miak

I like this. I imagine a federated store front instance that a store could run. It would need to be highly customizable as far as how it looks, but have standardized tags for data (like Brand, Price, Discount, etc) so that information could be organized consistently. Then you have apps/websites you use to aggregate the federated store fronts into a digital mall. You have one shopping cart provided by the aggregator app/site, and the aggregator app/site could store your shipping/billing info to automatically feed to each store front you select items from when you go to check out.

Now what would REALLY be a game changer is a federated shopping platform.

Like an internet mall! That would be really cool...this seems so obvious, surely it's been done and I'm just completely out of touch with the world?

I'll second this! I believe Joe Bob Briggs featured this movie in an episode of The Last Drive-in sometime in the past few seasons. Always worth checking out Joe Bob's presentations if you have access to Shudder.

It sounds like we're largely in agreement. Absolutely, you want to tackle the issue at the source. I don't see how one hopes to accomplish that without empathy. Understanding those racist 'losers' is how you begin to understand how to tackle this at the source.

Fear is often a motivating factor in a person's choice. This was equally true of the left and right in this past US presidential election.
I haven't seen any evidence that fear is a value that most people hold though. The source of their fear is concern over the things they do value.

There's those broad strokes I was talking about. I appreciate you providing an example.

Refusing to empathize and understand how people arrive at their views in favor of this kind of prejudice will never contribute to positive changes.
Yes, the best cure to bigotry is love and compassion. Love and compassion start with empathy. It's easy to empathize with those that think and act like you do - it can be difficult, but all the more important, to empathize with those that don't. Refusing to do so only ensures polarization of society and a perpetuation of the cycles of violence that permeate society. This is something that has become all the more clear with the rise of social media and the info bubbles they trap people in.

Often when I see someone accusing people of voting against their own interests, it's pretty clear that the person making the accusation has not taken the time to understand the values others are basing their choice on.
If I could rob a person and be confident that I would never be caught and punished for doing so, am I acting against my own self interest if I chose not to rob them because it goes against my moral code? No, of course not. But based on the way some people talk about voting against ones self interest, you might think I just cheated myself out of free money. Is it possible that a person might "vote against their own interests" because of a misinformed view? of course, but you'll never understand a person's motivations by chosing to paint them with broad strokes based on your prejudices instead of getting to know them individually and trying to understand what it is they truly value.

Sorry to be that guy, but the hockey mask was Jason Vorhees. Michael Meyers wore the Captain Kirk mask.

As a Bi-man, a bigration sounds great! Would be great to have more bis around. Mono-sexuals are just weird, imo.

I'm assuming the scale in this image is set to grams, but I'm hoping it's set to pounds

I'll add, it's incredibly dumb that the house is capped at 435 seats. There just is no way 435 people can represent the entirety of the nations population. Given advances in communication technology, there's also no reason to keep it there. They really should be increasing the size of the house dramatically and no longer have a cap. The size of the house should grow, or shrink, with the size of the population.