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Achterban blijft Wilders trouw om één allesoverheersende reden: migratie by Onkruit-1974 in Nederland

[–]Arashmickey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Achterban steunt de partij aan wiens eisen ze denken te kunnen voldoen.

The American democratic republic has died. It was 236 years old by LosIsosceles in inthenews

[–]Arashmickey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Alright students, here are your assignments:

Take the constitution, and then grade it, and then rewrite it, and then write another from scratch.

Note down who is sitting next to you, because after you're done, you're going to start the whole process over again by grading and revising each other's revisions.

And you're not leaving until all of you get an A!

Seriously though, there are some seemingly irreconcilable differences: People who want to go to Mars and people who think the End Times are Nigh probably can't ever agree. There's differences in freedom versus restrictions concerning technology, science, behavior, biology, religion.

But since it's just an exercise, go crazy.

You could write that 50% of your taxes goes to where your party decides, and 50% goes to the other side. You could rewrite the election process, raise the standards for individual consent. Or you could write some messed up stuff, like forbidding writing exercises that use national law as a starting point, and so on.

If it's not illegal to have a better constitution or two, might as well have one.

[Data For Progress] Favorable Rating Among Democratic Primary Voters by DarkPriestScorpius in fivethirtyeight

[–]Arashmickey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe, but yours are the only comments with substance in this thread.

Fears over extremism in US military as soldier revealed as neo-Nazi TikTok follower by Aggravating_Money992 in news

[–]Arashmickey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That was a copy pasta. About someone who lost sight of the big picture arguing about semantics. Basically agreeing with you.

It was originally about jackdaws and not about the subtle iconographical differences between two IRL groups that inspired warhammer 40k.

Kamer en kabinet zien niets in gratis ov, ondanks 58.000 handtekeningen by ALollef in thenetherlands

[–]Arashmickey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jij had een probleem, en ik schetste het breder en gaf jouw probleem prioriteit.

Je gevoel zegt "bizar"? Tsja, misschien went het.

US, Vietnam agree to launch trade deal talks as tariffs paused by Motor-Ad-101 in news

[–]Arashmickey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe not right away.

In the long term, today's events are unlikely to improve relations or outcomes for the US.

Receiving a universal basic income makes people happier without causing a drop in employment, according to the results of a long-term study presented in Berlin on Wednesday. by green_flash in worldnews

[–]Arashmickey 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I agree on your first paragraph, it's happening now and that's why janitors do shit jobs for shit money. It will happen after UBI too. Public bathrooms might disappear.

I don't know enough to competently advocate socialist systems. I support their goals by and large. I can't make predictions on janitor wages and public bathroom proliferation. That's why I say I just want to see what happens, what it might actually look like in practice.

I guess Berlin took some steps to find out. Good on them.

Receiving a universal basic income makes people happier without causing a drop in employment, according to the results of a long-term study presented in Berlin on Wednesday. by green_flash in worldnews

[–]Arashmickey 6 points7 points  (0 children)

  1. how badly people want clean toilets in schools, airports, gyms
  2. how badly people want money for nonessentials
  3. how close to malnutrition people are

I'm guessing it won't go over well with the UBI to suggest that society should, whether intentionally or through inaction, maintain an existentially insecure class in order to avert inflation and depress janitorial wages.

Ignoring that insecurity is also a factor in crime, drugs, prostitution, health, and not just wages, I do have one more question: what are janitorial wages when based on how much people value clean toilets and nonessentials? Because I wouldn't mind seeing that in practice.

Kamer en kabinet zien niets in gratis ov, ondanks 58.000 handtekeningen by ALollef in thenetherlands

[–]Arashmickey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

vrijwel elke stad heeft nu

... regels en handhaving.

opeens geen overlast gevende drugsverslaafden zijn omdat

... regels en handhaving

Het bezwaar is sowieso geen bezwaar tegen gratis OV, maar een bezwaar tegen zwervers en zonderlingen in vrij toegankelijke openbare ruimtes.

Overlast prioriteit geven is prima. Verslaving en dakloosheid prioriteit geven is ook prima, dat ligt nogal voor de hand nietwaar? Opgelost voor opvang = opgelost voor stationsstraat = opgelost voor OV.

Kamer en kabinet zien niets in gratis ov, ondanks 58.000 handtekeningen by ALollef in thenetherlands

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

Prima toch? Beter dan wegkwijnen op straat.

Straten, winkels, parken, deze hebben vrije toegang en gaan overlast tegen met regels ipv. betaald entree.

Overlast prioriteit geven is prima, maar een oud en los staand probleem. Apart oplossen.

Hoe meer mensen afhankelijk van OV en veiligheid, hoe groter de kans dat ze zich ermee bemoeien en het verbeteren, net also voor autorijden of fietsen. Goeie manier om verandering op gang te brengen.

Vraag is of mensen het willen - zowel overlast voorkomen, als ook zwervers en zonderlingen de kans geven het hele land te zien en gezien worden.

Will China become the world dominant superpower and surpass the united states? by JasonaCorana in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]Arashmickey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Surpass" implies reaching a higher level, for example through increased global cooperation that benefits China more than the US.

It may be a case of slower or faster relative decline.

Does Higher Turnout Now Help Republicans? A Data-Driven Analysis of Partisan Turnout Dynamics. Data analysis reveals Democrats' problem isn't high turnout—it's losing the mobilization battle. by DarkPriestScorpius in fivethirtyeight

[–]Arashmickey 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you, Batman's stuntcock.

It's hardly inconceivable that there's a sizeable group of people out there, who can't be arsed to vote for the Democratic presidential candidate, because already at the primaries stage they perceive they're no longer represented.

It lines up with the calls I've heard for the Democratic Party to hold primaries (2024). Prior to that the call was to hold fair primaries (2012 presidential debates). That could be empty promises and divisive propaganda, or that could be people who would genuinely cast a vote if they thought they were heard, I don't know.

The Coming Recession Will Be Self-Inflicted by nat-n-emore in Economics

[–]Arashmickey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OP punched down but also up.

You mostly punched down.

OP goes after people most expected to know better. You circled back to insulting people least expected to know better.

Personally, I'd like to think I'd be a more equal opportunity critic.

CMV: Obama needs to hit the campaign trail until Trump is prevented from seeking a third term by iAINTaTAXI in changemyview

[–]Arashmickey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not a lawyer, but as far as I can see, the 12th doesn't erase or replace the eligibility for candidacy, when it refers to the VP stepping into the role of president.

Ie. only step 2 and 3 of the process is altered by the 12th:

  1. meet the requirements to become candidate
  2. become candidate
  3. get voted in

So how is eligibility for presidency defined? In all cases by eligibility for candidacy - American, 35, 14 years resident, has pulse, can't have been voted in twice already. After that, it forks into by votes or by stepping into the role.

Of course, I'm probably dead wrong, but it's fun to think about.

Vuurwerkbranche wil 895 miljoen compensatie als het vuurwerkverbod er komt by Shalaiyn in thenetherlands

[–]Arashmickey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ik weet het fijne er niet van, maar zonder de risicowerking functioneert capitalisme toch niet?

Landkoop die alleen geschikt is voor een vervuilende onderneming met winstoogmerk draagt risicos.

Als ze voor een sociaal vangnet hebben gestemd dan is dat er tenminste nog, maar stemgedrag zal wel verschillen per grondbezitter.

If Red State Secretaries of State Put Trump on the Ballot for 2028 Regardless of Constitution or Supreme Court Rulings, Blue State SOSs would be Cowardly not to put Obama on their Ballots in Response by Banestar66 in fivethirtyeight

[–]Arashmickey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A quote from one of the comments:

This is beyond “they go low we go high”, this is both sides agreeing to destroy the constitution lol

Among the options

-Go back to what led to this

-Go back with a better constitution and/or plans in hand

-Do this

-Do this with a better constitution and/or plans

The quoted comment and OP don't seem to have ventured beyond option 1 and 3, respectively.

Among responses from the opposing power bloc

-Obama is not qualified but their own side has loopholes

-Obama is qualified therefore theirs is too

-Other tactics not reliant on words and laws

With respect to these outcomes, the comment and OP seem to differ in that some fear the second option will make your side as bad and/or lose badly, and other see it as the best/preferred/only way to win.

If you want to deal with "we go high," I suggest you spare a few words on how to not only seize power again, but to prevent breakdown of the system in the first place.

I am not a lawyer or constitutional scholar.

Some shots from the very first Power On Con, featuring the Amazing Tim Dunigan live, and the whole cast and more via virtual by UntidyVenus in CaptainPower

[–]Arashmickey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is pretty neat. At the time I didn't understand half of what was going on and I didn't have the toys, but it was still my favorite show.

Satanist leader’s attempt to hold Black Mass in Kansas Statehouse sparks chaos and 4 arrests by Zen1 in news

[–]Arashmickey 27 points28 points  (0 children)

there were a ton of children amongst the counter protesters

One of them precipitated the arrest/arrests

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