Just cause someone has a shitty door doesn’t mean its cool to just walk in their home and mess with stuff/them

Yes, that is why I said you have to question everything.

Not everything, but enough that you have to question everything. Which is what makes the process so exhaustive and thus the end goal of those that use those tactics.

Its like holding a cup of coffee in your hands but your hands are more likely to smell like balls after

And yet he is inexplicably relaxing sanctions on Russia while they are invading our ally, Ukraine (whom we signed a pact with to protect them from Russia when they denuclearized). Russia also supports Iran. So we’re harming our ally to benefit our enemy, who also supports our other enemy who we are also at war with.

So if he can’t be blackmailed, then he’s just doing it for money/love of treason.

Hey sidewalks are public, therefore there is zero issue. Glad that is resolved.

No doubt. Propaganda is just wild. Kindness and Unity are woke afterall.

Fair enough. Point stands that people don’t understand these terms, have different understandings of them, and are therefore almost never on the same page.

Just like ‘liberal’ means very different things to different people. Conservatives say its like they’re far left revolutionaries. Actual Leftists view them as Conservative lite. And a lot of in-between.

I think there is a big discrepancy between what Captialism is defined as, what Capitalism actually is, and the ‘Spirit of Capitalism’ that a lot of folks buy into.

‘The Spirit’ is the idealistic bit. Competition breeding innovation. The better the service/product, the more successful you can be. Classic American Dream stuff.

In reality, its a race to the bottom where all principles and values are eschewed for profit.

Kinda like Communism where what it Should be or what it Could be are different than what we get in practice. And any given person is going to be thinking about it from a different lens, so you get delusional, idealistic, cynical, and occasionally reasonable takes all talking about the ‘same but entirely different’ thing.

Capitalism just had better PR.

Showing up and giving an opinion and then following up on that opinion when people respond to it.

Hence, ‘an opinion and a follow up’.

And yet they worth an opinion and a follow up

“They’re doing it anyways” is kind of the whole point. Why let them do it without even saying something?

Yes, let’s not report on evil people making propaganda. That way they can do their shit uninterrupted and with zero scrutiny.

Ignorance is usually the cause of this shit, not the solution.

I was told to do the ‘1 car length per 10mph’ rule of thumb when learning and I still try to whenever I can. Its not perfect, but its always in the back of my mind so I am usually aware of I’m getting too up on anyone.

Not sure why OP is balking at the warning on vehicles. Legality aside, sometimes its good to have a heads up. People need to chill the hell out on highways in general.

Lol my wife works in a clinic with some folks that are a little messy, with messier SOs.

I get so much goodwill for just laying in the cut. Sending a meme instead of a mean text is apparently a hard hurdle to clear for some folks.

Preposterous!!

I don’t see why UBI has to remove the rest of social services. Feels like that would fit in the “More social welfare” bin.

I don’t need Bernie to fully understand AI before he continues advocating for the people. He also has enough of a track record to trust that he does not blindly believe the AI rhetoric, which is primarily pushed by the same Corpo types he usually rails against. I’d wager he’s also for adding guard rails and protections.

Its good to keep pushing for good things, despite whatever noise is going on. Perfect being the enemy of good has sidetracked many an effort. Like conservatives have had no problem taking their little victories over the years chipping away at rights before going full out fascist. We need little victories do push back too.

Buttcrack album cover guy. Classic!

Just some extra red sauce, all good

Vance is whatever he’s told to be. He holds no convictions beyond what his handlers approve.