One point. Never recorded a CD from the radio.

The encyclopedia belonged to my grandparents, but I lived there and used it.

First of all, screw the Democrats they are not left wing. They are center right shitlibs, with a few milqtoast standouts like Bernie and AOC.

Second. You correctly look at democrats and see they are just Republicans lite, but your mistake is in thinking that going further left leads to greater power to the state to curtail speech, thought, and action. The left wants liberation. Economic and social. The power of government to celurtail speech is not liberation, it’s oppression.

Ah, I am not educated on their current status. Only their actions in the 1980’s.

Some new asshole I have no doubt. Are you giving me a magic wand? The powers of a dictator? How broad can I make the changes for this fully functional society you are implicitly asking me to dream up on Lemmy?

I’m just one person. We have a whole as society to figure that stuff out.

They were elected after they murdered the opposition.

Would you vote against the guys that would rape your wife and kids while you watch and then lock you all in a burning building?

The guys that have the support of the US government and the CIA?

Really sounds like you are arguing in favor of those ideological reasons.

I’m not saying we should take the fortunes of the rich and light them on fire. (Though there would be benefits even to that destructive approach)

Sure, eating the rich would not solve all our problems forever. It would solve some immediate problems today, and future generations would need to grapple with their problems tomorrow.

“We can’t change things! There would be costs!” There are costs to inaction. We are paying them every day.

You are trying to scare me, an American, by saying that if Europe keeps going the way they are going someday they might be as terrible a place to live as America.

That’s better odds than my current reality. I’m guaranteed to live in a country no social safety net and a constrained fiscal environment because that describes America right fucking now.

Again, we should be so lucky.

Yes they were.

I do in fact wish we had European problems. That would be a massive upgrade. We should be so lucky.

And he sold those missiles because Congress had made it illegal to fund rape/murder squads in Nicaragua.

The money was off the books and then sent to the death squads killing innocent farmers.

Unlike Nixon, Congress was not willing to impeach, so Regan denied everything and only a few staffers were prosecuted.

Bush Sr pardoned them.

Republicans: not even once.

“I just think things work better when the pigs decide how we do everything.”

-said the pig.

“I simply said the negative effects of increased taxation of the rich can offset the benefits at some point.”

That’s reasonable. I think that point is somewhere between 80 and 100% .

And I’m willing to wreck a few fortunes to find out where exactly.

To take your seriously for a moment: Lack of investment sounds like next generations problem.

Not really, you need about triple the minimum wage to be comfortable in a lowish cost of living area.

Not all. Pre industrial humans where I live ate a lot of slow roasted cactus. After 2 days buried with hot stones the cactus hearts were caramelized. I’ve tasted it prepared in the traditional manner and it’s just syrup in a leaf. Delicious, and I have no doubt it was great energy for people that had to walk miles every day.

Anyone that lived past 30 had their teeth rot right out of their head, according to the archiological record.

God Tilda Swinton killed it as Lucifer. So fucking good.

I donated to Green after getting adds from reps not willing to fuck shit up.

They were my favorite character from that show.

I wish you great success with your voice and your avatars.

We can tell the difference between someone struggling to be polite and someone being malicious.

We know when we don’t pass. We are hyper conscious of it. We are not going to jump on you for honest mistakes. We definitely do not want to make our gender your problem.

Personally, I don’t care what you believe in your heart, or even what you say behind my back. If you are polite to my face, I’m cool. We can be cool. That’s all I ask. If you are not, I will remove myself from the situation.

I cannot fathom the courage of Sarah McBride. She is incredible to endure this shit every day.