Literally two of the same arguments used to get the US mired in Iraq and Afghanistan, but even if this instance includes no cash payouts, that doesn’t mean it isn’t a cost to US taxpayers made in neglect of our own people. Further, hundreds of billions in cash have been spent on the war in Ukraine and our US-sponsored genocide in Palestine.

Forgive me if I’m not willing to digest them this time around. This nonsense and the neglect of our people here are why my eighty-year old parents are driving for DoorDash.

This comment demonstrates that you, inexplicably, don’t see our unprecedented and planetwide warmongering as part of said ‘capitalist wealth hoarding’.

That is an interesting position.

Thank you for your comment.

This is, to me, the severe irony of Trump as a president. All of the good things he does seem to be for the wrong reasons, and pulling back on our foreign aid will be one of them.

Personally, I never supported the US becoming involved in Ukraine. If we lived in a time when Americans weren’t struggling to pay for groceries or forced to ration life-saving meds, I might feel differently, but right now, we shouldn’t be sending a single cent to any foreign wars. We should be laser-focused on our own people’s suffering until the standard of living in this country resembles the first-world country we’re supposed to be.

I love Bernie but unless you live in Vermont, his presence is now irrelevant, and the DNC isn’t going to allow another one of him to spring up again.

It doesn’t matter.

Europeans know the history of fascism much, much better than Americans do and they’re electing right-wing leaders too.

This is why.

Hundreds of millions of people working paycheck to paycheck wanted change and she spent two months of her campaign repeating memes.

Agreed. Those fuckers are rich enough to treat workers fairly. Full stop.

Hell yes.

Enjoy that pumpkin, king.

I’m glad to hear that, at least somewhere in the world, there are consequences for making online threats.

Here in the US it seems like they’re just ignored.

Please go look up the Dow as of October 1994.

Thank you.

In gambling, the house always wins, by extracting value from the players. In stock trading, the players (capitalists) collectively always win, by extracting value from labor, technological growth, and natural resources. These are not the same picture.

Excellent analogy. People who equate the stock market and gambling should go look up where the DJIA stood in October 1994. The slot machines in Vegas don’t magically start spitting out profit just because you’re patient, but stocks generally do over time.

Not all heroes wear capes, friends.

This is the shit we need to be thinking about when we read about a black person getting shot by a cop for stealing a loaf of bread, if you ask me.

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Also that CEO has an eminently punchable face.

When I entered the work force in 2005, it was with a company that had never had a layoff in its thirty-year history.

Then, in 2009, they had their first layoff, and I learned later our CEO had taken an 80% pay raise that year.

Taxes aren’t theft. Literally firing people and taking their salaries is theft.

Same.

I will road trip or take a train instead of flying. I’d rather be on the road twelve hours than in a plane for one.

Just that the cheap ones suck. I got a two-pack from Walmart and the first one I used started falling apart in weeks.

I’d get one handmade off Etsy. They’re a little pricier, but the less expensive ones are garbage.

That’s good. I wasn’t even aware such a thing existed, but thankfully I know now.

I have my location turned off for everything and keep mine in a Faraday bag. That said, there was one tip in this article I wasn’t aware of: deleting my advertising ID, so everyone should read it and see if you can’t improve your own privacy.

It feels good when I have to use it and, for a moment it says “no service”, like kicking the tech assholes in the dick.