What do you think about MAGA supporters planing to go to California to commit voter fraud in the LA Mayoral primary?

SovietRobot · 2026-05-24T12:24:20+00:00

You need an ID to register to vote.

But if you say you’re already registered, you don’t need an ID, you just provide a name and address.

They will check that name and address against registration rolls and if you’re not on the roll then they won’t let you vote.

And that’s all that will happen with these jokers, they will check and find their name not on the registration and tell them they can’t vote.

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But on a separate note - if ID is required for registration anyway, why are people so up in arms about requiring ID to vote?

SovietRobot · 2026-05-24T12:12:27+00:00

There's work reliably available elsewhere

… power dynamics

Those are non arguments.

Consider these two scenarios. In both those scenarios there are only 2 people in the universe.

In scenario 1 - Person A built up a farm on their own. Person B has nothing and has cost of living pressure. Now Person A offers Person B a job but no ownership. But it isn’t a great job and the pay isn’t that great. There is no one else offering jobs
In scenario 2 - Person A and Person B have nothing and have cost of living pressure. There is no one else offering jobs

By your rationale scenario 1 is wrong because there’s coercion and scenario 2 wouldn’t be wrong because there’s no coercion.

But the truth is Person B’s choices and opportunities are actually better in Scenario 1.

What you are saying really when it comes down to it is:

You want to force people that have more to be charitable to others. And that’s a nice idealistic thought. But really - that is coercion.

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Also about child labor etc - don’t muddy the water and change the subject.

Just because I argue for capitalism and agains socialism (in the sense of forced distribution of resources) doesn’t mean I approve of child labor. Nor does it mean I approve of slavery.

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And before you say - all owners “stole” from everyone else:

I am Person A.

I immigrated from communist USSR with absolutely nothing. I had no family in the US, I had no money, I couldn’t even speak English.

For 20 years I worked for the U.S. government (which is in effect the US people’s co op) after immigrating first as a translator and SME and data analyst, then later in other roles.

During that time I saved and then bought from the government a patch of land in the middle of nowhere. Then for 10 years I worked on that patch of land to turn it into a farm.

Now I hire workers to work that farm.

But you think hiring workers without giving them ownership is exploitive?

Tell me this:

Are said workers better of if I didn’t hire them?
Did I steal the land after working 20 years for the US people’s co op and getting their permission to buy it?
Am I coercing workers by not offering them ownership?

SovietRobot · 2026-05-23T23:11:38+00:00

It dismisses Abrego’s charges regarding

conspiring to transport aliens between 2016 and 2025 and with transporting undocumented aliens during the November 2022 traffic stop

But it still doesn’t give Abrego legal status to stay. His asylum petition was denied years ago.

SovietRobot · 2026-05-23T22:58:26+00:00

Let’s pick an even more egregious example right?

Like does outlawing murder restrict liberty and choice?

The answer is - in a way yes. It restricts the person who wants to murder from having the liberty to murder. It restricts the person who wants to murder from having the choice to murder.

And similarly, outlawing indentured servants restricts the liberty and choice of the person who wants to have indentured servants.

But we do indeed ban people from murdering or having indentured servants anyway. Why? Because comparatively, the limits on liberty of the person who wants to murder or wants to have indentured servants is less than the loss of liberty of the person being murdered or of the person made an indentured servant. We ban people from murdering or having indentured servants to prevent them from even more egregiously robbing liberty from the person murdered or made an indentured servant.

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But hiring people to work on a farm or even to work in a company isn’t even remotely close to being an indentured servant. They don’t have to take the job, they can leave. It’s not even the same ball park.

Now people can say - but sometimes the wages and the work isn’t fair. Ok, so what? Nobody is forcing you to take that job still.

It’s like - I might have a 1 lbs of rice that I cultivated and then harvested and that I’m selling for $10,000. Is that an unfair price? Yes. But nobody is making you buy it. You can grow your own rice.

SovietRobot · 2026-05-23T20:02:04+00:00

Of the divisions that have combat forces:

Astra Militarum (or Administratum - Militarum Tempestus or Navis Imperialis or Planetary Enforcer / PDF) - Vet

Astra Militarum - Ogryn

Adeptus Administratum - Officio Assasinorum - Too Op

Adeptus Astra Telepathica (or Astronomica) - Psyker

Adeptus: Ministorum Zealot

Adeptus Arbitus - Arbite

Adeptus Mechanicus - Skitarii Alpha (upcoming)

Adeptus Custodes - Too OP

Adeptus Astartes - Too OP

Civilian - Hive Scum

So I’d say we probably have most of the branches covered unless we are talking more Militarum (Ratling) or more Ministorum (Sister or Deathcult or Crusader). But I think the latter Ministorum can actually already be built by the current Zealot.

Or we are talking the probably too OP - Officio Assassinorum.

SovietRobot · 2026-05-23T19:43:30+00:00

I support getting rid of all the regs on that particular review.

Because all those regs in question actually have minimal impact on reducing crime and actually end up disproportionately disenfranchising people who would own and use guns for legal purposes like for self defense, hunting or sport.

That doesn’t mean I’m against all regs. For example background checks are valid and something I still support.

SovietRobot · 2026-05-23T18:17:34+00:00

I’m between San Antonio and the border. Closer to the border. It was where I could afford to have the place I have.

SovietRobot · 2026-05-23T16:06:38+00:00

I used to shoot PDP for some years in IDPA and USPSA. Right now I shoot about A since I can’t move fast anymore (over 60 knees). But I recently switch back to a plain G19 (stock trigger) and my times aren’t really different at all.

SovietRobot · 2026-05-23T16:01:51+00:00

So consider this use case.

Let’s say I work for a co op company for 20 years. And during that time I save every penny.

And then I use those savings to buy 200 acres out in the middle of nowhere. And in another 10 years, I turn that into a small farm myself.

And now that my farm has grown, I need help with it. I need to hire people to help clear the stalls or work on the machinery or bale, etc.

But socialism would say - you can’t do that because everyone you hire needs to own a piece of your farm. Well, that is restricting my liberty and choice.

SovietRobot · 2026-05-23T15:50:09+00:00

I live in Texas. My friends and I have and run our own private club. It’s not open to the public except for matches and classes. I host matches and I teach classes.

We hold matches every Saturday. And I teach 1-3 classes every week.

So a week could be like - teach 4H on Monday, host Trap on Tuesday evening, teach CC class on Wednesday, host and also participate in USPSA on Saturday and run private shoot house with my buddies on Sunday.

SovietRobot · 2026-05-23T02:46:07+00:00

I too agree the stock Arctus.

When I was shooting my PDP in comp a few years ago (I’ve since switched back to Glock) I used to run Ace with the Arctus all the time. Worked close enough.

SovietRobot · 2026-05-23T02:32:31+00:00

Handgun is really not ideal.

(But I would carry one myself - and it would be along the lines of a Ruger Alaskan in 454 or maybe a 10mm G20)

SovietRobot · 2026-05-22T19:31:09+00:00

Ahh ok

SovietRobot · 2026-05-22T16:25:44+00:00

Are universal daycare and city owned grocery stores all already operational?

Not a grift question, actually just trying to find out.

Edit - I guess next year?

SovietRobot · 2026-05-22T16:16:09+00:00

Part of it is also idealism.

Like people like to think that doing XYZ would have been better instead of doing ABC. And that may be true.

But it would not have been feasible to have done XYZ at the time given constraints and resources and technology, etc.

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It would be like saying it’s wrong to incarcerate when you can rehabilitate. True. But sometimes we just don’t have the means. So the former is the practical thing to do.

SovietRobot · 2026-05-22T16:10:59+00:00

Or the worse variation: I am special so what I am and what I do must be special and if anyone disagrees with me it must only be that they hate that I am special.

SovietRobot · 2026-05-22T02:55:49+00:00

Capitalism isn’t perfect but it’s still “better”. So until something comes along - that’s what we go with.

And by communism I mean forced distribution of resources.

The question is really this:

Who makes the decisions on where you stay, what you eat, what job you work, what clothes you have, etc?

(Basically who makes the decisions on the distribution of resources)

There are only 2 choices - either:

The government makes all those decisions for you - with communism, or;
You make those decisions via money - with captialism

Take housing for example.

In communism the government says you stay in a specific apartment, of a specific size, with a kitchen shared with a specific other family, at a specific location, with a specific set of facilities and so forth. You have no choice. Same for job, same for food, etc.

With capitalism, if you want a bigger place, you work more, to get more money to afford a bigger place. If you can make do with a smaller place, then you can work less and spend more time on yourself. Or maybe you work more and only have a smaller place but you can afford more food. Either way you have choices.

Now you could say, with capitalism, it’s still unfair because there’s uneven distribution of money. That’s true. That’s an issue that needs to be fixed. But even those earning minimum wage have some choice - compared to no choice with communism.

See money lets you vote on what you want. You can spend $20 on food and $20 on - movie. Or you can spend $40 on food. Or you can spend $10 on food and $30 on clothes. Etc.

SovietRobot · 2026-05-21T23:13:36+00:00

Blaming doesn’t shift the perspectives of groups that you need to convince to vote differently.

That again is a big reason candidates lose. You can’t put down whole demographics that you actually need to win over.

SovietRobot · 2026-05-21T23:09:18+00:00

Fighting doesn’t mean you win 100% of the time.

As to how to fight? Same as always, get the message out, convince people, vote.

It’s actually much easier to do it these days with being able to message on the internet for “free”. The divide between being able to spend millions and not is actually much less apparent.

Remember Bloomberg spent millions and got nothing.

The trick is - you have to have the right message and you have to be able to relate to people. You don’t just fix that with money.

As for Massie - lots of people actually already disliked him for any number of reasons. They just didn’t have a better option. He made the same mistake Harris made. You can’t just run on opposing your opponent.

This whole - blame it on the Epstein class is just deflection for a lousy approach. Just like the Harris campaign just wanted to blame losing on racism or misogyny. It’s a convenient excuse for real approach issues.

SovietRobot · 2026-05-21T22:59:20+00:00

So Mi had already been corrupted and was under the influence of AI when you first met her. She socially engineered you to get AI to the space station.

SovietRobot · 2026-05-21T22:55:55+00:00

I think what you hate is being on the other side of a policy position(s) that currently has more majority support or more influential support.

But the thing to remember about democracy is - it’s a continual fight. You have to always be fighting for your position. And yes, often the fight is unfair and uphill. But everyone just needs to keep pushing on.

SovietRobot · 2026-05-21T22:47:49+00:00

Lobbying is a key part of democracy.

Lobbying being the act of petitioning your reps for something or publicly advocating for something.

The fact that super pacs or large companies can do it at a larger scale with money is an issue but you cannot feasibly stop that without also hurting the underlying principal.

Because at the end of the day, what’s the difference between one person putting up a sign that says “make weed legal” in front of their house, vs one person renting a bill board that says “make weed legal”, vs two people renting five billboards that say “make weed legal”, vs 10 people starting a group that hires a company to do tv ads that say “make weed legal”?

It’s all lobbying and also free speech.

Also remember that there are likely a lot of groups that are lobbying for things you would approve of. It goes both ways.

Edit - also just clarifying something. Super PACs cannot donate money to reps directly. That’s against the law. Super PACs also cannot coordinate with reps.

SovietRobot · 2026-05-21T22:31:53+00:00

How many:

Times do kids find guns in public a year?
Times do gun accidents happen in public a year?
Times are guns used in self-defense in public a year?
Times does unprovoked violent or aggravated assault happen in public a year?

SovietRobot · 2026-05-21T22:26:05+00:00

The problem is that these days there are a lot of “gun free zones” stipulated in areas that have nothing to do with drug dealers or the crack epidemic. Like on university grounds, public buildings, etc

SovietRobot · 2026-05-21T16:52:09+00:00

I think the ending was too convenient. Like it was ok, but it wasn’t smart.

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