You can see the same hypocrisy in their energy and environmental policies. “Drill baby drill, put no regulations on dumping or manufacturing. But fluoride of all things is the unhealthy devil” or “fuck your EV tax credits or ICE phaseouts, but if you dont go buy a Tesla then youre not a real American”

Its absolute lunacy. Take the things everyone knows are bad and say we need that. Take things everyone knows are/would be good and say its a core problem in society

Farbeit from me to overwrite what anyone says about their sexuality, but as a bi guy Ive seen probably 20 gay guys exactly like JD Vance and 0 straight guys anything like him lol

Its a double edged sword though. In an ideal world, corporations would be less likely to discriminate in renting out property in the first place. But we also are left with a soulless and faceless corporate landlord, one that can also be racist, that sees renters solely as a profit opportunity.

We could go back to only people owning live-able properties, but then we would be putting control over the housing stock in the hands of individuals. And individuals are more likely to be biased than an entire entity, plus more difficult to hold responsible. As well as more difficult to correct issues with, because then everything would be so diffuse.

Idk my gut instinct is that people owning property and personally renting it to other people is better than corpo landlords because of the human element. But the human element is just as likely to go wrong as the corporation, I just idealize people. If anything, the real benefit of that system would be functional limitations it places on wealth accumulation that can occur via property

That is hardly a sensical argument theyre making, outside of the general mantra of “so California goes, so goes the nation”. Their market share may dictate quite a bit, but even then in a hypothetical scenario where only they do this, then the ICE vehicle market would cover the other 87% of the population in the country. And if California isnt the only state to do it, then thats the choice of those other states just like California. If a state can decide if abortion is legal or not or weed (federally illegal mind you) is legal or not, then they certainly can regulate mf car powertrains

It seems like the American car companies know full well they already lost their good opportunity to make quality affordable electric vehicles. We may not have allowed the foreign competition in yet, but the idea of Americans having access to a decent quality car for $20k must have them freaking out. American car companies cant make half as good a car at a $20k price point just because of our labor costs alone (although there is that startup making trucks in Indiana, though they are pretty basic in comparison to a BYD).

Even though this ban in California is 10 years out, they already know they have no solution to find here

“I dont know how I missed it!” says man who never looked in the first place

Andy Weir could use that book title, considering hes still alive and writing books lmao

This is Weir, of The Martian fame, who writes well-researched realistic sci-fi. His book Artemis has been less well received, but its fantastic as well and written in the same style

e: idk how I forgot. He also wrote the famous short story The Egg, which is the basis for (and performed as an audio skit) on Logic’s Everybody

After some students complained to the school about Negy’s tweets, UCF responded by soliciting further complaints about him. That led to the opening of an investigation into Negy’s classroom speech as well. Seven months later, what began as an investigation of tweets led to 300 interviews; which led to a (get ready for this) 244-page report. As I wrote at the time, the report made absolute hash of academic freedom with what struck me as nonsensical lines drawn between speech it believed to be protected and unprotected:

According to the UCF investigation, it is protected speech to say that girl scouts preserve their virginity (p. 25), but not that women are attracted to men with money (p. 26). It is protected speech to say that Jesus was schizophrenic (p. 36), but unprotected to say that Jesus did not come into the world to die for everyone’s sins (p. 36). It’s protected to say that Islam is cruel and not a religion of peace (p. 107) but not that it is a toxic mythology (p. 35).

This shit is so ridiculous. As someone who is ardently progressive, this is literally the reason why progressives fail to succeed in a nutshell. So much wasted time on people like this guy, who should be allowed to make his point, be derided by those who disagree, and everyone can move on.

But instead, no. We need 300 interviews and a 244 page report where a bunch of morons who make 6 figures a year in public/tuition money try to draw the line of what is an acceptable vs unacceptable opinion to have about random topics. And somehow, after 244 pages of writing that nonsense, no one stopped to think “hey, maybe were in the wrong here and this makes absolutely zero fucking sense whatsoever”

Winning political power to effect change isnt going to come from tossing out the 1st amendment and trying to criticize every opinion anyone ever has about anything. People should have the right to be wrong and change their minds. No one is born cognizant of how to not socially offend the sensibilities of everyone from the jump.

If progressives want to build the future they want for this country, they need to change hearts and minds. Meet disagreement on opinions with as much sensitivity as you demand out of everybody else not to offend you. Then maybe we can actually get somewhere. Ive never had a problem getting people to stop acting racist, misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic, etc just by not responding positively to that bullshit, and telling them facts about reality. Its not hard to change peoples views if you dont start by telling them they are a terrible person who should either adopt your view or parish

The fifth element future was pretty bleak was it not? Or am I not remembering the movie correctly? It seemed like a pretty authoritarian universe to me

I imagine someone pitched spider man shooting red and blue webs in the early 2000s, was shot down for that being unrealistic, and now feels super vindicated

Lil guy’s got panache comin out the wazoo, literally

Laissez-faire economic policy is far more tied in with neoliberalism than classical liberalism, as is the conservative bent. American Libertarianism is effectively the farthest extreme to which you can take neoliberalism. Classical liberalism doesnt have a modern equivalent really in the US at this point.

It is interesting to me that many other countries dont utilize a perspective of neoliberalism in making these distinctions, considering neoliberalism is hardly an American-specific thing. Although America has taken it to the furthest extreme, in terms of having no social safety nets for people and whatnot. “If you fail its your own fault entirely, and has nothing to do with society at all” is very much a neoliberal tenet. Classical liberalism is far more balanced than that

It seems like many of these “liberal” conservative parties in other countries are just neoliberals in sheep’s clothing

“Things have gotten so bad over the last 4 years” is just a dog whistle for “theres too many brown people on my tv and no one says f*** are weird anymore”

So at least theyre still somewhat restrained

What scares me more isnt the men who think women are lesser. What scares me are the women who think women are lesser, and want men who think that too

Couldnt even spell her own name right smh

How could it be my fault my kid got hit by a car? The government built the street in front of my house!

Some absolute bullshit for people to put rural maga nonsense on the suffering people of one of the most liberal cities in the US. Shits fucked up honestly. People in St Louis are derided by the maga nutjobs that run our state, and then by outside assholes too ignorant to know anything about our city in the first place. St Louis ISNT going to get FEMA assistance because its liberal. If it was Joplin again or some shit theyd have been there on Friday

When disaster comes for you, dont look at us to help…

Allegra Exlax Colace. Hardcore name or pharmacy run list?

People from New Hampshire when they go anywhere else

The J-1 visa, on the other hand, strictly prohibits using visa-holders to fill a labor need or engage in work that a U.S. worker could be hired for. In theory, these visas are supposed to provide educational work and study opportunities, and are often awarded to visiting professors and scholars.

Ive yet to ever hear of any J1 visa used that way at all. Theyre almost exclusively used to fill labor needs, especially in hospitality and service

If any other politician told businesses they couldnt raise prices, they would call it socialism