theneverfox

I think a progressive wave is inevitable at this point, but it would be very cool if it was a total sweep

Analysts have already said a lot of the new gerrymandering has Republicans net losing seats, but even predictions are being beat by double digit percentage points in the elections on the ground

It could definitely happen

I was like "what has FIFA done now? What has Apple done now? Why are these two together?"

It's a very meaningful difference, because these two things (spending and taxing) aren't actually related

Think of it like watering a plant. Watering is spending, and taxation is drainage. What actually matters is how wet the soil is

Our problem isn't the spending, it's that the drainage is bad. We have too much stagnant money. No amount of watering or not watering could fix that... The plant still needs water, even as mold in the bottom of the pot hurts the plant

Generally, taxes are drainage. As money moves around, a little bit drains out of the system at each step

Tarrifs aren't drainage, they're flow restrictiors. They reduce the amount of money moving around, which doesn't help the situation

It's not a perfect metaphor, but to strip it all away - the problem is that billionaires and speculation are collecting money in massive hoards, and the velocity of the money is zero

The actual health of an economy is the velocity of money, the amount in the system is secondary

I hated it because it was totally unbelievable, just a paternalistic rationalization for authority

I was confronted with the knowledge that the adults around me all thought the only thing keeping me from murdering someone was layers of rules and supervision. Like we're all just rabid animals barely held back by a watchful eye

Even then, I knew myself better than that. I knew people better than that

But that's how our society treats people. Like monsters that must be managed

I'll do you one better. Gloves off, brass knuckles on. I'm so tired of politicians, and people in general, not understanding where we are

Good to know... That's reassuring, thanks

Plane shoots, plane dives then climbs in a reverse palabora. Bullet flies mostly straight

Who signed it?? I keep seeing this, without shaming the org that gave in

It is a tough ask, especially now, which is why I'm not asking. I do think it's unreasonable to ask

But I'd like to remind the people in that position that it is an option. People tend to dismiss options they should seriously think through...It's not an easy option, but it might be worse than the alternative

Yeah, and a county could say "you can't do business in our county anymore" and block them

A country can ban dildos, but they don't get to tell a foreign factory they can't make dildos. If an importer orders dildos anyways, that's between the importer and customs. Which in this case the importer is the ISP

Because they don't work as phones, at least not for practical use

No one has cracked it yet, some projects seem to be getting close, but the radio in a phone is a very complicated and poorly documented black box

Yeah, go for it. They'll probably be too off balance dealing with him and just give up on the whole thing