Is that the point? or is the point undermining slavery as an institution to demonstrate how much you hate your current existence? Do you think you could have used a better metaphor than slavery? For example Trump likes to think of himself as a king, that makes you a serf. Are we closer to feudalism than slavery? Idk lol how is any of this helpful or relevant to you? Are we more like peasants or slaves? When you’re done figuring that out, whatcha gonna do about it?
Them customers can be some real crackers I tell you! Last week I was tied up to a post and whipped for 12 straight hours before they chopped off my son’s foot, raped my daughter and sold her to a new owner. This capitalism is just like slavery indeed!
Anyway it’s a poor analogy because America isn’t a capitalist country, we’re an upside down socialist country where wealth is heavily redistributed from the bottom up. We take good care of our needy billionaires, the poor vulnerable .01%. The minority that matters the most.
The last time we were close to fulfilling is a democracy is when we were instituting civil rights, workers rights, and social security. Idk the 1990s was kind of weird and cool. It was the sweet fruit of all that work right before it would go to rot. We still support our democratic ideals at a local level. At least us small town people, who are too insignificant to attract the attention of an establishment party. We can still vote for our neighbors to run the show.
Yea I just don’t see it happening under the current leadership. Like can you really imagine the democrats respecting democracy again? Sitting at the table with all their donors and piles of money like…
“Do you think we should allow more local candidates to primary for important seats? Should we allow our congress to become a bunch of people who act and vote on behalf of their constituents interests instead of their party. Should the age of our leadership reflect the age of voting base? Should we be fostering more young leaders and replacing sitting congress people before they shit themselves to death in a seat of power?”
We’ll get to see what policy platforms they push this fall, and the bar for my expectations is in hell.
Lmaooo im just skim reading this and second highest in recorded history. Bro gtfoh. is that by voter participation or due to the fact the country’s population and eligible voter base was the highest it’s been in recorded history? Im not gonna read the rest of the shit because I literally credit the non-voters for winning the election. I just pointed fun at the 1.5% of the country that voted 3rd party on some fringe issues that you made up in your imagination. Now go ahead and type more disingenuous bullshit aint no one gonna read. Voter participation vs turn out lol. tough to differentiate these concepts I know.
I see just as many reckless pilots wizzing by my house as I see drivers. I’m always happy to hear there are a few less out there. With an infinite amount of space around you, you chose to be in the same space as another helicopter! Imagine the bad luck! (or negligence)
Just when I thought I had read thee most dystopian shit. Here you go staving off homelessness with an unforgivable loan to an educational institution masquerading as a homeless shelter/bank. A shocking and appalling, yet all to common tale. Im hoping you have a positive outcome.
I wish we could just go back to schools being for people who want to learn about things, and putting employers back in charge of training their work force. Subsidizing a fucking intermediary to provide the basic ticket into the work force…who the fuck came up with that idea?
“She lost to Donald Trump” ya that’s totally a poor reflection on her and not you. I get it, she was not likeable, she should have never been the candidate, it was undemocratic how the election happened. I agree with all that. End of the day you had a simple choice between two transparent options, and you still think you did the right thing, while crying about the consequences.
She alienated herself from like 2% of the population that went and voted 3rd party. Low voter participation was the real winner off the election, turns out more people don’t care to vote at all. The non-voters who make up another 30% of the country don’t give a fuck about a terrorist shithole that’s soon to be a glorious trump hotel and a permanent US military base. Once again you are in the radical fringe, you have no voting base for anyone to gain or lose. We’re confident in your Jill Stien Votes in 2028 as im as confident a non-voters not gonna vote. We’re all slaves to Russian sponsored partisanship. Yay
I didn’t say be happy. I just said I can’t understand given a binary outcome you chose the worst and most obvious one. Like it’s a really easy thought process.
Foundation: I really care more about Palestine than any other political issues of our time and I want to Help! Useful info: My country is the most powerful influential country in the world and I get to choose who leads it, this will directly effect the amount of suffering in Palestine. Choices: a fucking rapist. or a prosecutor who has worked in the same office for the last 4 years. Results: voted for a rapist, who then raped my favorite cause. Conclusion: GEONOCIDE JOES FAULT
My happy future where nobody can get elected with a (D) or ® next to their name because partisanship has become so toxic it was renounced… is INFINITELY more likely than the democrats saving your ass in November. I’m still gonna vote for them but c’mon man, put this clown make-up on with me.
Totally agree with you, I mostly take quarrel with OP you were replying to. Yes owning a gun makes you much more likely to die in a gun incident. It opens to door to so many preventable tragedies in your own home. I just feel like that statistic demands the explanation that this includes people who bought a gun with the intention of suicide. It includes all the people who bought a gun with intention to resolve a conflict. It includes the biggest most negligent idiots you know, who will probably be shot by their children in a “tragic” accident. If you’re a law abiding, risk mitigating person scared of ICE showing up at your door… and you’d like a fire arm because that feels tyrannical, I’m gonna say you’re gonna be a wee bit better off than the statistic suggests.
IKYK, sounds like we have similar views on firearms in America. Bit of a quagmire innit. Hate watching it be discussed without nuance.
Im going to provide a brilliant revelation for you. It’s okay to have contingency plans and to try to mitigate risk. The fascist government is here. The desire to protect yourself from it may manifest itself in many forms depending on where you are from and how you were raised. Your thoughts on your civic duty, your duty to your family and community, and your personal safety may just be worth looking into! Now that the authoritarians are in charge you actually think that preparing for that event was a bad idea? Still? Can we check back in on this sentiment in another year please. lol, lmao even.
Are you saying the black panthers did not use guns to effectively further their goals? I’d agrgue they were so effective, like those poor Chinese people, they had to be completely annihilated by the powers that be, but their influence outlived their lives and organizations. Both movements had tangible results and still inspire people to this day. FFS you’re talking about them right now.
Really no reason to keep it loaded at all times in your home. You keep a magazine loaded with the firm arm and hopefully you never have to chamber a round. Once you do your safety training you will be more engaged with risk mitigation, precautions, and laws. Safety training is mostly how to not-shoot(yourself and others). Knowledge and practice will bring confidence and confidence is knowing that you don’t need a loaded gun hiding around the house. Most people are like kids and may accidentally shoot you with your loaded fire arm they found lying around.
Gun is probably the easiest cheapest way to access assisted suicide in the USA. That not-so-fleeting ideation probably drives a lot of people to the local Walmart to get a gun since its easier than getting a doctors appointment.
I personally think suicide is my right. Also when someone says that they want a gun to protect themselves… and someone states that it’s more likely to result in a gun death, but forgets to mention the suicide part… it’s disingenuous and that’s probably why the downvotes. Say the whole statistic. Maybe it really is a mental health crisis and not a gun problem. The biggest danger to a gun owner is themself. It gives you the power to end your life at your leisure which is really bad… because you haven’t created enough shareholder value or paid enough taxes yet. How can you consider buying a gun to end your life when it life itself is so fucking magical ya know?
Either way Smith and Wesson issues my insurance policy. This is America people.
Well I think most of the population would think guns. Judging by how we use firing squads for capital punishment and not Dodge Rams. You might be able to sell this idea to the prison/auto industries. Have you considered consulting or lobbying?
We don’t need democrats to do all that, we just need citizens. It really just takes all our little communities to come together with a common goal. We need to elect people to the government who are willing to do what you just stated. The democrats are gonna have to have plenty of their own going where the republicans are. Hopefully we can figure out how to fill up the Congress with people who have (I) next to their name. We don’t need anymore political hacks, we need proper leadership.
Is it like a requirement for tankys to always be downplaying atrocities? You’re not a fucking slave, slaves at least would try to escape, or kill masa. Slaves actually had to work hard. I think you’re closer to the bourgeois life style than the Russian peasants you admire so much.