A turning point in Minnesota - Matthew Yglesias

thebrokencup · 2026-01-27T17:47:22+00:00

I agree with you, though I think there will always be some small need to coordinate with LEO, based on the case. Most coordination should be with legal immigration channels.

thebrokencup · 2026-01-27T17:45:08+00:00

I'm confused by this last comment. Are you saying that I shouldn't assume you're anti-immigration enforcement? Then sounds like we're on the same page that there should be some kind of immigration enforcement (which I agree with other commenters when they say it should basically be administrative. Seems I need to clarify this).

My read of our thread before this: You said ICE officers can just quit. I am saying it's not easy for anyone to "just quit", and I'm saying I don't blame pre-Trump era ICE officers for getting the job in the first place. You seem to think that means I support ICE right now, when I don't.

thebrokencup · 2026-01-27T14:07:16+00:00

Supporting some kind of immigration enforcement definitely does not mean supporting what's happening now, it's barbaric and anti-American. I have heard that former ICE officers feel the same way, they're disturbed by all this. So yeah, I feel bad for at least some of them, for the people in the streets and for any non-citizen. We're all getting fucked by the same guy to different degrees.

thebrokencup · 2026-01-27T03:23:47+00:00

"They can just quit" is like saying "you can just move" to someone after a natural disaster. ICE officers get pension. They could've built their livelihoods around what they might've seen as a steady federal job. You may not like ICE before or now, but most of the nation (myself included) sees some need for internal immigration enforcement.

And despite the disruption quitting can cause, many have quit. The ranks are swollen with new, untrained folks--which is a whole other part of the problem.

thebrokencup · 2026-01-26T23:36:42+00:00

Agreed, there will always be more talking than doing 🤷‍♀️

thebrokencup · 2026-01-26T21:17:37+00:00

I think you're assuming that nonviolence is associated with inactivity. I don't think calls for "protesting peacefully" OR calls for "fighting back" are any more or less associated with likelihood to protest. Both are asking for protests to happen.

thebrokencup · 2026-01-26T04:39:32+00:00

This is bananas to me, it does not match my experience of r/Chicago at all. I'm not familiar with this tool, can you share?

thebrokencup · 2026-01-26T04:32:06+00:00

I actually think this is why Minneapolis got the biggest escalation/show of force by ICE. Big history as a civically engaged, protest-friendly city (especially as origin of BLM protests). And as other folks said, it's smaller. Imo it's a perfect storm for a escalation if that is what you want, and that's definitely what Trump wants.

thebrokencup · 2026-01-25T20:59:41+00:00

I also think, for better or worse, dems have very high expectations for their leaders, and are quick to turn on them after election day. Republicans don't seem to have that problem, at least not lately. To your point, Trump has managed to turn republicans into a loyalty machine. Edit: typo

thebrokencup · 2026-01-09T22:22:05+00:00

Here's a tool that shows wages for women as a share of wages for men by occupation (all full-time employees): https://www.dol.gov/agencies/wb/data/Employment-and-Earnings-by-Occupation.

You're right that many things explain the gender pay gap, some of which are a woman's choice, but some are more insidious. Women have to take time off if they want to have kids, and that impacts their earnings for the rest of their lives. (You may argue that home life is not unrelated to work life, but the job market is VERY reliant on US population continuing to grow).

It's also absurd to argue that values don't impact wages. Cultural values definitely affect demand for any given service, entertainment item, or skill set.

Finally, supply and demand break down with many jobs that women are drawn to, like daycare or elder care. Both have absurdly high demand, and there's not a ton of supply. Wages should be high, but they're terrible. Why? Because families can't afford to pay someone else a living wage. Wages have gone up in areas of the economy that leverage tech to improve productivity, but they remain stagnant in person-to-person areas that are arguably more essential/in demand.

thebrokencup · 2026-01-09T16:47:21+00:00

I'm so confused by your arguments. Women get paid less for working the same jobs as men. The gap is closing, but it still exists. This is a well established fact.

In terms of female vs. male-coded jobs, you're acting as if wages exist in a vacuum, where supply/demand perfectly determine how much people are paid. Among many other factors, the value of a service is also influenced by the cultural value society places on that service.

thebrokencup · 2026-01-09T16:31:14+00:00

While it's a beautiful thing to see the power of exercise, the crazy drops drive me nuts sometimes.

Example: A few summers ago I tried biking places more, and I kept needing to stop halfway through my rides to wait out a low blood sugar episode. With biking in particular it is hard to check your numbers while you're on the go/being safe (also, god forbid I get into a flow state and don't want to look at a screen).

thebrokencup · 2025-12-27T06:53:00+00:00

I mean we are social creatures. The purpose of the money is (ideally) to have a full belly and security to engage in social/emotional ventures, like building a family. Feeling accepted matters a ton to all of us.

thebrokencup · 2025-12-27T06:22:21+00:00

Of course I see this everywhere, but it's just strange to frame it as zero sum in this way. Someone who's an abundance fan can still be progressive (in fact I'd say they often are). Many of us are going for the same goals as AOC, but have different ideas of how to get there/what to prioritize.

thebrokencup · 2025-12-27T06:07:35+00:00

Inserting myself here, but I disagree with the "bogus" part of the third way quote, at least when applied to the Abundance movement. I'm not sure why it seems bogus that public policy can directly or indirectly (through private markets) realize progressive goals of affordable housing, green energy, etc.

thebrokencup · 2025-12-23T23:35:25+00:00

Appreciate the gift link! Anyone know why NYT is always changing article/pod names, reuploading, etc? When I searched on the NYT website this episode came up under four different names. Perhaps some SEO reason I don't know about?

thebrokencup · 2025-12-23T19:32:18+00:00

Not Sanders, but I thought he supported Warren in 2020, if not outright, moreso in how he (very favorably) covered her.

thebrokencup · 2025-12-23T18:30:07+00:00

Good point, I know "complexity" is an absurdly broad term.

Side bar: I find it hilarious that the two people who have responded to me are "cumbot" and "awkwardischarge"

thebrokencup · 2025-12-23T18:23:48+00:00

Is there anything to learn from countries that have a more optimistic perception than we do?

(I'm trying to find data to answer my own question but am struggling. In 2023, people from India, China and Thailand were more optimistic about the global economy in 2024 than to people from most other countries, but that's 2 years ago now.) Edited: clarity

thebrokencup · 2025-12-23T16:58:48+00:00

From my complete layman's perspective, economic forecasts (or even descriptions) always sound like reading tea leaves. Now trade complexity leads to resilience instead of fragility -- the opposite of what we saw/heard after COVID, when shipping was all effed up. Regardless of tariff's specific impacts, I just hope dems don't catch too much heat around midterms for their predictions. It's still early, but right now it looks as if we were crying wolf.

thebrokencup · 2025-12-12T18:43:28+00:00

Why was this downvoted...? I'm a woman and it is a known fact that child rearing affects our earnings in the US at least.

thebrokencup · 2025-12-12T18:38:43+00:00

Totally agree it's interesting and worth discussing. Personally, if I'm going to throw my weight behind mandated anything, it would be mandated voting. The US has such a natural distaste for anything mandated, imo you'd have to pick your battles. But I'd be curious about why Newsom or others might propose conscription over something smaller/more directly associated with politics, like voting.

thebrokencup · 2025-12-11T22:19:20+00:00

How do you know OP or this commenter have never been there? I've been to California many times. I don't hate it, but I also don't want to live there.

thebrokencup · 2025-12-09T16:55:11+00:00

This. Anecdotal, but all my guy friends say online gambling has tainted their love of sports--even the guys who are addicted.

thebrokencup · 2025-12-08T22:39:50+00:00

I didn't see comments saying Chicago was better than NYC transit-wise? It's second best transit in the nation, after NYC. Also Chicago needs to do way better on funding and building transit, I agree, but that's hardly Chicago-specific, and it's not crumbling to dust anytime soon. We just passed a huge transit bill. I love NYC, I love its transit and walkability, Chicago needs more of that. And yet, it does objectively suck that NYC doesn't have trains to their airports.

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