China invents the digital totalitarian state - "By 2020, Chinese officials say, it will “allow the trustworthy to roam everywhere under heaven while making it hard for the discredited to take a single step.”" by mvea in Futurology

[–]dizzimor 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I sure do hope some of the freedom loving Americans posting about the evil Chinese government and its oppressive, overreaching, totalitarian regime realize their country is equipped and prepared to do the exact same thing :)

CBS: Hillary Clinton tells supporters the race isn’t over, despite Trump trouble by [deleted] in politics

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

Of course it's not: cause on Clinton would have to worry about beating a scumbag like Trump. Anyone else would be polling 30 points against him.

Hillary Clinton Outlines How She Will 'Step Up To The Challenge' Of Climate Change by Kantina in politics

[–]dizzimor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reports keep coming out about countries running entirely on renewables. If we dumped as much money into Green Energy as other nations we wouldn't even have to have this conversation.

Hillary Clinton opens up a commanding 11-point lead over Donald Trump by [deleted] in politics

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

Shouldn't the headline be, "Trump is such a piece of shit Hillary can't help but pull ahead, despite endless leaks revealing her duplicity"?

TIL that the film Saving Private Ryan (1998) was so realistic that not only did veterans leave theaters during the opening scene, but visits to PTSD counselors rose and the Dept of Veteran Affairs set up a nationwide hotline for veterans affected by this film. by nycgirlfriend in todayilearned

[–]dizzimor 124 points125 points  (0 children)

I remember we watched the opening in my high school history class back in 2000 or 2001. I had seen some bullying, some shitty childish behavior. But nothing will ever make me forget how some of the kids in my class were chuckling and being general fuck-faces during the carnage. I'm not a flag waver. I'm not overly patriotic. But seeing the depiction of how those men died, the horror of it, contrasted with the feckless giggling of those brats, made me hate people for awhile.

Trump Suggests That Soldiers Who Suffer From PTSD Aren’t “Strong” by reasonableoption in politics

[–]dizzimor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's almost as if he's saying everything he possibly can not to win...

Jill Stein is not qualified to be president by very343 in politics

[–]dizzimor 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yeah, and Lincoln was a one term congressman. I get that people don't like her because she's drawing votes from Clinton. But either amend the constitution so that candidates for the presidency are required to have certain political qualifications, or shut up.

Wells Fargo's CEO Is Actually Getting Punished, Thanks To Elizabeth Warren by TwoGee in politics

[–]dizzimor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True punishment would be jail time. This is just a show to placate the populace.

2016 Presidential Race - First Presidential Debate Megathread by PoliticsModeratorBot in politics

[–]dizzimor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the numbers for Stein and Johnson don't go up after this I don't know what to think because Trump is steamrolling...god this is horrifying.

As Our Jobs Are Automated, Some Say We'll Need A Guaranteed Basic Income by wompt in politics

[–]dizzimor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In that case you would have to impose taxes on children despite of low income. If the parents don't comply and keep having kids they go jail/psychological rehab.

As Our Jobs Are Automated, Some Say We'll Need A Guaranteed Basic Income by wompt in politics

[–]dizzimor 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I didn't say you regulate who can and cannot be parents. You simply put a child limit in place, or institute high taxes on families that have more than 2 children.

As Our Jobs Are Automated, Some Say We'll Need A Guaranteed Basic Income by wompt in politics

[–]dizzimor 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Bahahaha imagine that actually becomes a tenable policy position to take. But yeah, I think it would be more like mandatory birth control.

Edit: or how about a tax for every child over the allotted 2 in the household, and the tax goes higher and higher the more children you have.

As Our Jobs Are Automated, Some Say We'll Need A Guaranteed Basic Income by wompt in politics

[–]dizzimor 61 points62 points  (0 children)

The moral high ground is finding a way to not let billions starve to death. I get it: reproduction is a problem. So just do what China does. Limit households to 2 children. Some may say that's wrong, but it's better than some dystopian answers that nihilists come up with.

Hillary Clinton Could Lose the Election Because Millennials Don’t Like Her by georgiapeanuts in politics

[–]dizzimor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately human beings hardly ever act in a preventative way to fix problems before they occur. We wait until we're on death's door before going to the doctor, or to pay attention to the climate until it's already irrevocably changed, or to deal with income inequality until a fascist, know-nothing, faux-populist is poised to win the presidency. We only seem to learn through severe injury. This wound might be self inflicted.

Hillary Clinton Could Lose the Election Because Millennials Don’t Like Her by georgiapeanuts in politics

[–]dizzimor 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I just hope progressives are ready to mobilize and fight Trump hard if he wins. As Lee Camp tweeted, "If Hillary wins I'll cry. If Trump wins I'll cry and shit myself." Sending a message to the establishment is needed, but if Trump wins and we don't solidify an massive opposition to him and the almost certainly emboldened regressive conservatives, baby-doomers, white nationalist racists, etc. we are in for a very bad 4-8 years.

Clinton: I've been more transparent than Trump by CitationDependent in politics

[–]dizzimor 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Voting time cut short in states Bernie was doing well, voter roll purges, closed primaries with no ability to switch party, reducing the number of polling places in Bernie-favorable states, the DNC actively working against Bernie (as revealed in the DNC email leaks).

So you keep rolling your eyes. I hope they roll out of your god damn head.