Dear World,

Long term, what are you going to do to stop the richest man in the world from buying up all your governments one by one? Seems like kind of a big problem?

@godpod ever heard of this guy named JFK who drove in a convertible with the top off and these folks that glow?
@godpod Obviously, praying to You isn't working. Guess we'll have to take matters into our own hands.

@godpod

Dude, here's the deal:

Being a traitor to your entire nation is sexy, now.

And, apparently...legal?

You might wanna stop doing drugs, and smite a few Supreme Court Justices, upside the noodle.

Regarding the legality I think his strategy can be summed up with one movie quote "I will make it legal."

@godpod

Dear 8 billion humans, most of whom have access to hoodies, backpacks and masks, not to mention weapons...

@aka_quant_noir @godpod "most" of those 8 billion do not have access to weapons, actually ... and most of the ~ 350 million that do are unlikely to wish themselves to be on trial on terrorism charges
Radicalized

A short story about health care, and desperation

The American Prospect

@ottominati @alvherre @aka_quant_noir @godpod @pluralistic

Just finished. My only critique: based on the stories coming out in the last few weeks, the health insurance fails in the story don't sound nearly gratuitous enough. The denied treatments in the story were experimental, at least? But I suppose that's a consequence of it having been published before the true industrialization of healthcare denial, before stanard, absolutely non-controversial, bog-standard care is denied, just because.

@godpod

You already sent a prophet to show us the way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph-Ignace_Guillotin

Joseph-Ignace Guillotin - Wikipedia

@troy_frizzell @godpod Oh, PROPHET. We totally built a system on PROFIT. Must have misheard. Our bad...
@godpod I was thinking about just doing what we do with every enormous disaster in the making and ignore it until it explodes.
@StarkRG @godpod "Thars gold in that there rubble!" Jed yelled as he scrabbled down into the crater with a metal detector, bunch of drills and chisels, and a crowbar.
@godpod
If only there were a series of comedy movies involving a spy that shows how bad of an idea it is to allow a supervillain access to corporate assets.

@godpod The US only cost them a few hundred million. These guys (and they do seem to all be guys) lose that sort of money in the couch cushions. Buying up all those cheaper countries will be a cakewalk.

Or we find out who's not for sale.

@godpod They've been buying them up all along, now they're just doing it more in the open
@godpod Obviously sacrifice a lot of fat of the lamb, as it’s burnt odour is pleasurable in your presence.

@godpod
How about thoughts and prayers to Yours Allmighty?

Seems to be working well enough to not having to care about it anymore for other problems us sinners are having.

#Religion a/ka
#FairyTalesOfOurAncestors

@godpod I guess, we don’t know the answer. What do you think? Aren’t you supposed to be omnipotent— can you do something about this, pretty please?
@godpod somebody needs to brew some tea and Red October his ass
@godpod the richest man in the world should be an automatic spot where you donate 99% of what you have or go to jail. 😉
@peterfr i don't say this too often but @godpod clearly has a point there.
@godpod I don't see the fuss, Murdoch did the same shit before, as did Rockefella etc.

Politicians always getting paid....
@godpod Trump will have Musk killed and the proletariat will rise and put Trump in a home for dementia patients renamed The White House.
@godpod
Dear God,
At least we entertain you with our lunacy and stupidity.
Amen