anthm1988

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by anthm1988 7y ago
I had the worst cold around christmas and it really does make me wonder. Fever, body aches for a couple days. Felt like I was going to cough up a lung. but no real sneezing or congestion.
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by anthm1988 7y ago
Least you can do is be honest and face the consequences like an adult. You want poor people to die needlessly. That's what you advocate for, that's what you believe. If you don't like me saying it, too goddamn bad.
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by anthm1988 7y ago
> There's nothing in the Constitution that says the Senate has to have a good reason to withhold that consent. The constitution is a deeply flawed document that relies on the acceptance of norms and generally good actors. Absent tha
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by anthm1988 7y ago
If those subpoenas aren't valid, then congress cannot possible act as a check on the president. > Senate’s refusal to confirm Obama’s appointment of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court Not a check so much as a complete refusal to p
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by anthm1988 7y ago
and the US didn't have universal suffrage until the 1960s. Arguably we still don't, given what the republicans have done to subvert democracy in Florida.
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by anthm1988 7y ago
Except we allowed progress to stall and now claim that's a virtue. America is by far the oldest nation with a presidency, and it's finally starting to collapse.
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by anthm1988 7y ago
> So where do you draw the line? It's flippant, but here's a simple test. > has managed a large organization If that's your justification for why you should be president, then you aren't actually qualified to be pr
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by anthm1988 7y ago
I have an issue with his having it. I don't believe billionaires should be allowed to exist in any healthy society. It's not really relevant to the argument. I have an issue with what Steyer was doing as well, but at least he foll
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by anthm1988 7y ago
> Trump being super wealthy is arguable on many grounds - definitionally ("super"), There are only about 600 billionaires in the US. Trump is obscenely wealthy.
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by anthm1988 7y ago
> So being extremely wealthy and successful now disqualifies you from being a good President? Almost certainly yes. These people have out of control egos and little relevant experience. Bloomberg would be no different than Trump. Gates t
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by anthm1988 7y ago
because it's true. The naive people are the ones who swallow the line from billionaires.
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by anthm1988 7y ago
Except every other candidate accepts donations and has to be more transparent. Every other serious candidate is appearing on the debate stage and town halls. Bloomberg is buying off people and hasn't been forced to defend his atrocious
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by anthm1988 7y ago
> I believe people are not idiots and are capable of judging their own interest. He's buying up media and politicians. People can't decide from themselves when he's spending a billion dollars to shape the narrative. If Blo
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by anthm1988 7y ago
What he's doing is trying to buy democracy. It's monstrous, not merely annoying. Not even Trump had the gall to try and do something like this.
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by anthm1988 7y ago
One is a real car you can buy, the other isn't. That's ignoring Tesla's historical issues with fit and finish/quality control.
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by anthm1988 7y ago
> Wow, these CEOs and founders really actually do think they’re special Do you not realize what site you're on?
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by anthm1988 7y ago
Why not just hire founders as PMs and pair them with an engineering team then?
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by anthm1988 7y ago
The vast majority of people aren't making 2.5 million a year even at the biggest corporations.
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by anthm1988 7y ago
Cynically, this sounds like a way to further concentrate the rewards at the top and ensure rank and file employees get nothing more than a salary.