@colinwick_ I minored in Econ in college and all I can say is that Econ education is 50% abstraction unrelated to the real world and 50% pro-capitalist propaganda. A real econ education would incite revolution.
I’m in an ALA meeting and a library director is sharing a story about how in summer 2020 when they posted a diversity statement supporting Black Lives Matter, the local sheriff wrote and said they’d be withholding services to the library when 911 calls were made.
Upzones: When people are getting taxed at a rate based on the potential of their land & owners don’t want to make any changes to their home & they get 4-10 offers a week for their home it feels stressful. There’s this constant pressure to sell that makes them stressed out.
@Jackc121212@washdems The Declaration of Independence is not the constitution or bill of rights.
And there’s no such thing as a full term abortion; that’s a full term cartoon baby.
Mind your own uterus.
@mak3333@MinusPeach If opportunity cost is a high enough factor to eat into the 100K, they should sell. I'd rather make things better for everyone than join the exclusive group that has it good.
Not all Christians are right wing extremists, but right wing extremists are either Christian, or drape themselves in the trappings and language of Christianity, which they know will protect them like a magic cloak of invulnerability.
@LynGerry1 @tbroker23 Have you ever met any Jews or Buddhists who want to dictate how you live? This is frequently an issue with Christianity—and religion plus hegemony is probably almost always or always bad news. But you’re extrapolating toxic Christianity here to “all of religion.”
@monicakim524 I’ve seen several cases of road rages the last year in Montlake, Capitol Hill and see rampant speeding and disregard for traffic laws all over the city.
how did Babylonians know Babylon is a name that slap super hard. there were only like three cities before Babylon. 5000 years later, Babylon is still top 5 city name