We like to pretend we are thinkers

@Grenade123 it is all the time, but only by the side that is hurt by it at the time

Sin taxes are better than sin prohibition. By how much is still unknown.

@ExceptionalFeather yeah, but they don't address it, just bitch about it

oh btw might as wel just throw some info here since sin taxes were mentioned, its essentially a extra 3% tax here in BC for alcohol and tobacco

Grenade it's pretty simple but both parties dont want gerrymandering reform so they can use it to their advantage. Simple solution is to have non partisan or bipartian group create districts for Geographic reasons. The minority party in 48 states could propose a ballot initiative and it would pass in most states

while taxes for food is 5% and everything else is at 12%, so sin taxe brings stuff to 15%

it hurts

I never really like the fact they banned that cooking oil, then they tax cigarettes.... all these taxes and bans "For your own good."

@RomanReigns parties don't, individuals might. They just need to be popular enough that the party wouldn't have a choice but put them on the ballot if they want to win.

That would assume they learn from the 2016 elections

Which clearly they haven't

Roman... non-partisan groups end up becoming partisan.

It is pervasive.

Put it this way Grenade if your the minority party in a large state you probably can win more house seats with gerrymandering reform so it would be in your best interest to work with a bipartisan group to get it in on your states ballot

If it has power, partisan people will seek to gain it's power.

Nothing stays non-partisan forever.

Think it more has to do with the general public not knowing enough to care, therefore it's never an important issue.

Instead we get weed.

Which just makes sense, get people high so they don't remember all the shit the government pulls

Ca for example without ballot reform with a Dem statehouse supermajority probably could have used some gerrymandered funky map to keep GOP to 5-6 house districts. Instead the GOP's share of seat this decade is usually consistently around their share of house popular vote.

I don't think the government really wants to head to a Brave New World future. Too much happiness in all that manditory drugging.

What's the problem with We Happy Few, I mean really /s

You downer

Time to walk across nyc

DID YOU TOOK YOUR JOY ? 😄

i just watch that NPC meme vid

what where?

tim made a vid on it

oh

which is why im here now

hi

joined about 25mins ago

hi

oh npc memes are taking off

welcome

Last Tim video I watched was the Roseanne one

never enough weebs in this server

Yeah. They were boring and nothing because it was just another jab at the left.
Then the left revealed that it actually bothered them, because it may be true. So now it's exploded.

do i actually count as a weeb even though im asian?