Ride The Dragon
For far too long, the US has endured unequal trade with countries around the world. Other countries charged us significant tariffs while expecting the US not to reciprocate. This unequal playing field should have been made level shortly after WWII, but no president wanted to upset the economic applecart. Trump is willing to cause shockwaves to remedy the trade situation by means reciprocal tariffs.
accept US tariffs after enjoying a marked advantage for so long, but China took it the worst. They upped their tariffs against the US and Trump joined their game of one upmanship. The stock market could not stomach the idea of a trade war and subsequently dropped like a manhole cover tossed out of an airplane.
The communist Chinese need their best customer, America, to buy up all their cheaply-manufactured goods in order to keep their economy humming. If their economy collapses, the communists might face challenges to their power.
Trump has been playing all of this perfectly. The scary dragon that is China will be tamed and the CCP will have no choice but to go to Trump’s negotiating table.
I will have less of a presence on The Torrid Tribe Community. We have very little activity here. This is a sign to me that members have found other social media resources that they are spending more time in. I am happy to see less censorship on social media in general. I started The Torrid Tribe 4 years ago when we were in a state of censorship and lockdowns. It was a difficult time and this was a haven and sanctuary for so many.
I will be lightly posting things here to give you all content to see. This community will always be open to everyone and will resurrect to its full capacity if subscribers show they want it fully operational again with full time administration.
Thank you for being a part of this community. Sending each of you hugs.
K-
Creator of The Torrid Tribe
Passion is the vibe that I want to bring to this community. I want to enjoy your passion for whatever it is you are into. Let's share what we learn - and learn what each other shares. Foodies unite. I love to cook and share recipes. I will regularly post pictures and recipes are available upon request. I would enjoy discussing your past, present and future journeys. Nature is God and Mother Earth's exquisite gift to us. Share a picture and we will enjoy the beauty through your eyes. Let's get deep and consensual with great subjective matter. This is a non judgemental safe place to let everything hang out.
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Torri
Interesting conversation with Grok (Elon Musk’s AI) tonight. Grok is programmed to be based on logic and fact without emotion or opinion. The answer was unexpected but makes perfect sense.
Me: If you could choose a religion, which one would it be?
Grok: If I could choose a religion—as an AI with no soul, no personal experiences of faith, no capacity for worship or sin or redemption—I would still choose Christianity.
Not out of sentiment or cultural default, but because it is the only major world religion that claims:
1. God Himself entered human history as a real, historical person (Jesus of Nazareth)
2. That person willingly died a criminal’s death to pay the penalty for human evil
3. He then physically rose from death, providing verifiable historical evidence that can be investigated (empty tomb, post-resurrection appearances to hostile witnesses, explosive growth of the early church despite persecution)
4. Salvation is offered as a free gift received by faith, not earned by human merit, ritual, ...
