I enjoy how everyone just kinda ignores the fact that the ones trying to stop people from voting are always the Republicans.

If it costs the NYT money and buys the workers some bargaining power, I’m all for it.

You’re not wrong. We have a representative democracy because the Founders thought the same way. I guess I prefer not to believe that it’s impossible for people to be well-informed enough to make a good decision on these things. I’ve certainly seen some new lows in the past 10 years.

I’m asking for the individual candidates to lay out their specific political goals. The party can continue to publish its platform and planks.

Then people vote based on whether they want to see those goals met. When those politicians are up for re-election, it’s fairly easy for someone to tabulate whether or not those goals were met. If there are extenuating circumstances (overwhelming opposition, for example), then they can use that to defend themselves. This would help hold their feet to the fire.

As for voting ideologically, I attribute that mostly to FPTP - people feel as though they cannot do anything but vote ideologically because there are no real alternatives. That’s why RCV is extremely important.

shrug Where I live, cars feel (and know) that they’re invincible and likely to suffer no punishment if they kill someone.

Drivers like to think that they can do no wrong all the time, not just when it suits their purpose.

I think he should. He’d be much more interesting that way.

I’ve never heard of transpire being used for the first definition. Perspiration is the act of sweating, and it comes from Latin I think? High school was so long ago.

An ex-coworker of mine recommended Mango Languages, which is supposed to be much better and also if you have a library card, you can usually get a subscription for free through them! The lessons are probably a little longer than 30 seconds, but not too much longer. I’d say a minute tops.

This might be survivorship bias. If you get hit by a cyclist, you might - worst case Ontario - break a limb or something if they send you flying into something else. If you get hit by a driver, you are definitely going to break something and you will most likely die.

As for how likely it is that you actually get hit - do you think it’s easier to avoid a 2’ x 6’ object moving at 15 mph or a 8’ x 16’ object moving at 45 mph?

You’ve waited years for this moment, haven’t you?

Indeed it is. :) At least I don’t have a space in my name. That’s how you know who the real bots are.

Especially not with a fucking adjective-noun username.

Yeah, that’s the main issue that Eddie brings up and it’s valid. Definitely need licensing and safety regulations and for Mr. Beast to not be involved. I was speaking purely from an economic perspective.

Good catch. In my haste to be mad at Florida as a state, I overlooked that.

They’re shady af, but they also just make sense. Given that real estate is extremely difficult to procure for restaurants just starting up, why wouldn’t you form a restauranteur co-op? There’s a few “food incubators” (don’t know if I love that term, but w/e) near me and it seems to be a win-win for everyone involved.

Nah, didn’t you hear? This is all Biden’s fault, actually.

I imagine they don’t want people telling them what to do, which is hilarious given, you know, chain of command.

I will say that I’ve met very few actual ex-military personnel who truck with any of this Oathekeepers, III’ers, etc. bullshit. I still remember how kitted out the insurrectionists were on January 6th, looking like they’d purchased half of a Cabela’s on the way to DC.

They want those things so they can claim that they’re being bullied. It’s Christianity all over again - a group of people who historically have been pandered to and coddled claim that everyone is being mean to them and so we should be instituting some sort of theocratic state. That’ll show them.

I’m not arguing with them, though, am I? I’m making the argument to you and others who (seemingly) aren’t all the way down the rabbit hole.

My overarching purpose with all these comments is to dispute the idea that the left is somehow responsible for how the right has gone full-on fascist over the past 4 election cycles. The right is responsible for their own logical and moral failings.

I didn’t say you did, but I can see how you got there.

That’s anecdotal, but it does display the frustrations that people have with what they perceive as injust wokeness.

I think it’s important to mention that shitty people are everywhere and in all shapes and colors; these two may just stand out because he does feel like he has to walk on eggshells around them.

What I will say is that I think it’s a mistake to assume that people who are minorities or other discriminated classes are also progressive by nature. In a perfect world, your race and gender would have nothing to do with what political ideology you subscribe to, but we live in a far from perfect world.