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Tribalism has been with the human race since we’ve had literal tribes. Not being racist, in comparison, is relatively new.
Not trying to justify racism but pointing out that the reason why decent people aren’t racists is because we learned that basing hatred on intrinsic qualities in a person is stupid and we should cooperate instead of oppress.
But there are people who just want to oppress.
Million dollar scam idea: sell MAGA hand makeup.
Along with cankle socks.
I’ve been a developer for decades. I’ve contributed to FOSS code and do a lot of my own development.
I just want a desktop that works. No fuss.
Yes I could compile my own x11 (and have) but I would rather spend my time doing my own shit than trying to stand up a new VM for some edge issue I’m having.
Just…just give me a UI I can use.
It’s why I use Ubuntu.
This is key. And it shows all along the rules are meant for peasants like us.
Not for the ruling class.
I have so many questions. I guess I never viewed as “tankie” as left.
Hell, I consider myself far-left to the point of being a progressive, almost to the point of being an anarchist.
But my reality is rooted in actual facts.
I feel like you’re just here to piss into the wind.
Do you hear people screaming to disable the extension frame work or devtools?
No?
If you don’t want those features you can compile your own version of Firefox and remove them.
But lots of people are anti-AI. And there are people willing to provide a browser that keeps it out.
If you want it, have at it. But don’t piss on people just because they don’t.
But…I can hate gays and trans people right? Because that’s why I voted for him.
Oh and because I want to be openly racist.
If there is one force you can always count on is democrats snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
“If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism; they will abandon democracy.”
Also, “That’s just locker room talk.”
These statements are often made in the same breath.
“If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism; they will abandon democracy.”
I think people like rationalizing their behaviors so that they don’t seem weird. When really they are just being themselves.
Behaviors become mental illnesses when they start to affect other parts of your life. Organizing your books by color is unusual and quirky, but not a mental illness.
If you can’t leave a library because you have to organize their books by color, then it’s a mental illness.
This is why I hate people who say they hate being on a jury.
You have the most direct access to affect your society in a jury box than you do at the ballot box.
Iirc correctly, Amazon actually doesn’t resell their returns. At least not through their storefront.
They have “return auctions” where returns are put onto a pallet and then people bid on them to purchase. Apparently this is cheaper than having a workflow for their returns, checking them to make sure they are resellable, and then stocking them back into their warehouse.
I’ve said this in my other comments closer to the election but it bares repeating.
Democrats lost for two main reasons:
They didn’t have much control over the second point. Biden was holding onto power like every other president until other party leaders turned on him.
But DNC fully owns the first point. 2024 saw the same playbook as 2016: at least I’m not Trump.
That worked in 2020 because Trump was president. But the DNC failed to deliver any lasting and impactful change during Biden that everyday Americans could point their finger and say, “I want more of that.” Instead, Biden delivered mediocre “stay the course” programs, which given the Republican Congress, was a miracle but it doesn’t win you elections.
The DNC report probably blames Harris for being a woman and probably puts blame on genocide issue voters and will, undoubtedly, learn the wrong lesson again. They are going to keep moving to the right despite clear evidence that the American people want a government that works for them, and not a government they merely tolerate.
If you want change in the DNC, we need to form a new party. The perfect time is to start now, before primaries are underway for midterms. Have progressive candidates sign on as Democrats, pledging to support a progressive party if enough representatives win. If the DNC complains that they are splitting the vote, progressives should clap back and say they are bowing to fascists.
they should work with Republicans
Have…have you not been paying attention?
Republicans want power. They don’t care how they get it. They will negotiate in bad faith to get it.
It was the exact same. the math of this is that verizon makes enough money on the contract that they can pay for a phone within your 3 year contract.
When I left my company, I had to get a new phone. When I talked to the rep, the phone cost was essentially free with a contract.
The offer was that Verizon would pay for the phone over the course of three years.
So it’s not financing so much as it was free with a contract. When I asked why this was, he said that it was due to how the market was. Everyone has a phone at this point so now cell service provides have to compete to keep people. So they are willing to pay for your phone so long as you are locked in with them.
Huh…The Oatmeal is still making comics.