3 ms·

It's like AOC'c comments to NPR the other day "Everything feels increasingly like a scam," she said. "Not only are grocery prices going up, but it's like every

It's like AOC'c comments to NPR the other day "Everything feels increasingly like a scam," she said. "Not only are grocery prices going up, but it's like everything has a fee and a surcharge. And I think that anger is put out at government."

rufus_foreman 2y ago
AOC needs to read "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair. There is nothing new under the sun.
- georgemcbay 2y ago
  Is your argument really that because things were really bad in 1905 we shouldn't complain that after many decades of progress* that we are now rapidly sliding back to things being extremely shitty again? Because that's a really strange way to look at it. (* driven largely by increased regulation, unionization, etc... all the dirty words for modern conservatives)
  - rufus_foreman 2y ago
    >> Is your argument really that because things were really bad in 1905 we shouldn't complain... No that is not my argument really.
    - kubb 2y ago
      You're not really making an argument.
      - rufus_foreman 2y ago
        OK. If I'm not making an argument then we both agree that my argument is not that because things were really bad in 1905 we shouldn't complain that after many decades of progress. Thanks for agreeing with me, kubb.
        kubb 2y ago
        No objections from me, but also no need to thank me. I just stated the obvious.
        rufus_foreman 2y ago
        >> I just stated the obvious No, you did way worse that that.
        kubb 2y ago
        You’re not saying anything substantial again, albeit in passively aggressive tone.
    - dredmorbius 2y ago
      You might care to specify what exactly your argument is then, as I'd formed a similar conclusion. The Jungle led to an era of reform over nearly a century in which laissez faire and caveat emptor were displaced, largely to positive results, by appropriate regulation. That regulatory turn had been opposed, increasingly dismantled since the Reagan administration, and in the past month and some has been outright dynamited. The consequences are beginning to show. If that is your argument, it would benefit by more precise communication.
cscurmudgeon 2y ago
AOC is against taxes and other countries paying their fair share? She realized prices are going up just now?

rufus_foreman 2y ago

AOC needs to read "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair. There is nothing new under the sun.

georgemcbay 2y ago
Is your argument really that because things were really bad in 1905 we shouldn't complain that after many decades of progress* that we are now rapidly sliding back to things being extremely shitty again? Because that's a really strange way to look at it. (* driven largely by increased regulation, unionization, etc... all the dirty words for modern conservatives)
- rufus_foreman 2y ago
  >> Is your argument really that because things were really bad in 1905 we shouldn't complain... No that is not my argument really.
  - kubb 2y ago
    You're not really making an argument.
    - rufus_foreman 2y ago
      OK. If I'm not making an argument then we both agree that my argument is not that because things were really bad in 1905 we shouldn't complain that after many decades of progress. Thanks for agreeing with me, kubb.
      - kubb 2y ago
        No objections from me, but also no need to thank me. I just stated the obvious.
        rufus_foreman 2y ago
        >> I just stated the obvious No, you did way worse that that.
        kubb 2y ago
        You’re not saying anything substantial again, albeit in passively aggressive tone.
  - dredmorbius 2y ago
    You might care to specify what exactly your argument is then, as I'd formed a similar conclusion. The Jungle led to an era of reform over nearly a century in which laissez faire and caveat emptor were displaced, largely to positive results, by appropriate regulation. That regulatory turn had been opposed, increasingly dismantled since the Reagan administration, and in the past month and some has been outright dynamited. The consequences are beginning to show. If that is your argument, it would benefit by more precise communication.

cscurmudgeon 2y ago

AOC is against taxes and other countries paying their fair share? She realized prices are going up just now?