
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But we talk about a LOT of other stuff than just US Policy. Seems this is a less accurate heading.

The heading of US Policy is far more accurate for the majority of posts, than Atheist Shrewds.

Clicking over 40 random posts covering a wide period (such as viewing first post shown using the feature to move 7 days backwards through the posts) I counted 2 posts that were not without US political references. One other was mostly about another topic but still referenced “Dems” twice.

That matches my earlier observation that over 95% of the posts are suitable for a board named US Policy.

There are a lot of interesting and very intelligent people in this community and politics is a fine subject, so there shouldn’t be any avoidance of posting about politics whatsoever.. we have an increasing sense in the modern world of being mere "spectators" and not "participators" and that is made worse in recent years when you write a sincere YouTube comment that is increasingly auto-deleted… thank goodness, this board helps us to feel as participating - raising ideas to others is a fundamental, even crucial, act of participating. Heck, merely expressing oneself (whether intellectually, aesthetically or creatively) amongst a familiar community is a psychologically necessary human activity. Shrewdm provides an atmosphere of more depth of attention towards the ideas, and each other, then you generally get with today’s Snapchat Twitter Instagram InstantStimili OneSecondThought addiction tech services, where depth of attention is actively discouraged.

The 3-board restructuring was just done to allow posts to resemble their board title far more closely.

The wonderful whimsical ponderings and philosophical discussions should continue on the Atheist Shrewds board here:
Shrewd'm: Atheist Shrewds board at Shrewd'm

Posts relating to US politics should stay here.

- Manlobbi
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This community has written 86,214 posts about US Policy. The article-length ones it recommended most:
It's going to get worse · 33 recs · 2025
G’day Donny · 30 recs · 2026
Old Related Story · 28 recs · 2026
HCR is a national treasure · 27 recs · 2025
Fascism in America · 27 recs · 2025
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