Veraxus

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Supply Side Jesus says they should just lift themselves up by their bootstraps.

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Misquoting the Constitution in a transparent attempt at justifying Constitutional violations?

Why does this sound familiar?

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Good. As they should.

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I’d prefer just running Linux on metal, but that’s me.

Whatever happened to all those Linux mobile projects, anyway?

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😢

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I am so sick of these passive article titles. He was tortured to death. He was tortured and murdered. Call it what it is.

‘Will I ever retire?’: millennials wonder what’s on the other side of middle age ( www.theguardian.com )

Claire*, 42, was always told: “Follow your dreams and the money will follow.” So that’s what she did. At 24, she opened a retail store with a friend in downtown Ottawa, Canada. She’d managed to save enough from a part-time government job during university to start the business without taking out a loan....

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Am millennial… xenniel or “elder millennial to be exact… I have completely given up on ever owning a home or being able to retire. Short of some major acts of public disruption at unprecedented, economy-toppling, billionaire-eating scale, my entire generation - and those after us - are fucked.

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Unfortunately, this age-old folk wisdom just isn’t true any more.

Near Los Angeles (and many/most big cities these days) even “fixer-upper””starter” homes cost $1,000,000.

5% down ($50k) would result in a monthly mortgage payment of $7,939.88 which more than twice my rent payment, which is already high.

And saving is nearly impossible given the rate at which the basic costs of living (including rent) have skyrocketed in recent decades.

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He’s doing the Hillary strategy: “Who else are you going to vote for, plebs? Trump?”

North Carolina Supreme Court Secretly Squashed Discipline of Two GOP Judges Who Admitted to Violating Judicial Code ( www.propublica.org )

Last fall, out of public view, the North Carolina Supreme Court squashed disciplinary action against two Republican judges who had admitted that they had violated the state’s judicial code of conduct, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the decisions....

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Wonton and brazen corruption and misconduct by GOP agents at all levels, you say? Must be a day of the week.

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This isn’t new, it’s just out of the closet now. If it weren’t for weaponized ignorance, conservatism would have died out long, long ago.

Movie Trailers Are Killing Movies ( www.gamespot.com )

A great movie trailer can single handedly turn a movie into a success story--like that genius Cloverfield trailer in 2007 that didn't say what the title of the movie was. But it's more common these days, I'd argue, for a trailer to have the opposite impact. A generic trailer can so thoroughly dampen hype for a film that...

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I am not paying money to see something I know nothing about. They already bombard you with 15 minutes of ads and 15 more minutes of trailers, and charge you for the pleasure of wasting so much of your precious, unrecoverable time.

And when you hit your 30s/40s and have kids, going to the movies is not just costly, it’s a whole… endeavor.

“Going in blind” sounds great, but it’s just not reasonable or feasible for the vast majority of people.

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All of the state attorneys general who participated in the legal action are members of the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA), which runs a cash-for-influence operation that coordinates the official actions of these GOP state AGs and sells its corporate funders access to them and their staff. The majority of all state attorneys general are listed as members of RAGA.

Completely out-in-the-open, bald-faced, brazen, institutionalized corruption.

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By that logic we should also ban political advertising.

Hold on… 💡

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I do like their laptops, but for literally everything else: the fact that I basically don’t own my own hardware.

I can’t install or distribute my own software without Apple’s arbitrary approval. When Apple decides it’s done supporting the products, I can’t even install a different OS like Linux because the hardware is completely locked down… they become paper-weights.

That is not how ownership is supposed to work.

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Just an hour or two ago, yes.

They literally voted to let him loot their money and pocket it while he is simultaneously and single-handedly sinking the company.

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Even monitors are getting “smart TV” features these days… ostensibly so they can push non-consensual ads there, too.

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That ruling is so brazenly politically corrupt and factually, legally, and Constitutionally wrong that I am at a loss for words.

Registering as an "Independent" party member doesn't mean you have no party affiliation; most states have an Independent party who has a platform that you may or may not agree with!

It’s a common misconception, but if you registered "Independent Party" you aren’t “independent” you are a member of your state’s Independent party, who has a platform and agenda you may or may not agree with. What you actually want is called an "unaffiliated" voter status. The good news is, all you have to do...

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I’m in California and I’ve been NPA (No Party Affiliation) for almost my entire voting-age life. So NPA is an option… at least in some states.

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Red ones.

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Georgia

Yeah. That explains it.

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That is exactly their plan.

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Look at the illegitimate, corrupt, terrorists in SCOTUS currently ruling this country by fascist fiat.

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By this judges logic, the government also has no authority to restrict abortion, as medical treatment should be solely determined by medical professionals and their patients.

Shame the ruling doesn’t extend to other forms of basic medical care.

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the court ruled, adding that “students who identify differently ... have a right to attend school without being confronted by messages attacking their identities.”

This is refreshing - a court ruling that actually understands the Golden Rule of Liberty. Who woulda thunk?

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Just another evil, corrupt scumbag, now 😞

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It’s really good these days. Kagi is still the beat, but if you want free, DDG is the way to go.

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That sounds like an absolute win. Let’s do it. All of it.

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I love Debian, but want Plasma 6, so I’m installing openSUSE right now.

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You’re thinking of Jesus.

These are Christians. They’re the exact opposite.

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Eh, depends on what you mean by "conservative" and "progressive".

Authoritarianism is the defining characteristic of the right. The right consolidates wealth and power. The left is egalitarian, and is focused on ensuring that wealth and power is shared more evenly. There is no such thing as "auth left".

If you use "conservative" as a synonym for the right and progressive as a synonym for the left, then there is no such thing as "auth progressive" - you are just using incorrect terminology to talk about different flavors of rightism.

Now if you mean "conservative" as "resistant to change" and "progressive" as "advocates of change" then that's a completely different thing... but the language is STILL messy, because many who call themselves "conservative" are actually advocates of change in favor or more authoritarianism while those who call themselves "progressive" are also advocates of change, but generally in a leftward anti-authoritarian direction... which once again leads us to "auth progressive" being a contradiction.

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Tankies are right-wing, though. They are nothing more than right-wingers who have co-opted leftist terminology. Wolves in (very poorly made) sheep's clothing, if you will.

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Auth left is when progressives are willing to force their ideals on others, whether those ideals are social or fiscal.

No, that is not how any of that works. See the tolerance paradox.

the cultural revolution

...was rightist.

no matter how you spin it, it’s authoritarian.

Correct. Rightism is authoritarian. You keep describing rightism while trying attribute it to the left. This is usually the result of blindly accepting Tankie (extreme right) propaganda without taking the time to consider the actual definitions and requirements of leftism and leftist terminology.

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No. By your own listed definition, authority and authoritarian are different terms. You can have an authority without authoritarianism. You are conflating terminology, and I’m starting to suspect you are doing so in bad faith to perpetuate the tiresome “both sides” fallacy.

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This is the best summary I could come up with:

Capitalism.

The original article contains 3,025 words. This is a reduction of 99.97%. I am not a bot.

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Akshully… yes.

https://askabiologist.asu.edu/smell-taste

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I’m a Debian adherent, but I’ve been eyeballing openSUSE for Plasma 6 (and just generally not having to wait a year for certain upgrades). What are some, if any, of the gotchas folks should look out for with openSUSE + KDE Plasma?

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Because a system/ideology whose definition is “Profit über alles” doesn’t value anything but profit.

Saved everyone a click.

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What do they mean by “independents”? Are we talking NPA, AIP, or both?

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The real tankies were the friends we made along the way.

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You’re spot on about the relativity, but there is an objective spectrum as well.

Right is about consolidating power; Left is about ensuring it is shared.

The extreme right is authoritarian. Any support for (or tolerance of) the consolidation of power and/or wealth is rightist.

The extreme left is egalitarian. Support for systems of shared power and/or wealth (and mechanisms for prevention of hoarding or entrenchment of either) is leftist.

So while you are correct about the relative positions to one another, it’s important to point out that, objectively, neither liberals nor tankies are leftist in any way, shape, or form.

Also, the spectrum isn’t a straight line, but a complex web. For example, just consider the “extremes”…

Extreme right power structures include monarchy, oligarchy, dictatorship, feudalism, etc. Because the nature of rightism is consolidation, those structures tend to look similar.

“Extreme” left power structures include direct democracy, communism (stateless), anarchism (which itself includes many flavors and definitions), and the like.

Since tankies openly advocate for consolidation of power, they are objectively far-right. Liberals will tolerate (sometimes even champion) the consolidation of wealth & power even if it destroys liberalism… because to them the means is more important the ends; ergo, they are slight right.

Humans being humans, there will always be “rightward pressure” on any social construct. Leftists need to recognize this and ensure than any leftist progress can withstand such pressure and avoid rightward drift. This is why liberals are so often despised by leftists… liberals seem leftist only to those so far on the right that they can’t see over the metaphorical moderate/centrist horizon. Likewise, tankies seem leftist to the same at first glance, because they advocate for more benevolent use of totalitarianism… but each ignores the objective spectrum… consolidation of wealth/power vs evenly shared wealth/power.

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Oh no, the authoritarian rightists fee-fees got hurt because us nasty lefties won’t let them get away with Ur-fascist Newspeak!

So sorry… well, not really.

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Correct. But they like to pretend they are. The amount of mental gymnastics and Newspeak they need to get there is truly profound.

“We are leftist because OUR totalitarianism is benevolent!”

Like… that is not the way it works. That is now how any of this works. 🤣

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I’m not disagreeing, I’m just building on what you said. ❤️

There’s a surprising number of people - especially in the US, that genuinely think that liberals are leftist… and not just leftist, but “radical left.”

They will also take tankies at their word that tankies are leftist, never mind the definitions.

I’m just expounding on what you said for bystanders, really. Sending good vibes your way, internet friend.

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And your point is? If it’s that rightist means inevitably have rightist ends, that is correct. Thankfully, possibility is infinite, and not restricted to the false-choice of a binary fallacy.

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Been there. Hope you’re feeling better, today!

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Tankies are authoritarians. They advocate for and defend centralized and/or entrenched power. At the same time they also advocate for economic nationalization. They believe the latter - “economically benevolent authoritarianism” - makes them leftist. It does not.

In reality, they are merely advocates of bog-standard extreme rightism… feudalism, monarchy, oligarchy, and the like. If your economy and industry is mostly or wholly owned by the state, but the state is run by an entrenched ruling class, then the economy and industry belong to the ruling class, NOT to the people.

One cannot be leftist and also advocate for consolidation or entrenchment of wealth or power… those are literally the defining traits of rightism.

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Wealth is power. Economics are one side of the coin, politics is the other. They are not separate and cannot be separated.

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