If anything ever happens, want you to know this, I always took the time to smell the roses. Wherever I am, I am doing fine. I'm here for a good, not a long time
We exist in a society where the same people who believe a man built a boat big enough for two of every animal in the world don't believe in climate science because it’s “unproven.”
Unpopular opinion: I believe the goal of a society SHOULD be to secure the happiness and highest quality of life possible for its citizens NOT to endlessly generate capital for the ownership class at the expense of everyone else.
It really just bums me out that we have the resources to fix our society, stop our reliance on fossil fuels, guarantee healthcare, house the homeless, and feed every person in the country, but doing so would be a bad time for like, 8 men, so we can’t do it.
The banks got bailed out in 2008.
The auto industry got bailed out in 2009.
The airlines got bailed out in 2020.
The corporations got PPP loans forgiven in 2020.
Every time the system fails the powerful the government writes a check.
Every time the system fails you they say pull yourself up.
Socialism for the rich.
Personal responsibility for everyone else.
Same country.
Every single time.
i just want to point out… the amount of money the U.S. has spent on war in the last 2.5 months is roughly the same cost that Bernie Sanders proposed for universal college. so the real question is never ‘can we afford it’… it’s what we choose to prioritize.
I still DO NOT understand how so many of you were hoodwinked into believing the government should not use the money you pay in taxes to create a social safety net that benefits you, fund public healthcare, lower housing costs, and make daily life more affordable.
BOOMER: "Just buy a house. Stop renting and build equity."
ME: "Houses are $450,000."
BOOMER: "So get a mortgage."
ME: "I need a $90,000 down payment."
BOOMER: "I bought my first house with $5,000 down."
ME: "What did your house cost?"
BOOMER: "$60,000."
ME: "So you put down 8% of the price. I need to put down 20%."
BOOMER: "Well your salary should be higher."
ME: "I make $70,000 a year. Banks say I can afford a $280,000 house max."
ME: "Everything in my area costs $400,000+."
BOOMER: "You should move somewhere cheaper."
ME: "All the jobs are here. If I move, I make $35,000 and houses still cost $250,000."
BOOMER: "It's about discipline and sacrifice."
ME: "You bought a house for 3 years of salary. I need 6 years of salary."
ME: "Plus I have $50,000 in student debt you didn't have."
BOOMER: "Well I worked hard."
ME: "So do I. I'm just playing a different game with worse odds."
BOOMER: *silent*
You didn't buy a house because you were smarter. You bought it because it was actually affordable.
The magnitude of Trump's personal corruption and the monetizing of the presidency by him and his family have no precedent in US history.
It takes a total peasant mentality, or some weird cultish devotion, to defend or excuse this, especially if you objected to corrupt Biden transactions (as I did). It's on a completely different scale.
Trump set up a crypto company (World Liberty Financial) 4 days before his inauguration, then had the UAE pour hundreds of millions into his pockets for 49% of it, then gave rewards to the UAE. Jared getting $2 billion from the Saudis. On and on and on.
Adam Carolla said women aren't like they were back in the 'Little House on the Prairie" days. Last November he wrote a disgruntled tweet about his ex-wife. He was angry that she didn't have a job outside their home when they were married. She raised two children.
We really CANNOT have sustainable energy because it threatens the oil industry. We cannot have healthcare because it threatens insurance. We cannot have peace because it threatens the weapons industry. Capitalism built a system where doing the right thing is treated like bad business.
I’ll NEVER understand how so many of y’all were hoodwinked into the belief that the government should NOT use the money you pay in taxes to create a social safety net that benefits you, fund public healthcare, lower housing costs, and make daily life more affordable.
This is your friendly reminder that data centres don’t actually need water. They need a cooling system and are using water because it’s the cheapest way to do it.