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@Vermillion-Rx I swear we had this at WAATGM at least once before...
Anyway, how about you post it there this weekend, flaired "cock carousel rider"?
Indeed man, but that's what you've been doing and failing to see. You've got a major blind spot there.
But I'm not to die on this hill, so I'll... Let It Be.
Oh, no you don't.
You don't get to make an accusation like that without providing some proof.
So go on, show me some examples of when I've moralized over a pragmatic issue.
I don't think you're going to find any.
However, if you do, and this truly is a blind spot of mine, maybe I can improve that With A Little Help From My Friends.
Those billionaires you mention who argued for systemic change conveniently wanted systemic change that wouldn't materially impact them but would impact those trying to get to their level.
Exactly that.
1) they're picking up the ladder behind them. Fuck that.
2) under our current income tax system, only income and a few other things are taxed. It's easy enough for the truly wealthy to hire accountants and attorneys to help them dodge taxes and take advantage of loopholes, while those of us who work for a living just keep getting more and more of our earnings raped from us.
my solution:
The FairTax, as proposed years ago (closer to decades ago now) by Congressman John Linder of Georgia and a Democrat from Minnesota whose name escapes me. It was a bipartisan proposal to scrap all the federal taxes we currently have (and get rid of the IRS!), and replace them with a national retail sales tax.
Instead of taxing production, we would tax consumption.
And not everyone has income, which means those who don't (or just don't report it), also don't pay income tax.
But everyone buys retail! From the wealthy trust fund babies who have never worked a job, to drug dealers who have never reported or paid a dime, to tourists just here temporarily.
Read MoreThe United States is NOT stolen land.
Agreed, because there's no such thing.
At least not in the same way Israel was stolen.
No it wasn't, for the same reason no one else was.
@Typo-MAGAshiv The whole "stolen land" trope always seemed to me as a cynical way to play on white women's guilt. It falls apart when looked at rationally because, as you point out, all land was "stolen."
@adam-l Those billionaires you mention who argued for systemic change conveniently wanted systemic change that wouldn't materially impact them but would impact those trying to get to their level. So yes, they were hypocrites. Headlines and mainstream news on such topics are never accurate, and are usually puff pieces planted by PR people.
