I think we’ve missed the point. “America first” is self referential for him. If a job he needs done can be done cheaper, that’s the right thing to do; that’s his America, and he’s the top American (because anyone who thinks otherwise is a criminal or demon, or doesn’t count for any other reason he comes up with on the fly). So if it gets him ahead, that’s by definition “American.”
The underlying problem is that the winners have no motivation to change the system.
I don’t think that works unless it is dissolved and the shares distributed when the initial investment is recouped (with reasonable interest). And that value would have to be reasonable and fixed at the outset.
Otherwise, the capital class seems to have the same motivation to grow that value at all costs in perpetuity the same way they do today. Taken to a cynical conclusion, your suggestion reminds me of the situation with red lobster (and local hospitals, etc) where VC buys the company, sells the assets (to themselves at grossly undervalued rates presumably to payoff debts owed by the company), and leases them back.
If the labor class doesn’t have the ownership stake in the capital investment (including any IP), it seems to violate the very basic principles presented.
“Well that’s just more proof that it’s all rigged!”
Someone has to be the one to write it down.
But I wonder why it needs to be recorded at all. Selective service enrollment?
The title, body of the article, and conclusion aren’t cohesive at all.
I get the site has an ax to grind, but at least rewrite your title after writing your conclusion: “at least we’re talking about new takes on masculinity at all.”
I’m also disappointed they omit any discussion of hunting as responsible conservation and instead talk about how he’s better at shooting clays than Republicans (do they not understand that “clay” is the material and not the species of pigeon?)
If I’m generous, their thesis is that making meat jokes to a vegetarian is cringe and represents a remaining element of toxicity to his masculinity, but yeesh; between the dad joke quality and the fact that corn dogs and turkey legs are long held traditions of the fair, it really falls flat.
The rest of the “hard hitting take” is really not correlated to his personal meat consumption. But it’s ultimately reasonable criticism (and ties into their mission statement). Factory farms, meat packing, and ethanol are big business (and thus job sources) in MN, so yeah, as governor they’d like him to work on that, but a hit piece is a real shit way to get anyone to want to give you the time of day.
Edit: completely forgot to give you props for “nothing-burger!” Scared the cat when I laughed.
Basically in the same situation as you, but I follow a mastodon clone of the KamalaHQ xitter account. If I share the mastodon link, it takes you to the xitter post to watch the video, but in the mastodon app, it plays directly.
FWIW: https://bird.makeup/users/kamalahq/statuses/1848764783132053811
Same root as Kubernetes (for the techies out there).
I really wanted a “I’m focused on the future” retort from Walz.
Without further specific context, I just assumed this was a parody piece given the recent revelations.
It has certainly been an expedient way to make money (via Peter Thiel). And one of their “thought leaders” is a Usenet troll named Curtis Yarvin. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23373795/curtis-yarvin-neoreaction-redpill-moldbug
Behind the Bastards just dropped an episode on the weirdo too. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/
It’s either “with the states” or “with powerful exceptions,” you can’t dictate both.
But his base is too dumb to understand. I’m actually kind of shocked the Overton window has shifted enough that “powerful exceptions” are in the Republican position.
Having met a number of CEOs, definitely not. They’re dollar store brains and smooth talking metaphor machines. They operate almost completely on intuition and use bullshit to back it up.
I’m sure there are exceptions.
But what about a concept of a plan?? Inquiring minds…
A cacophony, to be sure.
I’m upvoting this because it gives me the shivers to imagine. It would definitely be something.
So what I see there is that badly designed fonts require ligatures to correct interactions.
Like, I get that there are some neat ones, e.g. I have them turned on when writing code for symbols, but they seem wholly unnecessary and distracting in alphabetical characters.
But I’m also the kind of weirdo that thinks the world needs more monospace fonts.
/shrug
To me, that’s even worse. Ligatures that have 0 separation where it’s expected short circuit my reading comprehension.
The “fi” combination also seems problematic since they seem to intersect.
Exactly.
We cannot afford to fall victim to the Nirvana fallacy.
We must work within the system to change the system or we risk being excluded entirely.