clonedhuman @ clonedhuman @lemmy.world

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Fuck yes.

It's a very specific group of people who suck like this, and they think they're the heroes of the story.

These fucking Conservatives desperately need to have their fucking heads kicked in. They're fucking apes; they don't understand anything else.

100%

With all the money in politics now, and the fact that the campaigns with the most cash behind them almost always win, our representatives don't have to be answerable to voters any longer. They just have to be answerable to the people spending the most cash.

Even then, the corporations and foreign entities that fund most of the campaigns right now just throw their cash behind the winners if the person they initially supported loses.

In the minds of people like Leon, you can literally buy elections simply by outspending the candidate you don't like--and, looking at the statistics, he's right. Then, even if they lose, they just chuck a bunch of money at the winning candidate. These people have no ethics, no respect for law, and they would rather destroy our institutions than have them work against them. And, unfortunately, they're so wealthy now that they can, in fact, destroy our institutions.

And this will hit the people hardest who voted for them.

Back in the day, Wells Fargo would intentionally run higher charges first in their cycle so that people couldn't skirt the edges of overdraft. Like, if someone made a $35 purchase, and three $1 purchases over the same two day period, they would immediately run the $35 purchase and then charge three overdraft fees for each of the $1 purchases instead of running the three $1 purchases first (even if they came first) and then charging a single overdraft fee when the $35 purchase hit.

I believe they got a fine for it.

A small number of multi-billionaires and a squad of bootlicking lackeys are responsible for this and for similar things across the planet.

None of the standard ways of doing things are going to solve this problem.

The small number of multi-billionaires must be dealt with.

This is the truth.

Politicians need to learn to fear repercussions from the people they are supposed to represent.

They don't fear the vote any longer because, consistently, the politicians who spend the most money win. They just need to promise billionaires enough ill-gotten profit and they believe they'll win. They don't need to care about us at all--unless we force them to care.

Fuck no.

Fuck all these motherfuckers.

Fuck, looks like it's time to start looking at more alternatives to Android phones.

Already got an old one rooted. We need a solid Linux alternative or potentially a European company to start development.

If any of y'all know of a good, usable platform, I'd love to know about it.

Since 2015, the DoL reported a 283% increase in child labor violations; and perhaps more shocking, 28 US states have introduced bills to weaken child labor laws, with 12 of those states enacting those laws since 2021

Project 2025 proposes eliminating protections against hazardous work for children. Specifically, Project 2025 calls on the U.S. Department of Labor to “amend its hazard-order regulations to permit teenage workers access to work in regulated jobs with proper training and parental consent.” In plain English, revising these “hazard-order regulations” means letting teens work in hazardous jobs.

It's only going to be poor kids working these jobs. We've had protections for child labor for the past century, and these fuckers are trying to roll them back.

They are fucking evil.

Truth. There's a reason why they don't have any art, don't have any music, don't have any movies worth watching. They lack all creativity, are almost completely devoid of imagination, and their frontal lobes just consume energy without doing any frontal lobe things. It's a very specific type of person who obeys like this, and they just mimic their leaders; if their leaders are shitty human beings, then they think they'll rise in the hierarchy by being shitty as well.

It's a pattern that was primarily established when the Reagan Administration (and Don Regan, the CEO of Merrill Lynch) took over in the 1980s. Most of the ideas come from Lee Atwater who was an absolutely horrendous human being.

They have been running almost exactly the same playbook since then.

Fucking interesting!

It's amazing how consistent this is with fascists.

You can look back at their statements and it's true like 86% of the time--every SINGLE THING they accuse others of doing is something that they, themselves are demonstrably engaged in.

When those people post on the internet, it really should just be a long line of regular people replying 'Every accusation is a confession.'

oh no Linux don't say it again

Kettlebells! Kettlebells are a great tool to have for home workouts. You might want to start with a lighter one--even if you've worked out some, you can still wear yourself out with even a 35 lb. kettlebell.