The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
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The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
2hr ago
TayGPT begs to differ.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
2hr ago
Yet in a world in which Trump EO'd the income tax to zero rather than implementing tariffs there would be the same hand-wringing, from the same people, who are currently saying tariffs will destroy the economy. The hypocrisy irritates me.
Hypocrisy present only because of your head-canon isn't really hypocrisy. Certainly I'd be quite happy if Trump EO'd the income tax to zero (though alas he wouldn't get away with it)
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
22hr ago
In America the existence of a certificate in following basic directions, using the English language, being able to not make problems when working in groups, etc is the function of a bachelor's in psychology, but what else do you suggest fill that role?
A high school diploma, or better yet, a certificate of graduation from the eighth grade. This would require reversing much of the educational "progress" made in the last 100 years, of course.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
23hr ago
Wait what? The chambers of Congress can change procedure with a simple majority? And presumably, the procedural changes survive elections?
Formally, the rules are re-made with every Congress.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
1d ago
It's not 0%. It's effectively a (maximum) quota rather than a tariff, though it is written as a tariff with a cliff. It's still a trade barrier.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
1d ago
I can think of another reason besides social media that Trump 45 lost. (And I don't mean electoral chicanery either)
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
1d ago
Why do you believe the US adopting a policy change towards a global norm 'dooms' you? Why is it 'over?'
Vastly increasing the cost imports crashes the US economy, which crashes the global economy, which sends the world into a Great Depression. It's a pretty straight line.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
1d ago
Iirc greenhouse grown products are generally more efficient than conventional agriculture; third world labor costs are the main reason for importing so many tropical fruits.
That second part is another way of saying "It's more efficient to grow tropical fruits conventionally with third-world labor than to grow them in greenhouses anywhere".
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
1d ago
Eviction moratorium, OSHA vaccine requirements, the full student loan forgiveness policy.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
1d ago
If he'd stopped at 'suboptimal' and hadn't gone all the way to 'utterly ruinous', I'd agree with you.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
1d ago
Biden kept Trump's China tariffs. Trump even made a point of it during the campaign.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
1d ago
The USA, USSR and PRC all built their power on manufacturing, which is real positive-sum activity.
There's nothing in particular positive-sum about manufacturing compared to other things. Manufacturing things people don't want, or at least less than they'd want the raw materials, is negative sum
As for the USSR... have you noticed it isn't around any more?
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
1d ago
https://x.com/HouseDemocrats/status/1908218153404117109
For today's Democratic Daily Download: meet @RepDeluzio from Western PA.
He explains how Trump's trade policy has been a chaotic mess, but that tariffs—if done right and paired with strong pro-worker and industrial policies—can help supercharge manufacturing.
We're offering hardworking Americans real policies to strengthen their families and communities—not fake populism to distract from tax giveaways to robber barons and huge corporations.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
2d ago
In all seriousness, all of these things have extremely dubious and probably negative value to society
If you're a Luddite; I see no other way to object to designing iPhones. Day trading is volunteering to be a cog in the machine which discovers prices, which is useful (most people who try end up as lubricant instead of cog, which is why you probably shouldn't do it). DEI compliance is net negative of course, but there are easier ways to get rid of them which Trump has already started doing.
The most that can be achieved building a society on those is being a rich city-state like Dubai or Singapore, not a great power.
Dubai has only the day traders. Singapore has only the day traders and the DEI compliance officers (a bit different than the US version). The US, a great power, has all three. So does China (at least including Hong Kong), another great power candidate at least. So does South Korea. So does Finland.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
2d ago
You underestimate the economic illiteracy of the Democrats. I can see them keeping the tariffs and adding more taxes and redistribution on top to "reduce the impact on marginalized members of our society"
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
2d ago
The primary means of redistribution is Social Security, which does it on the basis of age.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
2d ago
And, the article cities not just her lawyer but friends and colleagues who can’t recall much activism beyond the op-ed.
Oh, friends and colleagues too? Will we eventually get a photo of her involved in some campus-disrupting protest right next to said friends and colleagues? Look, skepticism about the government's position makes sense, but lacking any skepticism about her activities does not.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
2d ago
Chronic disease is higher here than any western nation
Yeah, because we're literally fat on all the riches.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
2d ago
Increasing roofing prices increases housing prices. That affects far more than the "upper class".
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
2d ago
As far as I can tell it's only her lawyer making the claim that the op-ed is the only reason she's being deported. It appears the government has not laid out its case yet. Rubio has weighed in but it's not clear if he was personally involved before the fact; if he was, I'd increase my estimation that it was the op-ed, but Rubio did imply there was more:
“If you apply for a visa to enter the United States and be a student, and you tell us that the reason you are coming to the United States is not just because you want to write op-eds but because you want to participate in movements that are involved in doing things like vandalizing universities, harassing students, taking over buildings, creating a ruckus, we are not going to give you a visa,”
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
2d ago
It's hyper-optimized but it doesn't seem all that fragile seeing as we have shocks ALL THE TIME and things keep working.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
2d ago
My read is that this is just standard leftist wealth envy/hatred. You're upset that people exist who are not satisfying "from each according to his abilities". Thus, you have to find a way, any way, to force them to "contribute" to "society" according to their abilities.
The funny thing is there IS a way to force (most) people to "contribute", one agreed upon between such disparate figures as Rudyard Kipling and Vladimir Lenin. Lenin got his version from the Bible, good atheist that he was: "He who does not work shall not eat"; this was incorporated into the Soviet Constitution. Kipling's version was one of the Copybook Headings, "If you don't work you die." But this is one thing that less-than-tankie leftists (including social democrats of all sorts) will absolutely not agree with.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
2d ago
Your profit margin is slack, it's robustness, it's the ability to invest without leveraging yourself to the hilt, and of course it's the ability to pay your workers more than Chinese peasants.
It is not the last, because the cost of paying your workers comes out before your profit is calculated.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
2d ago
People often think Trump is playing 5D chess, but he's usually playing checkers... it's just that he cheats.
There is at least one foreign country that has a better system in this respect: the past. And I don't mean pre-industrialization either. Pre-GI bill, certainly.
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