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Enough Musk Spam

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[–] [email protected] 89 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

"I’ll never forget, I turned to Mr. Brown, one of the Browns made this crack (that Unarco managers were a bunch of fools for notifying employees who had asbestosis), and I said, ‘Mr. Brown, do you mean to tell me you would let them work until they dropped dead?’ He said, ‘Yes. We save a lot of money that way.’"

From an article quoting Lewis H Brown, corporate owner of an Asbestos Company, and ALSO the Founder of The American Enterprise Institute, a Conservative 'Think Tank' which pushed anti-trans rhetoric to help get Trump elected.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

"Think" is doing some very heavy lifting there.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Someone needs to Luigi this dumb fuck already

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

But think about all the money they saved in order to fork it out to shareholders?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I can't believe the country of guns and freedom is letting those guys at their government.

If you don't want to fight, you should really gtfo.

This is the type of shit I used to read in books at school.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The guns were pointed at gays, minorities, liberals, and communists in order to free themselves from the tyranny of other people daring to exist in their presence.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

And kids I'm school. Don't forget the kids.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

I really don't get it' where this myth of freedom and democracy originated. Especially that life shows us real USA face all the time now.

The only freedom there was, was for billionaires to treat people like slaves.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Dude is angry because he has to get Romulus to pump his limp dick up

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This comment makes me think I probably don’t get the symbolism behind Romulus and Remus; I know Romulus killed Remus during a dispute on where to settle Rome? Was it? And they both were raised by a wolf? But uhhh, symbolism eludes me; what’s the joke with your comment? Me big dum-dum and need things spoon-fed to me.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

He has a child named Romulus. His 14th known child (likely more due to his penchant for secrecy).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh thanks. I was overthinking it/didn’t know his kid’s names.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Heres me thinking Romulus was some kind of viagra competitor.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

Do it already. Miss one Social Security payment and see the boomers go absolutely bonkers.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

In The Wealth of Nations, the general gist is that it is the labor of the people that creates the wealth of the State.

So this gets interpreted by the oligarchs as: Humans only have value if they are able to provide labor we can exploit. Once they can no longer provide labor, they have no value.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe we should send him to this CECOT

mound in el salvador

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If they are killing people, they are not doing it in broad daylight for all the satellites to pick up. This is a fucking idiotic thing that people keep bringing up.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

I very much doubt they care at this point. No one is trying to stop them. They could do it in broad daylight for every satellite to pick up, claim it is "construction work" and way too many would eat it up and run with it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Department of Government Efficiency is about commodifying the domestic proletariat, you say?!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

So, Logan's Run X 1984.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Let the blade fall.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

To be fair we do live too long. Rotting in our failing bodies while we lose who we are is a fate worse than death. All to keep Republicans in power and scammers rich.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

No he's right. They want you living longer so you can work longer and consume longer.

Number only goes bigger if you have more workers and consumers. Once either of those things stops being true you can't have "infinite growth".

There's no way they want you living a shorter life. Not to mention all the money in old people care. It's a massive industry.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (4 children)

i’ve been giving this one a lot of thought myself lately as I age (50). i have to believe that suicide was a pretty common occurrence as people got older before religion came along. i know that if i were in a hunter/gatherer tribe, I would not want to weigh people down to care for me, putting themselves at greater risk.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You and others who hold this idea fail to understand a certain facet of society: there are those around you who want you around, and are willing to care for you, even with your infirmities.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think you'd be surprised how many of us truly have no one. I'm lucky but I have known others who never were.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

I understand it all too well. I'm taking about professionals.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That doesn’t make up for the fact that I would not want to place that burden on anyone, regardless of how much they want it. My family suffers from a history of dementia, something that I do not want to experience myself.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They might have to hunt for you, but you could share your decades of experience and advice. You could remember how the group pulled through a drought, what herbs have medicinal properties, where the best foraging is at certain times of the year. Just passing down folk lore and oral tradition is an important role.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yes, but if i am experiencing great suffering, it is selfish for others to hold on to me. If I was able to make it that far, so will they.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This country has more than enough money to take care of the elderly, the disabled, the veterans, the poor.

The problem is the fucking billionaires and their insatiable greed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Chill out dude, I’m talking about out my own self. Not, justifying euthanasia. Edit: Also, I agree with every one of those points, for those that want to stick around for the long haul.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Living too long is NOT the same as not having adequate care in old age.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

OK. So if you're one of the VERY few lucky people to have amazing healthcare then sure... Live forever. Most of us don't so what do we do?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Some countries actually care about their people and provide free, government funded healthcare. You could vote and write to your politicians in ways that support implementing that into your area.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I do vote, but this is America. I have no real power.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Not with that bitch ass attitude.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

And of course Rogan will endlessly glaze him

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

He could do something against the average lifespan and off himself.

Seriously what the hell is this timeline.

[–] radiohead37 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I dislike Elon as much as the next guy but this post is distorting what he said. Social security depends on population growth to remain solvent. If people are living longer than projected and there are fewer working people, then you have a balance issue. I wish it was implemented as a 401k and each person gets back what they put in, but it is too late now. I’m all for increasing collection on social security and removing caps to make it solvent.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Or, we could uncap social security taxes.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

People were already not going to be able to ever retire since at least 40 years ago.

Oh wait, I guess people is just realizing it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Is this intended to be surprising? He's not saying anything that people haven't been saying for decades. Nor has this been any kind of a secret.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
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