APassenger

@APassenger@lemmy.one

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APassenger,

Would Biden break an Occupy like Obama did?

APassenger,

I’m extremely down in Facemeta. But no one is entitled to the services of another person/entity (without a contract/agreement).

You can require payment, that’s fine. But you can’t require they use or carry your service.

APassenger,

So did I, all while thinking this doesn’t seem possible.

APassenger,

Ad hoc and poison the well while being very wide of the mark, too.

Nicely done.

My politics align more with Sanders than anyone well known politician. Surplus is surplus and the left needs to retain the right to call a spade a spade.

Not all infrastructure spend is good. I’m both envious of what they have and stymied by articles documenting unused cities.

For ease of research, I recommend “China ghost cities.” Maybe those cities will make sense and not every idea has to work, but that is surplus, ergo excess.

APassenger,

Good reply, thank you.

And I’ll defer to your categorization and consider the reading recommendation.

I weighed calling them socialist, but it seemed… unhelpful when what i was trying to highlight that the unemployed youth are relying on family, and not the state.

The responses yesterday seemed to think China is just giving away money. They aren’t.

Also: all developed nations are socialist. What people argue over is where lines are drawn.

APassenger,

If you don’t like them being called capitalist, then your quarrel is with a whole heap of people (and academics).

The question, like I alluded to earlier, isn’t whether they are capitalist, but a question of how much. And many, after careful study, have determined them to be capitalist.

Those determinations are based on measurable things and philosophy (somewhat).

Also: you are clearly not my original intended audience. In the referenced thread I was getting low-effort, glib comments that snowballed upvotes.

Not unlike the person who deemed me to be a republican. It’s easy to look at my post history.

I’m not a republican. But glib is easy. And glib, low-effort posters were the primary intended audience. Know-it-alls.

APassenger,

I get that they’re attempting to master plan and be ahead of things. I also know infrastructure is an investment - and sometimes it’s partially a jobs program.

Not every investment works out.

I’m not down on them.

I’m down on low-effort, glib and smug responses and I’m hitting more of it on Lemmy than I hit elsewhere. I’m not sure if this is the result of reddit leading to a population swing or if lemmy already had a lot of “smart” people who could be better than they are.

If I plan to smear someone. I click their post history. I’ve stopped myself from many errors and found a way to build a common ground. I’ve also found fools and decided they weren’t worth it.

But if I plan to be dismissive, I do the research.

APassenger,

Did you read the article before posting?

There are descriptions of embittered and/or depressed youth. They are not describing young people so well cared for (by the state) that they are opting out.

And older family will eventually perish or cease to have the means. Something must take the place to ensure production at certain levels.

Also: fewer hours per job, with an unchanging workload would lead to more jobs. Not fewer. Unless automation, computing or improved engineering lower the overall effort.

Edit to add one more point: China is Capitalist. The land use thing is communist, but fundamentally they went capitalist decades ago. The notion that they’re doling out buckets of money to people mystifies me (building unnecessary infrastructure is a job).

If someone has a source or refutation, I’ll click and read, but until then I’ll run with what I find.

APassenger, (edited )

ITT: a lot of “either/or”

I’m not sure that evolution cares one wit about any of our theories. If it means I’m the dad and I’m the dad more often… then it will be favored.

If I enjoy it more, she enjoys it more or it means that my sperm have increased likelihood of winning… that’s all that matters.

And when I say “or” above, it can include any of those things. It need not be exclusive.

APassenger,

It wouldn’t though. I’m not saying UAPs are extraterrestrial. I’m saying as long as each person who leaks is met with plenty of, “no, you’re crazy.” It would help contain it.

Both with pressure and delegitimization. Now… proof is the thing that’s required. Not simply testimony.

APassenger,

If everyone who claims that is a loon (and they may be), then the leakers are auto-discredited.

Again and with clear emphasis because it looks like it was missed: I’m not saying UAPs are extraterrestrial. I’m making a meta-point.

If leakers are almost automatically easily classed as loons, then any inquiry isn’t an inquiry. They may be off their rockers.

And even “super-advanced tech” need not have extraterrestrial origin. But UAPs happen. We all seem to have forgotten O’Hare. Whatever happened was in passenger jet airspace.

Regardless of what planetary origin, UAPs deserve inquiry.

This is a thought provoking book. The author was even interviewed by Colbert and presented very cogently. Which is why I bought and read it.

Before anyone knee-jerks, it attempts to only use the most credible UAP encounters and looks at them with skepticism and a scientific mind.

Brands that don’t buy enough Twitter ads will lose verification (www.theverge.com)

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APassenger,

It was their fiduciary responsibility, wasn’t it?

The shareholders weren’t going to get a better offer.

APassenger,

They have no heart or soul, only brief flickers of “try” followed by “squirrel!”

thepillarist, (edited ) to syncforlemmy

Oh, the heartbreak of working 12 hour shifts. I missed the sign up for pre-beta testers for @syncforlemmy and I have a Pixel Fold and wanted to help make it the best app for foldable users! 😭🫣

APassenger,

No. It was alpha. If Google approves, look for excitement tomorrow.

I can accept a day or two of delay if I get a functional app for lemmy. I miss Sync so much…

APassenger,

It’s set for after Super Tuesday. He’ll ask for a further delay. She’ll absolutely consider if he’s got viable numbers.

I bet it’s half of why that date was chosen. And why Trump isn’t making too much noise about it. Stay quiet and people don’t notice what just happened.

Alabama GOP refuses to draw second Black district, despite Supreme Court order (www.nbcnews.com)

Alabama Republicans are poised to pass new congressional district maps that ignore a Supreme Court order to create a second majority-Black district. The proposed maps include a district that is only 42% Black in the House plan and 38% Black in the Senate plan, which voting rights groups say would not give Black voters a real...

APassenger,

Not even a little.

There was th Civil War and white folk got to pretend shit was settled while back folk knew better. Took until the 60s for things to start to shake up and even then White’s weren’t sure they should support something like requiring equal treatment.

Then we got the Voting Rights Act Then SCOTUS, in recent years, decided we didn’t need that anymore. People are legitimately surprise the Court decided this way. Recent rulings have been a constant erosion.

APassenger,

He needs to be primaried, tradition or not.

He’s done an assortment of good things. He’s also older and sympathetic to economic “centrism.”

I’d like to see a credible democratic challenger primary him and force him to maintain a more left leaning posture. If done correctly, he’d re-message and it would help him in the general.

We need to pull people out of their culture war mindset and get them voting for their own best interests. Fanciful notions of “the wrong gender” in a restroom aren’t going to matter as much as domestic economic health, global climate change, or a changing geo-economic outlook. We need people voting real-worl issues and someone who can message to that.

I’ll add: everyone deserves certain fundamental rights. So when I say culture war, I’m referring to DeSantis types. I have no quarrel with treating LGBTQ+ with respect and decency.

APassenger,

There are other options. The Constitution affords us numerous rights, including protest, among others.

They said they’re mad that nothing changes for the better and you said, why not spend an hour a year doing something.

I think they’re open to more. I’d like to see more doing more. THAT’s how things change.

APassenger,

I’m not saying to do something other than voting. I’m saying you keep framing this like that’s the only thing when they could do more.

Voting is not the only option. It’s a good one, but we have more/additonal.

APassenger,

You’ve done it here, you’re doing it in others threads.

Instead of telling them to vote for a candidate they barely believe in, why not recommend they find candidates they like, locally, state, etc and help them. But then in general elections, vote for someone who can win.

It’s an entire extra sentence that takes less time than calling them whiny.

You’re boiling the options down to a suck ass, “eat your dinner” message and if you want to prevent rightward movement, I think calls to action are better.

We move things to the correct position by having candidates that make a compelling case for why this (waves around) isn’t working. Then voting for what we got when we must.

Edit: it is NOT the most effective thing to do. Getting additional people to vote is more effective than standing in line individually like a dumb ass and saying, “this is the best I can do.” You can do more than that.

APassenger,

Trump can fuck off to jail. I’d like to see him tried for treason.

DeSantis has shown he’s a non-starter.

At this point they’re hoping for a dark horse pro-retreat candidate.

APassenger,

All systems require a check on greed and something that pulls things back to balanced. What we have (in the US) right now isn’t it.

SCOTUS has not helped in the least.

We need incentives for participation because “the feels” isn’t enough to motivate most to work all that much. But we need taxes and laws to keep things from skewing like they have.

APassenger,

Let’s see where things are in 3 years. China has been economically and politically stable for some time now. If the others hold, too… we may see a bifurcation, where enemies jump over (e.g Iran).

I’m not sure it would grow to include a global euro, although that currency makes more sense to me than BRICS (for now).

BRICS could make it. But if it does, I will be without the R or with a very weekends one.

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