If there was a viable non-genocide candidate, o wolf have voted for him.

Most of us are not getting richer, nor working shorter hours, nor living better than our parents. We’re past “services” and on into “parasites.”

In principal, tariffs can prop up domestic industry that is having trouble competing with cheaper imported products. In practice, this winds up being really complicated, because the world is a lot more interdependent than it was 80 years ago.

Thanks, Tribune.

Can you repost this? The link is dead.

I’m gonna argue for the Corvus, if only because the corvette is not expecting to be boarded by centurians.

Just like he was counting on China you need us more than we need them.

I really hate people who are constitutionally unable to negotiate in good faith.

That’s the thing. You don’t have to pick up the phone. You don’t have to answer the text until you are ready.

Anyone who acts like they are entitled to an instant response is wrong, unless you agree with them.

You may have to do a little expectation management, but you’ll be happier once you’ve done a bit of it.

Tell me when the training module covers “penguin stages mutiny.”

I prefer the real Enterprise.

And what happens when he does it anyway?

“I’m sorry you saw half a completed film and fell in love with it. But I want it to be the way I want it to be.”

And we want it to be the way we want it to be, and we are the ones who put money in your pocket.

I agree with you that the systems we have built keep the powerful in power. That’s what they get out of the deal.

But the point of civilization has less to do with them, and more to do with interactions between regular people. If I have a dispute with you, for example, over some property, we can call on lawyers, police, regulatory bodies and similar to help us settle our dispute. We maybe don’t like the resolution, but, by and large, we accept it.

Without those systems, I could just beat you up, and take the property for myself. You’re only real option would be to kill me, and take it back.

Similar, we can do things like vote out our leaders, or move to other places. We have options besides burning down the castle, or setting up a guillotine.

Civilization is about giving us that alternative.

That’s wife material, that is.

Not helping.

Nothing got hijacked, “civilization” structured around the threat of violence was exploitative from the start.

It’s not a threat of violence, it’s a preferable alternative to violence, for both sides. Revolts aren’t great for those in power, but they are catastrophic for a significant number of those not in power.

And you are missing mine.

The government gives the working class a way to have their grievances heard and addressed in a way other than starting a rebellion.

Yes, it serves to keep the powerful in power, but that’s irrelevant to my point. It also serves to make sure the little people get taken care of well enough that we don’t kill the ones in power.

For a more specific example, see unions. The alternative to unions is plant managers getting killed.

And explained that he was using AI to do a part of the job that needs to be done by humans, because it helps them figure is the solution.

That’s not why we built them. They got hijacked for that, and they need fixing.

They were built so we had an alternative to killing each other over disputes.