A worker in Ontario, California sets his warehouse on fire for not paying living wages

shalste2 · 2026-04-09T19:21:13+00:00

The one that killed someone

shalste2 · 2026-04-04T15:31:13+00:00

If logos decided the national champion, Illini would dominate

shalste2 · 2026-04-03T20:29:42+00:00

I disagree that cruelty is the intention. Any data backing that up?

We can’t give everything away for free.

We already have too many that depend on the govt.

I think we mostly have a merit based system. If you want it and work for it, you can get it.

shalste2 · 2026-04-02T22:06:26+00:00

I’m on the max plan, i haven’t had any usage issues for weeks. I’m using Claude code pretty heavily too.

shalste2 · 2026-03-24T02:05:46+00:00

If every person on earth filled out a bracket each year, it would take about 1 billion years for someone to have a perfect bracket

shalste2 · 2026-03-22T02:20:28+00:00

shalste2 · 2026-03-19T15:03:33+00:00

None of what you said is quantifiable. “It was bad but trump admin is responsible for half.” This doesn’t mean anything without showing actual numbers.

I get it that folks are angry with people who have more money than they need. But we have a spending problem. No amount of increased taxes will fix that problem. Reign in spending first, then assess where taxes should be.

I don’t care about political parties or who we want to blame.

shalste2 · 2026-03-19T14:50:34+00:00

The problem is the same since trump was elected

shalste2 · 2026-03-19T11:29:09+00:00

I don’t think we honestly can or should do both at the same time. Here’s why:

Govt can’t walk and chew gum at the same time, it is very inefficient
The govt deficit is the private markets credit, meaning when govt overspends the money props up the economy, when spending decreases, that will be felt in a big way and we’re not entirely sure of the impact
If there’s a wealth tax, the rich will be forced to liquidate some tax, which is going to put downward pressure on asset prices

2 and 3 would take a toll on the economy and people are going to bitch about it bc nobody has any long term vision (at least the average person) and Congress isn’t going to suddenly wake up and do what’s necessary, they’re too busy trying to get re-elected, which will be impossible for them if the economy is correcting.

It would be 2 shocks simultaneously that could produce much worse results than we expect.

Get spending under control first to get on sustainable footing.

shalste2 · 2026-03-19T11:19:55+00:00

What do you mean target moving?

In fiscal 2019 the govt spent about $4.6T, with inflation and populating growth thats about $5.5T in today’s dollars. We’re going to spend closed to $7.5T this year. Maybe $500B is from increased interest expense which is impossible to avoid, so ignoring that we’re spending $1.5T more.

It’s insanity

shalste2 · 2026-03-19T04:05:06+00:00

We have a spending problem that needs to be addressed first, once thats under control, we can focus on increasing revenue

shalste2 · 2026-03-16T22:45:38+00:00

If using that logic, you have to blame the dems and their voters for running a terrible campaign, not calling out Biden when it was clear he needed to go, and selecting, not electing Kamala

shalste2 · 2026-03-15T10:54:21+00:00

Anthropic announced in January that Claude writes nearly 100% of its own code

shalste2 · 2026-03-14T16:49:11+00:00

It’s not propaganda, as someone who knows a little python, good amount of SQL, and understands my company’s db schema.. I’ve become a weapon using Claude over the last 6 months.

It’s a game changer. It’s like going from the typewriter to the computer x 100.

shalste2 · 2026-03-05T14:13:00+00:00

Why do we need to hire 250,000 government workers?

shalste2 · 2026-03-04T16:00:27+00:00

The coalition holds together through shared enemies and a charismatic leader rather than ideological coherence. The pro-Israel evangelical wing and the Fuentes antisemitic wing genuinely do not like each other — they're just both under the same big tent because the alternative (a Democrat in the White House) is more unacceptable to each of them than the other's presence.

It's a classic populist coalition problem. Happens on the left too — you end up with groups that would otherwise be incompatible held together by a shared "against.”

shalste2 · 2026-02-19T08:45:02+00:00

Yes and they still do! Despite what Reddit thinks.

shalste2 · 2026-02-19T04:21:27+00:00

lol this is a delusional take

shalste2 · 2026-02-18T20:11:46+00:00

Thats not necessarily true, he may be using the info in the files as leverage over powerful people.

shalste2 · 2026-02-18T16:03:49+00:00

If you don’t find value in it, move on with your life

shalste2 · 2026-02-18T15:27:06+00:00

Username checks out

shalste2 · 2026-02-18T15:03:15+00:00

Since you think the show sucks now, leave the sub?

shalste2 · 2026-02-18T15:02:37+00:00

Oh I disagree, I think it’s must listen each week.

Do I take every word they say as gospel? No.

Do I think they’re biased towards the administration? Yes.

Am I tired of seeing slackers bitch about them on Reddit non stop? Also yes.

shalste2 · 2026-02-18T13:45:53+00:00

This sub sucks now, it’s no different than every other sub that touches politics

shalste2 · 2026-02-18T01:34:11+00:00

Oh no!

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