chknbwl

I think it's fair to say that modern politic in general is worth the hatred. It's not a bipartisan issue as there are bad actors across the board; red tie, blue tie, green tie... it doesn't matter. Most people don't feel represented by our modern democratic republic.

You're definitely right, however that is by design. "Education" systems (i.e. religion-based private learning) attenuate critical thinking by replacing scientific analysis with theological opinion. Yet in my eyes that's not education, that's pushing an agenda.

This is why education, thusly critical thinking, is so important in a digital and globalized world. These unfortunate people who lack the skills to understand these obvious lies for what they are become the ramifications of voting corruption into power, who then go on to limit school funding in favor of personal gain. It's a vicious circle we are in, but I think if we keep voting for pro-education, pro-social-welfare politicians then the cycle can be broken. The most important thing to do is to never give up a steadfast defence against facism, bigotry, and corruption. Our very existence as a democracy could depend quite a bit on these next few rounds of voting.

For the average American, a retirement fund of $1 million is required to sustain such a lifestyle from age 67 (National Retirement Age) to age 77 (National Life Expectancy).

Elon Musk's reported net worth is $180 billion dollars. For purposes of this exercise, let's leave this multi-billionaire 20% of his hoarded wealth, which leaves us with a tidy $144 billion.

This one guy, if given a very conservative wealth tax, could pay for 144,000 people's retirements.

One guy.

This dude, in the same breath as claiming to be a dictator "on day one", said his main priority is to drill, baby, drill. He, along with all of his voters, have openly opted to make the climate crisis worse. Simply put, republicans are Eco-terrorists. The world, not just the US, cannot afford to have Republicans in charge anymore.

Bless this man's heart, but if he thinks dismantling the global Iron Triangle is more of an achievable goal than conquering Putin's genocidal regime, then he is sadly mistaken. The US's MICC is a heavily unregulated war machine supplying parts to bad actors across the world; other first-world countries are no exception. The roots of this thistle go back long before Eisenhower calling the system out and has only proliferated since then. It would take a near-miracle, a very strong blaze to fight this fire. Almost seems like we would need some person with a battery for a heart wielding bleeding-edge military technology in the form of a metal exosuit to stand a chance against this corruption... /s

A-fucking-men, I couldn't have said this any better myself. It's always been the ultra-rich causing problems for the Common Man, not the poor or public servants. The problem then, one that may be solvable by us, is figuring out how to shake-awake the brainwashed from their IV drip of late-stage Capitalism. More people need to congregate behind global wealth management for anything to truly be changed.

Blame American society for consistently endorsing car makers to engineer over 1.5 ton curb-weight SUVs with nearly three times the power-to-weight ratio as a Japanese kei car yet the same cargo space. I dream of the day when the US's roads aren't plagued with pick-up trucks heavier than a lightweight RV. If the Japanese general populace can remain productive using small cars utilizing a 0.026 horsepower-to-weight ratio, there's no need for Americans to be daily-driving an F-150 to the grocery store or work. It's just wanton excess that causes these avoidable accidents.

Eagerly awaiting for the Honda N-Box to (eventually) hit American shores.