@jwlee1979 I think what needs to be introduced as a remediation to this is physical ticket shops. Every major city has a location where people have to physically line up to buy a ticket. first come, first serve; one per person.
This is a hugely underrated benefit of women remaining at home that we need to talk about more. Community. When all the women were home raising families together, we had tightened communities. Higher trust. A sense of belonging. Now we are individuals who belong to corporations.
The average American today lives better than John D. Rockefeller did in 1926. That is not an exaggeration. It is a fact.
Rockefeller could not fly across the country in five hours. You can for $200. He could not video call his family from another continent. You do it for free. He had no antibiotics, no MRI, no air conditioning in July. He could not carry every book ever written in his pocket. You are reading this on a device that does all of that and more.
Americans throw away 30-40% of their food. Not because they are wasteful, but because food is so abundant that waste is affordable. Your car has climate control, navigation, and safety systems that did not exist at any price a century ago. Your home has heating, cooling, refrigeration, and entertainment that emperors could not have imagined.
None of this was voted into existence. None of it was redistributed from the rich. It was created by free minds operating in what remains of a free market. Every comfort you enjoy today is the product of a man who thought, invented, produced, and traded voluntarily.
This is what the remnants of capitalism still deliver, even while it is being dismantled. Imagine what a fully free society could build.
@Jetskigrizzly They say no borders but they still acknowledge the borders of the indigenous. at this point if borders were to ever be removed they wouldn’t even step foot in say Mexico b/c the land is culturally for the Mexicans
@ksorbs@grok The funny thing is that a month ago they were arguing that the low national average must be made up b/c apparently no gas station had prices that low. Now every gas station was pennies on the dollar a month ago!
We’re redesigning the MacBook Air to resemble the iMac in order to cater to its largest demographic — latte-sipping college girls from suburban Los Angeles.
There is a local restaurant where I live that gives these little cars out to all the kids for free.
The cars are handmade by a local retired gentlemen, and every single one of them has a Jesus loves you sticker.
So cool.
@joekanyou@BasedMikeLee Wonder if any state would consider basing property tax on the principle of the mortgage (home value) at sale for the life of the loan. Only if you refinance would your property tax change.
When I was at Deloitte, I had to report all my stocks and ETFs through Vanguard's automated data feed.
I couldn't hold a stock if I was working on that company.
BUT Congress can trade stocks in companies they regulate, AND report it 3 months late with a $200 fine.