Fox news calling the US an empire is not new. How old do you all think the moniker “Empire State” is? It’s wild how it’s in our language but we just don’t think about it.
Neurodivergent Dad. Accepting info dumps on all channels.
Fox news calling the US an empire is not new. How old do you all think the moniker “Empire State” is? It’s wild how it’s in our language but we just don’t think about it.
Could someone explain the joke to me? I’m not very smart.
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I’m sure if you keep calling those who do as LARPers, it will surely encourage such dialogue.
If attacking civilians is the mark of psychopathology then the US does a good job of arming such nations. What the Houthis are doing is not happening in a vacuum. They have a history of resisting regimes propped up by the US. Does that make them saints? No. But we’re not any better.
Our current government is all too happy to build weapons with borrowed money. What taxation does is it causes deflation, and a wealth tax has the benefit of deflating the power of the ultra-wealthy.
People are right to point out that he should not simply cut a check to the government, instead he should lobby for higher wealth taxes like he lobbies for patents or voucher schools. Anything less is just free PR.
Exec laughs in accountability and fires people
“because I feel like it” is a good enough reason to give a stranger.
For most eras, how hard it was to make a good sandwich. And I’m not just talking about the past.
The problem with eating the rich is all the crazy drugs they take makes their meat rancid. Zuck however is probably the tastiest due to is wagyu diet and exercise routine.
Don’t bring a gun to a tank fight. Don’t even need to shoot back, just roll over them if they don’t get out of the way.
Having contempt for voters is like blaming the weather when it rains. Maybe the candidate should have came prepared with an umbrella, but here we are.
In most cases I agree, with the exception of security clearances. That’s a give and take.
Oh, they’re probably okay with certain drugs, but slurring speech indicates he’s taking the wrong kind.
For me Lemmy provides a value proposition that reddit does not: consent.
True. I guess I’m hoping his recent fuck up with keeping the COVID vaccine from being more widely distributed might galvanize the youths. That and the Epstein flight logs.
I think Bill Gates might have inoculated the public against such PR.
It’s like when people point to how expensive a state is while denying that it is expensive because so many people want to live there.
You okay? I’m talking about behavior, and you’re making it about people’s abilities. If you want people to engage in critical analysis, don’t start by saying they’re unable to do it.