Octavio

Three years, that’s it? Should have been a lifetime ban.

Cool, 70% to go.

There’s already so many places that have been cleared of trees, that also happen to be right near where the power is needed. They’re called rooftops.

Great news. Cars are lasting longer these days. Only late stage capitalism could spin that as a bad thing.

I ❤️ NY

It’s not so much a stock investment as it is a gofundme with extra steps.

Libertarians don’t give a flying fuck about liberty. It is an authoritarian movement that aims to eliminate any force standing in the way of their organizing society into a rigid hierarchy predicated upon wealth. A government that is answerable to the people is a countervailing force against the formation (or re-formation I suppose) of such a system. That was indeed the whole reason such a government was invented in the first place.

I would but I don’t have a congressperson. We had a republican but he grew a conscience and rage quit when they tried to boot Mayorkas.

Well their original charter was to investigate counterfeiting. The presidential protection thing was kind of an add-on. But my impression was that the original function was moved to a different agency and the USSS, originally under the treasury department, moved to Homeland Security. So I don’t know why they would have anything to with this. Unless I remembered that wrong.

Me too but only for a short time.

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It may not describe financiers. I’d say it’s a fair description of entrepreneurs. Just because some people do it poorly doesn’t mean it’s not a skill. Kind of argues that it is, actually. I wholeheartedly agree that having the most money is a horrible qualification for the job. But I maintain that it does need to be done. Myself I would prefer more of the decision making to be collectivized but I don’t think the concept of having business leaders is entirely outmoded.

Edit: plus I was on a bit of a tangent when I wrote that sentence anyway. I need to get better at self-censoring. The point was about how best to be able to serve society’s needs without relying upon rentiers to furnish the means.