The problem is propaganda and a deliberate decision by MAGA to make their every effort to refuse to see a duck for a duck.

These people don’t support “concentration camps” they support “detention centers” that “house immigrants” before deportation.

Nevermind that it’s a distinction without a difference, morally it feels better to tell yourself it’s not a concentration camp and that you’d never support a concentration camp. But they are, and they do. They’d just never admit it to you or themselves.

As for the profit: of fucking course. This is America, we socialize corporate expenses and privatize corporate profits for everything. The intended purpose for taxation of the working class now is to feed the ultra wealthy a competition free source of additional wealth.

At the moment it’s Zani

She’s tired and overworked, but she cares about doing something and doing it right. Plus she has a super hot “Italian-ish” accent lol

On top of that fireworks are pretty bad for everything and those with PTSD.

My coworkers dog would thank you very much as well for not shooting off fireworks. He said he usually drives out of town for a few hours until it dies down because his dog gets terrified :(

They are more than likely referring to the US administration wanting to have a list of people diagnosed with autism.

I’m sure they have perfectly legitimate and considerate reasons for this. (Insert the worlds largest eye roll here. So much so that my eyes detach from my head.)

In fascist USA anyone not actively licking the boot of a billionaire is a socialist!

Hey where did they get that picture of me!?

We’re already at the thoughtcrime stage…

Funny how Republicans online were the ones crying about that, but now they’re salivating at the idea of deporting Mamdani for the crime of being a socialist. Can’t have those political opinions, that’s wrongthink!

So I actually just kinda answered this as a “joke” in another thread, but essentially:

The future: fascists, racist robots, billionaires, more fascists, bombing civilians, cutting science funding, the earth is on fire, more fascists, cutting HIV study funding, more racist robots, gutting artistic employment, more billionaires, fried donuts.

This is what absolutely kills me about the people around me in this country…

The owner of a company has an idea of your total value, your “compensation.” They factor in the cost of healthcare in that calculation, so we’re still paying for the insurance and yet so many people see it as “their company pays for it, if we had universal healthcare then I would have to pay a tax!” … mother fucker you already pay the “tax” for a much worse, more expensive system where people still aren’t covered…

There’s a flat 5€ fee for prescription meds and 10€ per day in a clinic

Jesus… As an American, we already pay $1,200 a month for the privilege of paying $50+ just to walk into the doctors office. Forget prescriptions or testing…

Sextoy.

You’ll have many visits from animal protection and more than likely lose friends when they learn the name.

We’re all just, like, balls in the Baja blast of life man.

The infamous “they!” You know who they are, they are them! The ones who are!

Unfortunately the trajectory we’re on in the US the answer will be something along the lines of “criminalizing homelessness” and then sending them off to for profit prisons that take public funding.

The usual: public subsided private “industry” for the wealthy, and “rugged individualism” for the people.

What we should do is recognize the impact AI has on society and tax accordingly as to allow a minimal quality of life for all people and if you want more than that then you try to find work that pays better if it’s even available. In the somewhat distant future AI combined with robotics will be able to do everything a person can do, but faster and 24/7. If no one gets a paycheck then no one can buy products so the corporations will either recognize that and willingly pay the previously mentioned tax or collapse.

It’s sort of like “if I keep quiet, they won’t know how stupid I am!”

I can be the quiet “mysterious” (idiot)!

Or just a creepy weirdo. Whatever works Lol

Knowledge is knowing how to make french fries.

Wisdom is to know when to stop eating them.

I’m not very wise.

Stop putting yourself down. Seriously, it’s not fucking helping you. AT ALL.

I’m almost 40 and this has been literally the hardest thing in the universe to do for my entire life. It doesn’t help to do it, but to deny it feels like I’m lying to myself anyway.

I have the absolute worst double standard with this. You drop a pencil and “it’s ok friend, it happens, no one is perfect.” I drop a pencil and it’s “wtf butterfingers jackass, you can’t even hold a pencil properly no wonder you’re still single.” Lol

The United States is a righteous, fair, and just country.

This one really fucked me up as I got older. In school they just brainwashed us into believing we were always the good guys and we always got into wars to help save people from oppression… Then you find out we only ever get into wars to stop people from choosing the wrong kind of government that won’t let US businesses exploit their resources or people… We never act out of kindness or solidarity.