clover

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[–] clover@slrpnk.net 3 points 9 months ago

Because 'Murica!

[–] clover@slrpnk.net 54 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Wait did MGT, just have a moment of self-awareness seeing Loomer?

[–] clover@slrpnk.net 15 points 10 months ago

This was my first thought, but apparently it's another right winger ::gasp::

[–] clover@slrpnk.net 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] clover@slrpnk.net 4 points 10 months ago

Read it last year and loved it and the sequel. Earth seed is neat as a concept because it does feel like in larger groups people need a religious analog as a set of guiding principles.

[–] clover@slrpnk.net 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The fuck they don't

[–] clover@slrpnk.net 25 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Not sure why this is illegal. Against the company's terms of service, sure. But the government shouldn't be involved.

[–] clover@slrpnk.net 6 points 10 months ago

Impossibly good.

[–] clover@slrpnk.net 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Might try cinnamon and solid back sweeten for a fall cider.

Have you experimented with different yeast? I really like using wilder (more lacto) yeast strains made for belgians and saisons.

[–] clover@slrpnk.net 15 points 10 months ago

Doesn't he have some slave labor he should be doing instead?

[–] clover@slrpnk.net 3 points 10 months ago

It seems like we need to build a system to guarantee a retirement. Maybe some kind of public pension? If you work thirty years, you're fully vested in your own funds independent of your employer. Build it sustainably, everybody starts from the ground up, so that a portion of the funds coming in can be saved and grow in perpetuity. Might be easier to implement with a jobs guarantee, we should be training up more medical staff and environmental/sustainablity specialists anyway. Might be even easier if the government starts building housing to a passive house standard and part of your compensation is that you can lease-to-own the housing from the government as part of your employment. These high quality units would be incredibly energy efficient, and could be built-in ways that encourage regular micro-mobility use (walking, biking, e-bike).

How could we afford to pay for all of this? By reclaiming the stolen wages of the working class and ending The Second Gilded Age.

  • Ending Nepotism - 100% inheritance tax over some reasonably high number pegged to inflation or a better indicator (maybe real value)
  • Wealth Tax - Progressive tax based on assets owned for those as similar number as above
  • Income Tax Reform
  • Funding The IRS
  • Business Tax Reform
  • Eventual Profits From Government Financed Worker Owned Co-ops (and supporting existing small businesses)

Both the government run and worker-owned businesses can compete in the market with big corporations and force the corps to drive down prices. That way the government can moderate the financial sector (who is driving the inequality) indirectly through market competition.

[–] clover@slrpnk.net 3 points 11 months ago

Can get pregnant at 16, math checks out.

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