Phantom_Engineer

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[–] Phantom_Engineer -4 points 9 months ago

His record is meh. The economy has been doing alright, and he has made at least some progress on climate change. He did get a much-needed infrastructure bill passed through Congress. He also did follow through on the withdraw from Afghanistan, and Republican attempts to stir up scandal have been largely for naught, mainly focusing on Hunter instead of him.

Now for the bad: the signs of mental decline are hard to ignore, and his insistence on running for a second term puts the country at risk of a second Trump term. Fair or not, the honorable thing to do would have been to put the country first and step aside so that the Democrats could have had a proper primary and let some fresh blood in. If Trump is elected, and polls suggest he might, Biden's legacy will be ruined.

His "human rights based" foreign policy is a joke, with his term marked by support for brutal wars in Gaza and Yemen and the return of the Taliban to rule in Afghanistan. (Though, to be fair, I agree with his decision to withdraw.) I do think his administration is likely responsible for the Nordstream bombing as well. While it could be argued that the bombing was justified due to the Ukraine war, it undermines the idea of a "rules-based" order that the West is supposedly fighting for.

Most recently, his party's attempt to reform immigration has stalled in Congress, Ukraine aid is at a deadlock, and the possibility of war with Iran hangs on the horizon. All of this remains to be resolved.

I live in a pretty solid red state, so I might vote third party, but if was a more competitive state I would probably vote to reelect Biden. Unfortunately, I think the best case scenario is that Biden is reelected and either dies or resigns to make way for President Harris. Not ideal, this.

[–] Phantom_Engineer 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Does the +Police vote even care that much about marijuana anymore? I feel that marijuana won the cultural war forever ago, it's just that it takes a long time for political change to follow.

[–] Phantom_Engineer 13 points 11 months ago

Believe it or not, the money isn't the hard part. The endless environmental studies, NIMBYism, and debate make it nearly impossible to build projects of any size in the US anymore.

[–] Phantom_Engineer 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

More like chiroquacktors! Haha, you get it? Because....

[–] Phantom_Engineer 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thing is, industrial revolution bleeds into colonialism. Sure, there was colonialism before industrialization, and colonialism would look very different in a time before nation-states as we know them today, but those resources will have to come from somewhere.

Metallurgy is always where they get you on these things. You can bring stuff like division of labor, assembly lines, and replaceable parts back in time pretty easily, but good luck getting aluminum for your bicycles in any kind of quantity. Not sure how well a bronze bicycle would work, but I bet it could be done.

[–] Phantom_Engineer 2 points 1 year ago

Selection is bad, price is meh. If you have the red card for the extra 5% it helps balance things out some. I go because it's convenient where I live, but I wouldn't go out of my way to buy groceries there.

[–] Phantom_Engineer 1 points 1 year ago

Hard to say. "A Day in the Life," probably. The opposite question is easier for me to answer, with "Tomorrow Never Knows" being my least favorite.

[–] Phantom_Engineer 1 points 1 year ago

AI poses an existential threat to humanity

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[–] Phantom_Engineer 20 points 1 year ago

Yeah, and it sucks. Eff the neoliberals. All my homies hate neoliberals.

[–] Phantom_Engineer 4 points 1 year ago

Polynomials

Normie. Should have done a trig sub problem.

[–] Phantom_Engineer 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So THAT'S where they were going

[–] Phantom_Engineer 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In an ideal state, the corporations would be subservient to the state, which would represent the will of the people and the good of the nation. In practical terms, this would be worker protections and environmental protection among other things.

As is, our (US) government is weak and subservient to the corporations and the rich, who use it as a tool to maintain their position. While free enterprise is essential to a free society and a planned economy is doomed to inefficiency, business owners must be good stewards of the nation's resources and the state should be unafraid to remove them as necessary. (Health care being a good example of an industry where this should be done).

On top of that, there should be a floor on how poor you can be and a ceiling on how rich. Oh shit, does this make ME the TANKIE?

No, because I don't laud the Assad regime. Whew, that was close.

I mean, me too thanks.

 
 
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