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Pembroke Fuse posted:He's gotta do it to oppose the security state... somehow. yeah, defending homophobic edgy religious nuts to own idk, clinton or something.
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Ershalim posted:The man is an idiot, to be sure, but I think this sort of misinformation is performative. It's not that he doesn't know or hasn't been told that tariffs are taxes, it just benefits him and his followers for the base to believe that's true. Like how most people are totally confused about how marginal taxes work, it benefits the people with all the money at the expense of the poor and uneducated. They like that poo poo. It has been reported multiple times that his advisers have tried to explain it to him multiple times and he just won't listen. Yes he is really that dumb. He doesn't even understand trade deficits for gently caress's sake.
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Pembroke Fuse posted:He's gotta do it to oppose the security state... somehow. he appears to be the single 90s libertarian who actually believed any of the inane bullshit they were spouting, instead of merely being a republican who wanted to smoke weed. somehow more embarrassing, to be honest. say what you like about the libertarians who went fash the second Bush told them there was oil in it for them, at least there's an appreciation of rational self-interest there, a hopelessly incoherent ideology crashing against the rocks of reality and reforming itself into something more straightforwardly grotesque. seeing someone who actually believes the free market of ideas must never price in an externality, because that is censorship, is plain old weird.
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zenguitarman posted:I'm no professor of the law but this sounds illegal I wonder if someone filed a bar complaint against him over this Kramdar posted:The last threat got Trader Joe's to go from $1.00 to $1.89 for one here in LA. It just got lowered to $1.59 this past week. Stores aren't gonna adjust only by 5%. When I worked at a grocery store in Texas people regularly complained when avocados were more than 50 cents
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RandomBlue posted:It has been reported multiple times that his advisers have tried to explain it to him multiple times and he just won't listen. Yes he is really that dumb. I mean, yeah, sure. But that's probably also performative. His "not listening" and the inability for anyone to control him certainly seem to make people a lot of money. You follow? Yeah, he's an unscrupulous shitcan, but it's shitcans all the way down. Think of Brexit: will it do irreparable harm to the UK's economy? Yep! But the people who already own everything aren't gonna feel it. They'll probably make billions. I imagine the situation here is the same. The media conglomerates covering the situations are owned by the same people, after all. Even if Trump IS an idiot, there's a lot to be said for making your strengths look like weaknesses to the people you intend to exploit. If it isn't him doing that, then the people under him are. The administration isn't one person, regardless of how often it's portrayed that way.
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it would legit be cool if precedent for government regulation of the three websites that comprise all social media resulted from this, tbh there's not a chance in hell, it's too convenient a thing to yell about and the companies in question have deep pockets, but oh boy, how owned the libs would be if the conservatives established 'yeah this is too important to leave to the operation of the free market'
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Ershalim posted:I mean, yeah, sure. But that's probably also performative. His "not listening" and the inability for anyone to control him certainly seem to make people a lot of money. You follow? Yeah, he's an unscrupulous shitcan, but it's shitcans all the way down. Think of Brexit: will it do irreparable harm to the UK's economy? Yep! But the people who already own everything aren't gonna feel it. They'll probably make billions. sure but i honestly don't think its as deep as that. trump is just petty and dumb and thinks he is always right even when he is obviously wrong.
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Bugsy posted:https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/1136707383504322560 the few(?) regressives that still have cable tv need to deplat Fox from cable, gently caress them, FN can sacrifice all their money because there's only one viewer that matters.
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Yeowch!!! My Balls!!! posted:he appears to be the single 90s libertarian who actually believed any of the inane bullshit they were spouting, instead of merely being a republican who wanted to smoke weed. The two weirdest creatures on this planet are true libertarians (not just Republicans + weed, sex workers) and true neoliberals (not just Republicans + an economics degree). GG is like a right-wing version of Cass Sunstein: https://www.thenation.com/article/cass-sunstein-on-freedom-book-review/
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Dapper_Swindler posted:
And of course the replies are filling up with Nazis.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:i don't think they exist anymore. Oblivion potato-face syndrome strikes once more
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cr0y posted:Damnit Rogan can you please go back to interviewing brilliant people across all of academia and talking about funny poo poo youve done and stop giving these jackasses a platform. Talking about bigfoot would also be an acceptable alternative.
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EwokEntourage posted:I wonder if someone filed a bar complaint against him over this If you're not buying $2.50 avocados from your little Mexican bodegas I don't know what you're doing. My cut off is $3.50.
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RandomBlue posted:"Can't be domestic terrorism if you're white, sorry." was basically what I got out of the AOC segment of that hearing. The actual response was more along the lines of "it has to involve a foreign terrorist group to be considered terrorism" even though they have no problem calling any terrorist attack by Muslims terrorism even when there isn't a proven link. That's basically what it is and he basically admitted as much and then sheepishly kind of realized it from what I saw. A "terrorist" can only be charged if its connected to some foreign ideology of attack. They regard a "jihad" from various groups like ISIS and Al Queda. So if a random rear end Muslim in America commits an attack even if there's no clear link to a terrorist group its just part of the "jihad". So literally "only Muslims can commit terrorist attacks, and all terrorist attacks are committed by Muslims... but only because that's what the law says." Which he denied and then when he started to explain it he seemed to clearly recognize that "oh yeah..." Like the entire legal argument seems to be "if a bunch of foreign white nationalists declared war on us and Congress declared them terrorists then we could charge white nationalists with terrorists, but whelp, we're only at war with Muslims." So I guess the good news is if Trump gets 4 more years they might expand the scope so that Mexicans and South Americans can be terrorists too or something. This was the weirdest article to read. Like I'm pretty sure he was mocking the conspiracy theories but sometimes it seemed like he didn't understand that you can't hear a sarcastic tone of voice in writing. But then he sure did devote a LOT of writing to addressing random rear end Twitter conspiracy theories. He seems to debunk all the conspiracy theories but he also seemed weirdly open to the theories themselves. In 2019 I just have no idea where the person I'm reading is at on the idea of insane rear end conspiracy poo poo.
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Malachi Constant posted:https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1136789923208552448 Once again, Biden literally adapting his positions to how the public reacts.
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Lycus posted:Once again, Biden literally adapting his positions to how the public reacts. ...good?
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BigBallChunkyTime posted:That dog is dead by now anyway. In early 1976, Cheeseface was tragically shot on the farm where he lived by an unnamed hunter. As of 2019, the identity and motivation of the assailant remain unknown[4][5] although the owners of Cheeseface named a specific individual in a lawsuit in 1976.[6]
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Lycus posted:Once again, Biden literally adapting his positions to how the public reacts. Stronger together!
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Zesty posted:...good? The word you're looking for is fair-weather.
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Zesty posted:...good? How much do you trust a right wing neoliberal democrat not to walk back all of the promises that were made that their donors hate? Joe Biden sucks. He's probably going to try and position himself as the furthest right on every single position in the upcoming jungle primary.
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Zesty posted:...good? Lol, yeah, he seems really commited to women's rights that he adopted literally today Whereas Bernie has been pushing for them since before Roe v. Wade.
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Zesty posted:...good? There's a difference between "Biden's opinion has genuinely been swayed on this issue" and "Biden is saying what he thinks people want to hear and will revert to his actual position as soon as he thinks no one is listening or it doesn't matter anymore", and nobody trusts liberal politicians to do the former.
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Can I ask a serious question? What is wrong with centrists? Mentally? They act as if the other side actually cares. They believe every lie of the enemy. They never stand up for any belief when placed under scrutinity without buckling. They see the raw power of conviction and deny it. They ask the righteous to quiet down and fade away so a losing strategy can reach the ultimate conclusion. They never learn. They never change. They never open their eyes to the truth. Covok fucked around with this message at 03:09 on Jun 7, 2019 |
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It’s because centrists don’t actually believe in anything.
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Covok posted:Can I ask a serious question? What is wrong with centrists? Mentally? They are comfortable and stupid. Change is bad and comparing the truth behind positions is difficult.
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if you're not paying $5.00 for bespoke, authentic freshly plucked avocado ('alligator pear' for you gringo goons) from the avocado plantacion next door..... lol
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Unoriginal Name posted:They are comfortable and stupid. Change is bad and comparing the truth behind positions is difficult. Then prehaps it would logically be best things were made uncomfortable for them so that half of the diease is burned.
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Covok posted:Can I ask a serious question? What is wrong with centrists? Mentally? If you fundamentally believe that the truth always lies in between two extremes, you don't actually believe in anything in particular, just some kind of happy median/mean average of beliefs.
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Covok posted:Can I ask a serious question? What is wrong with centrists? Mentally? Centists buy into the idea that compromise is always ideal. However, they refuse to understand that is only true in a scenario where parties all want to solve a problem and just disagree on the method, rather than one party wanting to create new problems and exacerbate old ones. They see the compromise as its own virtue, rather than examining each situation separately
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Jun 7, 2019 03:12
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Who did Biden plagiarize his speech repudiating the Hyde amendment from, after all he's only got 40+ years of speeches and articles to choose from
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pseudanonymous posted:If you fundamentally believe that the truth always lies in between two extremes, you don't actually believe in anything in particular, just some kind of happy median/mean average of beliefs. Honestly, this is why they are worse than the actual evil. At least the actual evil people can be understood, thwarted, and reliably evil. But Centrist just sabotage the righteous as they try to battle evil. All the while pretending to be allies. More like a cancer that needs chemo. Ate My Balls Redux posted:Centists buy into the idea that compromise is always ideal. However, they refuse to understand that is only true in a scenario where parties all want to solve a problem and just disagree on the method, rather than one party wanting to create new problems and exacerbate old ones. Honestly, the more and more I think of it, compromise may be the biggest mistake one can ever make in life.
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Calibanibal posted:if you're not paying $5.00 for bespoke, authentic freshly plucked avocado ('alligator pear' for you gringo goons) from the avocado plantacion next door..... lol If you're not paying $10,00,000 for a truly bespoke avocado that was genetically engineered to deliver a single, silky smooth fruit on the exact hour of the day you require it than lol forever.
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Unsurprising. Only those who know nothing of the evil would be surprised of this behavior.
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Covok posted:Honestly, this is why they are worse than the actual evil. At least the actual evil people can be understood, thwarted, and reliably evil. But Centrist just sabotage the righteous as they try to battle evil. All the while pretending to be allies. More like a cancer that needs chemo. It's become that way because they are fundamentally lazy thinkers. If the truth is always between the two extremes you can just outsource your thinking to people who care about an issue and let them define the two extremes so you pick the middle. Covok posted:Honestly, the more and more I think of it, compromise may be the biggest mistake one can ever make in life. There's nothing wrong with compromise when you have solutions being proposed in good faith. The issue that the right has figured out if is they propose "kill all Mexicans" and Democrats say "dont kill mexicans" the middle is "kill half the mexicans". That' why the right has become insanely extreme. They went from a position at 100, so the average of 0,100 is 50, to 1000 so that the average is 500.
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Yall realize many, many centrists are posting and lurking itt? Like, we're a big d&d demographic. Show us some respect.
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Covok posted:Can I ask a serious question? What is wrong with centrists? Mentally? Their survival strategy is not to believe in anything, but to manage everything. They attempt to make themselves useful and position themselves as the arbiters of what is good. Slow down, stop, that's too fast. They're sort of like social anchors. The problem is that they hang around the necks of other people and try to tell them that there will be a better season for things like individual and human rights, climate change, all that poo poo. They're also disappearing because neoliberalism is in the midst of a collapse in confidence. The news orgs want to position neolibs like they're the most rational in the room when most of them are just interested in managing the decline. If there are two neoliberals left in the world then CNN will have them debate one another.
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Calibanibal posted:Yall realize many, many centrists are posting and lurking itt? Like, we're a big d&d demographic. Show us some respect. No.
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Never forget the standard Trump rally cry of “GIVE HER DUE PROCESS GIVE HER DUE PROCESS”
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Calibanibal posted:Yall realize many, many centrists are posting and lurking itt? Like, we're a big d&d demographic. Show us some respect. Maybe we can meet in the middle here.
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