About 0.178% of the U.S. population for reference.

Musk’s whole “slash government spending” schtick is such a farce. Tesla wouldn’t have domestic manufacturing facilities without a DOE loan. SpaceX survives off of government contracts.

It didn’t help. Nor does the electoral college, gerrymandering, first-past-the-post, unmitigated influence of well funded interest groups, etc. But I think we just need to accept that people are stupid.

The impact of Citizens United v. FEC (2010) cannot be overstated.

It does help them if they think retaliation will pressure the initial levier (the U.S.) to scale back their tariff schedule. It hasn’t worked out like that but that’s the theory. Also, China isn’t as subject to popular pressure as western democracies. Yes, I agree with you, trade wars are wasteful, harmful, and just a bad idea overall.

The hair absolutely slays me

Don’t know much about this whole story but I just find it funny that these YouTubers have come to peddling lunchables to their fanbases.

Ah now I understand where you’re coming from a little better.

Yeah I guess this particular article about a major event didn’t seem as egregious to me.

Can’t remember the last concert I went to that wasn’t a money making venture and wasn’t advertised for me to hear about it somehow.

Sure, Vans undoubtedly benefits from exposure. But so do music fans who want to see they favorite bands, and the bands that tour to make money.

Where is the advertising? I read the article more about a tour rather than an ad op for Vans

Should Warped Tour not be a thing simply because Vans runs it?

The quote you chose from that source is a bit misleading. 7.6 million voting eligible people in Georgia. Still an insane amount of votes to count.

I have a PhD in economics. Saying that the field “pledges” to be able to predict the future is pretty disingenuous. You’d be hard pressed to find any serious researcher in the field with that level of delusion.

Not at all. I agree that’s what tax funds are for and ought to be spent when necessary. I’m just making a more nuanced point that it’s unfortunate that government officials and the justice system not doing a proper job has led to two adverse outcomes.

My point is more about public servants, such as the justice system, government officials, etc. not doing a good job. Everyone loses in this case. I’m not at all against government spending. It’s just really unfortunate that (1) this woman’s life was ruined and (2) we as a society also have to foot that bill.

Not to mention, damages paid by governments don’t just come out of thin air. Contemporary taxpayers shoulder the burden, in some way, for the misdeeds of previous generations. An unfortunate reality. At the same time, I wholeheartedly agree that this woman deserves some form of additional restitution. It just becomes very tricky who actually bears that cost.

Well said

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