Simon Acerton

I hope he does a great job for NYC. Just happy to see someone, anyone with ideas these days

“The billionaire class has sought to convince those making $30-an-hour that their enemies are those earning $20-an-hour. They want the people to fight amongst ourselves so that we remain distracted from the work of remaking a long, broken system.”

-Zohran Mamdani

Quinces? I haven't eaten one in many years. I can still remember the scent just a tiny bit though. Very evocative.

That seems like a really good fit for Munchkin. I hope it brings in a lot of Critical Role fans to the game.

I'm told that California is working on its own EBT system but the Feds sued them and stores since its a new program and maybe temporary are chary about taking it

Its only a rumor. My source is a good guy, honest but reports bad info sometimes

Job openings have dropped to their lowest level since February 2021, according to Indeed.

True is truth. Mistakes happen, bad sources, disagreement on sources too just don't lie. That's not OK

Funny but 25-30% of those guys are active duty military or veterans that's 4x-5x the general population 7x for leaders

Up to 40% of leaders are vets as well

BREAKING: The Trump administration says it will now pay SNAP benefits but reduced by 50% to any household in the program

I would have freaked out so yeah I get it.

Lovely. Thanks. I think the late 19th early 20th (Pre WW1 mostly) was the peak of fine art painting

Before the war time ugliness and "modernity" ground so much beauty to dust

We could fund over four months of SNAP benefits with the $40 billion Argentina received.

Not funny. Hope you feel better soon.

Government at all levels is 40% of US GDP. Getting rid of most of that won't increase the GDP or economic activity but gut it
Its not something that can be worked around. Its a natural product of tech driven efficiency.
If we keep adding tech we'll need more state to have an economy at all.

No one with a full time job should ever need benefits of any kind except in emergencies and ideally they'd be able to afford private insurance
Companies especially large ones want socialized costs, private profits
That needs to end though getting it without mass layoffs is going to require coercion

Also they are being handled in a rather kak handed way . We do need a manufacturing base but that takes years to build and requires subsidy and control of the looters which this administration and the Republicans have failed at , if it intended to at all

Getting the Right on board with protecting workers is hard but even pulling some away from the crab pot mentality to "we've been screwed" and getting their heads in the game would be of benefit.

Problem with tariffs will bring back manufacturing jobs is that it probably won't

Some of these men fit the creeper /Incel to a T but there is no way its that many.

I've seen enough Gen Z packs out in the wild at the local eateries and such and they seem normal enough . Just not in relationships

Maybe I'm wrong but low birth and marriage rates suggest not

As many as 50% of guys 18-30 ? That doesn't seem right. Also a lot of guys aren't virgins but don't have healthy sex lives though both are anecdotal

Also the disconnect between young men and women is fairly well documented. Men want a family, women a career

That's fine but its super odd

That is something Incels might say but its still true
That also isn't me.
I'm a voluntary celibate and have no interest in relationships or sex at this time. If I wanted sex, I'd get some in Nevada

I'm also not a virgin though virgin is not much of an insult

California has run Asian people, African American, Latinos, Trans Woman (Caitlyn Jenner) and others.

There is even a gay wing (Log Cabin Republicans)

If you keep thinking its about race and its still 1968, you'll lose a lot

Its about rich vs poor. The only color in play is green and who has it

The Republicans are more diverse and comfy with it than most think.

2024 U.S. Presidential election, nearly half of Hispanic voters (48%) backed the Republican candidate, Donald Trump

In 2016 primary candidates included 2 Latinos, a Woman and an African American

True but not funding a program is not a war crime.
Nations are not required to have welfare systems under international law
Also US also has only a resent tradition of positive liberty
and as no one is prevented by force from obtaining food, its not a crime
Its still terrible callous policy

A serious basic income economy can and will still be a market one but will be mixed in ways we are not used too and will require heavy people pressure to make happen or to keep it

If it doesn't, prices will just go up by $500 a month because they can
The exception being such a low level of work that the deflation is destroying the entire economy
Even than you'll get a lot of lets fire our customers as this is more profitable. Its partially why eggs etc are stubbornly high

I hate to be that guy but there is some evidence that other than putting money in people's hands, UBI isn't that successful
Google it of you care
That said it is something we will need to do if we keep losing work to automation
Also it will need to come with price controls

I'm not. At all. In any way. I'm demanding nothing of anyone

I am suggesting not demanding that a problem be dealt with in some way or at least discussed as possible consequences are not good

Is this clear?

That is the incel issue spot on. Its not the "way more virgins than there should be" which is different though tangentially related

Also certain types sex workers are illegal in the US outside of Nevada brothels and it can be hard to find ones that are consenting adults with agency

Well learned some things today

I'm not discussing gender issues again. Not a bad conversation just a pointless one, benefited no one and as was said in Firefly paraphrased here

It was beginning to damage my calm

Ah well. Live and learn