TheSaneWriter

u/TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com
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on Ramen · c/memes · 2 pts · 2y

Death is actually very expensive, it's just not the dead person that foots the bill.

on Ramen · c/memes · 2 pts · 2y

Depends on the beans. Some taste really good on their own, others are very bland.

on Slavery: still a thing · c/memes · 3 pts · 2y

Fully agreed. Stuff like, you have to work for the government park corp and clean up parks as your job for the next year is a form of sentencing I could agree with. I don't agree with random company 400 getting to use you as a slave being your sentence.

on Slavery: still a thing · c/memes · 16 pts · 2y

I think people are allowed to say that slavery is bad even if we benefit from slave labor. It's not like shit is labeled, and even if a product is free from one form of slavery there are still so many types across the world it would take a global effort to get rid of them all. Isn't it better to at least acknowledge the problem?

I fully agree that politics have changed, I'm just arguing that having a sympathetic President and Congress in office makes it significantly easier to get legislation passed by protest.

It played a role. Because the Democrats and President Johnson were in charge during the Civil Rights movement, we got the Civil Rights Act. Because the Republicans and President Trump were in charge during the BLM movement, we got jackshit (on a federal level). This stuff matters.

on *Permanently Deleted* · c/memes · 2 pts · 2y

It seems like a difficult thing to regulate. I hope that this can be a starting point that will be potentially expanded later as needed, but we'll see.

Fully agreed. The authoritarian institution of shareholders and CEOs makes large companies prone to arrogance and short-term decision-making, democratic control of these large companies would make the economy much healthier.

The offer still stands. Just create an account on my instance and reply to this comment chain with it, and I'll make it an admin.