Galatians4_16

Return to Constantin Opel. The German car guy.

>These people lie with harmful intent and giving them forever infinite benefit of the doubt is wrong. >stop excusing them and stop helping them.

I 100% agree, though I wish this doubt and non-excuse would be applied unilaterally over all political parties, bureaucracies, and NGO. Trusting someone merely because what they said makes butterflies bubble in our spleen, or worse; Trusting them because of the letter in parentheses appended to their name (R/D), is what got us to this point.

Actions count, and in the case of politics, that means what the laws DO -the actual application and implementation, which is usually entirely glossed over by most voters, and just blamed on the other guy.

Don't listen to politicians; They are paid to lie. Listen to your fellow citizens, who are like you forced to deal with this mess, and are pitted against each other by liars and thieves.

How do you choose to defend yourself? What attack(s) do you percieve? What is your response to percieved attack?

The rest I pretty much agree with.

>Can we please stop pretending that some kind of nice rational discussion can be a solution to anything here?

So what alternative means do you propose? Details, times, and locations would be appreciated.

True. Innovation is also imaginary and made of thin air, until it is put into practice.

Try ending sarcasm with /s

You will find the brown party again once you go far enough left.

They should be.

For a while there, funding in US was as simple as putting the right keywords into your proposal, and sending it to the right treasury office, getting it practically auto-approved. I hope they will align closer to the sensible European practices in the future.

Add to that how amazon boxes stand out, and are easily targeted by porch thieves.

So covering every screen with cookie banners is a form of malicious compliance?

Exactly. Didn't you see how green and sickly these things made poor Mr. Rogan?

Antibodies are just one re-definition away from becoming vaccines, lol

US has quite a few hot springs, especially in southwestern states.

Feed it to chickens and hogs!

Giant flywheels exist, in some systems, which can easily start or restart backup diesel generators on the fly, though probably not for whole grids.

A bit of decentralization goes a long way.

I spent many summers playing Ultima Underworld 1&2. Only got to try U7 one weekend.

Ever heard of the Casimir Effect?

>This is unenforcable even in the presence of good will. (If a company goes bankrupt, they might simply not have the resources

Easy. Lock it with a key that functions like a deadman switch and releases into the Library of Congress

> lol these are my tax dollars!

No, those dollars have been extorted from you fair and square. You have no control over who gets the spoils.

You can like Rand without being a nut.

There's an easy fix a couple taps away.

Freeze Peach says I can be a bot if I want to.

Could be for market research. Whichever is the most popular, gets remade or whatever.

DEI: Diversity Equity Inclusion

Diversity of race (encouraging racism), equity of income (encouraging envy), inclusion of "the marginalized" (discouraging free association)

Except, as a government program, this turns from mere encouragement to forcing the issues, under threat of fines, imprisonment, and ultimately death.

In the words of famous actor Morgan Freeman; "If you want to end racism, stop talking about it." (1)

1) https://atlantablackstar.com/2024/06/16/morgan-freeman-doubl...

Farm subsidies enable international shipping to the extent of putting foreign farmers out of work. (1)

This also works in reverse, (2) artificially destroying the pricing mechanism, and externalizing costs to the taxpayer.

1) https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/artic...

2) https://www.farmpolicyfacts.org/the-bitter-impact-of-foreign...

If Wickard vs. Filburn (4) and similar laws/decisions were to be repealed, incentives could stack up and growing your own food to save money, and sell intrastate, may become popular again.

4) https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/317/111

I think the original purpose of g̶o̶v̶e̶r̶n̶m̶e̶n̶t̶ *parliament was to discuss problems thoroughly (3) before deciding what to do.

Sadly this process is subverted by party tribalism and bills written in advance by lobbyists.

3) https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/uHYYA32CKgKT3FagE/hold-off-o...

(edited, happy?)

Enabling people to make individual decisions, ensures the soundest decisions to be made in aggregate. (1) This is not unlike the spontaneous order occuring in all natural systems.

This process can be subverted, but only to great detriment of the whole.

1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNQ3GccCAI0

A lot of times these 89% are not legally allowed to sell their products, as USDA and FDA require them to outsiurce processing. In the few cases where farmers just do it anyways, the long arm of the law strikes with extreme prejudice, e.g. see Amish farmers selling unpasteurized yoghurt and cheese –products which derive their value by being spoiled through probiotic micro organisms.

Loosen up regulations, but allow everyone to be accountable again, and common law will sort it out.