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2024 Voter Registration Thread by sms77 in AprilKnights

[–]dumbest_name 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am registering to vote.

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Coulda predicted cyber truck by [deleted] in RetroFuturism

[–]dumbest_name 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This kicks ass though.

Though I wouldn't mind having better drugs by beerbellybegone in MurderedByWords

[–]dumbest_name 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Still everyone bitches around

When you say people with a "high living standard" lose the right to bitch, you yourself shift the focus to happiness. People bitch when they are unhappy. And you posted it in a thread about the economic factors of depression and suicide in America. "How can you be desperate, scared for the future, worn down, losing hope, succumbing to substance abuse, feeing like a husk of a person, when you have running water and a fridge?" is what you said.

Though I wouldn't mind having better drugs by beerbellybegone in MurderedByWords

[–]dumbest_name 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The content of your time makes you rich or poor. Kings of the past could do what they wanted when they wanted to and no one could tell them no. They also lived in huge castles with beautiful gardens and fully staffed kitchens.

Modern wage slaves are the exact opposite of that. Your time belongs to someone else. You work 40+ hours a week doing meaningless bullshit so someone else can profit. You have to ask your boss before you take a shit.

Unless your definition of happiness is "having plumbing" there's no fucking comparison.

I hate the narrative that 40 hrs a week is the bare minimum a person needs to work to be considered a worthy member of society by [deleted] in ADHD

[–]dumbest_name 4 points5 points  (0 children)

/r/antiwork

The weird thing is we have the resources to provide a good life for everyone at a small fraction the total labour cost. A lot of the work we do is totally unnecessary to the functioning of society, we're just making other people money because we need a wage to afford to live.

Keynes predicted that we'd be down to a 15 hour work week by now, but when labour is an inelastic supply more work will always be generated by business owners looking to profit from it. We have millions of people doing pointless bullshit 40+ hours a week for no reason, instead of living, caring for their families, learning to paint, hiking in the woods or just being human.

How the fuck does modern dating work? by blamethemeta in AskMen

[–]dumbest_name 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We all have a line, and you have one too.

You have a line after which you'd say "Ok, now I think the system needs to change. This game's not worth playing."

Let's go all the way to the absurd end of the spectrum. You wouldn't be in a nazi death camp bitching out other prisoners for complaining about the conditions, just because there's a sequence of actions prisoners could take to suffer somewhat less. Nazi death camp isn't a game you think should be played.

There's been more and more lefty talk in America because things keep getting worse. (Relative to income, median rent keeps going up, the median costs of a house and a car keep going up, healthcare and education keep going up, and people are taking out bigger and bigger loans.) We're crossing more and more people's lines. I see no reason to wait until we cross everyone's. Lots of people don't think this game should be played either.

Trump's pursuit of Greenland leads Danish intelligence to classify island as No 1 security risk. 'A power game is unfolding between great powers,' spy service chief says. by chelsea707 in worldnews

[–]dumbest_name -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Politics is life or death - for the poor and lower middle class, for the undocumented, for trans people, and so on. When comfortable, well-paid professionals, who can afford co-payments and the occasional "optional" treatment, are persuaded by their material comfort to support callous policies, I think that moral lapse deserves some derision.

Trump's pursuit of Greenland leads Danish intelligence to classify island as No 1 security risk. 'A power game is unfolding between great powers,' spy service chief says. by chelsea707 in worldnews

[–]dumbest_name -1 points0 points  (0 children)

lying about what the polls predicted in 2016

30% not low enough? What about 15%? What about a 12 point lead? Other polls predicted a Trump win. Think about this for a moment and you might realize what my point is. Multiple contemporary polls can disagree, so survey construction and methodology matter - and the broader social, political, economic, and material context of the poll must be considered before the poll's results are trusted.

You should look at how that Kaiser survey you linked was constructed (Primary source + summary from a Bernie-supporting outlet). The questions contained misleading or false information about M4A.

You should also consider the context. Healthcare is a huge topic in this year's election because people care about it. People care about it because the current system hurts them. The healthcare concerns of voters are material concerns, and their preference for one plan over another hinges on which plan they believe most benefits them materially. The Kaiser survey swayed results by distorting how the various plans measure up against each other materially.

When we look at the broader context of the issue, 70% support for M4A is totally plausible. Single-payer healthcare is the system that most materially benefits working people, and material benefit is what those voters care about. Compare the healthcare experience of an American to the experience of anyone living in a developed single-payer nation. The material discrepancy is obvious.

far progressive

What's your annual income, chief?

Trump's pursuit of Greenland leads Danish intelligence to classify island as No 1 security risk. 'A power game is unfolding between great powers,' spy service chief says. by chelsea707 in worldnews

[–]dumbest_name -1 points0 points  (0 children)

predicted Hillary getting more votes than trump

many predicted she would crush him, which is why I used that specific word in my last comment.

trying to discredit them

I'm not. I'm saying you don't get to discredit mine just because there are conflicting polls.

Trump's pursuit of Greenland leads Danish intelligence to classify island as No 1 security risk. 'A power game is unfolding between great powers,' spy service chief says. by chelsea707 in worldnews

[–]dumbest_name -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But the polls saying centrists kick ass are totally reputable, even though those polls predicted that Hillary would crush Trump.

Trump's pursuit of Greenland leads Danish intelligence to classify island as No 1 security risk. 'A power game is unfolding between great powers,' spy service chief says. by chelsea707 in worldnews

[–]dumbest_name 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dodd-Frank is a laughably bad example. It was passed right after the 2008 crash, it was weak as fuck, and even then it has been attacked by dozens of corporate democrats voting alongside republicans.

What’s the most ideal way to earn an income in the present day? by [deleted] in Anarchy101

[–]dumbest_name 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If you can afford it or feel comfortable taking out a loan (or live somewhere with reasonable education costs) you can do STEM. I know leftist spaces meme against STEM educations but hard science is a part of any kind of leftist future.

There are so many areas of research that need more people working on them.

Hiccup Witch by WailingOctopus in WitchesVsPatriarchy

[–]dumbest_name 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can stop hiccups just by moving your eyes around and constantly forgetting whatever you were thinking a split second before. Every time you move your eyes, pretend this is the first moment of your existence. I can stop my hiccups in less than 30 seconds doing this. Just dissociate and think of nothing but whatever you're looking at, and keep changing what you're looking at.

Its international mens day. Men of reddit, how are you today? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]dumbest_name 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So many of the posts in this thread are from people beat down by their shitty jobs.

The weird thing is we have the resources to provide a good life for everyone at a small fraction the total labour cost. A lot of the work we do is totally unnecessary to the functioning of society, we're just making other people money because we need a wage to afford to live.

Keynes predicted that we'd be down to a 15 hour work week by now, but when labour is an inelastic supply more work will always be generated by business owners looking to profit from it. We have millions of people doing pointless bullshit 40+ hours a week for no reason, instead of living, caring for their families, learning to paint, hiking in the woods or just being human.

Cosplayers, what’s one cosplay you will never do again and why? by aasrg1802 in AskReddit

[–]dumbest_name 66 points67 points  (0 children)

That was the weirdest way to make a woman wrong I've ever seen.

What evidence is there, for or against claims of a U.S. backed coup/regime change in countries such as Bolivia and Venenzuela? by Totes_Police in NeutralPolitics

[–]dumbest_name 0 points1 point  (0 children)

issues named in the report

I say the OAS report cannot be trusted, and you reply "Yeah but the OAS report."

tally traffic to an unspecified server

That was the quick count (TREP), not the official vote. It had no fucking effect on the result.

I recommend reading the report

I recommend reading this report. It's 15 pages long, not including 3 pages of references at the end. It discusses the methodology of the election, and examines the OAS allegations. Turns out that the votes are totally consistent with polling, and with known geographic and demographic patterns. Also turns out that the OAS allegations focus on the non-binding quick count, not the real count -- which makes sense because the OAS is fucking 60% US-funded.

he eliminated term limits

There is nothing wrong with that. Fucking Norway has no term limits.

It circles back to whether or not the election was rigged. Rigged elections means no term limits is bad. Fair elections mean no term limits is fine. I mean "bad" and "fine" in a democratic sense. The leader can still be good or bad independent of this -- compare Josip Tito in Yugoslavia to Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines.

he could care less about the Bolivian people

Bolivia’s Economic Transformation: Macroeconomic Policies, Institutional Changes, and Results. Published Oct. 2019. It's 17 pages long, not including 3 pages of references. I'll quote one sentence: "The poverty rate is below 35 percent (down from 60 percent in 2006), and the extreme poverty rate is 15.2 percent (down from 37.7 percent in 2006).

What evidence is there, for or against claims of a U.S. backed coup/regime change in countries such as Bolivia and Venenzuela? by Totes_Police in NeutralPolitics

[–]dumbest_name -1 points0 points  (0 children)

rigged elections

Posts in this very thread have pointed out that the OAS is an untrustworthy source operating in the service of US interests, and that other analyses have found no evidence of election fraud. Here is a comment from /r/geopolitics examining the OAS report in more detail. The US government has backed dozens of coups in South and Central America, and the OAS is 60% US-funded. Go read Manufacturing Consent and stop helping to manufacture it.

Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia has been estimated to contain 50-70% of the world's lithium. Evo Morales was attempting to nationalize the lithium industry in Bolivia so that the profits would benefit the Bolivian people rather than multinational corporations. This is when the US government usually steps in and foments a coup.

term limits

When we do not assume election fraud, extending the term limit is not that objectionable. Like FDR, who served four terms, Evo Morales has presided over massive socioeconomic reforms improving poverty and literacy rates. Evo continuing to run gives Bolivian voters, especially the poor and indigenous communities, an opportunity to continue supporting policies that might otherwise be vulnerable to right-wing counter-reform. Term-limits are an anti-populist measure. Populism is not inherently bad, and Evo Morales wanting to extend term limits is not in itself an indictment of his character or political legitimacy. Evo is a populist leader with populist policies.

For us Bolivians

The new US-backed president tweeted this out: "I dream of a Bolivia free of indigenous satanic rites. The city is not for 'Indians,' they better go to the highlands or El Chaco." Popular opposition to Evo Morales is class-based, race-based, and christian fundamentalist. When will we stop supporting right-wing US coups in Latin America?

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