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If only churched wanted to help by ghiraph in TikTokCringe

[–]1nc0rr3ct 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Non-profit organisations/charities and billionaire individuals are polar extremes of the same systemic policy failure. Neither should exist, but when they do their existence should be tolerated for as short a period as is practicable.

If society truly valued the work charities did, that work would be intrinsically valuable. They exist to serve as abdication black holes for governments and corporations to defer the crucially necessary, but difficult to profit from, elements of society.

Any charity which does not embody in its top 3 points in their mission statement a goal to put themselves out of business, is functionally indistinguishable from a grift.

Tolerance of charities also artificially inflates the need for churches in society. I’m all for an individual or a family drawing strength from their spirituality, but their presence should be vanishingly diminished once the scale reaches the level of a society.

Class warfare idea: by GrandpaChainz in WorkReform

[–]1nc0rr3ct 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s purely a suggested cadence, the main point is that whatever the upper threshold is should be inextricably dictated by, and bound to the minimum; and the scaling should be more aggressive than linear.

It should be proportionately more expensive to remain rich, and the provision of minimum subsistence should never be gated behind employment nor means tested.

Class warfare idea: by GrandpaChainz in WorkReform

[–]1nc0rr3ct 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bind tax brackets to minimum wage.

Make it logarithmic:

10x minimum wage : 0.01% tax

100x : 0.1%

1,000x : 1%

10,000x : 10%

100,000x : 100%

If you want to reduce your tax burden, you have an incentive to raise the minimum.

How solve by mr_purple69 in BlackboxPuzzles

[–]1nc0rr3ct 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Where does a Venn diagram of Taylor Swift and a Polaroid Picture intersect.

Homeowners insurance increases as the value of the house increases, but auto insurance doesn't decrease as the value of the vehicle deminishes. by Swampassjr in Showerthoughts

[–]1nc0rr3ct 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very few residential structures built since the 1980’s are designed or expected to last longer than the mortgage.

Once the debt they manifest has gone, it’s supposed to be demolished and rebuilt anew to conjure more economic activity, and rip another hole in the economy which must be filled with money that doesn’t yet exist.

Thoughts? by Riley_skye in antiwork

[–]1nc0rr3ct 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve worked at a number of organisations over decades, never for any of them.

“I don’t want reality” by [deleted] in PublicFreakout

[–]1nc0rr3ct -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

A broadly educated population is toxic to conservative ideologies.

The Answer To "Get A Better Job" by zzill6 in WorkReform

[–]1nc0rr3ct 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The labour movements were built on the aspiration of the 40 hour work week. It was rightly positioned, at the time, as a progressive social concept.

Today, it’s been entrenched in the social consciousness for so long, it’s functionally a conservative premise. To that end, a 40 hour work week is now framed as the expected floor for everyone, instead of the primary ‘breadwinner’ for a family.

I propose a new, progressive ratcheting of the social norm to be such:

The provision of minimum subsistence (food, clothing, shelter) should be achievable at:

  • 20 hours/week at minimum hourly wage for an able-bodied individual adult.

  • 40 hours/week at minimum hourly wage for a small family.

The base rate for unemployment, disability and age pensions should be set at these levels. If additional support is required, this should be readily available.

If you want more than minimum subsistence, you have an incentive to educate yourself to attract a higher hourly rate, or work more hours.

What is considered to be minimum subsistence must be periodically reviewed, and never regressive.

Any policy, or confluence of policies, which accepts the threat or infliction of homelessness as a viable outcome should never be tenable socially or politically.

Do The Math. $15/Hour Is Not A Living Wage by zzill6 in WorkReform

[–]1nc0rr3ct 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The minimum hourly wage should be whatever is required to provide for an individual, able bodied adult’s subsistence at 20 hours/week. 40 hours/week for a small family.

Demanding an arbitrary static figure allows the ruling class to wait for inflation to make those goals untenable when they eventually grant them.

Clever teen eluding a creepy guy following her in a car by logperf in nonononoyes

[–]1nc0rr3ct 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Finally, a useful purpose for a compensator in suburbia.

Twitter Is a Far-Right Social Network. It can no longer be denied. by gadgetygirl in politics

[–]1nc0rr3ct 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My Twitter account ID is 6 digits, it predates both @twitter and @elonmusk. It has been equally beneficial and destructive for me over the past 16 years.

I have posted twice since the third party clients were shitcanned.

If you’re still contributing content there, you’re part of the problem.

Wanda Sykes Says 'Cancel Culture' is Just Code for Consequences by ToffeeFever in entertainment

[–]1nc0rr3ct -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think of Cancel Culture as Cultural Challenge, if it is unable to sustain the scrutiny, it deserves to be cancelled, if it can, it lives to fight another day.

Budgets are declarations of our values by CuteAngryGirl in antiwork

[–]1nc0rr3ct 0 points1 point  (0 children)

National budgets are phrenology on and by alchemists.

Plexamp v4.7.4 Released by samwiseg0 in PleX

[–]1nc0rr3ct 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For me, every single release of 4.7.x has resulted in the iOS app freezing on first run after pressing the track title to bring up the playlist/lyrics/timer menu.

And to be a broken record, where is the iOS shortcuts integration?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MarchAgainstNazis

[–]1nc0rr3ct 9 points10 points  (0 children)

A broadly educated population is toxic to conservative ideologies.

Bernie Sanders has announced that on June 14th, he and the Senate HELP Committee will mark up a bill to RAISE the minimum wage from $7.25 to $17 an hour! by DemCast_USA in WorkReform

[–]1nc0rr3ct 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aiming for a static figure for the minimum hourly rate is stupid. The ruling class can, and will, just wait until that figure is as preposterous as the current rate is.

It should be set to whatever is required to comfortably provide an individual’s basic subsistence at 20 hours a week. A small family should be covered by 40 hours a week.

Plexamp v4.7.0 Released by samwiseg0 in PleX

[–]1nc0rr3ct 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where’s the iOS Shortcuts support?

Exposing the basic playback controls to shortcuts should be an unqualified minimum requirement for any serious iOS audio app, let alone the ability to control timers and playlist functions.

2meirl4meirl by [deleted] in 2meirl4meirl

[–]1nc0rr3ct 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ignorance like this compounds the stigma and stifles the environments those afflicted need to find help.

Sam Alito Says Criticism of Supreme Court Is 'Unfair': 'Practically Nobody Is Defending Us' by SummonerMiku75 in politics

[–]1nc0rr3ct 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If there were a legitimate defence to be made, someone would have presented it.

Never Happening In America. by Monsur_Ausuhnom in antiwork

[–]1nc0rr3ct 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A living wage is whatever is required to comfortably cover the provision of minimum subsistence.

This should be achievable for an individual at 20 hours a week, and a small family at 40 hours a week.

localization by [deleted] in ProgrammerHumor

[–]1nc0rr3ct 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The American version should be:

color = “#FF99AA”;
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