That was very common when I was growing up. Unfortunately, it has been replaced with variations of autistic, though “anti-woke” people will use both.

Strictly from an environmental perspective, no. This tech generates massive emissions and consumes a large amount of fresh water at a time when both are at critical points. We are going full speed towards a planet inhospitable to human life and the other life we share the planet with.

I hope the best for them, but given the general white supremacy and rising Islamophobia in Australia, I hope their able to eventually move to a better state.

It is interesting to think that societies would not only (forcibly) include specialized individuals necessary for civilization in frontline combat but also provide them with little training, equipment, or screening for aptitude. If i were to set aside my own opinions about war and forcing people to participate in it, it would simply be wiser to not only have a specialized class of soldiers, but to also eliminate individuals not suited to the task. Militaries into the modern era also have the issue through nepotism in the officer corps and incentivising the most impoverished to join the enlisted, they have the benefit of significantly larger numbers (total population), mechinization, and long range engagement. Even the most catastrophic combat in the modern era does not have the same (immediate) death toll.

Those companies don’t need refunds, they made their money off our backs and will continue to do so because they’ll continue to charge the inflated rates. The sacred line must always go up.

Ford had a “service department” whose only purpose was to beat the shit out of employees for things like taking too long in the bathroom or talking bad about the company. Ford was complete trash.

That’s exactly what I said. The author’s proposed scenario included a “legal” framework that doesn’t exist. If they make a move around the elections, it will be violent, not some executive order that has no bearing on the states administration of the election.

Elections can not be delayed, nor can the federal government dictate to states how to administer elections (outside violations of the constitution, which are adjudicated by the courts, not executive orders). The constitution outlines the years in which elections for federal office are to take place, federal statute sets the date, and state laws cover the administration of the election. In order to do what is described in this article there would need to be a constitutional amendment(s) allowing changes to the set years for elections to the house and senate, for the house and senate to propose/pass a change of the statute signed off by the president, and then to either have the states all change their laws or have a case make it through courts and receive a judgement before the election that states not requiring voter I.D. costs the constitution. This is simply not possible within the time constraints, if at all. While the fascists certainly want a coup, this is not the route. Their move will be drastically more violent or continue on the slow, but escalating, course it is currently taking.

It’s hard to negotiate when one party isn’t coming to the table in good faith. The US and Israel aren’t interested in peace, so it’s unclear how these talks could possibly be successful. There was a nuclear agreement between the US and Iran a decade ago, which Iran faithfully followed. Then the US scrapped it, unprovoked.

Even if it passes, there’ll be no enforcement. This has played out countless times before. At best, the firms will face fines representing .001% of the money they made breaking it.