Djeece

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[–] Djeece@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah yes, not a good person even when it would be advantageous to you, sorry I forgot you're actively trying to be an asshole lmao We had already established that, sorry.

[–] Djeece@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're the one who ridiculed someone for "believ[ing] Canada has anything resembling free speech?"

You're the one making stupid assessment, why would I be the one providing proof?

It's always the same with you people lol

[–] Djeece@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Huge companies used to make a lot of stuff back in the golden age of capitalism. General electric was a big chemicals and plastics company for instance. It was just normal.

Nowadays, those mega-corporations make more money acting as a bank than they do selling stuff. They've just kept some product lines rolling because they're profitable and safe.

You couldn't just start a motorcycle company and be competitive against Yamaha. The specific expertise they have took decades to build, so why waste it by closing down those weird branches when they're still making money.

[–] Djeece@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

It sure is better than "It is because I said so, and I'll stop talking to you because you don't agree". Lmao

Go on then, what rights do you have that I don't?

[–] Djeece@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Because maybe, just maybe, you're a good person?

Oh and also because pretty much every economist agrees that lower inequalities are better for the economy. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[–] Djeece@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It sounds absolutely great in theory, but in practice it could never work.

Say I want to build a house: As a society, we've come up with mandatory building codes that tell me how to build a house that's going to be safe for everyone.

Suppose we got rid of this regulation for libertarianism's sake.

Most people would still build to code because that's just the smart thing to do but a small proportion of people would build it the cheapest way possible because it is now their god-given right to do so.

When that house inevitably fails at the worst possible time, I don't care too much about what happens to the guy himself. He understood the risk and did it anyways. But in a worst case scenario, he could've been hosting a kids party that day or something.

Now apply this analogy to.. Basically any regulation you'd want to get rid of.

It's kind of always a balancing act between stopping people from killing each other from sheer stupidity, and letting them do and say whatever the fuck they want when they're between their own four walls, and pure libertarianism doesn't allow for that.

[–] Djeece@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

HE is free to say and do whatever he wants, he owns the platform.

He literally made it so his posts appear before others because he was getting less likes than other people.

You on the other hand? You better say what musky boy likes.

[–] Djeece@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Billionaire is already a slur.

No one makes that much money without screwing over and abusing other people. There are no ethical billionaires.

[–] Djeece@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Lmao alright gotcha you're just not arguing in good faith then.

You're just stating an opinion and presenting it as an inarguable fact lol

[–] Djeece@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Nah what I'm saying is that most states' taxation rates are pretty close to what you'd get in other developed countries.

Except pretty much every other developed country has cheap healthcare and education. The US is truly alone in this, and it shows, because the US also has some of the worst inequalities of the modern world.

 

Discuss this free agents crop, what you think about how your team is doing, the trades, etc.

[–] Djeece@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Biden just said how he's against that because that would be politicizing the supreme court.

Thing is, you can't win by playing by the rules when your opponent is constantly cheating.

The supreme court has clearly ALREADY become politicized, it can't get that much worse than rich white guys buying a black justice to do their bidding, now can it?

[–] Djeece@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Which is so fucked. The supreme court shouldn't "lean" one way or another. They should interpret the laws and constitution and consider the merits of the letter vs the intent of the law, not give their own opinion on the matter.

I remember here in Canada, back in the days of Harper, just how many times conservative appointed judges struck down conservative laws because they were unconstitutional.

Whether they personally believe this or that shouldn't even matter at all.

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