Fascism takes on the characteristics of the society it is in. German fascism was meticulous and precise because German culture is meticulous and precise
Fascism takes on the characteristics of the society it is in. German fascism was meticulous and precise because German culture is meticulous and precise
It would need like 70-80 times as much mass to become a star. Since Saturn is smaller than Jupiter, no
In the long run the same would be true of earth, the heat from nuclear decay and the heat from the core has to go somewhere
You can do those tax increases and raise wages on government employees too. Lower taxes for gov employees and higher wages is nearly identical, except one of them complicates the tax code even further. (And what happens to employees of gov contractors?)
I'm down for a wealth tax
When the government taxes its own employees and it goes back to the same government, it isn't a punishment to the employees. If government employees weren't taxed, then the government would have less tax to spend, so either taxes elsewhere go up, more deficit, or gov salaries go down to ~post tax eq
Not what I said at all.
1. Taxes are not punishment 2. Taxes are not targeted toward "good investors" but in fact all investors. That's what makes it a spin. It's like calling income tax a punishment on good workers; it isn't.
Yes but framing taxes on unearned income or wealth as "punishing good investors" is insane spin
Where's that bus camera that vaporizes cars when you need it?
Why don't we want to "punish" "good" investors? We don't sort income tax, for the most part, into whether the job someone is getting paid for is good or bad
Wait am I missing something? He says he opposes the public land sale and then he says he will vote yes after proposing his amendment? Right?
Get people to switch. Become easier to contact over signal than WhatsApp, and the people closest to you will install it, even if only for you. Now they have it on their phone already for if someone they're less close to uses it
And just like GUIs, people will build nice front ends on top of these LLM tools and people will use them, possibly without knowing the internals
About 3% of dem primary voters were volunteers canvassing for his campaign. That's a huge volunteer base
hah
Not which guy
Most people would be stopped by having to write 1 line of code.
Your teacher must've been quite and interesting person, hopefully in a good way!
No? Did you? This is genuinely a surprise to me, and my us history teacher was very good at his job Genuinely, your teacher may have had a particular interest for that era/phrase. I don't think this is part of the curriculum. I learned about henry Ford and stuff, sure, but not "get a hoss"
Furniture delivery is also an option! IKEA delivery is not even expensive for example, but idk about prebuilt stuff
"Someone is right on the internet but I think my edge case is actually the norm"
I don't remember learning in school about how people bought houses during the "gasoline cars are common but not ubiquitous" era but maybe that's just me?
Yeah I suppose it isn't. The people he surrounds himself with do concern me though
Something about Trump admin's dictatoresque ambitions
I don't think the supposed strategy is well thought out
What should peaceful protesters do if they are attacked by police with rubber bullets, tear gas, batons, etc?
Yeah lol fair I would just hope CA was prepared for that first
That's not too far from declaring war and seceding
Is this the solution that led to success under dictators in other countries?
What should they do instead
That's called complying in advance.
Congrats, you just enforced martial law on yourself. Don't comply in advance
Checking back 3 months later, has your view changed?
They know what they're doing. What they're doing is wrecking the government intentionally
When what's true Tom?
Literally gagged
:( unfortunate that you've muted me. I'd love to hear the research
I am very confident that "shop at walmart tomorrow instead of today" won't magically solve our problems
If people have limited capacity, I think it is best serving of the cause and of the people contributing to it to only have them plant acorns where it is beneficial
But like I don't think this actually helps resolve that confusion, I think it adds to it. Bouncing around to different boycotts means only the people who are hyper aware of it can keep with the program
It feels to me more like ppl planting a bunch of acorns in the desert and leaving them to rot. Whereas actual successful oaks come from planting in the right spot with the right conditions, and taking care to ensure it germinates and has everything it needs to grow
Boycotts work best when focused and continued until the target meets the demands. Frankly if you are switching targets so often it concerns me that the organizers don't have experience or someone is intentionally trying to direct ppl to ineffective action
I'm quite skeptical of it as a "baby's first boycott" because I Just Keep Seeing these. one day "general strike" (call off work if you have PTO days available and buy your groceries the day before) They don't have a consistent organizational structure either. No feedback loop no improvement
that's what the dinosaurs said right before they fired all their meteorologists
not even big enough to destroy a country let alone all of us
I would argue that spelling out "fuck around and find out, let me help you now" is different from "FAFO lol" Like I would expect a loving parent to point out when my actions caused my consequences. But I wouldn't expect them to text me "FAFO"
Do you talk like this in real life too or just bluesky?
I think if so many people are interpreting FAFO the same way as me, maybe there's a better way to communicate "these are the results of Trump winning"
??? you're saying I'm emotionally stunted because I am identifying the trend of people saying FAFO and also saying they don't care in the same sentence, and putting two and two together?
But like people are just saying this without verifying who were Trump supporters. Living in a red state isn't incriminating
FAFO comes with the implied tone of "I don't care"
It's more expensive for dem voters too, you know?
Just saw a thread about a guy calling into cspan saying his diabetic supplies increased from 5 dollars to 80 dollars and somebody in the comments, probably multiple people but I stopped reading, replied “FAFO” and I can’t stress enough how much you need to stop doing that shit
I think the bigger factor is that at present most of the population isn't willing to do anything more than peaceful, non-disruptive protest. People have been convinced that that's the only realistic answer for change
Unions were illegal before they were legal. Also a lot more violent at that time. I don't see why the ruling class is so keen to return to that
Buddhism but instead of meditating you just nuke the planet
Berlin did it :/
I mean more legroom means fewer seats and more expensive tickets for everybody
Everything is about the mighty ass, except for the mighty ass; the mighty ass is about the economy
Unfortunately it isn't magically binding to do so
I seriously think the solution is offer free legroom upgrades to tall people. Reclining does genuinely increase my comfort even if the person in front of me also reclines, and I'm about average height
You must not be aware that exit rows have extra leg room, as do other seats in the economy section. Some flights have premium economy which isn't nearly as expensive as business class. I agree that suggesting tall people pay for business class is absurd
Yeah I recline, I just also understand the gripes about it. And I think it sucks that we force tall people to pay extra if they want their legs to not be fucked up. And no you don't need to upgrade to first class. Usually the exit row has more space, and rows right behind walls
Squishes my neck the same way. Kinda crazy that you're suggesting I spend money on these things and take drugs to sleep in order to prevent a hypothetical tall person behind me from upgrading to a seat with more leg room
I would like my head to stay on the headrest and not hunched forward. It's bad for my breathing
I don't know why you're being so disproportionate, it feels very not genuine. There are seats with extra legroom on normal commercial flights
Not to be a statist but sometimes regulations are good because they prevent situations where people aren't good at weighing the pros and cons
Fucking stupid, tbh. They perform labor well before and after
Yeah if it's a problem for people I'd suggest Ryanair or maybe just paying the upgrade for the extra legroom. Seriously, 50 bucks to not have leg issues is definitely worth it But IMO legroom upgrades should be free for tall people
Personally it makes it easier to straighten at least one leg at a time but yeah it depends on the body
On seat arrangements where your legs are long enough so that they're one inch from the seat in front yeah
tall people should get the seats with extra legroom for free tbh
No, the recline is helpful for sleeping on planes and if everyone reclines it's not that bad
And labour still appears quite too close to the centre or right of centre for my liking...
Improvement isn't inevitable but neither is doom inevitable. We get to choose the direction we tilt the scale, and *that* is what gives me hope
The EU/Europe is also seeing a rise in the far right. Brexit, AfD, and so on. I hope Europe will be more resilient than USA but nothing is inevitable either way. It depends on what we do
Tried to find it, must've been a dogwhistle? No hits for Israel either
I'm assuming you must have seen him say Nazi stuff but he's new to me. What did he say?
Why am I imagining one long continuous breadstick rolling out of an oven conveyor belt
what
which of course ends up similarly to the people scavenging scrap from old medical equipment: people in the vicinity getting mysterious illness until the issue is identified and the containment team arrives to decontaminate the area
and then enough time passes that those warnings are viewed by the public as "superstition" by a "primitive" civilization, so archaeologists and looters go in and try and find valuable ancient artifacts a la the egyptology craze
If it makes up a book that doesn't exist, I will very quickly discover that when I try to buy it and it doesn't exist
Unfortunately search engines have gone to shit cause it's better for their ad revenue to make you do multiple searches. Even duckduckgo + "reddit" doesn't always get the right results But yeah, always assume the LLM is lying and verify anything they say with a search engine
I wonder if you could put these things into chatgpt to ask it if a book with those themes already exists. That would actually be a useful use of AI Not as an author, but as a reader trying to find a niche idea
I hope to God you are right. The unfortunate reality is that people with the exact same attitude have died. Many many people. Covid vaccines give your natural immunity a head start, they're a good idea
Yeah it's absolutely crazy to discuss politics when talking about public health. It's not like the current president could appoint an anti-science anti-vaccine quack to head the department of health and human services
I would encourage us to think what we can do besides changing our consumer habits
And where they work too! Solar during the day
Refrigeration Cycle Enjoyer?
Why has this evidence not been brought in court
Fraud and waste like... american soft power? Fraud and waste like, social services provided by the government? Musk just wants to turn every government service into a company so someone can profit
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fucking Christ. we are allowed to demand more from the politicians we voted for! That doesn't make us Republicans
Yes
What's in it for him is that things don't get bad enough that people start taking his wealth other Luigi style ways
Also he said he be as going to be stealing from immigrants and trans people why would he steal from me? Just because it looks like he's stealing from me, these things take time. Relax!
After that, you notice that this isn't the exception, but the rule. He didn't found Tesla, he purchases the founder title. His baby, the cyber truck, is the mcmansion of cars. And Starship was promised to have already reached mars multiple times by now He buys twitter and seals the deal
Step 1 was probably learning how he was supposedly going to revolutionize transport with hyperloop, only for it to be enshittified down to cars in tunnels. And learning that the whole point he did that was to undermine public transit and allow the rich to avoid the poors