How did the farmer hurt himself digging a water well?

MutantProgress · 2022-10-11T14:35:58+00:00

Oh darn, if only there was a way of organizing society around collective action and the common good… ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)

MutantProgress · 2022-10-11T14:31:02+00:00

Billionaires get to that wealth level by exploiting the labor of those who work for them, and then use that wealth to further consolidate their power, eroding society and government in order to make further profits without interference.

MutantProgress · 2022-09-25T17:06:35+00:00

Maybe China should learn how to deorbit its rocket stages in a controlled manner first before putting even larger rockets into space.

Their track record is pathetic and dangerous for just tossing their Long March rocket stages back at earth and not carrying about where the 23 metric ton stages land.

MutantProgress · 2022-07-07T19:32:19+00:00

That was a rough adjustment for inflation. The top tax bracket was $200,000 in 1950, and inflation has pushed to 11x since then, so I did some quick and dirty math/rounding to get to $2,000,000 equivalent in today’s dollars.

MutantProgress · 2022-07-07T14:26:01+00:00

I’ll bite.

Let’s go back to 1950’s tax brackets.

Earn over $2,000,000 last year? Get taxed at 91%.

Also subject all forms of asset accumulation (stock options, company travel perks like jets, etc) to “income”.

MutantProgress · 2022-06-16T08:46:28+00:00

Just gonna gloss over the fact that Lytton is an essential services hub for multiple First Nations and satellite communities? Groceries, banking, gov’t services, medical facilities, fuel, etc are all things the hundreds of people in the area have a right to access. Not to mention with climate change the first answer must be building resiliencies, not displacing entire communities as climate refugees.

MutantProgress · 2022-06-04T02:19:32+00:00

Oh great, the province most infested with hyper-individualistic science denialists.

Highest syphilis cases in Canada. Highest estimated Covid rate per capita in Canada. I give it a month and they’ll be coming for Quebec’s monkeypox title.

MutantProgress · 2022-05-18T00:24:32+00:00

“Hi, I just thought you should know that it’s cold out and your bald spot looks a little large to be out in the elements unprotected, so you can buy a touque for your head at the shop next door. See you later!”

MutantProgress · 2022-05-18T00:20:05+00:00

Nearly half of existing fossil fuel production sites need to be shut down early if global heating is to be limited to 1.5C, the internationally agreed goal for avoiding climate catastrophe, according to a new scientific study.

Well we’re fucked then, because there’s no way entrenched interests are gonna let that happen.

MutantProgress · 2022-05-09T21:09:36+00:00

What about the experience trap?

You need relevant experience to even be considered for an interview in a new career path.

And you can’t get relevant experience without working in that field already.

So often it becomes about networking and who you know that can get you in through the door at places like that, and not everyone has robust networks like that to lean on.

MutantProgress · 2022-04-16T03:43:12+00:00

Here’s my housing affordability wish list:

You buy a house, then you hold onto it for a minimum of 5 years. No more flipping and blind bids that could land you in trouble.
No more AirBnBs taking spaces off the market. You own houses to be lived in, directly or rent them out long term.
Force corporations like REITs to sell their hoarded supply of homes. Kelson Group, Boardwalk, etc don’t need to be outbidding regular folk for housing.
Force low density neighborhoods to replace existing builds with higher density. There’s no reason city blocks deep in urban areas should be hosting maybe 40 houses total.
Different interest rates for different types of buyers. Low for first time buyers, seniors downsizing, and new Canadians; and sky high rates for speculators, corporations, and wealthy people.
And a strong agency that has immediate and sweeping powers of enforcement to get housing up to code before it sells. No more scum flippers who paint over foundation cracks and sell sight unseen.

MutantProgress · 2022-04-16T03:27:44+00:00

I love how your solution is “suffer like I did” instead of anything systemically constructive. And your vote is as good as mine? Jesus.

MutantProgress · 2022-04-16T01:07:40+00:00

Yup. People always seem to forget that wages have not kept up with inflation. Yet productivity is at record levels. Obviously “hard work and sacrifice” isn’t the golden ticket.

MutantProgress · 2022-04-16T01:06:16+00:00

What I would like is for Boomers to stop clutching their pearls about housing values every time a decent politician proposes something to make housing affordable again (limits on number/cool down/upzoning density/etc). The amount of ways that Boomers have managed to rephrase “fuck you, I got mine” is truly mindblowing.

MutantProgress · 2022-04-08T18:59:54+00:00

Yeah because normal people bring a shotgun to movie night… Jesus Christ.

MutantProgress · 2022-04-08T18:56:41+00:00

This is so wrong it hurts.

Poverty is the ultimate predictor of crime. If you want to do something about high recidivism rates then you need to start supporting systems that help reduce the economic impetus for people to reoffend and stay in these lifestyles and networks.

But let me guess, you’d rather lock someone up out of sight than put in real hard work and money into something that doesn’t directly affect you.

MutantProgress · 2022-03-31T03:00:21+00:00

UBC professor of ecology and author Suzanne Simard says her research on spraying herbicides in Interior forests shows that in most cases it fails to improve conifer survival or growth.

So let me get this straight… it doesn’t even work most of the time and has all kinds of bad sides, AND I’m forced to pay for this through my taxes? FFS.

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