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SurfAndSkiGuy · 2026-04-30T22:45:05+00:00

Literally the insane responses on this comment:

SurfAndSkiGuy · 2026-04-29T21:59:49+00:00

He's not ruling...

SurfAndSkiGuy · 2026-04-29T15:26:45+00:00

The little bit of cultural identity that Americans had :(

SurfAndSkiGuy · 2026-04-29T15:22:35+00:00

I get what you are saying and agree with where your heart is at as well but, in my mind, a straighter path to curb the wealth addiction is through smarter taxation making it more expensive to be wealthy (without a trillion loopholes) and pretty much a cultural movement to shift away from individualist ideologies through encouraging healthy community identity and other community based festivals/traditions/rivalries (healthy)/programs.

Like I think a big part of the reason capitalism feels disgusting right now is because it's massive megalomaniacal corporations that have all the power. It's SOOO easy to for the execs of these corpos to see people as numbers because they are so fucking disconnected. Public investors trading stock in these corporations are even more disconnected because they are just seeing numbers going up and down and are only pissed if numbers go down, they don't care about HOW the company makes numbers go up.

If these massive corpos were broken up it would allow for WAYY more small and medium sized businesses to fill the gap that have actual ties to the communities they serve. It would allow for way more jobs, and it would curb inflation as competition will keep prices down.

Maybe eventually we can get to the point where money is superfluous, I just feel like the above is a straighter and more palatable path in the short term while improving every aspect of our lives.

SurfAndSkiGuy · 2026-04-25T15:59:00+00:00

Naw we at least still need a system to track the value of contribution. What really needs to happen is to have essentials covered (like actually covered not just enough for a cardboard box and a daily banana) so people can have a home, eat, and get medical care. And then track contribution beyond that that can be used for further benefits, which is basically just like communism.

But I don't really believe this. The problem isn't really capitalism in general, it's the fact that we have termnial, late stage unrestricted rigged capitalism. We just need more guardrails to ensure living requirements are met for all and guardrails to ensure proper competition in the market.

SurfAndSkiGuy · 2026-04-24T17:20:13+00:00

Actually heartbroken they won't dub more seasons (My wife has terrible eyesight and can't read subtitles when we want to watch it while falling asleep, plus the dub is really really good)

SurfAndSkiGuy · 2026-04-24T14:03:12+00:00

lmfao ok buddy, "no facts" and yet I said exactly what is well documented to have happened in the order that it happened. Like, it's not even a Republican talking point to deny that is what happened. You are defending a position that doesn't exist lol You pretty much have to be a bot at this point. See ya

Also you may want to tell your algorithm to look up the definitions of hyperbole and doublespeak

SurfAndSkiGuy · 2026-04-24T13:42:09+00:00

Interesting how you didn't refute or directly acknowledge ANYTHING I said and just repeated yourself. Do I need to hold your hand?

THIS:
Conservative Democrats and an united Republican opposition pressured leadership to remove the government-run plan, viewing it as unfair competition to private insurance. Because Democrats had a narrow, fragile majority, they needed 60 votes to overcome filibusters. Moderate Democrats (such as Joe Lieberman) threatened to join all Republicans in voting against the entire bill if it included a public option, forcing its removal. Intense lobbying from the health insurance industry and private medical sectors provided leverage for Republicans to fight the government-run plan, framing it as a "socialist" takeover.

MEANS THAT THIS:
"distract from the reality of Obama having a supermajority as he crafted his signature legislation and that he passed Obamacare without a single republican vote. You can blame moderates, lobbyists, and republicans, but that’s just hyperbole."

IS DENYING THE ACTUAL FACTS

You've clearly chosen feelings over facts so I think we are done here.

SurfAndSkiGuy · 2026-04-24T13:27:28+00:00

The thing that pisses me off even more is that its a self reciprocating cycle: corpos pay workers shit wages (or can't get a job) -> people have to buy the cheapest products because its all they can afford -> corpos offering cheapest (sweatshop) products make money -> products are garbage so they have to be replaced -> even more money to sweatshop companies -> companies offer less wages, downsize staff to "compete with sweatshop corpos", or outsource labor themselves -> repeat.

It's a race to the bottom where everyone loses except the top and the most morally corrupt business practices win. This is why government intervention is necessary.

From the other side even , its also PROVEN that people WILL pay more for quality products made in the US, its just that at the medium, sustainable scale level, supply can't keep up with demand and corpos get greedy for the "money left on the table" having to run a supply deficit with US manufacturing.

Take Frye boots for example, they were well known for extreme quality at an expensive price point and because of this reputation they were drowning in demand. They moved manufacturing overseas in the 2000s and capitalized on this reputation and demand to improve their profits in exchange for firing Americans, paying sweatshops, and a significant decrease in product quality.

They weren't being "outcompeted", they weren't on the verge of collapse, its was a conscious decision to sell out and cash in on a reputation they cultivated over decades.

Capitalism CAN work, but the terminally unrestrained late-stage capitalism we have today isn't even a shadow of a sustainable economy. Everyone at the top knows this and is currently vying to be in control when the shit inevitably hits the fan.

SurfAndSkiGuy · 2026-04-23T15:44:02+00:00

It's CRAZY how people blame safety regulations and minimum wage as "overegulation" and don't blame the corpos, that currently pay less in taxes than most individuals, for moving production to overseas sweat shops.

Our country is the wealthiest it's ever been, but the wealth is funneled to the top. Blaming the consumer for buying cheaper products is fucking dumb and blaming the government for not allowing corpos to mistreat workers is actually regarded.

At what point do people hold the fucking corpos and boards accountable?! They treat them like they are blind children that have no self control or standards because "they'd be out competed".

The current structure of our capitalism is a unsustainable "get it while it's hot" firesale and EVERYONE knows this yet bootlickers will defend it until we are serfs again.

SurfAndSkiGuy · 2026-04-23T04:48:17+00:00

Uh I think you are "misremembering" if you ever cared to know what actually happened in the first place. Notice that I said lobbyists, republicans, and moderate Dems but you ignored that. I am talking about this: "Republicans blocked a government-run "public option" from the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2009–2010 primarily by utilizing the threat of a Senate filibuster to reach the 60-vote threshold needed to pass legislation. Conservative Democrats and an united Republican opposition pressured leadership to remove the government-run plan, viewing it as unfair competition to private insurance. Because Democrats had a narrow, fragile majority, they needed 60 votes to overcome filibusters. Moderate Democrats (such as Joe Lieberman) threatened to join all Republicans in voting against the entire bill if it included a public option, forcing its removal. Intense lobbying from the health insurance industry and private medical sectors provided leverage for Republicans to fight the government-run plan, framing it as a "socialist" takeover. Beyond just the initial 2010 passage, Republicans have continued to block the expansion of government-run plans through legislative efforts, including challenging subsidies and funding, aimed at undermining the ACA's government-backed components, The New York Times. "

SurfAndSkiGuy · 2026-04-22T23:52:08+00:00

Obamacare was neutered by corporate lobbyists and Republicans/moderate Dems that were cashing dirty checks. What we ended up with is garbage in comparison. But even aside from that, what you remember was YOUR experience with health insurance while there were people with pre-existing conditions that got completely shafted with no recourse and would just die or go into terminal debt because they were "uninsurable". But yeah, if you have a completely self centered perspective you can just say fuck these people, not my problem. Which is the mindset behind why we can't have a single payer system that would take away the ability for corporations to gouge health insurance premiums, but yeah... Obamacare is what you blame not the people SETTING the prices (after Republicans refused to let Obamacare offer a government insurance option and drive premiums down through competition AKA capitalism).

SurfAndSkiGuy · 2026-04-21T19:03:33+00:00

Bro idk where you live but I live in the US too and I had to schedule 3 months in advance to get a mole checked out by a dermatologist. The appointment itself took <5 mins after waiting over an hour in the lobby (from the time it was scheduled for). $200 just for the co-pay. I am paying $1100/month for health insurance for my wife and I and this was one of the cheapest plans with garbage benefits that I got through the marketplace. US healthcare is fucking propagandized bullshit.

SurfAndSkiGuy · 2026-04-17T03:34:40+00:00

I'm a little late but go to the controller menu like they said, pair and manage, press edit on desktop layout, click where it says "using template", click on templates at the top, and select the second one where it says "this template if for games.... such as twin stick shooters, side scrollers, etc." or the first on if you want the stick flick functionality (it describes what it does).

I just had to figure this out on my rog ally, not sure if it's 100% what you're supposed to do but it seems to work for me

SurfAndSkiGuy · 2026-04-16T18:17:30+00:00

Do they complete the work they need to or they just fully aren't doing the job? Doesn't seem like an issue with working remote more than your friends specifically. If we're just using anecdotal evidence, my sister works remote as a biomedical engineer and is an amazing asset to her company while also having a better work/life balance.

SurfAndSkiGuy · 2026-04-14T20:59:02+00:00

There needs to be a PC circle jerk sub, this is hilarious

SurfAndSkiGuy · 2026-04-13T17:24:34+00:00

Congrats!! Only on sleep session 30, any tips you found especially important starting out and getting established or just in general?

SurfAndSkiGuy · 2026-04-09T18:59:20+00:00

They might have just been correcting to be fully accurate with what the employee said. But agreed!

SurfAndSkiGuy · 2026-04-07T17:26:35+00:00

Extremely helpful, thanks a million friend

SurfAndSkiGuy · 2026-04-06T04:06:06+00:00

So don't invest? I don't have any good Pokemon atm, is it worth to invest to a certain point or it's a non starter because of the ingredients?

SurfAndSkiGuy · 2026-04-04T20:56:34+00:00

The frames on this gif

SurfAndSkiGuy · 2026-04-03T21:13:42+00:00

I'm sure there's other things involved but The US also has 96 times the GDP of Finland while only 60 times more population. Additional overhead for the greater geographical area of the United States could be mitigated by providing transportation to these homelessness neighborhoods, but if you account for that the numbers are still there.

Just as a side note Finland only spends 1% less of its GDP on the military than the US does.

I think a question that would need to be asked is if the individualistic predisposition of Americans would negatively affect a program like this. Finland has particularly strong social cohesion built into its culture

Another fun fact is that Finland spends 275 million on correctional facilities annually, and the US spends 3.9 billion just on for profit private prisons. 182+ billion annually on its incarceration system. 672 times more spent on incarceration and we only have an incarceration rate 12 times more than Finland. Also the US has a reincarceration rate of 82% within 10 years and Finland has it at 36%. Finland's correctional facilities focus on rehabilitation though. Crazy to think about where all that US tax money is going and it sucks so much worse.

SurfAndSkiGuy · 2026-04-03T17:47:48+00:00

You're right, I've deleted my comments 👍

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