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[–] MermaidsGarden@lemmy.world 261 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Joe Rogan is the living embodiment of being so open minded that your brains fall out.

[–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 91 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I mean that’s beautifully put…..

But unfortunately it’s simpler than that. It’s the story of a reasonable man that achieved beyond his dreams and then flipped sides because of money and status.

“Suddenly I have an opinion on the capital gains tax.” Type of stuff.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Was he a 'reasonable man' before or after he decided the moon landings were fake?

[–] Liz@midwest.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I, too, have an opinion on the capital gains tax. It should be taxed at the same rate as income. We can let them keep the exception on the first half million in profit because I'm feeling nice today.

[–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It’s actually higher in many scenarios.

What needs to be taxed like income is loans against the stocks

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Or a simple .01 cent financial transaction tax. Absolutely no effect on the average person, a huge way to raise revenue from bankers and stock traders.

[–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Agreed, or just a minimum amount of time that stocks can be owned to kill the high-frequency traders.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago

Oh yeah that's right. I forgot about Buy, Borrow, Die.

I agree, though I'd have to do something thinking about the exact right way to implement a tax on that kind of behavior.

[–] Illuminostro@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago

Tax idle stock while you're at it. 1% per share, per current price, per quarter.

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Rubisco@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is a 9 minute beat poem about a conversation with a podcaster.

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

In an airy studio, mics standing proud and tall,A host with a voice smooth as a vinyl’s call. Across the table, there sits a guest, Eyes bright, ready to contest.

The host begins, “Welcome, listeners, to our weekly dive, Where thoughts and ideas vividly come alive. Today’s guest, someone quite unique, Brings perspectives some might seek.”

And there she was, her aura all aglow, Storm, not her name, but what she seemed to sow. With every word, a challenge, a fight, Against the conventional, the known, the right…