What happens to their stuff? I’d guess “it depends”. There’s no clear heirs or estate with a company, I think.

Corporations, by contrast, cannot go to jail and or be physically executed

Ok so technically we can’t physically execute a corporation, but we could get pretty close if we rounded up the board and c-suite.

Someone should stop Musk. With like a piece of metal if needed.

Conservatives are bad people. This is well known. Outgroups to bind, in groups to protect.

Meanwhile, the US is trying to go to 60 hour workweeks and 6-day workweeks.

Labor needs to organize, and the rich need to be broken.

As I said to the other response, I know in my brain that you are right. I, as a city dwelling tech worker, my interests align more than someone who works with his hands in the suburbs than with a billionaire. We’re both labor.

I still want to hit the maga-hat who’s frothing about how the gays are ruining their christmas, but I know that’s not really helpful.

I know in my brain you’re right but in my heart there is nothing but malice.

But as you say, what would earn forgiveness? If this somehow ends and we go back to “normal”, I think a lot of maga-hats won’t ever admit fault. They won’t see the bigger picture, and they’ll fall for the next con.

Anyone who’s been supporting trump is a scumbag or idiot. Anyone who’s still supporting trump is worse.

We should never forgive them.

Republicans are the worst people. If you know one, maybe punch them in the neck.

Ugh I had the same rollercoaster read

If we were all in the room, we could strangle Sam Altman or whatever other capitalist dog was calling the shots.

I don’t know you but I’m certain everyone doesn’t hate you. This guy probably doesn’t hate you.

It’s okay to feel bad about rejection. But there are other people. Sit with your feelings for a bit if it helps, but then dust yourself off. It’s going to be okay. If this guy wasn’t interested in you as you are, it wasn’t going to be a good match anyway.

Like, I have the standard set of nerd hobbies (books, video games, etc) and sometimes I go on a date and discover the other person thinks that’s gross. “Waste of time” someone said to me recently. Feels bad. But then I go on another date and the persons eyes light up as they tell me about their Path of Exile build. There’s all sorts of people. Don’t worry too much if any particular person doesn’t click with you.

I’m kind of assuming from the text that you’re young. That means lots more runway, and also your peers are probably on average inexperienced messy people. Dating and relationships are skills that improve with practice.

We outnumber the rich. If there weren’t so many idiots and boot lickers we could fix this problem

Everyone who votes Republican deserves shit like this. But unfortunately we’re all stuck with them, and they seem incapable of learning.

Group membership matters to all of us. It’s like one of the primary drivers of belief. We might think we’re rational and cool logical people but that’s a lie. We trust people we see as being in-group, and we trust facts from them.

For some people, like many republicans, it’s also the only thing that really matters.

This may have been a viable strategy in like 3000BCE when you had to stick with your group of idiots, because otherwise you’d be left for dead or worse by the enemy tribe. It’s not really a solid strategy in 2025CE.

But that’s really the whole problem. People (often but not always republicans) put their group membership ahead of everything else. This is happening like deep in the emotional part of their psyche. There’s no easy fix. You’d probably have to get them to join some other group and see that as primary, like maybe appeal to their sense of being American, but it’s going to be hard when there’s a lot of them. It’s like gravity, they all pull each other into the group.

I don’t know how to fix this.

I’m inclined to agree, that might be a problem. I don’t think it’s the only problem, but the capitalist hell scape of “trust no one everyone for themselves” isn’t helping

I see this a lot in all sorts of things and it drives me crazy. Why can’t people just care a little more?

Like playing guild wars 2, big group boss fight. If everyone does a stun attack when the boss is vulnerable, it interrupts it and we’re more likely to win. But no, half the people can’t be assed to hit “5” on their keyboard instead of “1”.

Or littering. There’s a trash can just down the block. Just hold onto your trash for a whole minute. Nope. Can’t be bothered. Onto the street it goes.

I just want to shake people and ask them what the fuck is wrong with them. What is broken inside that you can’t just be a little better. I don’t need heroics or big risks. Just a tiny bit more. Just be a little bit more alive and awake.

We need more than resignations. We need actual punishments. Can’t have them just resign and go on to be a private consultant or talking head.

I think if we get through this, we’ll look back at this in horror… for about 60 years, and then we’ll have a crop of neo-trumpists because no one ever seems to learn anything.

Right! Resigning is not enough! If a regular person leaked secrets they would face more damning consequences.