Elon Musk became the richest man on earth (and as I recall in the history of earth adjusted for inflation) because of a marginal car company propped up by federal money and exploding in value from central bank largesse propping up the stock market. All that money came from somewhere, and that somewhere is everyone else.
Food and shelter costs have risen disproportionately for 20 years from the same money printing, that's the inflation tax. Incomes rise, but quality of life drops at that income level. Meanwhile, the government sees your "rising wages" and goes "oh, since you're a richy rich now we can take more of your money!"
Food and shelter costs have risen disproportionately for 20 years from the same money printing, that's the inflation tax. Incomes rise, but quality of life drops at that income level. Meanwhile, the government sees your "rising wages" and goes "oh, since you're a richy rich now we can take more of your money!"
fr, the problem isn't that the super rich aren't getting taxed enough, it's that they get overwhelming and absurd benefits from the government that taxes way too much.
It's easy to become a billionaire when your benefactor slings around trillions every year. Meanwhile, those without that benefactor suffer.
It's easy to become a billionaire when your benefactor slings around trillions every year. Meanwhile, those without that benefactor suffer.
"Sometimes people make sounds I don't like or explain things I don't want explained!"
must be tough...
must be tough...
Even right now there's people arguing for an algorithm on fediverse, but I think that drive towards mindlessly driving engagement is part of the problem. It's like reality TV -- What better way to get the Jews and Nazis to stay on the platform than to get them fighting each other all the time while everyone else gets to watch?
The Internet is a really dangerous place that big companies want to convince you is totally safe and ok. It's particularly dangerous for young people. Different parents will have different strategies for dealing with that fact, and different kids will require different levels of protection from the dangers of the Internet.
I swear, Twitter is like the one ring. Just having it starts to twist you into thinking like it does.
Haven't you heard the child's rhyme?
"Sticks and stones may break my bones but names oh my god what are you doing! Oh my god he's got a fully automatic assault name! Run! Run for your lives!"
"Sticks and stones may break my bones but names oh my god what are you doing! Oh my god he's got a fully automatic assault name! Run! Run for your lives!"
Maybe. The establishment is so omnipresent and evil, it's tough to put anything past them.
Seems like when he took the job with the daily caller his tone immediately shifted. I don't think Jordan Peterson of 5 years ago would much care for this new Jordan Peterson much.
There needs to be a limit. Everything from the very words we use to most of the ideas came originally from a commons. If we're going to use state power to give someone a monopoly on a work derived from that commons to give them an incentive to create something, there needs to be a path to return it to the commons whence most of it came. I like the original copyright term which as I recall was 15 years with another 15 year extension if you specifically applied for it. 30 years ought to be plenty of time to figure out how to get paid for your work.
I did put my money where my mouth is, and each copy of The Graysonian Ethic releases it into the public domain 15 years after the first publication.
I did put my money where my mouth is, and each copy of The Graysonian Ethic releases it into the public domain 15 years after the first publication.
That's not funny! Bob from Canada is three quarters through designing a new face for all our coins!
The current brand of LGBT rights is dragging support for the concept down, ironically because they're leaving the liberal argument and going somewhere moralistic. It stopped being "leave them alone" and started being "do as we command you to do".
Imo at least.
Imo at least.
"If I am elected, I will provide every GOP member with a MyPillow so they can sleep through American's rights being taken away in comfort!"
tbf, if we want young people doing the trades, we need to make apprenticeships available and we don't.
When a single new electrical apprenticeship becomes available, hundreds of people apply for it. Entry level jobs are so valuable that they're political chips, often given to politically connected individuals instead of people who look like they'll become good tradesmen.
When a single new electrical apprenticeship becomes available, hundreds of people apply for it. Entry level jobs are so valuable that they're political chips, often given to politically connected individuals instead of people who look like they'll become good tradesmen.
That's always a shame. It's always hilarious watching the US government pretend it's important that it gets funded.