It's principle.

@RyeNorth its not exactly a direct form of democracy as not everyone gets the same number of votes.

You earn your influence based on value added to the community

You lose influence as penalty for crimes.

yes, but it takes a community to then undo just one of your vote choices should you change stances.

its direct democracy until you have been voted all the power

in other words

lol https://twitter.com/lporiginalg/status/1003406759115948032?s=20

the only difference is that community can easily just vote you out

Capitalism doesn't end in straight dictatorship unless it's been undermined

If it has been, it moves towards corporatism

Which, incidentally, is what we're in early to mid stages of now.

#notrealcapitalism

"yay, they know karate"

mid stages? i'd say anything not in full blown socialism right now is in full blown cronyism

As long as corporations are able to influence laws to reduce competition, we need vigilance.

i love people who are like "corporations control the laws, **we need more laws**" like ummm hello, who did you just say makes those laws?

Like, today I found out that in Texas has a licensing process for AC technicians that requires you work for an already licensed company for four years.

That shit needs to get abolished

wut

Yup

Corporations control the laws, We need more laws to control corporations
Racists run the government, We need more laws to control the racists
The government is fascists, Only the government should control guns

etc etc

Texas, people, get on this.

Mmhmm

It's happening.

was this like trying to bring back trade jobs? like stupid trump and his tariffs?

"lets make this a law, that way they are forced to bring on apprentices"

That sort of thing means that if you want to open your own company,you're required to work for your competiton.

Throw in a non-compete and the protectionism is complete.

"oh wait, it only punishes competition? who would have guessed laws hurt competition"

Riiiiigh...?

Yeah, I'm not one of those that thinks more government fixes this.

Judges ruling against excessive, prohibitive licensing fixes this, maybe.

Abolitionist movements in state Congress fixes this.

People are too focused on employee rights, though,when there needs to be more focus on entrepreneurship

Otherwise we wind up all working for Wal Mart

what a fucking way to start up pride month

LMAO

https://twitter.com/BevHillsAntifa7/status/1003439804313264129

I didn't see this

repost? anyone know what happened?

antifa is dumb, more at 11

well yeah

all I know is gays are now being refused cakes

but violence again, its been a while

I know right? Gays need their cakes too

ty lex luthor

taking fourty cakes from the LGBT community

@LotheronPrime the weather is getting warm, just like tim predicted.

probably

I'm willing to bet if they walked in somewhere, bought a cake, and didn't make a big deal about it nobody would give a shit.

bingo

remember, it was basically because the bakery wouldn't deliver the cake and be part of the ceremony... they said they'd sell them a cake...

but that wasn't "good enough"

Heh

They also shouldn't be obligated to facilitate any special orders

is that really the case? i thought they cited that making the cake would make them part of the ceremony, which is why they refused. idk, maybe i didn't research enough. too much effort when the answer doesn't require knowing the reason of why

'One commissioner in particular, Justice Kennedy wrote, had crossed the line in saying that “freedom of religion and religion has been used to justify all kinds of discrimination throughout history, whether it be slavery, whether it be the Holocaust.”'

PFFFFFFFFT

OH

WOW

And be allowed to sell the bride and groom toppers in pairs.

YOU WON'T BAKE THESE FAGS A CAKE? LITERAL NAZI

Oh shit! Did he seriously call that baker the moral equivalent of a nazi?

well that's the direct quote from a state commissioner

it's not direct

but it's pretty evident

that's what they meant

"Phillips takes exceptional care with
each cake that he creates—sketching the design out on
paper, choosing the color scheme, creating the frosting and
decorations, baking and sculpting the cake, decorating it,
and delivering it to the wedding. Examples of his creations
can be seen on Masterpiece’s website."

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-111_j4el.pdf

that pesky first amendment, with its freedom of religion.

lets just ban religion!

ah, so he wouldn't sell them the cake. he'd sell them A cake, but not a wedding cake.

yes

also “place of business engaged in any sales to the public"

.... so all businesses? how does a business sell to someone who is not the public?>

only to other businesses?

yes

there are those

Frankly, government should just be like 'does not compute' the moment wedding comes up

there's a nursery around the corner not open to the public

(trees)

but like, doesn't that mean the companies that supply the bakery could opt not to supply the bakery because the bakery sold to gay people?

yup

what is the point of this law? why specify public when that is basically everyone.

any company should be allowed to choose who they do business with

i know, but even the people who made the law didn't really do anyhting

Let's just abolish legal definition of marriage entirely.

^

i like that one

Whether gay people get married or not is the churches problem

fuck, its the couples problem

Govt should deal in unions.

who gives anyone else the authority to decide if you can call someone a husband or wife?

Everyone is entitled to one.

why is the government involved at all?

Instead of playing the one-upmanship game, find a new game.

get the government out of my bedroom.

oh shhhhhheeeeiiiiiiit https://twitter.com/Scott_Helme/status/1003671094111457280?s=20

no union, no marriage license, i get to decide who my partner is.

The tax benefits of what's currently called marriage are important