Black History Month 2021

[Xenophon]

And everything is because of the joos.

It's easy to latch on to that aspect of i, but you can't deny that there is a disproportionate amount of tribesmen who happen to be involved at the highest levels of this stuff. That's not to say Rabbi Shmuli from down the street is in on it, but there is an ethnic element to it, whether or not it's comfortable to admit.

[Hastur]

And everything is because of the joos.

It's easy to latch on to that aspect of i, but you can't deny that there is a disproportionate amount of tribesmen who happen to be involved at the highest levels of this stuff. That's not to say Rabbi Shmuli from down the street is in on it, but there is an ethnic element to it, whether or not it's comfortable to admit.

Correlation or causation?

[Xenophon]

And everything is because of the joos.

It's easy to latch on to that aspect of i, but you can't deny that there is a disproportionate amount of tribesmen who happen to be involved at the highest levels of this stuff. That's not to say Rabbi Shmuli from down the street is in on it, but there is an ethnic element to it, whether or not it's comfortable to admit.

Correlation or causation?

I don't know. What do you call it when you have a bunch of people from the same group, across different companies and political organizations, all trying to do the same thing?

[Speakswiththumbs]

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[Xenophon]

It's easy to latch on to that aspect of i, but you can't deny that there is a disproportionate amount of tribesmen who happen to be involved at the highest levels of this stuff. That's not to say Rabbi Shmuli from down the street is in on it, but there is an ethnic element to it, whether or not it's comfortable to admit.

Why is it uncomfortable? Because said tribesmen dominate our media and culture and have made it so.

The truth shouldn't be, but some people's brains turn off when you mention the J word.

[Speakswiththumbs]

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[Hastur]

The core problem is that capitalism has run out of steam. It no longer produces enough growth to make life better for a majority of people. They don't have to realize it yet. To profit you need to run some sort of scam. The most popular right now seems to be privatizing profits and socializing losses. If you look into "innovation" from Silicon Valley it's at the bottom of every plan.

Wrong. The capitalist system has continued to create vast improvements in productivity and wealth since the 70s. It's being parasitically consolidated at the top of society, that's why it feels like most of us aren't getting ahead.

capitalism.png

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2 ... r-decades/

After adjusting for inflation, however, today’s average hourly wage has just about the same purchasing power it did in 1978, following a long slide in the 1980s and early 1990s and bumpy, inconsistent growth since then. In fact, in real terms average hourly earnings peaked more than 45 years ago: The $4.03-an-hour rate recorded in January 1973 had the same purchasing power that $23.68 would today.

The only perceived improvement in life since the 80s has been because of technology. But now everyone has a big flat screen HD TV with Netflix, a PlayStation and a huge mobile phone that is almost as good as the latest model. What's next? UBI? Let them eat cake. No one is putting anything on the table that is even hinting of a better future. Now we are supposed to Build Back Better and atone for our sins to avoid apocalypse. Good luck with that message.

[Speakswiththumbs]

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[Ph64]

The core problem is that capitalism has run out of steam. It no longer produces enough growth to make life better for a majority of people. They don't have to realize it yet. To profit you need to run some sort of scam. The most popular right now seems to be privatizing profits and socializing losses. If you look into "innovation" from Silicon Valley it's at the bottom of every plan.

Wrong. The capitalist system has continued to create vast improvements in productivity and wealth since the 70s. It's being parasitically consolidated at the top of society, that's why it feels like most of us aren't getting ahead.

capitalism.png

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2 ... r-decades/

After adjusting for inflation, however, today’s average hourly wage has just about the same purchasing power it did in 1978, following a long slide in the 1980s and early 1990s and bumpy, inconsistent growth since then. In fact, in real terms average hourly earnings peaked more than 45 years ago: The $4.03-an-hour rate recorded in January 1973 had the same purchasing power that $23.68 would today.

The only perceived improvement in life since the 80s has been because of technology. But now everyone has a big flat screen HD TV with Netflix, a PlayStation and a huge mobile phone that is almost as good as the latest model. What's next? UBI? Let them eat cake. No one is putting anything on the table that is even hinting of a better future. Now we are supposed to Build Back Better and atone for our sins to avoid apocalypse. Good luck with that message.

Really? Well damn, then I want daddy government to at least provide me with a "big flat screen HD TV"!!

Ok, on second thought no. A decade without TV I don't really miss it anymore.