Yeah I hear sustenance farming was great for the elderly and disabled. Do they deserve commodities? Workers have to produce surplus if society cares about non-workers.

I’m upvoting this and all posts about wsb. For the Discourse.

something something David Graeber’s Bullshit Jobs

I think it’s highly likely that for every post showing a successful payout, there are dozens of lurkers who have lost even more. Considering the fact that the majority of professional brokers/traders perform worse than index funds, I worry that it encourages desperate people to essentially gamble away what little they have and lose it to Capitalists.

tfw you love Socialist Realism but hate Norman Rockwell

For New York:

Write-in results are shown in the aggregate. Individual names for write-ins are only published in the official results and only by the State Board if a write-in candidate is a winner.

TIL Bill Maher has nuanced opinions about Religion

You know that Islam isn’t a singular monolithic ideology, right? Like any religion, specific sects can be great allies to the Left while others are committed enemies. Most people who describe themselves as religious don’t even have strongly-held theological or political beliefs, and the ones they do hold are often rife with contradictions. This is a Bill Maher tier post.

Still not convinced this isn’t just a PR stunt. The current media landscape has made running for President (and other prominent offices) and losing an incredibly lucrative endeavor. Not just with figures like Buttigieg/Stacy Abrams, but look at Marianne Williamson’s public profile now: I’m sure her next book will see better sales.

A debate with a mute button is the final form of the American Presidential “Debate” - two people standing kinda near each other having entirely separate conversations with themselves to pander to their particular base. Both will lie; nothing matters.