SaltSong @ SaltSong @startrek.website Posts 1Comments 281Joined 2 mo. ago
Violence is almost always the solution. Civilization is an effort to find a better solution. But people who reject the systems we've built up seem to forget why we built then.
We've given them plenty of opportunity. We tried to pass something closer to universal health care, and they shot it down. We tried to raise the minimum wage, they shot it down. Tried to relive student loans, tried to make housing more affordable, nothing.
They have had their warnings.
Looked to me like an attempt to pull off an in-line bulleted list.
Shot in officer involved shooting?
Shot by a police officer.
I mean, we've been trying to do other things, but they won't play nice. I guess we need to exterminate a few, then offer the rest the opt-in to pay higher taxes as an alternative.
Yea, this guy tap-dances well, but if he wasn't lying to Congress right there, ill eat my hat.
As I understand it, these sweatshop jobs do resist the standard of living in the areas they are in. The people there don't have the option to work a job that we would consider good. They work the job we consider terrible, and they get paid more than they would doing other jobs.
To make a moral judgement, we must balance between "terrible working conditions, no protections, maximum wealth extraction," on the one hand, and "no infrastructure, no job, no money" on the other. Sadly, there is no profit in making the world better for everyone.
Are you using the US or China as your "here?" Because I don't think it's quite that bad in the US, but I don't think anyone blames the voters in China.
I think it refers to being being out at work, or at a major event.
If I shit myself at work, I'm going home. I'm not coming back, either.
If I'm out hiking, same again.
If i'm running errands, I might have to go back out to finish them. The groceries aren't gonna buy themselves, and now I really have to do the laundry.
He'll be on a plane to el Salvador before the end of today. Depend upon it.
Narrator: he did not, in fact, know what the hell he was doing.
I mean, I'm not 100% opposed to some of the things he claims he's trying to accomplish. But I'm not what you'd call an expert on the topic, and I might have some bad ideas about how the economy works. But even if I'm not barking up the wrong tree, the things he's doing are not how you accomplish the things he says he wants to accomplish.
Why do we keep electing stupid old men to office?
I just got a bunch of stickers from that guy. (Or lady, as the case may be) good quality stuff, and if I ever find that damn tesla truck parked, I'm gonna give it a little bit of flair.
Right. They are just gonna let anyone sell anything.
My wife is artsy, and I'm sciency. Maybe we can go into snake oil.
Ah, you forget the alternative. Instead of quicker review, we could just reduce oversight, and remove safety regulations.
of course he ducking does. If he didn't, the court would have to try to impose some kind of penalty, and they know as well as any of us that they have no actual power to do so.
Ten gets you twenty that the man in question is already a corpse. Probably been dead since the judge ordered him returned. If it ever comes to it, it will be revealed that he died in an accident, and the courts will take a moment to wag their finger at Trump.
And that will be that.
To a certain extent, yes.
I used to do a dirty job. I spent most days trying hard to minimize the amount of grime I got on my hands. Some days it got past the wrist, despite my best efforts, and at that point, I would just give up and dive in.
Seems pretty straightforward to me.
If I'm gonna be shit on for being unethical no matter what I do, (because that is no option to not consume under capitalism for most of us) I might as well be unethical in a way that brings me a little happiness.
This is also a lovely example of why it can be risky to damn with too broad a brush.