toadjones79

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[–] toadjones79@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

I'm old enough to literally not care one bit what the youngins do or if I really understand them. I don't need them to be my clone to live them. They got their thing just like I had mine. Circle of life.

[–] toadjones79@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

And it was a dance move performed on bikes. Literally pumping the chest up and down with arms spread wide (like flying an airplane), while riding a bicycle, in a group.

[–] toadjones79@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

Rose's 1st taste...

[–] toadjones79@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago

*Rose's first taste. If you look closer at the signs.

[–] toadjones79@lemm.ee 41 points 3 months ago (3 children)

*Textbook economic collapse.

Literally exactly what all economic textbooks say would happen if you did what he did.

Which is why I think it was all on purpose. They are driving the market up and down predictably. Stocks keep surging every time there is a "leaked" rumor that he will pause tariffs.

[–] toadjones79@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Oh boy. You struck gold here.

The US Constitution is the highest form of trade pact. That is all the federal government exists for, is to facilitate trade. Catching murderers, building roads, investing in education, stopping infectious disease... All there to keep us working, buying, and trading goods and services because without that whole segments of society starve and start wars.

I love how dumb the anti-taxation argument is because they have zero idea that they wouldn't have any money, or jobs, without the government doing what it does with all that tax money.

Also, never forget that when you work for a wage you are selling your time. Looking at it that way changes how you feel about your life and job. It is 100% a choice that you make because the trade is worth the pay. If not, make yourself more valuable and get out. (It would take too long to explain how that works with disabilities and government aid).

[–] toadjones79@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Or, they balance the benefits of corrupt practices with equally detrimental (to the corrupt entity) costs. Making them less profitable than fair trade.

[–] toadjones79@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

That's why an oligarchy is NOT the same thing as capitalism. You cannot have a free market if an oligarchy exists. Additionally, the four foundational principles of capitalism are:

  1. The right to own property and work for your own well being.
  2. The right to own the profits of your labors, after modest taxation.
  3. Laws and regulations to prevent corruption.
  4. The enforcement of those laws and regulations.

Edit: wow, the spelling errors sure make that seem crazy as hell. Fixed.

[–] toadjones79@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

I've only had a couple of them not work. But I always ask for links to save on data. I think it has to do with what you are researching. Which is hard to predict.

[–] toadjones79@lemm.ee 13 points 3 months ago

...no matter what we do...

That's the part that always blows my mind.

[–] toadjones79@lemm.ee 15 points 3 months ago

I absolutely love this.

[–] toadjones79@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

It is entirely based on how welcome the objectification is. But in general this is an extremely toxic thing for so many reasons. I would expect any school with this king of thing to have a lot of teacher/student sex/rape problems.

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