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Mandating an ID to vote is just a poll tax with extra steps. Set up a toll-free number that will help people with every step of getting an ID that cost them nothing, then it stops being a poll tax.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

The goal isn't capitalism for the sake of capitalist, it's capitalism for the sake of consumers.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

DEI, the competition for last place. Dumb, rich white guys competing against impoverished minorities for last place is appearantly the most important issue in America

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Trump has threatened two of our three closest neighbors. The only one he hasn't threatened, Russia.

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

@asocialaggie.bsky.social Just wondering if you get this message

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

An entertaining discussion on AGI.

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

Our big brains make us capable of being so much more than the primates we evolved from. At the same time, our brains make us capable of being so much less.

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

Every now and then, I buy a lottery ticket, not because I think I'll win, I understand odds. Whatever I end up daydreaming about, this is what I work towards trying to do but without millions of dollars. It's surprising how many of the things I day dream about are attainable.

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

Trump is complaining that China has too much influence in Central America. His response is to threaten to steal their property, which will give China even more influence in th America's. When given a choice between doing business and someone stealing from you, it's not a tough choice.

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

Here is what's wrong with the United States. Poor people buy into capitalism thinking we get ahead through competition. While wealthy people cooperate to keep their workers poor. Worst, the wealthy use the government, benefiting from socialism, while convincing their workers socialism is evil.

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

In the past, when you had a high school graduate, you had a worker who could do basic math, read, and write. Then we made it a goal for everyone graduates, regardless of their ability to do math or read and write. Now, a high school diploma doesn't mean anything for hiring someone.

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

Everything is interconnected and interdependent, yet our minds experience isolation. Our ego’s, our sense of self creates this isolation. Buddhism teaches a Path to remove the self and live in the interconnected, interdependent world. All is one.

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

If we want affordable housing, we could place a progressive tax on square footage of housing versus occupancy. The more square footage per person, the higher the property tax. This would motivate building smaller houses and apartments/condos. This would need code changes as well. It will take time.

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

A person who is overweight has a small flaw that is very visible. The person who insults someone for their weight has a very large flaw that isn’t visible.

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments