This would go a very long way toward improving governance in the US. When Congresscritters are allowed to profit from anti-people laws they enact, you get the dumpster fire we’re currently enjoying.
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betteridges law of headlines might not apply.
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At literally every socialist meeting I’ve been to (admittedly, only a handful, but that was both Socialist Alternative and St Louis DSA), the issue of race was very much centered. But then, this is St. Louis and racist cops have been kind of a recent issue, and one of the meetings was planning an anti-wall/anti-ICE march.
Attendance at those DSA meetings was predominantly white, but part of the conversation was “how do we fix that?” and part was setting up a racial justice working group.
PoC seemed pretty prominent in SA meetings and the two marches I attended, in terms of speaking and leading.
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well that’s good. (perhaps the problem is limited to East Bay and Philly, the two chapters mentioned)
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One thing the DSA really does not need is divisiveness or internal schisms. That’s pretty obvious even from the outside. If the insiders can’t recognize that, they’re doomed to fail. Hopefully just them by being replaced with people who do understand the need to grow inclusively.
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Incomprehensible nonsense posing as news.
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Found some interesting thoughts about the interactions of social and economic class in
The Vimes Boots Theory: Further Reflections
and the related
Class (American)
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Centrist Democrats say YES … but they say that about everybody 
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Except, of course, themselves.
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Netflix caves to Dr. Doom, removes access to Marvel movies and TV for Latverian streamers.
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Isn’t Latveria part of NATO now?
Dr. Doom should be one of our strongest allies against Putin at this point.
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Thread:
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When he pays off the jury award to the families of 9/11, maybe.
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What are these words things! And fie on that first year econ class I coasted through!
I don’t think Tibor realizes they sound like a bright twelve-year-old/dim-30-year-old.
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Nobody earns a billion dollars.
But…but…
Nobody earns a billion dollars.
But…but…
Nobody EARNS a billion dollars.
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Agreed.
For the sake of argument, let’s assume salaries are fairly negotiated based on the skill and knowledge required to do a job, the danger of the job, and its difficulty.
Anaesthesiologists earn about $112/hr, which is about as high as a salaried profession goes. These are people who need years of training and practice, in order to make sure that patients are rendered unable to either move or experience pain while being operated upon, and then wake up afterwards. If they get it wrong, the consequences are death, permanent disability, or severe mental and emotional trauma to their patients. That’s a pretty fair standard for a job that deserves to be at the upper end of the salary curve.
In order to earn a billion dollars, an anaesthesiologist would need to work 100-hour weeks for over 1,750 years. At a more reasonable, 40-hour work week, it would take them almost 4,300 years.
It is literally impossible for any person to do enough work, at a wage appropriate to the work being performed, to earn a billion dollars in a human lifetime.
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True.
I was simply mimicking the tone of the thread though. So much irrational justification from the trolls.
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Linked in that thread, by the same author:
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For reference.
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I have used grocery pickup services and they always pick the fresh veg and meat much better than I do.
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