[-] oakey66@lemmy.world 55 points 3 weeks ago

This. Cornel west and Jill Stein are not options in this. If you live in a safely blue state, go ahead vote your heart out.

But just know that there is no scenario where West or Stein win. If that doesn't happen and Trump wins, we will not have another election. Trump is literally going to put the most evil anti democracy zealots into very powerful roles. And with a Republican scotus, we will be fucked. That is the outcome here. So you can be pragmatic or vote your conscience but the risk is that we will be fucked.

If there's one thing that 2016/2020 should have taught us is; presidential elections matter not just because of who is leading the country but who is selecting judges and filling very important roles in the government. Ultimately, our lesson should be that things can always get worse.

[-] oakey66@lemmy.world 71 points 3 weeks ago

I was always told that billionaires are so caught up in their work and are constantly making money and hustling. This man has more time on his hands than a homeless dude. And he owns like 4 companies? Just goes to show that this is all part of the mythologizing of wealthy people and in their boredom they develop the most perverse self perspective that idolizes themselves. They also surround themselves with yes men who help perpetuate their ego until it grows out of control and turns them into fascists.

Just a thought.

[-] oakey66@lemmy.world 66 points 4 weeks ago

Thank fucking god. Jfc. We passed some horseshit add on by republicans last time. I’m so glad we didn’t fall for it.

[-] oakey66@lemmy.world 46 points 1 month ago

Wake me up when Biden actually does something about it. Til then this is just bullshit media fodder.

[-] oakey66@lemmy.world 50 points 1 month ago

You're damn right pornhub pulled out.

[-] oakey66@lemmy.world 49 points 2 months ago

GoodRx or something like it was used. Welcome to the man in the middle scam that makes people think they're getting a good deal when in reality, they pay for insurance but insurance makes it so costly to use their insurance that people have to pay for it out of pocket or with an HSA but can't apply the cost to their annual deductible. This is a win win for insurance companies and patients get screwed. I hate the US healthcare system so much from spending time interacting with it from the perspective of work and personally.

[-] oakey66@lemmy.world 47 points 2 months ago
[-] oakey66@lemmy.world 62 points 3 months ago

Industry study is where you can stop reading. The industry in question has been lying to everyone about the impacts of climate change for over half a century.

[-] oakey66@lemmy.world 52 points 3 months ago

You know Joe has a point when the only thing he and his administration is able to come up with in response to the allegations is “it’s not genocide”.

According to the United Nations, genocide is an internationally recognized crime that involves an act with the intent to destroy a national, racial, ethnic, or religious group, in whole or in part. These acts include: 

  • Killing members of the group 
  • Causing serious mental or physical harm to members of the group 
  • Deliberately inflicting conditions of life on the group that would cause physical destruction 
  • Imposing measures to prevent births within the group 
  • Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group

This doesn’t even include the genocidal rhetoric coming from Knesset members.

It’s pretty clear the administration is on its back foot because no one believes Israel or the U.S. Hell, the majority of his base doesn’t agree with him.

This is pretty telling:

Polling on Israel Gaza

[-] oakey66@lemmy.world 46 points 6 months ago

Remember when Elon Musk used hyperloop and boring company to build nothing in the US as a way to shut down public transportation efforts?

Pepperidge Farm Remembers

[-] oakey66@lemmy.world 46 points 6 months ago

Republicans in a race to the bottom to figure out who can say the stupidest thing possible. Between this and Jewish space lasers, I think the competition is heating up.

[-] oakey66@lemmy.world 58 points 7 months ago

Well considering she made the purchase a couple weeks before there was an announcement of a new chip plant in China. The game is rigged folks.

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