yesbut

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1. 181.▲
   by yesbut 3y ago

   > accelerates us toward the world depicted in Idiocracy. We're already there, brother.
2. 182.▲
   by yesbut 3y ago

   I don't make a blanket judgment on a claim based on some other claim. GP's stance on nuclear has nothing to do with the fact that carbon offsets are an accounting scam designed to virtue signal to the public and allow these mega c
3. 183.▲
   by yesbut 3y ago

   Carbon offsets are still an accounting scam.
4. 184.▲
   by yesbut 3y ago

   https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/50689/carbon-...
5. 185.▲
   by yesbut 3y ago

   Completely meaningless virtue signalling. This will contribute zilch to combatting the climate crisis. Lame. This is a tax write-off, right?
6. 186.▲
   by yesbut 3y ago

   Obviously an young journalist does.
7. 187.▲
   by yesbut 3y ago

   I'm not familiar with Brazil's system, but moving a central bank to being democratically controlled is betterbthan leaving this in the hands of a private company. The US central bank isn't currently democratically controlled,
8. 188.▲
   by yesbut 3y ago

   Just like First Republic did before it was gobbled up by JP Morgan. To quote Jamie Dimon, "the US banking sector is great". (...for JP Morgan)
9. 189.▲
   by yesbut 3y ago

   Lots of companies have done it. The largest is Mondragon in Spain, ~81k+ employees across its federation of worker cooperatives. https://web.archive.org/web/20220720120426/https://www.bloom... A newer ga
10. 190.▲
    by yesbut 3y ago

    I mean building a future that doesn't require countless poor to exist in order to maintain a parasitic billionaire class seems pretty awesome to me.
11. 191.▲
    by yesbut 3y ago

    a.k.a. "empowerment through self-subordination" https://academic.oup.com/book/3144/chapter-abstract/14399353...
12. 192.▲
    by yesbut 3y ago

    That is how the owner class wants you to think of yourself. Some light reading: https://web.archive.org/web/20220720120426/https://www.bloom...
13. 193.▲
    by yesbut 3y ago

    Red Hat should convert to a democratically run worker owned enterprise and get rid of their execs and board of directors.They are parasites extracting profits that should be divvied up by the the workers. Improve job security. Fire the boss
14. 194.▲
    by yesbut 4y ago

    But they went through all of this trouble to justify their sex drives. Certainly that's worth a life of luxury, right?
15. 195.▲
    by yesbut 4y ago

    We are already arming teachers as a result of representative democracy. Their corporate arms manufacturer donors need to keep selling guns.
16. 196.▲
    by yesbut 4y ago

    Its almost as if our society encourages wealthy people to become cynical, selfish, and apathetic.
17. 197.▲
    by yesbut 4y ago

    It is the world we should create instead of waiting for others to improve things for us. The status quo is the problem.
18. 198.▲
    by yesbut 4y ago

    Democracy is mob rule. Direct democracy. The fear of "too much democracy" is only a fear for people who are afraid that others might not want the same things they do. One person, one vote is mob rule. What that requires is a well
19. 199.▲
    by yesbut 4y ago

    The government is us. Not some aliens. We should be democratically deciding what is correct and what is a violation and what the consequences for violating trust are. We should not hand that decision over to a few elected representatives. T
20. 200.▲
    by yesbut 4y ago

    I don't think the solution is just leaving our complex decisions over to others. I think the solution is that we all need to be better informed. A doctor doesn't decide to do something for us unless we're incapacitated. The d
21. 201.▲
    by yesbut 4y ago

    Most are barely getting by. Most can't afford sudden major emergencies (car breakdowns, medical expenses, accidents, etc.) and most are living paycheck to paycheck.
22. 202.▲
    by yesbut 4y ago

    In the US the car manufacturers learned that they can increase their profits by selling more expensive cars to fewer wealthy customers. The average Joe will most likely never be able to afford a new car again. https://www.asahi.c
23. 203.▲
    by yesbut 4y ago

    Yeah, not just him, and not just TikTok / ByteDance: > It’s also spent over $13 million lobbying the federal government since 2019, per OpenSecrets, including a record $5.4 million last year. ByteDance’s spending on lobbying was rep
24. 204.▲
    by yesbut 4y ago

    Zoom must have bribed, I mean donated, to the right politicians. Its all theater. "It would be a shame if something were to happen to that big tech company of yours...."
25. 205.▲
    by yesbut 4y ago

    The US is just upset that Tik Tok doesn't allow the US gov to influence their content or access their user's data like Facebook, Twitter, and Google does. That is all this is about. The US gov just wants more backdoors and control
26. 206.▲
    by yesbut 4y ago

    No need for a video camera to have conference call. It's for work.
27. 207.▲
    by yesbut 4y ago

    Same goes for Teams.
28. 208.▲
    by yesbut 4y ago

    I don't the the US has any mainstream left leaning channels. MSNBC and CNN might have some socially liberal takes, but they never provide airtime for left economic policy discussions. When it comes to those topics they are squarely pro
29. 209.▲
    by yesbut 4y ago

    > can you provide some concrete examples? No, he can't. "China bad, man on tv said so"
30. 210.▲
    by yesbut 4y ago

    also, the debt ceiling is always raised.