Plebcouncilman

I know people are morons and I’m a contrarian so I will almost always assume the least popular thing is better, but less convenient somehow

The founders sold it, it’s not like they were put a gun to their heads to sell.

I mean. Why exactly does this website need so many employees? You could probably run the website with less than a 100

It applies to ideologies in general I guess is my point.

I don’t agree with MAGA on almost anything but it was not an anecdotal observation since I’m not really on board with the online progressive agenda either (which is disjointed and nonsensical). It was an observation of how left communities tend to ban almost immediately after some dissent is expressed right leaning communities allow dissent. Not universal though, there are communities like r/conservative (which I’m not even sure has real people anymore) who will ban if you even dare to contradict even blatantly wrong things.

It this is all based on observation, I go to both red and left communities to see how the conversation revolves around issues.

I agree with the eleven demands except with the final one. I’m sorry but the more people are involved in decision making the worse a company runs. That’s also true of governments but in governments that’s kind of a feature not a bug.

I actually end up agreeing with most of this although I know we might disagree when discussing the particulars of the more subjective things in the list. The one thing I fully disagree with is rising the minimum wage. It really doesn’t make a difference in the end unless youre basically price controlling everything else (which is also not good), and it hurts small businesses the most. I think there are better solutions like pegging it to inflation and regional cost of living.

I’m also very suspicious of UBS and UBI type of arrangements. Contrary to popular belief some of these are not socialist policies but rather neoliberal policies. Not in all cases, like healthcare and education are good examples of stuff that should be funded publicly. But childcare for example is very iffy to me, I’d rather have the government pay a salary to one of the parents (or even both?) until the kids are of school age than have government funded child care so that the parents can spend all day working. Seems like enabling the worst parts of capitalism.

I don’t think that’s a problem per se. From what I know about people who voted for Trump most of them are well aware of that, the thing is you only have two choices in a bipartisan system, so you have to choose the one that better aligns with your view. For many people it was Trump for reasons that go beyond “oh they’re racists or ignorant or fascists”.

I respect and always will respect people who are ideologically consistent, even and especially when they are personally harmed by their position. Far too many people base their politics on nothing more than convenience or tribalism rather than true conviction, and I find that disgusting.

I also hope she gets deported because she deserves it. I also hope she stays consistent then (probably won’t).

Haven’t read it. I know about it obviously but never gotten around to it. I’ll probably read it soon though, I’ve been putting it off too long.

I didn’t only mean it in the context of party politics, I also meant it in the right-left spectrum as it is generally understood and how it manifests in discourse, but especially in online discourse. I find that the online left is as punishing of any disagreement with the agenda as MAGA is, if not even more.

What I applaud of these cases is that at least they are ideologically consistent. I admire that a lot more than people who simply take a stance based on what’s convenient to them.

The problem with this quote, and things like Ur-fascism is they apply to both sides if you look at the full picture, especially the further away from the center you get. And when I say center I do not mean neoliberals/cons, I mean social democrats/liberals.

The Switch 2 seems doomed to fail. “Fastest selling console yet” isn’t much to say when your loyal base is huge. But as in most things the Pareto principle applies to sales, and most sales of any product comes from casual buyers. I don’t see casual buyers putting up with this. Parents might just buy mobile games for their kids, and teenagers and adults might as well just buy a PC handheld.