Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@social.cleverlibre.org

@tokensane @Carlabela1 @KiffinEileen Yes, the "trickle-down" argument, and the coat-tails argument, and the "rising tide lifts all boats" argument. All of which are false.

@KiffinEileen Well, the funny thing is that 60, 70 years ago and before, you could depend on Americans voting their pocketbook. This is good. This keeps the 1% oligarchy from forming. Tax cuts for the rich or for corporations was not a thing.

But Americans stopped doing that during my lifetime. Instead of voting self-interest, they now vote ideology. Ideology can be manipulated. And so we have poor people voting for tax cuts for the rich because the party they support ideologically is operated by and for the rich.

We'd be much better off if people understood what was going on and voted their self-interest like they always used to.

@MediaLawProf I hope some intrepid lawyers are watching this and considering a lawsuit, and that an intrepid federal prosecutor is considering a civil rights case.

Nice thing about a lawsuit is the burden of proof is lower than in a criminal case and the allowed discovery broader. And, evidence uncovered in a lawsuit can be used later to bring criminal charges.

The only fix for this police department and city government is to bleed out their budget with a massive lawsuit. It's the only way to get their attention.

@futurism Good, because what's called AI today isn't. It's fancy pattern matching and extrapolation that seems like intelligence. It ain't.

@kevinrothrock Ahh, so the munitions have started to arrive and are in service. Good. The Russian soldiers won't like this at all.

@DemocracyMattersALot Good deal. I've said since the Jan 6 insurrection that the RICO Act should be brought into play.

This is appropriate because these are criminal organizations in cahoots with corrupt politicians -- exactly what the Act is about.

@JenWojcik I wish I still had the one my mother used 60 years ago. It was excellent. I've never gotten a cast iron skillet to behave like that one did.

@obeto Nah, Aldean lives in New York City. The small town he sings about only exists in his imagination.

@ai6yr @rchusid A bit of a drag that it's BS. Controlled magnetization would be handy for mechanics and engineers. Oh well. Fun to imagine.

@rchusid Medical doctor? Doctors have to study chemistry and basic physics in med school. Sounds like she didn't.

@Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social Yes, and no reason not to keep doing it.

Wonderful what you can do with the Internet today. Robbie Robertson died today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph1GU1qQ1zQ

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