Oh fuck all the way off.

People mean the liberal international order (of western democracies) when they refer to “the West.” It is a shorthand. If the phrase can’t even come up without your toxicity, I’ll just block you and remove the source of the annoyance.

I was agreeing with you… but okay. The time period you specified is dominated by the largely uncontested ascendancy of the liberal international order, aka the West.

the liberal international order

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No. Stop doing that.

There is no Department of War. The Dept. of Defense is named in law and would have to be renamed by Congress. Renaming it without Congress is unlawful and using any taxpayer money for it is likely illegal.

Correct. It would take Congress to change that, which it seems like they wont get. Hence, the attempted name change is unlawful and - to the extent that they use DoD resources to do it- it is also likely illegal.

No, you are mistaken at least to some extent. I work in an adjacent field to those mentioned.

There are definitely groups like that (legal aide) which are not scams; I work with them regularly, so I know with certainty that some of these groups help clients attain their desired outcome in cases where they otherwise would not have prevailed. These groups dont usually charge nearly enough to offset a lifetime of benefits from a Federal agency… which is the end goal in many such cases.

So theyre not all garbage. Unfortunately I dont really know how to tell them apart at the outset, though, and listing the ones I know would quickly ruin any persec I may have here.

In my (professional) experience, people with expert help do tend to have better outcomes when dealing with the federal bureaucracy.

I just want to reiterate: if you or a loved one are attempting to overturn an unfavorable decision, (e.g. by the VA regarding disability,) it pays to have help.

US wardefense secretary

Despite their bullshit lies, neither Hegseth nor Trump possess the authority to rename the Department of Defense. Their attempts to do so are unlawful and we should not kowtow to them by using it.

edit: to be clear, it is established in law and therefore making the change would require another law passed by Congress.

Then it is clear to me that you lack a thorough understanding of how our legal system works.

And that you did not read the article OP posted. Youre angry with a figment of your own imagination.

Correct. It was never a law and is no longer a thing. This is just ragebait.

The thing you are angry about isnt even actually happening. This is just ragebait.

Fucking lemmings downvoting the only commenter who has an inkling of how this works.

Maybe not, but the issue in the case before the Court is moot.

e: and also, it was never a “law on the books”. Go read the thing.

The sheer amount of persistent and pervasive pain I am expected to just accept and live with.

RIP dubvee.org, it was a beautiful dream.

My go-to social drink is a club soda with a twist of lime

It is simple, cheap and has the added benefit of sort of looking like it might be a vodka club or gin and tonic.

This is it. I shouldnt have had to scroll this far down.

I know it does happen some but it seems rare. Also anecdotal but most of the people I know who had it made like that had gotten their money as salespeople and/or at a tech startup and just kept on chasing that rabbit. Likely just a different cross-section of people who are more ambitious (or greedy.)

I’d love to see an actual study of it, especially comparing vocations.

In reality, most people dont stop once they reach “retirement money.”

Indeed, you have grasped the salient point.