Not as fucked as they’d be if we did a shutdown and then ended it in exchange for nothing whatsoever.

Now is not the time to criticize Democrats, it’s an election year! I expect you to do all campaigning when it matters least. /s

Laughs in Nixon

Oh man I’m the other way around, I just want to get on my flight. Last time the body scanner guy tried to ask me why I was opting out, and I told him to go ask on the internet. There’s a severe power imbalance and if he wants to chat about it, then I expect him to decide I said the wrong thing.

Like, I get that most of them just need to pay rent. My issue with it is systemic, not personal. But there are some guys who are just looking for excuses to mess up your day. Why mess with them while I’m vulnerable and they’re getting paid by the hour?

That’s just TSA. I think a much higher percentage of ICE wants to go above and beyond while in costume.

The most practical forms of direct action benefit its participants individually. Classic example is joining a union, which will give you better compensation at their expense.

Unilateral sacrifices just exhaust you and accomplish little. Become a part of the new economy in which you want to live.

• Use p2p social networks (you’ve already started!) and free and open source software
• Get to know your neighbors
• Talk to coworkers about pay, benefits, working conditions, and unions
• Save as much money as you can outside of the American economy
• Buy a gun, learn to maintain it, and spend time at the range
• Participate in peaceful protests but be prepared to be attacked by police

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The restroom doors:🔺️& 🟢

They could just install those tiny circular toilet seats, and measure whose weight is shifted farther back to prevent dong/seat contact.

What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.

Yeah and they’re losing against tiny little Ukraine. Russia used to be a superpower!

I hope each Z/A man gets the life he voted for.

After the Great Financial Crisis it became clear to me that weasel word “economists” either have no idea what they’re doing, or don’t actually serve the public. These days I’m leaning more towards the latter.

Not to say that the greats like Adam Smith were unqualified. But the legion of yes-men who have been drinking corporate kool-aid since Nixon don’t work for us. Their job is to create a convincing narrative as to why it’s OK to have a visibly unhealthy economy.

Don’t trust unnamed “economists” in the news. Look for specific people who have predicted what the economy actually does, and listen to them.

Local and representative primaries sure. What happened to Bernie Sanders in 2016 severely damaged the credibility of presidential “Democratic” Party primaries.

Especially if it’s an economic powerhouse that’s drained to subsidize red states who voted for this.

Me too! The bars are going to make a killing.

Voting left: 1

Not voting: 0

Voting MAGA: -1

“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”

Schumer isn’t stupid. Are his Blue No Matter Who voters?

Nitpick: if it’s criminal then it’s tax evasion, not tax avoidance.

For another, the term has been overused to the point of meaninglessness, especially by left-leaning types

Jonathan Rauch is holding out on the one thing we want to see: the websites of these left-leaning types, because they’re the ones whose voices we should be hearing and promoting.