Ultraviolet

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[–] Ultraviolet 59 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Not too long ago, this would be a career-ending display of corruption.

[–] Ultraviolet 42 points 1 week ago (1 children)

His house, the people's choice. The information being available just allows people to make an informed decision of whether or not to use it, and in what way.

[–] Ultraviolet 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The main difference is that in equal measure to being a fascist, Trump is an idiot.

[–] Ultraviolet 42 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

"Something I hope we can do no matter who you voted for is see each other not as adversaries but as fellow Americans, Bring down the temperature."

No. Human rights aren't a disagreement. We can disagree on whether or not we enjoyed a movie or on what pizza toppings we prefer. But if the disagreement is that you want to kill me or people I care about, you are, by definition, my adversary.

[–] Ultraviolet 10 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I'm not convinced we'll go even a single decade of this regime without total socioeconomic collapse.

[–] Ultraviolet 4 points 2 weeks ago

A law that virtually everyone breaks and is easily selectively enforced is extremely valuable to authoritarian regimes. It's a wildcard to imprison whoever they want.

[–] Ultraviolet 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Trains are extremely convenient. You optimize them for convenience by adding more trains.

[–] Ultraviolet 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Only if you're exactly the right denomination too.

[–] Ultraviolet 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

It all makes sense when you realize they have no intention to actually run the country in good faith. They intend to do two things, plunder everything they can, and irreparably destroy the country's future to get revenge for having the audacity to try to move forward.

[–] Ultraviolet 19 points 2 weeks ago

That just means you value your own ability to evade blame over the lives of real people.

[–] Ultraviolet 3 points 2 weeks ago

So he's just lifting Jimmy Saville's slogan?

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