Bytemeister @ Bytemeister @lemmy.world

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"I think, therefore I am..." "...gonna eradicate large portions of humanity through violence"

-Descartes, full quote without omissions-

"See, the second amendment specifically says you have a right to bear arms, and that means any kind of gun I want to buy should be legal."

"However, there is no amendment saying you have a right to wear armor. So being protected isn't a constitutional right".

"Oh? This supressor I want to put on my gun? That should be allowed by the second amendment. Wait, what do you mean there is no constitutional right to gun accessories?!"

It usually goes something like that. I'd like to point out here that there isn't a constitutional right to wear pants or eat bacon either.

Let's put it this way.

Pretend I'm some semi-adversarial nation, like Saudi Arabia. I want trump to let off some sanctions, or tariffs, or in general give me preferential treatment compared to other nations. I want to give trump a big sum of money to do this, just writing him a check would be obvious corruption. So instead, I just book whole floors of his hotels during off-peak hours, and at a premium pricing. I don't even bother having anyone stay in the rooms, so trump can even book those rooms again for additional money. I just "legitimately" sent trump a bunch of money, and now he is paying it forward by stopping investigations into my goons sawing journalists into tiny pieces.

If this sounds to far-fetched for you, keep in mind that it literally happened.

https://apnews.com/article/travel-business-saudi-arabia-malaysia-15835346f75bc5f152a58842eb7c8609

This phone company trump has made really only exists as a bit of paper and some software. It has no infrastructure, no brick and mortar store fronts, nor any assets. It's mostly an agreement with a large carriers to lease time on their networks, charged per usage amount. For this scenario, let's pretend I'm Vladimir Putin trying to pay trump for leaving Ukraine high and dry. I simply put in orders for Trump's phone service, and then never even use the phones. Hell, a physical phone is probably never sent. On paper, it looks like 100,000 people signed up for the service, but they never use any of the lines, so trump collects nearly 100% of the money, with just a little bit lost to keep a small server up to handle transactions and accounts.

If none of this makes sense to you as an obvious vector for trump to receive money from foreign agents, then I'd guess that you're the kind of person who thinks that the mob ran legitimate protection services.

Hi.

I went to the protest. I've been continuously employed for the last 15 years.

Your perception of the typical protestor could not be more wrong.

Why?

Billionaires make more money when inflation is high, and everyday people spend more money when inflation is high.

High inflation shifts wealth upwards.

I also support the community ostracizing them and individuals punching them in the face for being Nazis and Klansmen.

Gonna go out on a limb here, and guess that people living in a cabin where the electricity only works a few hours a week aren't going to buy an electric car.

As for access to public chargers... I just spent the weekend in a rural area and had no problem finding a charger within 20 miles of me.

If you screw up, you can usually get to a charger a few blocks away and snag 50% of your battery in 20 minutes.

I charge entirely off of a standard 120 outlet, and it easily handles my daily and weekly travel needs, along with my partner's numerous errands and extra trips throughout the week.

Please. Send them here. In clearly labeled vehicles. With nice uniforms that have large letters.

Brawndo

The thirst mutilator

One bullet 2 inches to the right could have stopped them from ever starting.

Protest aren't begging. They are a demonstration of capacity for action.

You're forgetting one key thing. Republicans hate Muslims more than they hate Jews.

Also, their nutty evangelical base believes that Jews need to be in Bethlehem in order for the second coming of Jesus to happen or something.

That's glossing over the many times he tells people to kill each other.

Pete and Tim didn't run, so they weren't candidates.

Try again?

Sure.

But the Democrats decided not to hold a primary that late, and I don't recall any Democrats running a meaningful challenge to her candidacy...

So, let me ask again. Who was an electable candidate in 2024?

Who was an electable candidate in 2024?

Here is the thing... You can work on both of those. Literacy is not capped by your intelligence, unless you are exceptionally challenged, like mentally unfit to live by yourself challenged. You can read more books, and journal articles, and expand your reading ability.

IQ is mostly bullshit. The test can help identify if you have a disability, but it's relatively worthless for determining how intelligent you can actually be. You can practice pattern recognition and then take an IQ test, but all that means is that you are good at recognizing patterns. There are plenty of "High IQ" people who can't figure out basic shit, like how to put on a spare tire.

So don't feel bad if you don't score well on those tests. They only measure how you did one time on one test.

Part of this statistic is because we have a high immigrant population that doesn’t speak English as their primary language.

Let's not blame the immigrants for this.

First, there is no official language of the US. Literacy tests can be administered in Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, or whatever language the subject predominantly uses.

Second, the US does not have unusually high ratio of immigrant. That's a lie that had been created by right-wing bigots. The US is about 14% immigrant, which is not unusual compared to European countries.

Anecdotally, most of the complete dipshits I know are born in the US. The people that manage to immigrate are the individuala who can read and write well enough to understand immigration documents (with the help of a lawyer), and have a decent chunk of money, or necessary skillset to sustain their finances in the US.

It's a time commitment I'd rather fill with masturbation and videogames.