ycdeebs

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by ycdeebs 26d ago
I dunno, when I am on X, it’s a constant barrage of “capitalism is the worst”, “no one can afford anything”, etc. Doesn’t seem like the type of thing that Nazis would be saying.
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by ycdeebs 3mo ago
Aaaaand, there it is. If I disagree with a ruling, or with the politics of the president that appointed a judge that made a ruling, then the rulings are “illegitimate”.
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by ycdeebs 3mo ago
If they meant simply “diplomats”, why didn’t they just say “other than diplomats”? Maybe that’s what they meant, and maybe it’s not. One thing is sure: depending on which side you are on, it’s “obvious” that it means whatever supports your
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by ycdeebs 4mo ago
In a world where you are the supreme ruler, then what you individually want matters. In our actual world, it’s more about what the society in general wants.
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by ycdeebs 4mo ago
> Useless nepo babies abound. Useless non-nepo babies abound. Useless rich people abound. Useless poor people abound. And?
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by ycdeebs 4mo ago
The only way to get rid of tax avoidance is to simply tax transactions, every time, for every person, on every transaction. “Oh, that’s regressive” they will say. Make it small per transaction. A rich person spending 100x what a normal pers
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by ycdeebs 4mo ago
I flip that around. People who have worked, earned, invested, AND paid taxes their whole life “deserve” to be able to give it to whoever they want.
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by ycdeebs 4mo ago
Careers of insulting people are also kind of a dead end.
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by ycdeebs 9mo ago
You can’t outwork a bad diet. Exercise all you want, but for most people, if you eat garbage food in large quantities, you will be overweight. I am exactly the same, btw. Most of my family was overweight when I was growing up. I was a fat k
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by ycdeebs 9mo ago
I wouldn’t say people are writing off “eliminating obesity as something purely cosmetic”. Being obese is way worse than just a cosmetic issue. But a world where literally millions of people are on a “lifetime drug” to reduce their bodyweigh