Trump is one of the dumbest men on the planet. However, he has clearly stumbled onto a disturbing social skill...Just like Hitler (who was also known to be an idiot).
I actually read the full article on this one. There are a lot of good points and similarities. Did he study Hitler's speeches? I doubt Mr. "Nuke the storm" or "inject bleach" is capable of studying. I think it's much more likely that he either blindly stumbled into the same success or learned a few tidbits from what he heard.
I differentiate 'learn' and 'study', the same way I might pick up a few words words from vacation abroad, vs cracking open a text book. "Fake news" probably comes up in a Hitler speech as much as bano and cerveza do on a vacation in Mexico.
Yeah, changing up cars seems like scratching at a symptom rather than the problem. If there are thousands of cars all headed in the same direction every day... It seems like offering a train would be pretty obvious win.
So you've read every EULA you've ever signed (that thing you agree to on every site, ever piece of software, etc.)? It would take decades to read them all. It's too much. Basic protections and regulations keep us alive.
You benefit from those annoying regulations every time you eat from a restaurant or grocery store. Do you go inspect the back room personally? Prior to the FDA there was rotten meat, and literal poison. You just don't have time to inspect everything single thing you do. Regulations aren't fun, but they keep us alive. I would wager anything that you've unknowingly agreed to some awful terms for many things. You just haven't been burned yet.
I agree in theory. Except most people don't care, or don't know to look for those things. Pretty soon it's all you run into.
Gamer? Micro transactions are in basically everything now.
Farmer? Check out what John Deer does.
Need healthcare, good luck.
Military? No thanks.
Software? What all of the big players has trickled down.
Factory work? That language has already been there a long time, often at the state level. Look at the maximum you can get for a lost arm in Alabama. Hint: it's less than $50k
Etc. Etc.
I'm not saying having a job is a freedom. What happens when every job includes a clause that says "you can't sue us, no matter what." Because most of the contracts that you sign already say that. Every Cellular service does. Most factories do. I work in software and pretty much every gig I've ever worked included something along those lines.
It's not always enforcable, but this kind of thing inches us closer.
I respect the voicing an opinion that goes against the grain, but...
That school gets federal funds. We pay for these idiots to teach nonsense.
Contracts shouldn't be able to violate basic freedoms. Don't like it, work elsewhere, right?
Check the contract/waiver for your cell phone, mortgage, bank, school, employment, etc. Odds are there's an arbitration mandate. Guess who arbitration sides with 95+% of the time. The guys who pay them.
Contracts state ridiculously evil shit. There are too many contracts to read. Organizations push for too much. We should not be able to sign away fundamental rights.
Try getting a job, cell phone, apartment, etc., without signing away basic rights. It's only getting harder.
I've tried switching to Linux many times over the years. There are many things about it that rock... But, unfortunately plenty that do not. Financially it doesn't make sense for Adobe and others to support Linux (sadly).
Dual boot is an option, as you mentioned. However, Linux will run on a toaster. Fire it up on a thumb drive, or an old laptop, or whatever you've got and putz around. It's fun just to explore.
It's crazy that he isn't in prison for this level of corruption. Crazier that he is still actively serving on the highest court in the U.S. His corrupt decisions are actively screwing us.
If these are the bribes that can prove, how many more has he taken that we can't?
Billionaires never seem to get in trouble, so I won't hold my breath.
There's a bunch of information that's essentially public, which can be pieced back together. My concerned would be the potentially damning private messages and drafts that cannot be recovered.
Eesh. That video is damning. I don't even watch soccer/futbol and that's pretty egregious in the replay. She pushed off her back, then stepped on it... Not an accident
Alright, no one has said it yet. People's view of how the economy is often strongly related to their political party. So it wouldn't surprise me if half of people always believe the economy is getting worse.
This is a possibility. White fur everywhere.