"DANGER! DANGER! DID YOU KNOW THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALL THE INFORMATION THE GOVERNMENT HAS ON YOU?"
Huh. I assume this person isn't a mother?
Because two things only connect together in one way that makes a baby.
Because two things only connect together in one way that makes a baby.
Just based on reporting, looking like 4.5T in spending cuts, and 4.5T in tax cuts, so roughly revenue neutral, I misread the article. I'd prefer balancing a budget because I'm against child slavery but most politicians aren't so they might not go for it.
Ngl, if the Republicans pass the budget just tabled and go to a modest annual federal budget surplus within 100 days of Trump taking office, he's one of the greatest presidents in US history.
People don't understand that there are actually at least three candidates on every ballot -- if there's only one R and one D, then the third candidate is staying home and playing Halo. And a lot of people don't realize that, they assume that either the R or the D is entitled to the vote.
Another thing that people can do is third party. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that that third party is going to win! But I've seen it before that if your party of choice isn't giving you what you want, and enough people vote for the third party, then the party of choice might start looking at all those votes and realize "hey, I could have gotten all these votes. Why did they get those votes and not me?"
People don't think long term, and you can see it in these terms -- a congressman in the US is only in power for 2 years, president for four, a senator for 6. Despite that, people act as if every election is a lifetime appointment.
Of course there's some people who are acting as if the current president will refuse to step down, and honestly even if that were true and I don't think it is, you would also need to have everyone agree to that, and considering that for example Vance has a pretty good shot at being the next president, I don't think he's particularly interested in supporting violating the Constitution to keep Trump in. I think that if push came to shove, the courts have already shown that they're not going to stand by and allow that, the house of representatives isn't likely to allow that (since it damages their power), the military isn't likely to allow that, so we're looking at 4 years for this guy.
Personally, I don't want to see Republican hegemony, so I'm hoping that the Democrats take the next 4 years to go back to the drawing board and figure out why people are playing Halo instead of voting for them. I don't think it would take a whole lot to become palatable to the majority again.
Another thing that people can do is third party. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that that third party is going to win! But I've seen it before that if your party of choice isn't giving you what you want, and enough people vote for the third party, then the party of choice might start looking at all those votes and realize "hey, I could have gotten all these votes. Why did they get those votes and not me?"
People don't think long term, and you can see it in these terms -- a congressman in the US is only in power for 2 years, president for four, a senator for 6. Despite that, people act as if every election is a lifetime appointment.
Of course there's some people who are acting as if the current president will refuse to step down, and honestly even if that were true and I don't think it is, you would also need to have everyone agree to that, and considering that for example Vance has a pretty good shot at being the next president, I don't think he's particularly interested in supporting violating the Constitution to keep Trump in. I think that if push came to shove, the courts have already shown that they're not going to stand by and allow that, the house of representatives isn't likely to allow that (since it damages their power), the military isn't likely to allow that, so we're looking at 4 years for this guy.
Personally, I don't want to see Republican hegemony, so I'm hoping that the Democrats take the next 4 years to go back to the drawing board and figure out why people are playing Halo instead of voting for them. I don't think it would take a whole lot to become palatable to the majority again.
Seems like it's time for the vikings to invade again. Let's try 1066 again, maybe it'll stick this time.
Trump hired an employee to review the work of his employees so he could figure out which employees to fire.
If that's not a function of the executive, then why even have an executive?
If that's not a function of the executive, then why even have an executive?
You'd think communists would understand that the state can do far worse than kill you.
You should trust your doctor (and find a new one if you don't), but why would you trust doctors as a bloc? Why should you trust anyone as a bloc?
That the "hip-hop Republican party" guy? The one the daily show made a slightly racist puppet out of becauase what he said about how to save the Republican party was so absurd?
Let me file his opinions under G for all they're worth!
Let me file his opinions under G for all they're worth!
Because we all want to be Asians, with their superior math skills and ability to be married to tech billionaires.
They'd know that if only they'd just spent a little more on the deluxe government sponsored racism package.
They'd know that if only they'd just spent a little more on the deluxe government sponsored racism package.
"We only allow certified slop from NGOs who are trying to push public perception, but NOT AI!"
Let's be honest: How many babies does the average woman have to kill over a 4 year period?
For most, the number is 0.
For most, the number is 0.
Bad news bro -- the president always had that ability.
Just ask Obama -- or for that matter, Lincoln.
Just ask Obama -- or for that matter, Lincoln.
Right in my profile it says "buy a dead tree copy" of my book for these reasons and more. I make way less selling a dead tree copy of a book, but it's way more meaningful having this embodied physical thing in the world.
It's a little bit ironic when you think about it, these people are all marxists, but there's a real class struggle going on and they are the true bourgeoisie. They live in cities, they don't do anything productive, they just extract value out of the work of the working classes and live well off of that extracted value.
Marxism does assume that only the people who own the means of production and can be bourgeoisie, but when the state gets large enough they effectively own even the things that they don't own. You just replace one class of owners with another.
I suppose that's why Marxist revolutions always fail, because the workers never actually own anything, it's always the people in charge.
Modernist philosophy always ends up collapsing under its own contradictions, so I suppose it is to be expected that the contradictions of a drunk loser's ideology would be no different.
Marxism does assume that only the people who own the means of production and can be bourgeoisie, but when the state gets large enough they effectively own even the things that they don't own. You just replace one class of owners with another.
I suppose that's why Marxist revolutions always fail, because the workers never actually own anything, it's always the people in charge.
Modernist philosophy always ends up collapsing under its own contradictions, so I suppose it is to be expected that the contradictions of a drunk loser's ideology would be no different.
You're not wrong.
Sometimes I head over and it's like "oh yeah, these aren't actually people, they're just preprogrammed dialog trees"
It's like talking to a less advanced version of eliza
Sometimes I head over and it's like "oh yeah, these aren't actually people, they're just preprogrammed dialog trees"
It's like talking to a less advanced version of eliza
The Dahomey Amazons there was a movie about a few years back were established in part because the Dahomey had sold so many of their men into slavery that they couldn't keep a normal military unit so they tried to make this unit of all women seem super strong by having demonstrations of them killing prisoners and such.
When the British started to try to end slavery, the king of Dahomey actually went to war over it because slavery was so important to their way of life.
It's a glimpse into the reality of slavery, and what the west was up against in abolishing it globally.
When the British started to try to end slavery, the king of Dahomey actually went to war over it because slavery was so important to their way of life.
It's a glimpse into the reality of slavery, and what the west was up against in abolishing it globally.