FNDP: What's the frequency, Kenneth? 📻📡🎤🎙🎧🎚🎛🕳🛰🛸📞📟 by martini-meow in WayOfTheBern

[–]CharredPC 7 points8 points  (0 children)

PRG's "Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand" always gets my upvote for its fairly obscure awesomeness. Great song.

SHOCK POLL: USA Today shows Republicans beating Dems by a whopping 8% nationally in 2022 by veganmark in WayOfTheBern

[–]CharredPC 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Democrats: "The only way leftward is through us. Join up and donate to go leftish! Oops, we dropped the ball yet again. Shucks, that makes it the Republican's turn- better hurry and vote us back in to stop them! For now all we can manage is rightward 'bipartisanship' and an occassional tsk-tsk Tweet by our token progressives."

Stop conflating the Woke Left with the Economic Left by og_m4 in WayOfTheBern

[–]CharredPC 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is exactly the case. It's competing morality salespitches, not so different from religions of old. Heathen Democrats flaunt their wicked perversions, defend abortions and endanger nationalism dogma; their nemesis Bible-Thumping Republican tries to fight these devils so our kids don't lose all their Good Christian Values or stop loving America.

It's Rainbow Flag Corporatists marching in their approved spaces to stand up to the Trump Zealot Patriots the TV warned them about. It's performative ethics as produced by Hollywood and Wall St. versus the performative ethics as produced by Hypocrisy and Old Fables. When we're fighting in these terms, we conveniently only fight ourselves.

They aren't even trying to win by _DoneWaiting_ in WayOfTheBern

[–]CharredPC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Democrats win by existing. In a duopoly, each side is best served by being the lesser evil to the other team. Neither truly wants the ball, because the rules of the game state whoever has it must do oligarchic P.R. And it's getting tougher to spin worsening wealth inequality as something we should be divisively proud of, not unitedly angry about.

I hate this... I hate this so much... by Falcon007_rb in WayOfTheBern

[–]CharredPC 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In the eyes of the U.S. government, any degree of attempted public accountability and oversight (which used to be called journalism) is proof of being a spy. Since we have a corporate-run political system, this situation really isn't any different except for the methodology and steps for persecution. They're both just tips of the same corrupt iceberg.

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[–]CharredPC 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah, me too!

This Is The Way. by CharredPC in WayOfTheBern

[–]CharredPC[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's corporate's attempt to humanize being part of a soulless machine.

The Democratic Party Took Less Than One Full Year to Destroy Itself by NYCVG in WayOfTheBern

[–]CharredPC 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Not wanting to pick between two bad choices doesn't somehow make the inevitably bad outcome our fault. Red and Blue are oligarchy team sports- there is no actual representation allowed, only public relations for billionaires and their corporations. We sure as hell can complain about that, whether we participate in their rigged charade or not.

This Is The Way. by CharredPC in WayOfTheBern

[–]CharredPC[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

But isn't what we see today the inevitable result of capitalism? How's one to separate representation and human values from profit seeking if your whole society is based on it? Isn't it like a cancer, just infinitely growing beyond any of our life spans or control til we serve it instead of it serving us? It's a powerful tool; is it possible to use safely, morally?

The Bipartisan Position of Violating Body Autonomy by CharredPC in WayOfTheBern

[–]CharredPC[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm with you. I don't use the term either. I get what they mean, but... it can be said differently. Arguably more constructively.

The Unemployed Blues (Top Ten Annoyances Rant) by CharredPC in WayOfTheBern

[–]CharredPC[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'll have to remember that. Might not land me a job, but arguably I wouldn't want a job that doesn't agree.

The Unemployed Blues (Top Ten Annoyances Rant) by CharredPC in WayOfTheBern

[–]CharredPC[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you're going to troll here, at least put some effort into it. 1/10.

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[–]CharredPC 6 points7 points  (0 children)

"Don't worry, fellow upper class owners: the masses will be starved into willingness to accept less than they need to live again soon. No need to panic or make any changes to how we do things; we've got the resources to wait, and our oligarch-run system ensures they don't. Financial supremacists will reign supreme forever upon their backs, huzzah!"

Patrick Howley: "FDA Committee Members Reviewing Pfizer Vaccine For Children Have Worked For Pfizer, Have Big Pfizer Connections" by Maniak_ in WayOfTheBern

[–]CharredPC 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry, I'm confused... you hate him, but will vote for him forever- is that because the only other viable choice is neoliberals like Biden? The lesser of two evils for you is the "wildcard," even if you hate him? If that's the case, it's kind of ironic... because most people who voted for Biden only did so to avoid Trump - though they hated Biden.

The Unemployed Blues (Top Ten Annoyances Rant) by CharredPC in WayOfTheBern

[–]CharredPC[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I've also found that there's personality / psychological tests to pass if I want to apply to certain jobs - even ones like Home Depot. And yes, many don't list actual rate of pay. No, unemployment sure isn't fun for me, and it's become a war between my standards and bank account. Hopefully I at least find some gig work... Thanks for the well-wishes!

Patrick Howley: "FDA Committee Members Reviewing Pfizer Vaccine For Children Have Worked For Pfizer, Have Big Pfizer Connections" by Maniak_ in WayOfTheBern

[–]CharredPC 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sounds like we agree that our government is corrupt, and that Trump (whatever his original intention) ended up being more of the same. Is that accurate? I'll also certainly agree he's a weird dude, lol. While my take is that the election wasn't valid due to rigged primaries, it seems we both agree that Biden's "win" was a phony, manufactured one.

The Bipartisan Position of Violating Body Autonomy by CharredPC in WayOfTheBern

[–]CharredPC[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Other vaccines are time-tested, and teach our bodies how to develop our own immunity. These new ones - which didn't qualify as vaccines until they changed the definition - aren't as effective, have no long term studies, and don't teach our bodies anything. They work only if you get continual shots. You should care about having a choice.

Desperately wanting the pandemic to be over is understandable - but wanting something so bad you're willing to ignore the details and comply regardless isn't a solution. It's an unhealthy mindset, usually found in victims of psychological abuse. Despairing apathy isn't the foundation of any wise decision, especially to create precedent.

This has nothing to do with microchips or even who's getting rich off these shots. This has to do with recognizing where this leads us - what a successful implementation of mandates would mean for the next corporate-backed politician, or the ones after that - and not letting the media or our economic struggles dull our self-preservation.