Political Discussion

Hemotep said:
In American English, it's the building that governments meet in to conduct official state/federal business, or capitalized it's specifically the building in DC. Opposed to the capitalization of a letter or the economic coagulation of value.

Might be other uses I'm not remembering?

Since I'm a political economist they both get used in papers I assign frequently and by students often incorrectly.
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Capital is one of those words that has so many meanings depending on what it’s before. It’s also an offence that warrants the death penalty/life imprisonment. There are loads of others too.
 
They act like it isn't people who they're planning to sacrifice so that the wealthy can keep hoarding wealth and not pay taxes. This literally makes me sick to my stomach. A wave of unionization and workers fighting back and they blame the effects of their greed on the poor and do everything they can to crush them again.
 
Hemotep said:
It bugs me too! And I've corrected both in so many papers. But I swear I can't write without typos in everything on my phone. The other common one that I see frequently is capitol vs capital...
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Principle vs principal - that one gets a lot of people too.
Hemotep said:
They act like it isn't people who they're planning to sacrifice so that the wealthy can keep hoarding wealth and not pay taxes. This literally makes me sick to my stomach. A wave of unionization and workers fighting back and they blame the effects of their greed on the poor and do everything they can to crush them again.
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THANK YOU.

This is my exact thought. The reason Abbott didn't want to invest in machinery for its factories was because investors wanted dividends more than they wanted to invest in core business. This is happening all over and things that are necessary for safety are breaking because of under-investment from the top. So babies are going hungry because a few people would rather have that money in their bank accounts. The only thing that's going to help anyone is price controls, but that's not going to happen.
 
On Elon Musk:

I wanna preface this by saying I know what I'm about to joke about is not true, and he's just a rich entitled tool that has no business (metaphorically) sticking his nose into politics.

But a friend and I were talking about Musk and his downward spiral into right wing BS and how it feels like he's setting himself up to get into politics. Like he's putting out feelers and building a base in order to take some of that political power for himself, not just stir the pot, but to actually get into the pot. And then we wondered, what if he's playing 3D chess? What if he's building this proven militantly loyal, rabid fan base in order to infiltrate the system, put himself in a position where he can make change and then flip the script on these yahoos?

Not what's happening, but man, that would be neat.
 
Max Sterling said:
On Elon Musk:

I wanna preface this by saying I know what I'm about to joke about is not true, and he's just a rich entitled tool that has no business (metaphorically) sticking his nose into politics.

But a friend and I were talking about Musk and his downward spiral into right wing BS and how it feels like he's setting himself up to get into politics. Like he's putting out feelers and building a base in order to take some of that political power for himself, not just stir the pot, but to actually get into the pot. And then we wondered, what if he's playing 3D chess? What if he's building this proven militantly loyal, rabid fan base in order to infiltrate the system, put himself in a position where he can make change and then flip the script on these yahoos?

Not what's happening, but man, that would be neat.
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I mean it’s not really that far fetched, people believe in much stranger shit. However, how long do you have to be a citizen to run for president? Or is it never, maybe there is something about lower offices, but I can see him settling for being a senator. That would be a big blow to his ego.
 
Dtknuckles said:
I mean it’s not really that far fetched, people believe in much stranger shit. However, how long do you have to be a citizen to run for president? Or is it never, maybe there is something about lower offices, but I can see him settling for being a senator. That would be a big blow to his ego.
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99% certain naturalized citizens can’t ever run for POTUS (odd considering certain natural born ’zens have no problem selling the country out). They can however run for office in congress.
DrainedPatience said:
Irony, thy name is the Supreme Court. Ruling that Maine can't discriminate and withhold tax dollars from religious schools that openly admit to discriminating against potential LGBTQ and non religious students.

Shit is getting real today..and even more awful.
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The lengths then will stretch the first amendment is getting ridiculous. Do states rights exist or is it only the ones they decide count. Dissolve the whole scotus please!
 
Max Sterling said:
On Elon Musk:

I wanna preface this by saying I know what I'm about to joke about is not true, and he's just a rich entitled tool that has no business (metaphorically) sticking his nose into politics.

But a friend and I were talking about Musk and his downward spiral into right wing BS and how it feels like he's setting himself up to get into politics. Like he's putting out feelers and building a base in order to take some of that political power for himself, not just stir the pot, but to actually get into the pot. And then we wondered, what if he's playing 3D chess? What if he's building this proven militantly loyal, rabid fan base in order to infiltrate the system, put himself in a position where he can make change and then flip the script on these yahoos?

Not what's happening, but man, that would be neat.
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Considering the silence that comes when he's asked to do anything to help anyone with his already-considerable wealth (which goes in hand with political power), I doubt he's coming out as transphobic and "pro free speech" to evince any positive change. And if he were merely doing this to eventually pull a gotcha moment to suddenly turn and say "and see how easy it is to radicalize people in the internet age?", I'd be surprised; though he's tricked a lot of people into thinking he's a "thinking guy," he's not exactly keen on actually spreading knowledge.

I think he just likes the attention and people telling him he's right/funny/cool. Which makes it even more terrifying, because the last six years have taught me people will fall for that shit.
 
Bull Shannon said:
Considering the silence that comes when he's asked to do anything to help anyone with his already-considerable wealth (which goes in hand with political power), I doubt he's coming out as transphobic and "pro free speech" to evince any positive change. And if he were merely doing this to eventually pull a gotcha moment to suddenly turn and say "and see how easy it is to radicalize people in the internet age?", I'd be surprised; though he's tricked a lot of people into thinking he's a "thinking guy," he's not exactly keen on actually spreading knowledge.

I think he just likes the attention and people telling him he's right/funny/cool. Which makes it even more terrifying, because the last six years have taught me people will fall for that shit.
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Fur sure. Dude is high on his own supply.
 
Max Sterling said:
On Elon Musk:

I wanna preface this by saying I know what I'm about to joke about is not true, and he's just a rich entitled tool that has no business (metaphorically) sticking his nose into politics.

But a friend and I were talking about Musk and his downward spiral into right wing BS and how it feels like he's setting himself up to get into politics. Like he's putting out feelers and building a base in order to take some of that political power for himself, not just stir the pot, but to actually get into the pot. And then we wondered, what if he's playing 3D chess? What if he's building this proven militantly loyal, rabid fan base in order to infiltrate the system, put himself in a position where he can make change and then flip the script on these yahoos?

Not what's happening, but man, that would be neat.
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Here's the deal with Narcissists, they are really bad at long term planning.

The problem with Elon, or anyone with celebrity and a lot of money is that they will never fundamentally change any aspect of this current system because they profit on the system being exactly what it is right now.
 
Dtknuckles said:
Why are religious school getting tax dollars anyway?
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All part of the conservative plan to dismantle the Department of Education and the public schooling system.

Continue to starve public schools of tax dollars, while giving that money to religious private schools, many of which are not required to follow state teaching guidelines or standards.
 
DrainedPatience said:
I wish. Meanwhile we're backsliding into theocratic authoritarianism. 🫤

Where is that alternate Earth timeline when you need it?
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It’s really quite something watching you backslide whilst living in a country that’s spent the last 15-20 years emerging from an effective theocracy and seeing how much more joy there is in an open, plural society.
 
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