All 10 of us here stand united on this most exquisite and elevated of horses!

It’s so weird to be content with/amused by this situation. Feels like Alexandria was just built nextdoor, fisherman have started to arrived with massive boats and high-quality nets, and here we are, the old fishermen pushed off our original fishing site yet full of glee that we don’t have to pay taxes in Alexandria. It’s like, this isn’t really a successful venture, right? We’re not really thriving like we were in the past, are we? We’re likely never going to get anything like that back either, huh

Idk, maybe my values just don’t give me enough internal validation yet, to feel good about it or something. The only consolation I see really is that I don’t think the time spent online is very worthwhile anyway. What I liked most was the community but it’s become clear most of that was never real

You’re probably right. I just worry uninformed angry people are ripe for being taken advantage of.

And for sure I totally don’t mean absolutely everyone in either gen - that’s never the case. I guess i just look at my older bro and he looks way beyond capacity (44 w/ a 1+2 yr olds) to expect him to do stuff like read and educate himself. Idk, maybe that’s just not his thing regardless.

I absolutely salute parents out there, doing the whole thing though. I’m still just barely trying to take care of myself

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Their motto is literally whatever. It’s unfortunate but I wonder how much they even try to properly inform themselves at this point.

Tbf, many have families and homes that require them to submit themselves fully to the brutal dick of capitalism and relinquish all else, unlike millennials and gen z. Because of that, I’m pretty sure if given the choice, gen x would absolutely prefer to fight to maintain the status quo as they’re fully committed to it - that is to say, many likely believe “this is just the way things are” and things are only bad if you’re lazy or you lose your government-issued bootstraps therefore fundamental change like we’ve never seen before isn’t needed and is actually a radical position to hold.

It’s a bit of a bummer since they have tons of experience and executive function skills later generations seem to lack/struggle with

Idk, I see liberals telling everyone to be calm and content and that the economy is great and getting better.

I totally get the reason and vibe they’re going for, but they’re basically saying don’t be righteously furious and ignore reality, imo, while they capitulate on claims that crime and immigration are bigger problems. I guess, I just don’t know that significant economic/social change has ever happened without pissed-off people fighting like their lives depend on it

Most people I know know about the drake beef and the Diddy scandal, but I couldn’t even count like 5 people that I know personally that could name their senators or explain what the electoral college is.

I think most of us prefer to ignore our emotions, and I think anything related to politics beings up uncomfortable emotions for people so they just don’t do it and stay away from the topic

Not with that attitude. Seriously, we’ll need to be absolutely furious if we ever want something to be done about something we care about

Does anyone remember anger?

I’ve never been as proud of my state representatives as I was when I lived in Oregon. Wyden and Merkley are American heroes, as far as I’m concerned

It’s cheap

Idk, you ever wonder who bought/read all those Killing x books that Bill O Reilly wrote?

You of to do what you of to do…

Personally, I try not to shame anyone for voting a specific way, though I certainly still judge them for it. I’m just trying to be more curious now, rather than disrespectful

So do most people, at least speaking for Americans. Ignoring all other context, at least this guy gives a miniscule shit about what his people think/want. That’s just like basic politics

I do have to wonder if he thinks he’s in more danger of losing it all than other contemporary government leaders

Thanks for sharing that info - I was just going off the recent headlines

To your second point, don’t companies normally win arbitration cases? I thought that was the whole point of it all - to make it easier for a company to win lawsuits

Ahh I get u now. Yeah, that’s totally true

It’s worth realizing some people do not want to be cheered up. My understanding is the misery, for lack of a better word, is more comforting to many as it reminds them of when they were young (or they emulate what they saw around them as children)

I recently learned some people never learned phonics. They were taught to just learn words based on how they look or something. Isn’t that kinda fuckin crazy?

Meh, I’ve seen what y’all upvote

Assuming you’re serious, what makes them a troll?

Alright you’re not being honest and you clearly don’t care. That’s fine. I’m sorry to have bothered you

Dude reread this whole thing. When did they say they support sexual predators? Do you even notice what you’re doing?

They were trying to learn about what makes folks disregard Jill Stein as a third party candidate as a viable contender for president of the US.

If you were intentionally trying to make them feel dumb and yourself feel smart, this would be an excellent strat, but I’m inclined to think you don’t believe you’re doing that. You probably wish to educate people about things you know. All I’m saying, is this ain’t the way

Again, super sorry if my tone sucks. I’m specifically talking productive discourse. I don’t think that includes branding someone a sexual predator for sharing a link to an interview. We’ve fully jumped the shark here

That’s fair (since we’re both already getting downvoted. lol), I’ll totally admit I had no idea that’s what you were trying to communicate

To me, it seemed super dismissive of what they were actually trying to communicate and have a discussion about since you only addressed the source and ignored the rest.

Just went back, and yep the rest of the conversation, thanks to you, is entirely about the source. Was that helpful, to you? Do you think it was more helpful to you than to them? Did anyone else reading it change their mind? Just seems like pointless bickering instead of constructive dialogue (I’ll admit I am assuming this is something we all want)

I just learned that Rockefeller significantly improved his image by giving away the money he stole from his workers.

Maybe Amazon can just to donate half of the money they don’t pay in taxes to win back most people’s support - hell, maybe even less than that!