Leftists with pragmatism have relabeled. We're progressives now
What do we want? Change for the better. What's our end goal? Don't worry about it, you'll scare and confuse the masses
Focus on simple and clear messaging and fixing the problems everyone is having - healthcare, housing, inequality. Focus on simple solutions that can be understood in a single sentence
I don't know about you, but when someone even implies I might be a terrible person I get extremely offended
Because the government doesn't have a bank account, they have tens of thousands of them all with different rules, and they don't spend the same money they taxed
Money is just numbers at this point, and so Congress comes up with numbers to fund everything they want to do, they come up with formulas to tax various things, and the two sets of numbers have no real relationship to each other
Vance can't even get over the couch allegations.
There's no way he gets people to risk their future backing him the way Trump does. He's way more evil and literate, but he's not charismatic or competent
He's way more coherent, but honestly that's probably a weakness
Look closer. He's not sharing or offering. He's just throwing it at people. He hit one of them in the head
He's very self satisfied and sure he has the answers, but stunted as a person. He has the simplest shape missing, and he thinks everyone is just this one realization away from being him in his improved form
McDonald's is the most clear cut example, although that's ongoing
There's been countless little companies that sent themselves into death spirals with a price hike, but when they're big their remains are pounced on, or they experience a slow decline before collapsing to a failed pivot
That you have to have a heart. You have to believe in things, and see right from wrong
We're losing that as a species. Laws aren't a replacement for morality, but they're treated like it
There's no set of laws that could save us from global warming or bring the local community together. But these are very necessary things
My pain tolerance is insanely high. I can destroy my body if I decide to.
My pain threshold is insanely low. Insects so small most people can't see them burn so badly I'm covering myself in scars.
These are very different things
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And if the Democratic party was any good, they would be listening to the will of the people and the desire for a general strike would flow up from the people. The decision to do it would still be top down, because someone has to figure out the logistics
There's no general strike coming and we're miles away from the slimmest possibility, but I'd like to hear leaders calling for one all the same
By calling for something so anti-billionaire, they would be signaling whose side they're on, giving them more legitimacy
ICE doesn't go after criminals at all, that's not what they do. Trump is just lying
You know who goes after criminals? The fucking police. Then when the police are done with someone, they ping ICE and ask if they want the person. ICE can request a 72 hold to pick them up, and then they go through the immigration courts or whatever
We make them serve any sentence here before ICE comes into play. It's considered a civil matter, everything criminal gets priority
Because they took the money. If you take the money, the path is inevitable
When you take on investors, you just invited in someone who looks at your company like a farmer does to their crops. They want you to grow as much as possible, but they don't actually care if you live or die - you're one of many using up resources
If your growth slows, they're going to demand more. They might demand you make cuts, they might push you to take loans and expand, they might try to sell to someone else. If your value isn't increasing faster than other possible investments, they lose imaginary money to opportunity cost
And by virtue of being an investor, they have plenty of money and want to gamble with it. A total loss probably wouldn't impact their lifestyle, they want invest in Apple at the ground floor and become a billionaire
You can start a company through loans, risk your house and build up slowly, and walk away clear. And people do.
But then they want to retire... And there's this neat trick you can do if you want to own a small business... You can make it buy itself. You can take out a loan to pay out the previous owner, say 5 years of profit, and make the business take on the loan. But now, just to break even, you've got to beat what you paid for it plus interest over the term. And both business and individuals can do this
So in short? The reason is debt. A small business can make you upper middle class, a large one could make your entire family insanely wealthy for centuries.
But once you take the money, the business has to grow, or it'll be harvested