I have economic anxiety and he seems to be against the status quo. I think he will take on the jedi deep state

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It’s not against the rules to talk about trash pandas

What is the meaning of “the richest country in the world,” anyways? Highest digital numbers in bank? The phrase has always been so deceptive

This is literally what’s going on in his brain

I consider myself a writer, but don’t make much money from it (I make money elsewhere). Does that count?

Like most things that are not directly related to “productivity” specifically aligning with the current demands and whims of the economy, it’s difficult finding a way to make a decent income in the field, much less have a stable job with insurance benefits etc.

Still, it is a small part of the population who reads or even buys them.

And most people probably read one or two books as adults (if that), not much more than that.

Not just illiterate… like you alluded to, there is not even a desire to read (by 98% of the population, of course there are exceptions).

I was a teacher and saw first hand how the misery of schooling and methods of “instruction” directly create this life-long disposition in people.

I don’t think anyone is really chill and alert at the same time.

I do think so. I’ve attained this state. It’s famous in philosophy, spirituality, as a performer, in a “military” or fighting context, and so on.

But I guess it depends what you mean by chill. A better word is calm. It is totally possible to be calm and alert at the same time. I’d say it is a more ideal state to be in, and strive to achieve consistently.

They must be real big beans for 15 of them to last a few days

I do not use mainstream social media. Haven’t in years.

I genuinely don’t understand why people make the switch and then worry about bank apps. Don’t people have cash and credit cards? What about using an internet browser on a PC or laptop for logging in to bank accounts?

So, for example, I could use Maps this way on the GOS?

What do you use for 2FA?

I’ll chip in as long as I can fly it – I have 1000+ hours in flight simulator

I do vote in the primaries and it still doesn’t amount to much, especially considering the most well funded (corporate and welathy backed candidate) almost always win because it’s a name recognition game, and money buys that message into people’s brains for when they get to the booth.

And guess what, Harris didn’t even have a primary, she was appointed.

Then there is virtually no method (thru established channels) of public accountability once a politician gets into office. That is why in reality almost all of them succumb to money interests, for the few who didn’t already before getting elected.

You place way too much faith in the process of capitalist “liberal democracy” which is the shallowest shell of democracy. The architects of the political system are the rich and powerful themselves. It is an elaborate maze designed to keep the ones in power in power. You blame and direct your ire at the wrong people.

You are not voting against Fascists by voting for Democrats. You are voting for delaying hard fascism in favor of a more subtle fascism and setting up a harder fascism for the next Republican administration. That is how it’s worked this whole time, that is the progression of electoral lesser evil politics in this country.

Reiterated, you don’t understand the systemic problem if you blame virtually powerless voters in this fraudulent “democracy.” If you don’t agree with this, I personally don’t give a shit if you take me “seriously.”

And you can blame me and other voters/non-voters all you want, but that won’t fix a thing, and not only that, it is pointing a finger at the non-powerful instead of the powerful, the individual instead of the system itself, and in this way you are perpetuating “the problem” more than nonvoters, or people who vote their conscience (like I did for Cornell West, the best option in the recent presidential election). Hey, why didn’t you and everyone else vote for the real lesser evil? The better option than Harris? By your logic, I blame all of you for not having a better Administration and better things. “We didn’t vote for the better candidates because they had no chance.” Yeah, because you didn’t vote for them. After all it is everyone’s choice that they could have made. But see how dumb it is for me to blame you for all the problems today?

Oh and maybe you should consider blaming the Democrats for being absolute ass and totally captured by corporate interests, and nobody really wanting to vote for them because they suck total ass and are not a serious opposition and have mostly been in league with the Republicans. Why aren’t you blaming the actual powerful?

Whether you think voting is any kind of solution or not, people who don’t go to the voting booth are definitely not “the problem” – saying that things are bad because of people who don’t vote in a game of shitty choices is a real misunderstanding of the problem

Nothing they would actually do. Correct.