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Seriously, move to a real country. You''ll probably even increase your savings with the currency exchange.
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Aug 9, 2023 09:48
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Getting out before the US petrodollar collapses seems smart
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Aug 9, 2023 10:47
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I don't blame anyone who leaves don't let people guilt trip you for it
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Aug 9, 2023 10:56
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Exactly, the game was lost well before the end of the century
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Aug 9, 2023 11:39
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The majority of America is pro-union, but also believes that those unions should never do or say anything lest it get in the way of the trickle-down economics that are certain to start taking effect any day now
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Aug 9, 2023 12:34
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Serak posted:The majority of America is pro-union, but also believes that those unions should never do or say anything lest it get in the way of the trickle-down economics that are certain to start taking effect any day now I think it's more that it's been like 50, 60 years since unions adopted the business/service model without the us left being able to meaningfully offer an alternative so ppl are broadly supportive of unions and the idea of militancy but nobody trains them in it or shows concrete examples of what victories w/ struggle look like. The present growing volume of strikes across a wide variety of industries might be a turning point on this
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Aug 9, 2023 13:43
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Abongination posted:Seriously, move to a real country. You''ll probably even increase your savings with the currency exchange. 
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Aug 9, 2023 13:44
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Aug 9, 2023 13:46
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I wonder what all the southern baptists would think of russian orthodox lmao Hey y'all think you hate catholics, get a load'a these weirdos
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Aug 9, 2023 14:38
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Failed Imagineer posted:Agreed. Those elections happened in 1980, 1984, and 2000. I’m showing my tinfoil a bit but the election of nov 22 1963 was prob the turning point.
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Aug 9, 2023 15:18
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Serak posted:The majority of America is pro-union, but also believes that those unions should never do or say anything lest it get in the way of the trickle-down economics that are certain to start taking effect any day now
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Aug 9, 2023 15:19
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Shame Boy posted:I wonder what all the southern baptists would think of russian orthodox lmao Theologically? They would see them as slightly better than Catholics (on the account of not recognising the Pope as the Vicar of Christ). Politically and ideologically? They'd love them. Although, if anything, I imagine, the biggest reason for an American christofascist not to move would be the lack of the second amendment rights, not fancy church services, sacramental theology, and ecclesial hierarchy.
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Aug 9, 2023 15:23
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Milo and POTUS posted:I don't blame anyone who leaves don't let people guilt trip you for it all true but it's still darkly funny that people think everyone is able to just move. Like, it's really obvious some people don't realise how lucky they are, or if it's pure hard work, they don't realise they've already won the rat race. I think the ones that can move but don't are actually the more annoying. Like I know a few people here in the UK that rightly hate it, have lots of money and skills, but absolutely refuse to get out. I wish they'd just give me all their money if they don't want to actually take advantage of it.
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Aug 9, 2023 15:24
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Proust Malone posted:I’m showing my tinfoil a bit but the election of nov 22 1963 was prob the turning point. 
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Aug 9, 2023 15:25
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Paladinus posted:Theologically? They would see them as slightly better than Catholics (on the account of not recognising the Pope as the Vicar of Christ). Politically and ideologically? They'd love them. Although, if anything, I imagine, the biggest reason for an American christofascist not to move would be the lack of the second amendment rights, not fancy church services, sacramental theology, and ecclesial hierarchy. They wear even weirder hats than catholics do, they'd hate them
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Aug 9, 2023 15:28
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Like I super don't think it would prevent them from moving there (or that they'd even consider it before moving there) but I do think once they were there they would super hate it for a whole lot of incredibly petty reasons and think they had been tricked because obviously this isn't a christian nation
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Aug 9, 2023 15:31
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Shame Boy posted:They wear even weirder hats than catholics do, they'd hate them The patriarch's guards fold down the little cross on his hat so he can get in his car  
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Aug 9, 2023 15:32
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Regarde Aduck posted:all true but it's still darkly funny that people think everyone is able to just move. Like, it's really obvious some people don't realise how lucky they are, or if it's pure hard work, they don't realise they've already won the rat race. I think the ones that can move but don't are actually the more annoying. Like I know a few people here in the UK that rightly hate it, have lots of money and skills, but absolutely refuse to get out. I wish they'd just give me all their money if they don't want to actually take advantage of it. I live in Florida and I make enough money and have enough skills to leave but I haven't  Mostly cuz until very recently my old-rear end parents lived here too and I want to spend as much time as I can with them before they croak, but now even they've moved out of Florida so lol
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Aug 9, 2023 15:34
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GotLag posted:The patriarch's guards fold down the little cross on his hat so he can get in his car
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Failed Imagineer posted:Agreed. Those elections happened in 1980, 1984, and 2000. TBH you left a few out. For the working class, it's basically been nothing but Reagans since 1980. RE: Vacation day chat. In my last job they did "unlimited vacation" and I did get a bit of talking to from my boss for using too much, though nothing really disciplinary. In my current job which poached me from my last one then canned me because they didn't actually know what they wanted from the role, they made a big show when they pulled me in to fire me of how much they could claw back in vacation days I spent but hadn't "earned" but chose not to bill me for them. 
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Aug 9, 2023 15:51
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Owlbear Camus posted:In my last job they did "unlimited vacation" and I did get a bit of talking to from my boss for using too much, though nothing really disciplinary. Did you put them in front of a big flipover where you had written "unlimited vacation" in giant crayon and you used a pointing stick to repeatedly tap the flipover while slowly asking them what part of unlimited they didn't understand?
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Aug 9, 2023 15:57
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The most important election from a union perspective was the 1946 midterms because they elected the Congress that passed Taft-Hartley, which essentially caponized American unions
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Owlbear Camus posted:nothing but Reagans Capitalism.png: Nothing but Reagans
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Aug 9, 2023 16:18
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Abongination posted:Seriously, move to a real country. You''ll probably even increase your savings with the currency exchange. other countries don't take americans
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Aug 9, 2023 18:08
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unless you mean like, DPRK or Rhodesia
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Aug 9, 2023 18:09
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:The most important election from a union perspective was the 1946 midterms because they elected the Congress that passed Taft-Hartley, which essentially caponized American unions The freedom to assemble unless it's against the autocratic regimes that run workplaces, then you better shut the gently caress up 
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Aug 9, 2023 19:07
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:The most important election from a union perspective was the 1946 midterms because they elected the Congress that passed Taft-Hartley, which essentially caponized American unions Unions letting any congress take away their labour rights is what hosed them though. Labour action matters more than elections. Always has.
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Aug 9, 2023 19:10
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skooma512 posted:The freedom to assemble Yeah that's tldr of Taft Hartley and it's loving still the law of the land
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Aug 9, 2023 19:13
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Shame Boy posted:They wear even weirder hats than catholics do, they'd hate them they also hug and kiss each other as dudes + way too much standing
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Aug 9, 2023 21:38
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gradenko_2000 posted:it's the same principle as having a set amount of vacation days being better than "we will stop tracking vacation days, you have effectively unlimited vacation days, do whatever you want", because the latter means social pressure will prevent you from ever going on vacation They still track your time off usage for flexible time off they just don't give you any base accrual that you think you're entitled to. I say think because I raised this issue when they switched us to FTO and hr told me how we never should have felt entitled to PTO hours and we could be forced to not take them for business needs even if it meant losing hours in the yearly rollover. gradenko_2000 posted:it's a very niche program that only a couple of tech companies have tried to implement and marketing it as a sort of "innovation" and progressive generosity to its employees. Lol if they're requiring manager approval they're still tracking it guaranteed. PostNouveau posted:It's used to avoid sudden liabilities when the company lays people off. If PTO is a vague "unlimited" amount, then you can't accrue any and they don't have to pay you out accrual when you part ways. Studies show people in unlimited PTO situations don't take more time off anyway. This is an issue even without firing you and is a reason my company went to fto. If you accrue PTO hours that shows up as a liability on their balance sheet. Since fto doesn't accrue it never sits around as a liability. Most states don't even require a company to pay out unused pto unless company policy requires it which most of course don't. PostNouveau posted:Right, unlimited PTO is often a way for a company that currently does these things to gracefully pivot from accrual to non-accrual. Current employees agree to it because they see "unlimited" and the check they'll get for paying out the current accruals, but then it's unambiguously worse in ways they can't forsee going forward. Everyone at my work knew it would be worse, doesn't matter when finance and the ceo want to make the books look better
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Aug 9, 2023 22:00
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Proust Malone posted:I’m showing my tinfoil a bit but the election of nov 22 1963 was prob the turning point. Of the people to seriously go after the deep state - JFK got got - RFK got got - Nixon resigned in disgrace - Trump (lol) is going to jail forever for paperwork crimes
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Aug 9, 2023 22:02
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from 2014: to 2020: 
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8923_4 posted:from 2014: lmao @ the fight for 15 approaching 15 years old
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Aug 10, 2023 04:07
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the fight for $15 fizzling out ....[retail prices double].....[5 years later]... we'll rehire you for $12.75 an hour.
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Aug 10, 2023 04:13
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Weaponized Autism posted:My company will pay out accrued PTO but only if we give 3 weeks notice. This is very much a YMMV statement but at my first job I knew I was leaving after I got married so I gave like 2 months notice and it ruled. I wasn't assigned any new long term work so basically spend 2 weeks buttoning up all my open work and then just hosed off for 6 weeks.
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Aug 10, 2023 04:26
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COPE 27 posted:Of the people to seriously go after the deep state How did Nixon or Trump "go after the deep state".
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Aug 10, 2023 04:36
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In Training posted:How did Nixon or Trump "go after the deep state". President Donald Trump has fired the intelligence community’s chief watchdog, Michael Atkinson, who was the first to sound the alarm to Congress last September about an “urgent” complaint he received from an intelligence official involving Trump’s communications with Ukraine’s president.
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Aug 10, 2023 04:38
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In Training posted:How did Nixon or Trump "go after the deep state". About as much as the Kennedys, but we like to pretend they were threats to the buffoons notorious for loving up pretty much every covert conspiracy they've tried.
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In Training posted:How did Nixon... "go after the deep state". Nixon pulling out of Vietnam was going to endanger the drug pipeline that the CIA ran from the Golden Triangle back to the States - they didn't need to kill him, but they did depose him. The CIA infiltrated CREEP with James McCord, who deliberately bungled the Watergate break-in so that its perpetrators would be caught, Mark Felt leaked the cover-up to Woodward and Bernstein, and then CIA Director Vernon Walters leaked the entire plot to Congress so that they knew exactly what to look for as far as incriminating evidence of a cover-up. Notice how there's a distinct shift to Latin America in the 1980s after Saigon falls.
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