Thanks for some consideration of my post.

…acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such

If you take for granted Nazi Germany is a national group, the aim of WW2 was to totally wipe this group, to the extent that post-war activities in the German theater were even called "denazification" by the Allies. Destruction / fiddling with Germany only abated when Nazism was pushed to the extreme fringes of German society (indeed, some ragged remnants remain even until today). If 100% of Germany supported the Nazi party, they would have been totally liquidated without further consideration or hesitation.

At least part of my current frustration with the term 'genocide' being lobbed around is that the horrors in Gaza sadly aren't novel -- they are just the latest of a long string of atrocities. Check out the Armenian genocide, Pol Pot's activities, etc for some easy parallels. I'd rather see an in-depth discussion of what exactly wrong or immoral the IDF is doing than just the drive-by "genocidal" accusation, which over-abstracts the actually quite abhorrent things happening on the ground and is a thought-terminating cliche.

Correct, which is why the targeted group is Iraqi Ba'athists.

If you want 3rd parties to be a viable option, you need to vote Democrats.

HOO. That would be like democrats voting for their own destruction. One of the only things Republicans and Democrats agree on is our current 2 party system, as it perpetuates them into eternity without any real competition and enable them to use wedge issues to get votes instead of doing actual work.

"My opinions are so weak, I can't tolerate dissent."

Bingo. More descriptive instead of cheap rage bait.

I think the scientifically-testable-predictions/“prophecies” in the Christian bible ( some of 'em, anyways ) match the unfolding-facts, too-well.

Can we see some of these? Because that's a claim that's surfaced many, many, many times.

Why do they bother with this show?

For the same reason millions of depressed Americans will report to their local polling place to choose between two old men in a few months.

You know how the average IQ in the US is 100? Well, consider the giant list of people that fall under that line who are just as qualified to vote as anyone else. Support education folks! The cure is critical thinking.

and then everyone clapped

I didn't explain that very well, but my thinking was that industries such as gas where there is no 'DIY' alternative will be immune to these positive effects.

I used those figures for ease of understanding and easy math. At no point did I believe there was a factory somewhere selling widgets, or that a person named Joe was salaried as he built them. My overall point is that for all economics to remain the same, average productivity per worker per hour must remain the same, otherwise there will be price increases or other economic effects.

I'm disappointed but not surprised. American munitions is one of our few industries in great demand worldwide, and lobbyists from arms companies are extremely numerous in DC.