We could probably do better.
he/him or they/them
star trek didn't prepare us for the extent to which real spaceflight would involve radio transmissions like "go for toilet use".
well ok maybe it kinda did, once:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO3Z2yeElvk
very much related: why politicians and large media companies always start with the assumption that we cannot afford to satisfy everyone's basic needs (like housing, medical care, child care, etc).
they push that lie because, for them, being wealthy isn't primarily about purchasing power; it's primarily about keeping everyone else vulnerable so that they will be easy targets for abuse.
“But adequately stigmatizing Rowling’s weaponization of childhood not only requires personal withdrawal for most people, it necessitates something much more difficult: being a giant fucking killjoy. You should tell people discussing the show that you’re not watching it, and why, and you should let yourself openly cringe at your sister-in-law’s Harry Potter tote bag, and you should bring up unprompted that the onslaught of legislation against trans people makes you sad and angry, presuming it does, and you should do this because, not despite, the fact that it will make you look annoying as hell and may make everyone present uncomfortable.”
HBO’s new Harry Potter TV series is premiering this Christmas Day. Under current plans, it will last at least a decade. The trailer looks like the original films were run through an AI generator, but quality isn’t the point. The show is a transparent attempt to induct a new generation—and market—into the lucrative fantasy world…
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/116340759204660827
Yep.
And if you're worried that rich people will get richer because they benefit from these free services, there is also a solution to that categorically easier than means testing.
Ready? Wait for it ....
WEALTH TAX
It's really that easy. Like, so easy. So much easier than any kind of means testing. And instantly more constructive and effective.
And it is literally a return to the historical ways of sustaining a functioning society. Some receipts for those curious: https://itep.org/america-used-to-have-a-wealth-tax-the-forgotten-history-of-the-general-property-tax/ https://stantcheva.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum7746/files/2025-11/draft_v40.pdf
White hoods aren't (necessarily) racist.
It's that racists selected the white hoods as their uniform.🤷🏿♂️
Evangelicals aren't (necessarily) racist.
It's that racists selected evangelicism as their uniform.🤷🏿♂️
You can't understand religious views on reproductive rights in the US, without understanding US racism.
That's like trying to understand Spanish capirote hoods vs Klan hoods.
So if you're thinking of asking "I'm an evangelical! Are you suggesting that I'm racist?🤡" Please don't. That question misrepresents what is going on.
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