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  • I would wager you have more of an idea of what a state of matter is than biologists do of what a species is. Humans like to put things into neat boxes but nature is under no deal obligation to cooperate.

  • business standpoiny soley focusing on exploiting labor it was actually really great

    Solely focussing on exploiting labour was not actually good for business. It prevented industrialization of the south which resulted in the north being richer and more powerful when the war broke out.

  • In this case there is action of a sort - the same gerrymandering that Texas is doing as a counterbalance. Whether that's better than nothing is up for debate. I think probably but this whole saga just goes to show how completely unserious the American electorate is. So memes and trolling it is I guess.

  • The worse Trump fucks up, the less the Democrats see any reason for substantial change. If Trump's fuckery finally shows up on the stock market then the Democrats will absolutely run to the center again, and Newsom will be the front runner.

  • Actually being paid for work you're doing is a pretty easy thing to get behind even for right wingers. It's the easiest of labour issues. So to answer your question, it's not so much a coincidence as it is lowest of low hanging fruit.

  • But I'm not going to blame an old environmentalist for not choosing to shut up.

    Putting aside that there is no world in which this person can be reasonably called an "environmentalist", can we blame her for her shitty reasoning, ridiculous beliefs, and bad-faith motivations? If you change laws to neuter local government in order to protect against this sort of bullshit you will inevitably shift the balance of power in favour of corporations that will misuse it.

    A functional society requires some sense of civil responsibility in its people. If every single undesirable behaviour must be legislated against then 1) this probably will fail and 2) if it succeeds your society will no longer be free. Americans have for a while now focused on their rights without any thought to how to exercise those rights responsibly. This is an example of that. That other commenters may be consumed with mindless anger but under it lies this exact point.

    To be clear, I'm not saying the rules shouldn't be changed. I'm saying that what any such change will do is shift the trade-off.

    Do better, government.

    Only in the modern American mind, swimming in decades of rightwing ideology (yes, even among the left), is the government somehow a completely separate , disconnected thing from the people. It's not. Americans get the governments they deserve.

    How about you actually take some interest in policy? What change do you want to make? Propose something, and remember that all the oil companies that want to frack in your backyard have rooms full of really smart people who get paid more than you ready to see how your policy change can be exploited to their ends.

  • Israel's PR machine has a stranglehold on the democratic party leadership. It's a key part of their strategy depth - because if this American unconditional support for Israel is independent of which party is in power. They're going to do everything possible to maintain it.

  • It's the kind of thing where you have to join the KKK and uncritically accept everything you're told for 20 years and then maybe you'll be able to fathom it. They will of course mistake that for complex philosophy rather than a steaming pile of horse shit.

  • They imagine themselves as the Titans from the Dune universe.

    Is any of our current AI tech even making significant strides towards achieving this? I really don't think the current crop or billionaires will live to see this being viable even if they live another 100 years.

  • Don't forget, absolute, unthinking support of Israel under all circumstances. Even thinking about why you support Israel antisemitic, and this issue is more important than any domestic issue. Literally losing to Republicans is preferable to budging 1mm on this .