Sure, it's just "good worker raises" that no other worker gets must be super difficult for the law to determine what is normal employment and business, and what is a bribe.
Would be nice if they could force the trump org to justify why only these few, specific people are getting huge raises or sweetheart deals/bonuses.
Chances are they have similar education and competence/accomplishments as non-bribed employees. Since everyone is working at similar levels they all should get double salaries and multi-million dollar severence, or have their families get high paying jobs simply for being related.
If he didn't bring enough bribes for everyone, than nobody gets any!
Honestly, there's plenty of reasons to make fun of boomers/millennial/genZ but the reality is each generation has Republican and Democrat voters.
I'm not gonna suggest that Democrats always have the best interests of working class people in mind - but their camp does contain progressives, which is something that Republicans lack entirely.
At the end of the day, all our problems can be traced to income inequality that is largely pushed by Republicans (and a huge dose of "trusted media" espousing outright lies).
You can absolutely have a business oriented economy whose government protects it's people from abusive and predatory businesses practices while providing great education and healthcare for free.
It's something we'd all benefit from (even the wealthy, but it'd be less profitable) but something we'll never have because every generation has Republican voters who show up 100% of the time - and Democrat voters who barely show up, can't agree on anything, and require emotional inspiration to even begin to participate in politics.
In fact, now that we're literally watching Nazis take over the Republican party - anyone from any generation who votes Republican now is far worse than anyone who voted R in the past before the middle class was destroyed.
The Republican party is evolving into its final form of purest facisim, something that was plausibly deniable 10 years ago.
Bottom line is we're at a point in society where feelings and opinions are the only reality for a lot of people. It will be the death of democracy, and they'll go to their graves in chains they put on themselves believing they made the right choice, because why would anyone ever choose to feel regret or acknowledge the consequences of their own actions?
How dare you! They are not hypocrites!!
Democrats are always wrong about everything, so who cares if you have to abandon logic, reality, and consistency in order for the world to make sense?!
Being objectively wrong is an insignificant price to pay when it still feels like you're right!
He ends up taping a plastic sheet over the hole with what I assume is super strong space tape and plastic and then continues to live in the station for 550 more days.
We spend the first half of the movie learning how unforgiving the environment is, and how delicate his ecosystem for life is, but you can also blow half the place up and just tape some plastic over the hole.
They did a much better job of explaining it in the book, but the movie literally went "just tape that bitch up with plastic, then we'll throw a wind storm at it to prove it's good forever"
I wonder if his symptoms were mild (pink eye) because of a small exposure, because it entered through the eye which is a hostile entry point, or because the cow changed the virus enough to be less/non lethal to humans?
I know this is a massive oversimplification, and that modern vaccines would likely work far better. But seeing as how we're living in the horse dewormer timeline, I wonder if people who refuse vaccines would prefer to get 'naturally sick' from an infected cow
So many videogames I enjoyed just ended before last boss
Decent job with lots of down time, and I desperately want to want to learn more things and give myself potential for career advancement and some job flexibility. Like I really want to be able to do it, but I just can't bring myself to start because I don't need to, even though I like learning new things.
Even when I complete a home project, or accomplish a life goal, it's just kind of.... Meh? Well that's done I guess?
There's also a constant battle of feeling anxious in most social settings, but feeling guilty/lonely without them. Almost like juggling two things you don't particularly like, trying to find the balance where you're least mentally uncomfortable.
It's great having videogames, but you can only do something so much before everything starts to feel formulaic and unfulfilling.
There is always a feeling or sensation that I should/could be doing something else unless I'm hyper fixated on something
I can almost understand the idea when applied to extremely dangerous individuals. There should absolutely be some kind of separate system for people who are too dangerous to be able to reintegrate into society.
A one size fits all justice system is a terrible way to run a society
Because people don't hate getting scammed by their scam artist.
Conservatives also tend to make politics a core part of their identity, which allows conservative governments to get away with doing everything they accuse Liberals of doing mostly without consequences.
Canada has some of the most apathetic voters in the world, so I don't expect anything in this country to improve anytime soon.
People will simply trade getting screwed by the letters L/C and be certain they are one election away from all of their problems going away.
Wake up sheeple, here's the real history of the moon
Neon Genesis Evangelion History
First Impact (also known as the "Giant Impact") is an Impact which occurred in prehistoric times when the Black Moon, a giant spherical object, collided with the Earth in what is now the Hakone region of Japan. The collision caused an explosion that launched a massive amount of material from Earth into orbit. This orbiting debris eventually coalesced into Earth's only moon. The Black Moon is the vessel that carried Lilith, one of the members of the Seeds of Life sent out into the universe by the First Ancestral Race.
Edit: Well that wasn't well received, guess this instance doesn't have a lot of evangelion fans 💀
I'm not well versed in what is happening at specific campuses across the US - but if people not associated with the school (anyone not current students/Alumni) are protesting on Private property, the school is well within their rights to have trespassers removed.
Students should be allowed to peacefully protest on school grounds, or they can join non students protest that is off campus.
I'm not sure what the answer to Israel//Palestine is, but the US is absolutely directly funding and assisting in a genocide while publicly almost maybe finger wagging Netanyahu.
I would love to see North Americans actually tuck in to protest and figure out how to actually make them work. There's so much that needs to change but never will until actual consequences come for those responsible.
Not owning something? sure, that's not necessarily the best way to define someone. especially in a post apocalyptic wasteland.
But there are certain benchmark things that are consequential enough to define someone. Not having reliable access to shelter is pretty descriptive of a person's situation.
I don't think you could argue that the only difference between someone who owns their own functional and crewed yacht - and a person who is homeless, is personal preference/taste. Regardless of an apocalypse.
But, I wouldn't expect the mansionless to understand the nuances of owning things so don't worry about it too much /s
Honestly, I'm loving the slur mansionless. Thank you for this
Most executives I've met can't read emails and just point to one of two numbers and say "higher/lower!" while dreaming of KPI's that don't improve anything and solely exist to stagnate wages
While I agree with you about half measures that divide the workforce/classes I am still all about "raising the basement".
Too many policies will only meaningfully impact the wealthy, so seeing lower pay bands receive specific attention is always great to see.
There are still far too many loopholes, lack of enforcement/consequences, and creative schedules that actively repress workers, but this policy sounds pretty great and it is affecting a lot of workers in less than a year which is fantastic momentum.
It's also more difficult to pass sweeping legislation when Republicans + Conservative supreme Court do absolutely everything in their power to resist any kind of improvement to American life they possibly can.
Government/police insist on having basically unlimited ability to spy on people within the US, and then maybe catch a part of one operation after collecting heaps of evidence over months/years with tons of victims irrevocably harmed - and eventually a few main people get like 3-5 years in prison on a plea deal.
I get the whole "building a case" thing, but letting multiple children get abused, while other sickos learn the ropes to eventually "get enough evidence" so a few people can plead guilty for a comparatively light prison sentences is absurd. Shut anything about it down immediately. Even if it doesn't go to trial/conviction I'm sure the police have creative capacities to deal with child abusers outside of prison.
And people still think sex education in school is about teaching children how to preform sex acts, instead of helping them avoid predators.
Maybe if you're on shrooms or LSD, yeah "it's all the same if you use what they make maaaaaaan"
But only if you ignore the power dynamics behind wealth, and are aware of the concepts of bribery, temptation, and unlimited influence.
Or the fact that people want greener options but they are intentionally unavailable, sabotaged, prohibitively expensive (but never subsidized), or publicly demonized in media with disinformation and propaganda.
Between consumers and corporations, only one gets to call all the shots
This is my first time seeing them in meme format, and I'm happy it's for LOTR
Fun fact, in South Africa they are often referred to as a Dassie