@reesetheone1 Dukakis wasn’t the left wing candidate in that race by any stretch of the imagination. He was a run of the mill technocratic northeastern coastal liberal elite. The people chose the other northeastern elite
@RealDianeYap That’s literally the entire fucking premise of logical positivism that has been the structure of academic philosophy in anglo-American unis for years
@kwakara91 Wasn’t it also Bush who started the process of helping out the banks too? I mean if you want to criticize Obama for not punishing the heads of banks or high ranking individuals at the worst institutions that’s fine but he couldn’t let the global economy collapse😭
@AndThatsBB I’d support stripping Jersey drivers of their licenses. I don’t believe already they should be allowed to drive in other states so this isn’t a large step
Dear @theneedledrop,
I know you’re probably going to ignore this, but I have a problem with you. What I’m about to say is harsh, but it’s from my heart.
You’re just making reviews for clout. These aren’t even your real thoughts. It’s just a business to you. It’s sad. Desperate, even. You’re a slave to the capitalist machine. There’s not a whiff, puff, or even hint of objectivity between your glasses imprisoned eyes.
There’s no way you listened to Jackboys 2 and thought that shit was a “Light 2”. Bullshit. You just chose that number cause it’s got a 2 in the name. You made it a meme. It’s as bad as when Pitchfork awarded that piglet a 6.
Here’s the truth. I listened to the Jackboys 2 album. In fact, I listened twice. I thought about it. I absorbed it. I meditated on it. And I can say, with utmost certainty, with God as my witness, that this album is a Strong 1. The only 2 rating it deserves is a 2 pack of ass.
Stop dickriding Travis Scott for once and gain a pair of real balls.
A salary cap would ruin baseball. Full stop.
It may be hard for most fans to grasp, but that’s because they don’t view their favorite teams the way owners do.
Most owners couldn’t name the league’s best players, and frankly, they don’t care. Their favorite stats aren’t batting average, ERA, or WAR; it’s profit margins, month‑over‑month revenue growth, and EBITDA. They don’t think in seasons like we do, and they couldn’t care less about playoff races. They think in fiscal quarters, obsessed with driving profits quarter after quarter. Their real playoff race is finding the fastest way to cut costs so they can finance their next mega‑yacht.
Their only objective is to create a supposedly “safe” asset, one that will never drop in value, so they can borrow against it to generate even more wealth. They want all the risk on the fans and players while they run to the bank with bigger paydays every year. A salary cap would only accelerate that trend.
It started with revenue sharing, which lets owners like Bob Nutting, Jerry Reinsdorf, and John Fisher field some of baseball’s worst teams on rock‑bottom payrolls and still turn a profit thanks to $110 million in shared revenue plus about $90 million per team from national TV deals. That’s roughly $200 million a year for simply EXISTING as a baseball team.
Now they want to cap how much their competitors can spend, ensuring the few teams still investing in winning can’t outspend everyone else. They want to level the playing field without pulling themselves up by their own bootstraps or doing any of the actual work.
Can you really blame them? After all, it’s not like they’ve ever done anything else.
Most of these owners are wealthy nepo‑babies who’ve been told their whole lives they can profit off others’ labor and offload their losses, too. They see fans as walking ATMs and players as the fat they need to trim. Essentially, the 30‑team ownership group views itself as the gods of baseball.
And when your gods care more about profit margins than win percentage, the sport is bound to suffer.
@atrupar Isn’t a major part of where people (who make a shit ton) in the trades make their money from selling off their business to private equity not the hours of endless grueling labor?
@vanillaopinions It’s much easier to claim non-denominational Christian and go to Mass during your time to avoid the stigma. I’m sure a number of people do and won’t admit it.