The co-chairs have also asked the government to "declare its willingness to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights and repeal the Human Rights Act"
Anyone taking bets on if it's the deep state or one of those damn lone wolves that got riled into a frenzy by all the ridiculous conspiracy theories but it's an isolated incident because there is only one superbowl a year and no one even actually died so there won't be any consequences for the source of this person's anger?
A vote for Trump is the same as spitting in the face of Ronald Reagan. Then again, Reagan's face should be spat in. I'm kind of conflicted, to be honest.
In a just world, Trump would be swinging at the end of a noose already.
The luddites were not protesting technology. They were protesting their labor being squeezed. That the factory owners, thanks to new technology, were going to be able to pay less and keep more. It was a labor movement.
The looms were the symbol, not the problem.
The luddites were, of course, crushed with great violence. Then all their predictions of the future came true. They were almost beyond all doubt right.
Driverless cars... the threat may be similar but the scale is tiny in comparison. I think these protests are actually about the technology, not how it affects labor. It's about these cars being seen as dangerous threats on the streets.
I only wish that ire were turned toward their city managers office instead of the cars. If people want safe streets, they aren't going to get them targeting driverless taxis. They have to go after all the fundamentally unsafe auto oriented design.
@allenmichie@livus Can't tell if your comment is pro or con but, yes, Luddites, absolutely.
And that's a GOOD thing.
It's time we do what they did, two hundred years ago.
"...workers knows as the Luddites rose up rather than starve at the hands of factory owners who were using automated machines to erase their livelihoods."
Not the first time I've heard of the luddites. It doesn't matter if you're the workers getting replaced by automation or a cable company getting replaced by streaming television; fighting against changes in the economy and technology is an unwinnable battle. The problem with self driving cars is that they're worse solutions for transportation than other, lower tech solutions.
This crisis is caused by every adult Texan who didn't vote against - or who voted for - Governor Greg the sadistic psychopath Abbott, who proudly values the protection of toxic waste more than human life.
The state of Illinois should place these 13,200 people in hotels with complimentary room service, and bill it ALL to the great state of Texas. I’m sure those taxpaying patriots are happy to put their money where their vote is.
honestly the most annoying part is he purposely times the busses to arrive in the middle of the night on weekends wherever. The city and state have asked that they just work with them to send them to designated locations at designated times. The other annoying thing is they want the feds to allow them to work as that will solve a lot of the issues.
If Biden loses the election this is why. Trump is a total fascist dictator but you can't ignore problems right outside your front door and that's where some of these migrants could end up sleeping soon.
I was talking to this old man from South Dakota last week. He stated “we’re being invaded because our president won’t do anything.”
When I explained that a President can’t run around making laws - Congress is supposed to make the laws, but they haven't, he snapped “Well, he should MAKE them!”
Isn’t it frightening that adults believe a POTUS is directly and personally responsible for state and local decisions? Like he has the authority to break any law and force all elected officials in the USA to bow to his tyrannical will? And that when he doesn’t do this, everything is his fault, so he shouldn’t be re-elected?
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