pearable

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[–] pearable@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

I think it's some kind of Brahmic script but I'm no expert. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmic_scripts

[–] pearable@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Individuals owning something you need many people to use, like a coffee shop, large tracks of land, or an apartment building.

[–] pearable@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

The vast majority of these will not come to pass if the government is not in active fear of revolutionary change. That is the only time they will be convinced to budge from the status quo.

A similar thing happened in the 30s in the US. Most people don't know that FDR was a trust fund kid and the inheritor of a fortune. The only reason he did the reforms was to prevent the country from going commie. Enough of the other capitalists fell in line. Those who didn't, tried to install a military dictator, it's called the Business Plot. Some of the smarter ones founded the John Birch Society, created various nonprofits, and selected religious leaders to empower with bags of cash. From there they slowly created the media, education, religious, and cultural right wing ecosystem that claimed the political system in the 70s.

If we don't want a similar claw-back of power we need to ensure it doesn't happen again. We need to make sure no one is capable of corrupting media, education, religion, and culture at such a scale. I'd argue we need to eliminate the ability for people to own the means of production. After that is done almost every other problem we have as a society will be easier to manage.

[–] pearable@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Because fundamentally there's nothing wrong with landlords as people. They live in an unfair system and they're doing what's best for them. That's true of the vast majority of people. Change the system, create one where doing pro social things are rewarded, and landlords will become beneficial actors. Honestly, this is true for the vast majority of people. Very few people really need "the wall"

[–] pearable@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Maybe, "the blood rushed out of my head" would be a better line? Idk I'm not good at flirting

[–] pearable@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

My co-op and WinCo sell olive oil, vinegar, honey, and more as refills in addition to cleaning stuff.

[–] pearable@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A lot of construction is exhausting. You stand around the hole and take turns digging. By the end of the day you're still ready to collapse.

[–] pearable@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

To be fair to the article, they don't talk much about stocks or GDP. They're mostly focused on unemployment, wages, and inflation. It's worth questioning how effective those metrics are given how the data is collected tho.

[–] pearable@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Massive deregulation and the elimination of the EPA and the NLRB is more what I was thinking

[–] pearable@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

One of the easiest ways to resolve this problem is artificially increasing supply. The government can subsidize the production of food, housing, medical care, and education. It doesn't matter if people have more money if the supply of a good is always high. Having the government be a provider of these goods in monopolistic or inelastic markets would also be a good idea.

I don't think UBI should be implemented tomorrow. Subsidizing things today would be a much better first step. Several years of increasing supply and then starting UBI is a better bet.

[–] pearable@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is a tangent but I really enjoyed Changing Planes. It's a collection of short stories. Each one covers a different world with different aliens.

[–] pearable@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Single wall stainless steel 1b

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