Nailed it... Probably gonna catch a lot of down votes from lib shills... But fuck 'em, this is exactly right. Honestly, I think any of these bullshit articles that will clearly push people further away must be part of the plan to help Trump... Or are the libs really still just this stupid? Have learned absolutely nothing from all their time losing
The global South would want to move south for the same effect.
I was told that a .22 can be worse than just getting shot with a high caliber because the .22 isn't likely to make it through bone, so it just ricochets around inside you for a bit instead of passing right through.
Completely out of the loop on this one... Do we think he's corrupt or that corrupt people are pushing him out because he's not corrupt?
Pretty sure most of the world is against it... Just some psychopathic "leaders" of a few psychopathic Western countries support it
Little known fact, stars are actually like angler fish... The male is significantly smaller than the female of the species.
This is why everyone who isn't a cis hetero white Christian man absolutely needs to buy a gun and learn how to use it. It's your job to defend yourself. (Don't get me wrong, allies are great, and people should be helping each other against the bigots, but end of the day, you're alone, gotta defend yourself)
Edit: also, I'm really sorry that happened, not trying to blame the victim, just advocating for people taking their power back
raising min wage doesn't raise prices... that's conservative bullshit
"we find prices grow by 0.36 percent for every 10 percent increase in the minimum wage."
Fair enough... Not sure what that term would be other than "oligarchs" or 1%... Although it's really more like the richest 1% of the richest 1%
Honestly that's my big fear as far as any "revolution" goes... That people won't recognize the oligarchs separate from just the richest person they know. Like, someone with a big house in your neighborhood, is almost certainly not oligarch levels of destroy society and the world, but they'll be accessable while Elon and the banksters won't be.
"A monopoly is a market structure with a single seller or producer that assumes a dominant position in an industry or a sector. Monopolies are discouraged in free-market economies because they stifle competition, limit consumer substitutes, and thus, limit consumer choice." ~investopedia
Nothing about needing to jack prices up. I'd say Amazon fits the description perfectly
That explains why the oligarchs are trying so hard to get Kamala to fire FTC leadership
No one is pointing the finger at regular people... The problem is that the richest 10% own 93% of all stocks, and the 1% own 54%. The 1% often IS the bankers, and they did create the system, and they paid the politicians to pass it. You're just muddying the waters.
No one is attacking you for your 401k... The problem is that the richest 10% own 93% of all stocks, and the 1% own 54%. Your 401k almost certainly falls into that 7% the peasants "own". When we point a finger at "stock holders" we're talking about the relatively small group that owns everything and would rather kill everyone than share the wealth equitably.
Hey, while I agree with the others that it could be depression, there are a number of things that could be going on, but all of them are mental health related. I hope you're in a country that has at least started to take mental health seriously. Could be codependent attachment, or ADHD, etc... you should definitely get her professional help. You could offer to go to couples counseling to ease her into it without making it feel like you're attacking her. Say you feel like you're struggling with communicating in your relationship and you'd like the two of you to see a counselor to help figure that out. If you find a good therapist they should recognize that's there's an issue with your wife and possibly suggest individual counseling as well. Good luck!
I'm so tired of being the bad guys. (US)
What if we ended all taxes on individuals, and just charged the cost of society to the corporations?
This idea has been kicking around in my head for a while, and I'm hoping some Lemmy geniuses can poke holes/ flesh it out with me.
Every person I've ever heard of works for and gets paid by some form of company. So instead of the company paying the workers and then those workers getting taxed, why not just tax it all to the corporations to begin with? Instead of hundreds of millions of individuals to think about, the IRS (in US) could just focus on a few million companies.
We the people democratically decide what we think is needed for a functioning society, and charge it to the corporations.
I'd say each company should be responsible for paying the same percentage of the bill as percentage of total "profits" they made. Like, if Apple makes 10% of all the combined profits of all the companies this quarter, they are responsible for paying 10% of the bill. Highest paid employee can make 10x what the lowest paid employee (including contracted and foreign workers) makes; more than that gets included in the calculation as part of the company's "profits". (So that CEO can still get paid absurd amounts of money, but the company will still pay taxes on most of it)
What if we created some sort of secure opinion/voting app where people go to cast their vote on whatever people think needs to be voted on. Should there be UBI? Should it be a token, living, or thriving wage? (Personally, I'd go with thriving and tie it to inflation) Single payer healthcare? All education paid for? Stop funding genocide? No more polluting the planet, or at least force companies to pay to clean up their own messes? When and where are companies allowed to market to us? Where should the threshold of agreement be to enact changes, 40% 50%+1 60%? Etc etc
Then we elect people who agree to simply enact what the people democratically agree on... And if the people don't agree, they'll stay away from it or leave it to the states. And hopefully someday we could build it out so that state and local governments work this way too.
I think we get bogged down on the 2 or 3 things we disagree on and allow that to mean we never get the things we DO agree on. Let's get the things we agree on first, and then continue debating the things we disagree on.
Also I think this would be a long term plan. 12 years would give us 2 full election cycles here in the US and would give zoomers time to grow up, settle, and start to really vote (hopefully with this new system).
Anyway, like I said, let's poke holes and figure out solutions. Thanks