Message from @Starwind
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What issue was that?
I wasn’t paying attention to politics much then.
golden parachutes
the people who fucked the economy got bailed out, businesses that made shitty decisions got bailed out
average person got fucked, the people who fucked them got bonuses
if anything that really should have been the flashpoint for a yellow vest style protest, but instead the intersectional commies came in and started forcing progstack on everyone
Eh, I didn't mind the bail outs. They were all paid back in a few years with interest so it's not it was a bunch of hand outs
they were also a really nice way of paving over mistakes that these companies shouldnt have made in the first place
also reminder that Ford didn't need one, and that the banks knew what they were doing was fucked
if you or I pulled shit on 1/10000th the scale, we'd probably go to prison
Yeah. Such is life. I wonder how much of the problem was caused by government regulations/incentives. It’s hard to tell. Obviously the businesses screwed up.
it's nearly always a combination
of incentives and businesses taking shortcuts
Yeah.
That’s true.
>Abby Martin
Hm. Forced sexual harassment awareness training from my college.
Where they list "Acceptability of pornography" as one of the main reasons for sexual violence.
lel
Plus: "If you ever doubt our community acceptance of the objectification of women, use of coercion, or tolerance for violence, you only need to look at the media. Movies, music, and social media reflect our community tolerance of these kinds of behaviors and beliefs.
Individuals who endorse or support these factors are at more risk of perpetrating sexual violence than those who do not. If you do not endorse these things, it is important to become an advocate against them."
look up false consciousness and it all makes sense :^)
All I can think of at the moment is Angry Joe back when gamgergate first happened. "Cmon guys they're not coming for your violent games or your porn. This is stupid, you're all being dumb."
Jim Sterling also tried to float that nonsense
oh right I need to migrate to subscribestar
I need Matt to gimme my fancy colored name on here.
Just settled for the site directly, also need to grab fancy coloured name
unless that is now a separate thing
which, honestly, makes no difference since I'm busy every wednesday
I was going to do direct support, but I also want to support subscribestar
So they can hopefully stay running and be a long-term patreon alternative
Replika has been "compromised."
who?
I was watching some Jimmy Dore stuff the other day.
What's yalls opinion of him?
I ask cause I was watching that and everyone seemed so.... strange.
It makes me think Joe Rogan is some kind of Rorschach test because that wasn't at all how I perceived that episode
same
There also seems to be a lack of self awareness on Jimmy's part, although I don't know his views that well
I feel like he's probably done a lot of the stuff he's making fun of her for, like repeating a talking point he's heard somewhere without really knowing anything behind it