ynthrepic

New Zealand? It's called the "Citizen's Advice Bureau" but it's free for anyone. Doesn't go as far as full representation, but it's something.

Also our conservative government tried to defund it. Fuckers.

I agree with you, but her "exploitation" is basically using the tools capitalism handed her. The worst that could be said for her is that she might be aware of her privilege and not doing anything to give that up. But here's the thing - what rational actor within capitalism who amasses any power would just give it all up? Benevolent intentions only get you so far, and principle rarely gets anyone anywhere in this world.

Edit: Unless it's all bullshit, she's probably done more good with her wealth than any other billionaire I know. Which might not be saying much, but says a lot for her candidacy as "not a complete piece of shit". Something few ultra wealthy can claim.

We know poor people can't get elected as well.

How so? Trump's supporters figured out how people think. No amount of righteous rationalism or appeals to people's better nature wins elections. Populism is what wins. I mean obviously right?

Yeah. Not because she's qualified for the job, but because I think she could win it for the left. That is all.

I think there is some reason to believe she actually gives a shit.

Nah, women can. The Democrats just keep picking bad candidates. That's all.

AOC is great, but probably still a bad candidate.

I would go with Taylor Swift. It's about charisma and following, and at least some proven progressive credentials. She fits the counter-counter culture narrative perfectly.

What do you understand about the economic system? For example, how the money supply is created, and the ramifications of "interest" and "inflation". What you'll find if you do, is that the system is fundamentally broken if your goal is sustainability on this planet for any serious length of time.

Most of the current world order couldn't care less, clearly or we'd have done things about climate change that weren't just technical advancements buying us time if making any difference whatsoever.

Real austerity for the wealthy could pay for solving most of the world's issues, several times over. And we have the resources to do it globally. It shouldn't be a matter of "cost".

But it'll probably never happen, unfortunately.

This is how they spurn a recovery and Trump and Co all make huge bank. No way they didn't sell off ahead of the announcement they all knew was coming.

Or do we somehow know they didn't do this?

We're not disagreeing then. I'm just saying some date lines aren't in the right place in general, but what really matters most? What are our priorities? I don't think most light and most dark is better, even if it were possible to get every time zone just right.

I feel like having a life, and kids being able to play for longer after school without it being dark throughout the summer is pretty awesome.

It's that or have school and work finish earlier. I'm all for that, lol.

Time of day is a human invention. We can assign the date lines wherever we like.

Like Japan was nuts. Dark at 3pm in winter. Light at 3am in summer. They'd benefit by shifting that shit two hours forward for sure.