136 karma · joined December 13, 2021
Why would we want the youngest, least experienced, most ideological, and frequently petulant to elect leaders?
More youth voters won't fix a thing. It will, in fact, make things a lot worse.
Looking at today's calendar, someone should tell the four horses of the climate apocalypse that they are 50 years late.
Does NASCAR bestow awards based on how much fuel you used?
Does Wimbledon award prize money for how fast you smack a tennis ball?
Using an irrelevant metric to claim a make-believe victory is simply childish and emotional.
Presidential candidates win elections based on the electoral college votes, themselves decided by the popular vote outcome in each state. In 2016, Trump won more states, thusly more EC votes. Therefore he became president and Hillary was sent back to the over-priced lecture circuit.
Any other metric you use to decide who won is simply self-delusion.
You want $100/hour to pack and move boxes? Start a moving company.
Healthcare isn't a right. It is a luxury. Self defense, free speech, freedom of movement and association; those are human rights. Healthcare is only expensive because of the multiple layers of government and private corruption, litigation, and pie-halving. At the same time, Healthcare can save your life; what is your life truly worth? A $10 co-pay?
If we had a good education, then people wouldn't be whining about $18/hour.
Safety? Such as being insulated from ideas & opinions you don't like, or having zero risk for electrocution in electrical contracting?
This isn't the 19th century anymore. Unions had served a good purpose, but in no way do they serve the interests of everybody, especially in modern society given labor laws. My experience in several unions only demonstrated how corrupt, inept, and self-serving they are.
Only if you subscribe to the group think.
The truth is that reddit is one of the largest collection of bigots on planet earth.
This isn't true. You either get in line or your community is banned.