John C. Reilly: “Why aren’t people on the right wing concerned about human rights? They’re human too. Elon Musk says don’t be fooled by the empathy trap. Empathy is not a trap, empathy is a superpower. It’s what makes human beings exceptional, our ability to look outside ourself”
I hope all flock cameras are forced to be removed as soon as possible. Mass surveillance is unconstitutional and any company or organization trying to force it on Americans should be sued into oblivion & broken up.
They don't want people to figure out that if they just get off their arse they can fix their own community in 2 weeks. They want you to keep paying them taxes so they can fix your community for you. In 3 years. Maybe. Probably not.
the part they never teach you:
inflation is permanent.
$6 coffee doesn’t go back to $3.
your only defense is earning more.
but the moment workers ask for that they call it a threat to the economy.
whose economy.
Low-income kids have to worry about how they will get an apartment, a car or a loan when their parents can't co-sign because their credit is bad from forced debt just to make ends meet. Tell me generational wealth isn't systemic
Holy shit!! There are huge chunks of blue paint coming off the reflecting pool already…
It seems the peroxide loosened things up, yikes!!
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS A COMPLETE AND TOTAL FAILURE.
I don’t just hate generative AI slop. I also hate golf, lawns, space tourism, war, monoculture farming, clear-cutting forests, building on floodplains, deep-sea mining, development that destroys habitats, bulldozing ecosystems for endless “growth,” and data centres.
BOOMER: “We bought our first house at 25.”
ME: “How much was it?”
BOOMER: “$45,000.”
ME: “What were you making?”
BOOMER: “$15,000 a year.”
ME: “So 3 years of salary.”
BOOMER: “Exactly. We worked hard.”
ME: “Houses are $420,000 now.”
ME: “Average salary is $60,000.”
ME: “That’s 7 years of salary.”
BOOMER: “You kids just don’t save.”
ME: “We save. We just can’t afford to buy.”
BOOMER: “That’s because you’re lazy.”
ME: “Or the system changed and you benefited from it.”
BOOMER: “That’s not my fault.”
ME: “No. But stop blaming us for noticing.”