Huntn00 @Huntn00@talkedabout.social
#PoliticalModerate #Independent, #SocialLiberal, #Agnostic, #Unions, #Veteran, retired airline pilot. Supports level playing fields, equal opportunity, and democracy, not how to twist it to my advantage; capitalism/corporation critic, 🚫Today’s GOP, 🚫MAGA. Human species pessimist, pondering the Great Filter and do we have the Right Stuff? 🇺🇸 Citizen residing in a blue enclave of Texas.
Joined May 2023
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#fourthofjulyweekend
"We hold these truths to be self-evident
that all men & women are created equal"
-Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)
It's that simple:
America stands for equality, liberty, & justice for ALL of US
We stand as one & PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE to these truths
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everyone knows that the kohl’s lot is for drugs and dq is for hand jobs ffs
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NEW: A mass shooting at a Baltimore block party early Sunday morning left two dead and at least 28 injured, city officials said. https://t.co/zOFTnB6Gfs
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A new day, a new chance to succeed.
Something I noticed this year:
I've almost eradicated "need to do" from my lexicon. Now I have a list of things I "want to do" every day.
Even the chores that used to drag on have become new moments to be in.
Can I do it better? Is this the right thing? Are there alternative ways to do this?
The repeated tasks become challenges revisited, a journey toward mastery of simple things.
I hope you get to do at least a few of the things you want to do #today
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“The Court of Foolishness”by Gerard de Lairesse.
The accused, pursued by Hatred, is led by Calumny, Envy and Perfidy before a judge with donkey ears, surrounded by Ignorance and Suspicion.
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Republicans scream to the rafters about how they love America.
But goddamn, do they ever hate Americans.
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Trickle Down economics is BS
Trickle Down Kompromat is not
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Russia is getting desperate, conscripting pensioners now.
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Two new holes dug in the lawn. These plants were transplanted from a seldom visited side yard. Making the lawn dissappear one hole at a time
See previous post for more pics
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@shuro @Radical_EgoCom @Huntn00
I implicitly assumed that the "important" part of exploitation would not be natural resources, but humans/human labor.
I agree that someone could become a stronger opponent if you, for example, take nutrition and materials for weapons and armor into account. This would be only based on resources.
My argument for your example would be either "Who cares for the US?" or "If you really wanted to eliminate a single person, why not just pay for it?"
In the second case, I am not talking about having more money/resources than Bezos, but just enough money/resources to pay a motivated person somewhere in his vincinity to throw him off a cliff.
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@wakame @Radical_EgoCom @Huntn00 > I would imagine this to happen all the time
Because exploitation by definition means gaining vastly more resources and it is kind of hard to topple much stronger opponent?
Also these structures are complicated and diverse. It is not like there's just some lone tower with an usurper sitting in it.
E.g. if some people somewhere in the world are unhappy with Bezos then to topple him they'd have to take on the entire US.
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@Huntn00 @Radical_EgoCom @shuro
True. But then again: If humans are inherently exploitative, why not create a group of your own and topple the current group?
I would imagine this to happen all the time if that precondition holds.
The dominating group/class needs military or police to keep the masses at bay?
Now we have an armed group of inherently exploitative people with no natural enemies...
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@Huntn00 @Radical_EgoCom @shuro
Even if humans were inherently exploitative... it would be in every persons self interest to build a system that minimizes exploitation.
Bad news: You forgo the 0.001% chance of being the exploiter.
Good news: There is also no 99.999% chance you are the exploited.
Yesterday heard an outstanding report on NPR about #QueerEcology, the study of nature to understand sexual reproduction across life forms, as a result recognizing a binary choice of sexual reproduction should not be regarded as the norm. Unfortunately I can’t find a link but did locate this:
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/what-is-queer-ecology
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Happy Canada Day!!🇨🇦
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New details have emerged from the orange chump's attempt to get Arizona to overturn the will of the people in 2020.
It's unknown if Jack Smith has interviewed the ex-governor. Last month, Ducey announced that he is leading a free-enterprise focused political action committee, Citizens for Free Enterprise. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/07/01/trump-2020-election-arizona-governor-doug-ducey/
#PoliticalModerate #Independent, #SocialLiberal, #Agnostic, #Unions, #Veteran, retired airline pilot. Supports level playing fields, equal opportunity, and democracy, not how to twist it to my advantage; capitalism/corporation critic, 🚫Today’s GOP, 🚫MAGA. Human species pessimist, pondering the Great Filter and do we have the Right Stuff? 🇺🇸 Citizen residing in a blue enclave of Texas.
Joined May 2023
