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The Cardassian doesn't look as fake as the other one.

Anything but metric...

It looks like you have Ed Sheeran in a leg-lock.

I thought the P stood for "Pedophile".

Everything that you say you want Industries to do, and how you want them to behave, is going to require a government making laws to force them into doing those things. No industry is going to do that of their own free will under a capitalist system.

Self-regulation is what brought us sweatshops back in the day, and what would allow for a 9,000% markup on insulin now (as a random recent example). Self-regulation is what allows the police and the military to say "we investigated ourselves and didn't find that we did anything wrong" when there was obvious misconduct.

As far as industry experts being data-driven, the only data they're driven by is profits, which will only serve to increase price gouging collusion that already happens. Self-regulation here would only lead to greater exploitation.

As far as Democrats go, you say "to your understanding" which implies that you are only aware of Democrat positions/goals via whatever filter you are hearing them through as opposed to actual research and/or interaction with the candidates. This bias is demonstrated even more when you say that what they are saying isn't actually what they are saying but are using coded language instead (this is conspiracy theory thinking). This also assumes that the proposed policies would be implemented in an authoritarian "take total control and comply or die" way as opposed to using laws to provide incentives that encourage industries to work towards those goals.

I do agree that the one-basket approach is a natural vector for corruption, which is why, regardless of whom is controlling what, or how many different entities are involved, transparency needs to be a part of it. Also, I'd like to clarify that I'm not trying to defend the Democratic party per-se, as I have plenty of issues with them myself.

You again mention "trusted experts" being the best ones to govern us, but trusted by who? If you look at the history of harmful stuff being outlawed, you'll find "trusted experts" in almost every case who were willing to argue and testify on the behalf of the harmful industry. Self-regulation and trusted experts are what will bring things like a cartoony Joe Camel hawking menthol cigarettes with asbestos filters to middle school kids.

Lastly, just to be sure I'm understanding properly, you are OK with having people you don't like in power who are actively removing civil rights and liberties (and have been for decades), as long as it means industries can make their own rules to follow?

So, if these are the ways they have always been, and you don't agree with it, how did you come to be a part of it? How did you look at a group of people you admit you do not like and decide that that's the group you want to be a part of?

In nearly half a century of life on this planet, conservatives have ALWAYS been associated with denying civil rights and weaponizing ignorance. The only difference I've seen between modern conservatives and historical conservatives are a shiny new red hat.

"Some dude went rogue with a sub, then things escalated."

Knowing Orange Hitler, she'll be put in charge of youth services.

Wow! What did you search to find something like that??

Like... what specifically did you search for?

... 'cause that's weird, or something.

.... So.... what were those search terms.....?

It's uplifting because, as bad as it was, all were rescued safely. No schaudenfreud.