an underdiscussed aspect of modern capitalism is that most low-wage jobs tightly regulate what you're doing at all times while you're on the clock and most high-wage jobs consist of hours of unstructured time in front of the computer during which you can do whatever
🚨Married dads engagement on the home front has *tripled*. "Married dads of young children in 1965 did, on average, less than 10 hours a week of any kind of child care or help around the house. Dads in 2024 contributed nearly 30 hours a week." @lymanstoneky
Elon Musk is a trillionaire. I am not a trillionaire. This strikes me as unfair. Nobody should be allowed to have more than me. The amount of money a person should be allowed to have is exactly the amount I currently have, and no more. I am smart. I really am. I’m serious.
Tells you everything.
Rather than: “let’s make sure many more Americans can become trillionaires”
Instead it’s: “let’s make sure that no other Americans ever reach that level of success.”
These people are parasites. Explicitly opposed to human flourishing. Amazing.
Two men adopt a healthy, happy baby. His grandmother, who looks after his sister, objects. She asks for the baby to be fostered for a few months until she is well enough to take him. This is denied.
His adoptive "father" abuses him until he dies.
US OFFICIAL: US HAS SIGNED MOU WITH IRAN
US OFFICIAL: US-IRAN MOU PROVIDES FOR IMMEDIATE HORMUZ OPENING
US OFFICIAL: HORMUZ OPENING TAKES TIME BECAUSE OF MINES
US OFFICIAL: EXPECT INCREASE IN HORMUZ FLOW IN 1-2 WEEKS
He gave 23 Migrants jobs that Young Americans should have had. Just so he can pay them $12/hr instead of $20. He pocketed the Rest and now has declared himself the Victim.
Staring down the actual Declaration of Independence before stepping into the octagon as an underdog to beat the piss out of an undefeated fighter in front of the world is an extraordinary level of legendary