spacenip.bsky.social
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Governments are at best a non-profit. But they really aren't even that. They look out for all the goings on in a country and serve the population of that country and provide the support to make their lives as good as possible. At least that's what they are supposed to do.
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He has one move. It's not "let's make it easier to make movies in the US." It's "let's punish people".
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There is no way we can become a manufacturing economy in 2-3 years. Manufacturering these days is automated. You have to first build the factories to make the robots then you can build the factories to make the goods. A factory takes 3-5 years to build. China has 20 years on us.
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Also....maybe if there wasn't such a huge wealth disparity, there wouldn't be petty crime on subways.....because in other places, there really isn't, and income inequality is literally the cause of most crime.
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Do they know that mass transit in other countries is one of the best ways to get around? Can you imagine negotiating Tokyo without their rail system?
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You know they won't. But yes. And Vance. And every single MAGA acolyte
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You mean Obama did that all on his own, or a Republican Congress passed a bill that he couldn't veto that had that effect while he was president?
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But she's wrong.
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And the last lines prove it. Because he says "never had to...I better knock on wood". So he is coming to a decision to buy into the superstition. But that's at the end of the song, so at that point, he hasn't knocked on wood yet.
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And she's wrong.
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It's not about knocking on wood at all. It's about not having to deal with tragedy
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Well, it's not abilities knocking on wood. It's about not having to deal with a personal tragedy.
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But they were.
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The "I've" also makes it clear.
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No. It's one sentence. Never had to knock on wood. Meaning he's never done that, and never wants to have to. If it was two sentences, you might have a point, but it's not. And the next line doesn't really make sense your way either.
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The next line means he's known someone who had to knock on wood. Your interpretation means you have to call back the verses for it to make sense.
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Look at the lyrics. It's one sentence. "Never had to knock on wood". Meaning he's never been so close to a tragedy that he had to engage in a superstition to boost his luck. So he's never had to, and he doesn't want to be in that position.
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He would need a contistutional amendment to do so constitutionally
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You've got the first part right. But then he says NEVER had to knock on wood. So that's he never did before, and he's glad he's hasn't yet, which means he is not knocking on wood currently.
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No, he's never had to knock on wood. And he's glad he hasn't yet, because he's sure it isn't good. That's the impression that he gets.
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People are starting to be advised to leave.
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So....democrats were shooting black children at school? That's a weird way to put it. But yeah, they didn't reform gun control. That is true, and that is the sort of thing I'm talking about.
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Because he knew that leadership changes and the public was not with Netanyahu. So he was looking at maintaining the alliance going forward. It's not so simple. Biden is not responsible for the genocide. He did not make that policy for Israel. He put no troops on the ground.
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That's not being honest. Netanyahu started the genocide. Biden acted in the way politicians generally do with allies. He publicly supported Israel while also trying to work within the diplomatic system to limit the damage they could do. He couldn't throw the alliance away based on one leader.
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Like....there aren't even that many lyrics in that song to misunderstand. It's all chorus about being lucky where others weren't.
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$11 a dozen. Man, I guess getting those chickens is going to pay off after all.
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This summarizes the problem with democrats since the Clinton Administration. The republicans do crazy, bad things, and then the Dems take over, but they never undo the crazy bad things. So when the GOP takes over again, they just make it worse.
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Yeah, it's like they made all that up!
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They will get out of it by the justice department refusing to prosecute. And that's why it needs to be independent by law/
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Just looking at the guy, you have to ask, "why WOULDN'T he be on Grinder?"
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Several every day I'm sure. The first term was the same way. Nobody seems to remember this is exactly what having this guy in power is like, it's just now there is nobody to stop it.
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Not surprising. The whole ethos of this crew is "the rules don't apply to us".
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Exactly. Even if they were right, putting a scum level journalist on the group chat where you discuss war plans isn't a flex.
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No, it's people with an interest in the structures of power defending those structures of power.
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What isn't moral is the exploitation of labor by CEOs and billionaire investors who create nothing of value on their own but siphon the work product of others while paying them as little as possible. There is no reason to be unhoused in this country, but direct your anger at the actual problem.
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Being rich isn't a or necessarily immoral when it's your own work. Exploiting people to become rich is. I begrudge Stephen King nothing because he's America's most popular author. He wrote those books and people bought them. He didn't exploit anyone to do it. He owns his labor.
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He has a charitable foundation that supports libraries
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www.stkfoundation.org
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Why don't we make robots that are tools to help humans do things that humans do, especially with other humans. I feel like these companies are investing in isolation.
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I hope not. They creep me out.
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I agree. Funny thing, I had the thought about 25 years ago that if I had 10,000,000 and put it in a savings account (those payed about 3% interest at the time) I would have $300,000 a year and if I couldn't live on that, the problem was me. That is worth a lot less now...but still true.
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Also, Stephen King doesn't need more money. He doesn't write books to get money anymore. He writes books because he has ideas and stories to tell. Musk doesn't need more money either. But he spends all his effort trying to get more regardless of the damage it causes. Huge difference.
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The problem isn't that people get rich, especially when the person in question is rich based on sales of his creative work that he made himself. Elon Musk is nearly 1000x richer than Stephen King, and didn't do anything other than invest in other people's work, and take the profits.
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This is accurate. He is a tech bro version of Trump. His main talent is convincing other people that he's a genius. However, unlike Trump, he bought into companies on the way up instead of just managing the family business and launching failures and laundering money.
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And the funny thing is, by most scales, even the democrats are right of center for the most part except people like AOC or Bernie Sanders. Those are centrists on a global scale. There is no "leftist" movement of any power or influence in the US.
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Right, but those were the bad guys. Not the heroes. Do you see the distinction? I'll make it clearer:
The Empire: bad guys
Jafar: Bad guy
The Nazis: bad guys
The Robots in the Matrix: bad guys.
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Just because people don't like Nazis doesn't mean they are leftists. "Doesn't like Nazis" used to be the default position for everyone.
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And they don't care. And they no longer need voters. Well, after April 1st they no longer need voters.