You are beginning to irk me, professor.
I am irked! And that will not do.

— Dr. Calico (Malcom McDowell; Bolt, 2008)

Clowning aside, while I was already a fan of Booker, that was some classical badassery IMHO.

For sure. I imagine it will take far more than one government/term to rehabilitate and repair international relationships (decades, I’d wager) but I think within our lifetimes we’ll get to see it!

True, though statistically it’s just cleaning the plate, as global elites have had their fill over many decades. Once people finally decide to stop pointing fingers at each other and unite against this scourge, there will be nowhere to run.

Afterward, global economies should stabilize and nations which start this process early will, I suspect, see much growth during the global recovery, so here’s hoping americans have some revolutionary spirit left.

It’s true. These days the average household income in the US isn’t enough for the added costs of elderly care without the supplement of social security and other programs. That trend only worsens.

I’m optimistic, however, that this will change as the differences in generational attitudes towards socialism are reflected more strongly in governmental policy. The baby boomers are already losing their grip on the levers of politics, and the millennials, in particular, are much more friendly to social policies.

I think the key to this scheme working, however, is that you raise your children in such a selfless way that they would want to take care of you when you have nothing more to offer them. Which is to say, the only way this method works is if it’s not a “method” at all, just love.

Edit: inb4 honor culture. In the places you likely refer to, uncared-for elderly are considered a great dishonor. But also in these places, differences in social infrastructure and the parameters of personal finance significantly augment the decision. In short, it’s still a net cost of time and resources to raise a child, a balance that can only be paid by love.

… I bought the state, bae

The point isn’t really to inconvenience him though. It’s to cede no ground without documented abuse of power.

Hmm same, though I have a lot of countermeasures, regardless thank you

The psychedelic matrix-style wall of code appears to contain exclusively Hebrew characters. Is this our cat’s shibboleth?

Honestly, since most US residents’ major corporate overlords are international, and thus can weather a strictly domestic boycott, these international boycotts of US corporations absolutely help people in the US, in spite of the local economic upheaval.

It really does make a difference. 🙏

It appears the user was willing to read but couldn’t get past the website’s ad wall. Even if they could, however, it’s nice when folks like you are kind enough to offer a summary, time permitting. Thank you.

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Re: feature image (an open briefcase filled with cash and money falling haphazardly to the floor) anyone know the explanation/origin of this 80s/90s movie trope? Why was it always a briefcase? Surely there were more convenient and nondescript types of luggage to use for legal tender.

I don’t remember if it was a general session, but the floor often remains pretty empty during caucusing, which is most of the time.

Yeah most people don’t remember the context of the sumner-brooks affair, just the beating

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Bots aside, I think that’s because we’re the rabble, meaning we haven’t fully organized and activated, since successful rebellions align people toward a shared cause.

Recruitment takes time, but I’d encourage you to be on the lookout for less infighting and doomerism from Americans around here. Once you do, you will know they’ve found a more appealing outlet for that energy, perhaps one that actually lets them do something about it.

The inescapable weight of public yolk

Lol nice

To setup this thread for his alt account, obviously.

In the Information Age, the poor and uneducated rapidly gained access to the rest of the world and its knowledge, yet couldn’t tell what was true.

Those in power regarded these new cohorts opportunistically, as fertile soil and pliable tools, but the most cynical considered them weapons and cultivated their fear.

In the chaos that ensued, we sought to curtail their influence by censure, but the cynical were happy to amplify their voice. We attempted remediation with facts, but the cynical knew they preferred lies. So the conflict was recast as a war over culture and values, a profitable diversion for many.

We always dismissed the most obvious solution, addressing their fears, because these mostly boiled down to simple economic insecurity, and solving that has little short-term profit potential for those who have the most.