Skyrmir

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[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Border security is still the bullshit band aid to avoid actually fixing the problem. We created, funded and armed the cartels, overturned their governments, and destabilized their countries. And now we're trying to pretend all this blowback has nothing to do with us.

[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

They import them faster than they die, even with Covid.

The main thing though is that anyone who says they know how Florida is going to turn out, is lying. No one knows, so the best strategy is to let Trump fail rather than put effort into beating him there. He's already pissed off the Haitians and women, goad him into pissing off the Cubans and let the chips fall where they may.

[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You don't want congress writing exacting laws in a lot of regulatory situations. Think if congress right now was setting interest rates. It wouldn't get done until long after the economy had imploded. Even if they were listening to the same economists, political problems would create a disaster. The same is true in most cases concerning the EPA and other regulatory agencies. By the time congress would be able to respond to a situation, everyone would have died of whatever the problem was.

[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 29 points 6 days ago

True enough if it happens. Putin seems to have his Oligarchs convinced he can form a coalition with China, India, Iran and North Korea that can stand against the west.

At least they're convinced for now. If that changes, the rest of the world will find out posthumously.

[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Just import some snake and they'll get rid of the rabbits.

[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Accounting practices reflect exactly what is relevant to profits within the desired time frame. There are no laws that make employee seniority valuable within the business cycle, so it has no value to account for.

The investment that business sees is like you spending a thousand dollars a year for a century in order to make a million dollars. Sure it's a 10 to 1 return on investment, but you'll be dead, so is it really worth it?

[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Oh jobs are replaced by machines, it just has almost nothing to do with minimum wage. Machines cost pennies on the dollar for production value compared to humans. The human wage is pretty meaningless at that point, even forced labor is less profitable.

[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Oh for sure Israel is handing out some commendations. I'm just curious how they managed it because there could be implications that arise. If it was a company helping them, there could be financial repercussions, if it was the CIA there could be political issues.

[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They had to be designed or modified to explode. Which makes it a big question of where they came from. Lots of legitimate ways Israel could have done it, and a lot of ways that could involve violating laws and treaties.

[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

The green party only exists because the GOP keeps giving them money. The only time anyone ever hears a damn word out of them, is when they're showing up to split the Dem vote for the GOP.

[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He's coming off strong to his base, but they believe his bullshit. He mainly just has to just sound angry.

[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Neither of them have really answered any of the questions. That said, what Kamala has said are better answers to different questions.

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