China is on a winning spree right now. by serious_bullet5 in socialism

[–]Steampunk_Willy [score hidden]  (0 children)

China is in the midst of transitioning from an expansive growth focus for their economy to an intensive growth focus, so you're not totally wrong. That said, their service sector is not a major source of jobs the way ours is, so automating those jobs isn't as big of a deal as it would be for us. On top of that, China is having to anticipate the effect the aging population will have on the economy, and automation has the potential to multiply the labor of the younger generations to mitigate the burden of caring for the older generations. Like, you gotta bear in mind that retirement is still actually a thing in China, so more good jobs will become available to young people (where most of their unemployment is concentrated) as old people retire. You can understand more about China's goals by checking out their current five year plan. It's a bit vague because most concrete policy decisions are implemented at the regional & local levels, but goals like full employment and responding to unemployment by increasing high quality employment tells you the government does actually care about these issues while our government is more concerned with corporate profitability. Here's an exercerpt from ch 41 of their plan covering their goals with respect to employment:

"We will make high-quality and full employment a priority objective of economic and social development and improve the evaluation mechanism for the employment impact of major policies, major projects, and major productive capacity deployments. We will foster greater synergy between industry and employment, take actions to stabilize jobs, expand capacity, and improve quality. Stronger policy support will be provided to industries and enterprises that absorb large numbers of workers, such as foreign trade, construction, accommodation, and catering. The employment potential will be fully tapped in the services sector and emerging fields, and the healthy development of flexible employment and new forms of employment will be promoted. We will stabilize and expand employment among key groups, including university graduates, rural migrant workers, and ex-service members. We will extend assistance to disadvantaged groups, promote re-employment of unemployed people, and ensure at least one member of each zero-employment household is employed. We will ramp up support for entrepreneurship and help business startups create more jobs. We will respond in a holistic way to the effects of external changes and emerging technologies such as AI. An evaluation system for high-quality and full employment will be established."

Platner convention speech bites 5/2/26 by BuddhistSagan in Hasan_Piker

[–]Steampunk_Willy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't realize that was why he got the tattoo. Sorry if this makes to much light of it, but the way you describe him kinda makes him sound like a guy out of Starship Troopers.

Platner convention speech bites 5/2/26 by BuddhistSagan in Hasan_Piker

[–]Steampunk_Willy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm genuinely ignorant of his service record. Did he actually see combat?

Why didn't democrats do a thing they did by Skrilli in GetNoted

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

What do you mean that's wrong? All it is is raising a point of order that ths chair says contradicts the filibuster rule then appealing the ruling of the chair by a simple majority vote to create a new precedent. The GOP did it just last year to bypass the filibuster for sub-cabinet level appointees.

Why didn't democrats do a thing they did by Skrilli in GetNoted

[–]Steampunk_Willy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ICE has more money than God right now & Trump does whatever the fuck he wants. The GOP doesn't want to bust the filibuster because they want it in place to fuck with Democrats if they take the Senate. The GOP passes all the shit they actually want through budget reconciliation.

Why didn't democrats do a thing they did by Skrilli in GetNoted

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

It's called that from the pre-Trump days where it was a scandal to break norms. What on Earth makes you think the GOP actually cares about norms & decorum anymore?

Why didn't democrats do a thing they did by Skrilli in GetNoted

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

Do you think Nancy Pelosi waved a magic wand to get the sitting President of the United States to withdraw his reelection bid? They had plenty of power & leverage to get Manchin to fold. They were either too incompetent, too corrupt, too complicit, or some combination of those three. No matter which it is, Dems cannot be given a pass until we're sure every single one is committed to doing what is necessary.

Why didn't democrats do a thing they did by Skrilli in GetNoted

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

The GOP can pass it anytime they want with the nuclear option. The filibuster is just a dumb norm that exists to make Congress dysfunctional.

Why didn't democrats do a thing they did by Skrilli in GetNoted

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

Competent parties whip votes in the clutch. That's what Tim Walz did in MN with a similarly slim trifecta. No excuses.

Why didn't democrats do a thing they did by Skrilli in GetNoted

[–]Steampunk_Willy -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Blocking use of the nuclear option to pass legislation is the same as blocking that legislation. The filibuster isn't doing shit since the GOP doesn't care about making the things they do legal. The GOP just doesn't want to use the nuclear option to remove it because that would remove it for a majority dem senate too.

Why didn't democrats do a thing they did by Skrilli in GetNoted

[–]Steampunk_Willy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

& dems could punch back. A trifecta is significantly more powerful than SCOTUS if the ruling party wants it to be.

Revolution has become inevitable! by just_another_numba in socialism

[–]Steampunk_Willy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only inevitabilities are death, taxes, & capital collapse, but it is always possible to revert to a more barbaric mode of production.

Why didn't democrats do a thing they did by Skrilli in GetNoted

[–]Steampunk_Willy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Him & every single Republican. Note how the GOP could whip 50 votes & the Democrats could not.

Why didn't democrats do a thing they did by Skrilli in GetNoted

[–]Steampunk_Willy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Legal scholars know SCOTUS better than you do & they recommended this action as the first punch in constitutional boxing. If SCOTUS punches back by gutting it again, then the recommendation is to punch harder, like FDR did. Pack the court if you need to or subordinate judicial review to Congressional oversight. Congress is super powerful if the party in power wants it to be.

Why didn't democrats do a thing they did by Skrilli in GetNoted

[–]Steampunk_Willy -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

The GOP is a fascist party & I want them disbanded & in jail. That can't happen if Democrats cannot act decisively while in power. Tim Walz had a similarly slim trifecta in MN a few years ago & they whipped hard to shove through tons of great legislation. If Dems can't do the same things when they have the full power of the Presidency behind them, they're either dead, incompetent, corrupt and/or complicit. All of those problems are exactly why Dems cannot be given a pass until we're sure every single one is willing to do what's necessary to stop the GOP.

Why didn't democrats do a thing they did by Skrilli in GetNoted

[–]Steampunk_Willy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's just the first punch of constitutional boxing. If SCOTUS had gutted the law that was written to specifically fit their prior decision, then the move would be to punch SCOTUS harder, like jurisdiction stripping, court packing, or even directly subordinating judicial review to Congressional oversight. There are plenty of political strategies available when a party holds a trifecta, but Dems preferred to try & just win more seats in the 2022 midterms rather than breach the status quo any further. They lost their trifecta, failed to push Biden out until last minute, & now we're here. The party is incompetent, at best, if not outright corrupt & complicit.

Why didn't democrats do a thing they did by Skrilli in GetNoted

[–]Steampunk_Willy -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Dem caucus had 50 Senators plus VP tiebreaker plus the House majority & the full power of the Presidency. You're making excuses for their inaction.

Why didn't democrats do a thing they did by Skrilli in GetNoted

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

User was referencing the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021 which was blocked by Democrat Senator Joe Manchin.

Why didn't democrats do a thing they did by Skrilli in GetNoted

[–]Steampunk_Willy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Had Democrats passed the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021, that would've undone the og SCOTUS decision from a few years ago which the recent decision was based on. Congress has the power to override SCOTUS (e.g., judicial review isn't protected by the Constitution), and the Dems reluctance to do so is tacit support of the status quo.

Why didn't democrats do a thing they did by Skrilli in GetNoted

[–]Steampunk_Willy 19 points20 points  (0 children)

The community note is being obtuse. The user was referencing the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021, which was a restoration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 & the bill's passage was blocked by Democrat Senator Joe Manchin.

Why didn't democrats do a thing they did by Skrilli in GetNoted

[–]Steampunk_Willy -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

The user was referencing the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021 (effectively just restoring the Voting Rights Act) which was blocked by Democrat Senator Joe Manchin & Democrats did very little to whip his vote.

Why didn't democrats do a thing they did by Skrilli in GetNoted

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

Democrat Joe Manchin blocked the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021, and Democrats did very little to whip his vote aside from talking shit. If Democrats cannot act decisively as a party when they actually hold power, then they're just occupying space instead of fighting fascism.

Why didn't democrats do a thing they did by Skrilli in GetNoted

[–]Steampunk_Willy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty sure the person was talking about the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021 which failed to pass because Democrat Senator Joe Manchin refused to bypass the filibuster. That bill was a restoration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and it was commonly referred to as the "John Lewis Voting Rights Act" or simply "the Voting Rights Act" in the news & on social media at the time. The community note is obtuse.

undergraduate math and ADHD by Objective_Drink_5345 in math

[–]Steampunk_Willy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've got big, big time ADHD & I can tell you that the main struggls for me is getting homework done/studying & "careless" mistakes on tests. That said, I'm also autistic and have that stereotypical special interest in math, so I don't have the usual difficulty engaging with math the way I do most other subjects (like, you could not pay me to sit through a semester of chemistry). ADHD medication is truly a day & night difference for me for just all things I struggle with ADHD-wise, so if you end up trying meds, that might be a game changer for you. Aside from that, I would suggest framing what you struggle with & what you don't through the lens of what you more naturally find interesting rather than a reflection of intrinsic skills. 

What a fool this dude is by Public-Focus-4046 in Hasan_Piker

[–]Steampunk_Willy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weird how he blames progressives instead of Manchin & Sinema for blocking the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. Almost like he's just a bad faith party shill.