🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@social.cleverlibre.org

@EyalL

Spoken in the usual politicial tone, and not hard commit... but yea, I agree, its a threat, and not a great job at being subtle, despite the attempt.

@RenewedRebecca @georgetakei

@EyalL

For anyone following the thread here is are the specific quotes being used to claim that the republicans are threatening to impeach, I will let the quotes speak for themselves:

"Elections have consequence and the fact that, a couple days after the swearing in, people are already talking about impeachment really makes impeachment seem like it's something that's more casual or cavalier than it should be,"

"The idea that we're going to immediately start an impeachment process is probably too radical. I want to look and see, does she recuse herself on cases where she is prejudged? That to me is something that is at the oath of office and what she said she was going to do to uphold the Constitution. That, to me, is a serious offense."

@RenewedRebecca @georgetakei

@EyalL

Thanks so much, appreciate you finding that, ill read now.

@RenewedRebecca @georgetakei

@winstonsmith As I said, you already responded to show you knew you were wrong... so im satisfied, bye.

@winstonsmith Ahh when you cant make any logical sense, just resort to personal attacks...

Thanks, this is the point I know you realize you are clueless... i mean i know you cant admit you are wrong, but this is effectively the same thing.

@winstonsmith

No not just the USA the definition is the same in most countries.. just as the legal definition you posted earlier completely agreed with what I said, youd find that to be true in the legal definition of most countries with pyramid scheme laws.

@winstonsmith So? A concept with is a super set does not need to preceed the existance of a subset... thats not how logic works. Which came first is irrelevant... its even less irrelevant since we are talking about a legal definition, not a common definition.

@winstonsmith WHEN an MLM is an investment scam, then it is a pyramid scheme... An MLM that is not an investment scam is not... this isnt complicated.

@VoxDei You very well could be right sadly.

@winstonsmith

That depends on the MLM. A pyramid scheme is a type of MLM where the primary source of income is investors... so if you have a MLM that is primarly that, then it is a pyramid scheme, but a MLM is not automatically a pyramid scheme. If and when they have real products that are sold then they are not, by legal definition.

@winstonsmith It is virtually word for word what I said... a scheme where the primary source of money is getting new tiers of investors rather than selling a product.... read the law you posted again nearly exactly what I said:

that, to many participants in the scheme, constitutes primarily an opportunity to buy or sell an investment opportunity, whether personally or through an agent, rather than an opportunity to buy or supply goods or services; and

@winstonsmith Why are you calling me dumb and then linking to legislation that **Exactly** agrees with what I just said... I quote from the link you just gave:

that, to many participants in the scheme, constitutes primarily an opportunity to buy or sell an investment opportunity, whether personally or through an agent, rather than an opportunity to buy or supply goods or services; and

@RenewedRebecca @georgetakei

Ok just read the article... so i see the article claiming she threatened to impeach.. but then when i read every single quote int e article while she had plenty of criticisms not once did she say anything about impeaching.

We all know Vox is hyper biased, so lets stick to the facts... where in that article do they provide the quote/source/fact that i can verify that there was a threat of an impeachment? The article claims it was in an interview, yet none of the quotes from that interview back it up... so looks like your 9 seconds of googling was a failure.

PS: I had already googled and read that article before you posted it, and already noticed its complete lack of a quote or source where impeachment was threatened or even hinted at.

@winstonsmith

LOL you just posted the legal definition here:

https://mastodon.nz/@winstonsmith/110890347225273207

And it literally almost word for word in a.iii explains exactly what I explained to you as to what the difference between MLM and pyramid scheme is... lolol dude, read, understand, talk less.

@winstonsmith I have many times, and am well aware..

@winstonsmith No, not even remotely true.

A pyramid scheme doesnt have a product and its sole source of generating money is through recruitiment of an every expanding layer of tiers of investors.

In MLM actual products are bought and sold, and each level may take a cut from whoever they recruited... these are vastly different things even ont he surface.

@winstonsmith multi-level marketing isnt the same as a pyramid scheme. a pyramid scheme (the thing illegal by law) is something very specific.

@olives blocking raw ip is stupid... a better approach (but still has false positives) is to do a reverse loop up on the ip and then block on a wildcard pattern of it.. that way when your ip changes you remain blocked.