A lot of people are under the mistaken impression that progress means advances in tech. Real progress is kids who are literate, free meals for public school students, a culture in which human art & poetry are celebrated. We're regressing rapidly & the only way forward is to read.
@Acyn This is actually one of the worst arguments I’ve ever heard, like 1st grade level if that. “America is special and can do or kill whoever we want because we are different and more important than other places.”
@PathfinderEq@SpencerKlavan Kids should use calculators for complex math, but they should not be using calculators to learn simple addition, subtraction, multiplication etc, or else they will never know how to do it without the calculator, even though it’s an easy task.
@metroadlib Guy born to the most famous American family ever tells regular people to eat shittier food so that him and his friends can continue going to Mar a lago and having $100,000 spreads
@MapleParadox_@isaiah_bb I’d actually rather my money go to helping the disadvantaged in this country than making like 8 guys richer through the military industrial complex. Not a crazy concept.
@miloco66@VetsForRL@PeteHegseth The point is that he doesn’t actually live by the shit he preaches it’s just a grift to get in power. This is true of almost all “conservative family values Christian” politicians
@JeffreyVButler@literaryeric You’re a clown. Not speaking on something that they feel is bullshit. Athletes don’t exist to be agents of propaganda. Using a platform to use your voice is more patriotic than anything else they could do.
@legitsleeper@Babygravy9 They are literally the foundation to Epstein style cults for elites. They exist to see who will be willing to do disgusting shit and shut up about it to be in the club.
@Jerry__Grey @wdwighttheseco1 @JoshEakle Which would fall under free speech. Government ran news that decides who you have on is fucking dystopian. Go watch fox if you just want to see bullshit.
@NotMagaior@DerekCressman The irony of this is that the largest wasteful spending is in the military, which only happens to make these guys richer. So yes they should be taxed.
Investigating child sexual abuse material isn’t controversial.
Turning it into political theater is manipulation.
Maybe that logic flies on some island. Doesn’t fly in France.
@jreed@TJRinNY@JohnnyWalsh__ Right now most media is conservative, pro war, pro law enforcement propaganda. If you don’t think that’s true then you have no critical thinking.
@PositivFuturist@joakial_ 🤣 “yeah life for regular people is better but they don’t have the PayPal mafia exploiting them and ruining their society for personal gains”