VikingHippie

joined 2 years ago
[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 14 points 2 years ago

The Tories would if someone found a way.

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 3 points 2 years ago

See, you're an example of someone older who SHOULD be working since you actually WANT to rather than HAVE to. More power to you and I hope you get to keep working for exactly as long as YOU want to!

Cases like yours isn't what's driving the increase though. A combination of economic desperation and pro-corporate gaslighting is forcing and/or coercing people who would prefer to retire to keep working many more years. THAT'S the majority situation.

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 2 points 2 years ago

That would have been glorious 😄

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 45 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Every police chase is a danger to innocent people's lives. Some chases are necessary, but a broken taillight is not worth that risk.

Absolutely. I'd go so far as to say that the vast majority of police chases are unnecessary.

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (38 children)

He's currently behind the mango Mussolini in the polls and, other than "at least I'm not the other guy" being a much less effective strategy for an incumbent than a challenger no matter how awful the challenger is, this is the main reason.

Biden may be a corrupt right wing reactionary, but he's not enough of a fool that he's not beginning to realize the fact that he probably has to change course on this or run a very high risk of losing the last fair and open US presidential election.

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 37 points 2 years ago (2 children)

And without letting Israel demolish and "resettle" Gaza, how are they supposed to get their hands on all of that sweet offshore gas that the Palestinians aren't letting them have anymore?

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 84 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Whoever is still claiming that Bernie doesn't speak truth to power anymore hasn't been paying attention for the last month or two. Better late than never to return to being the chief advocate for what the people wants but most of Washington doesn't! ✊️

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 13 points 2 years ago

Yep and if they want to continue to receive subsidies, they're going to have to continue to sell shares, eventually leading to either no more subsidies or complete governmental control of the entire industry. Preferably the latter.

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 10 points 2 years ago

Personally, i think they should nationalize the fuel production industry. No one should get rich from a natural resource, especially one that is destorying the planet. Even more so since they have known about it for 70+ years and have been trying to cover it up.

Absolutely! Every industry related to fossil fuels, be it fuel for vehicles, power production or even plastic manufacture and steel smelting, should be nationalized and then phased out as quickly as possible in favor of cleaner and otherwise less hazardous alternatives.

Natural resources, infrastructure and vital base components used in roughly everything should not be owned and controlled by under-regulated for profit entities who will never value long-term or even short term human survival higher than short term profits.

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 30 points 2 years ago

They'll raise prices regardless. The government handouts are just extra profits for what is already one of the most profitable industries in the history of mankind.

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 4 points 2 years ago

I agree. I'd have preferred Bernie and have some reservations about her cozy relationship with the corrupt party establishment, but policy-wise she was definitely the second-best choice in the 2020 primaries.

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 2 points 2 years ago

Unfortunately I'm sure she'll turn this into another fundraiser paid for by her fellow Christian fundamentalists.

She already turned it into a lucrative career on the fascist misinformation circuit days after she first made national news, raking in probably millions of dollars since then.

And yeah, I'm sure you're right that this will serve as an additional income booster for her 😮‍💨

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