Hey all! A quick note: while I may have political discussions on social media, I continue to believe my streams should be a place to escape all that.
So when I eventually start streaming again, I will continue to not permit political discussions on stream or in chat.
@cutiieepie6 100% yes. Can't tell if that's the response you wanted or not, but since the DOE has been implemented we went from one of the most educated countries to one of the least educated.
This needs to be handed back to the states.
@_sn_n Hi! Trump-voter here!
I was encouraged to see if I qualified for unemployment after my previous job, especially because I was hurting for money.
I didn't even make the phone call, because I'm not comfortable using the IRS to steal money I'm not owed.
So, I guess you found one?
@YourAnonNews And when the rich engage in a voluntary transaction with the poor, it's called "theft".
Socialism is simply mislabeling what the rich do as stealing so you can justify stealing from them.
@beyond_capital This requires accepting your premise that CEOs, etc. aren't doing "actual work".
Hard work doesn't just mean sweating. It's hard to think of new ideas, hard to convince others to invest in your ideas, hard to actually build your ideas, etc.
"Work smarter, not harder"
@Provokethoughtz It accelerates inflation.
But your argument is like saying "Hey, I stopped eating cheeseburgers, why am I still getting fat? Cheeseburgers must not actually make me fat!"
No, cheeseburgers make you fat. And so do the 99 other things you were still eating that month.
@vvvvvvche@MarxoidNess If your one vote won't change anything, neither will your one gun.
Again, by the time you assemble enough people for a proper revolution, you could win by just sending them to the voting booths for both the primaries and actual elections.
Two "battles" and it's over.
@vvvvvvche@MarxoidNess Says the 95% of the population that didn't show up.
Why? Because your one vote won't make a difference?
What do you think would have happened in Normandy if the soldiers thought like you?
Any one of them wouldn't have made a difference, either. But together, they did.
@TheYcOrg@GagarinGorilla The first two price many small businesses out of the market.
The third encourages cheaper-made, worse products at higher prices, anti-competitive practices, and other problems.
You have to go public to get funding, and going public is selling your soul due to SCOTUS.
@TheYcOrg@GagarinGorilla I'm on your side, but we should acknowledge that the following cause monopolies with garbage products/practices:
1) Overregulation
2) Absurd legal liabilities ("Coffee is hot")
3) The SCOTUS ruling that all public companies must prioritize stock prices above all else
@VinodBhardwajUS@RockChartrand@mcsquared34 That's a hypothetical. If we live in a world where people can make money just by having robots do the work for them, then what do you have to do to make money?
Hire out your robot.
@amat6433@CristeraAbigail And this changes what exactly?
You did something you knew might create a human life. You created a human life. And now you want to take that human life?
If you can't afford the risk, you can't afford the act.
@Cr7_bssthquran@CristeraAbigail IF it's medically necessary to save the life of the mother, then yeah it's the mother's choice.
However, most in the pro-life space argue it's virtually never necessary. Either the baby is already dead, or the problem can be solved by C-section.
@ItsLulu_7 What I think you fail to understand is that in capitalism, the workers are capitalists, too.
They are selling the fruits of their labor (the work) for the fruits of the CEO's/Owner's labor (money).
Both parties are involved in a transaction.
@ItsLulu_7 It doesn't extract, it exchanges.
I'm going to keep using this example:
Just because you sold Van Gogh paintbrushes, doesn't mean you have a claim to his paintings.
Just because you sold the CEO hours of your labor, doesn't mean you have a claim to his company.
@Fadethefate@SpoutinghornPC@BasedMikeLee We believe the Bible to be the word of God.
We strive to follow Christ's teachings, such as His Sermon on the Mount.
You claim our understanding of Christ has only one Biblical connection, being His name.
I'm saying the Christ in the Bible *is* our understanding of Christ.