He would do anything for points, but he won't do that!

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Long overdue

Rich People: "I want to price gouge and plan obsolescence without having to worry about competition. Government, enforce my patents."

Rich People: "I want firepower to uphold my enormous wealth. Government, hire police officers with taxpayer money to protect my property from thieves and trespassers."

Rich People: "I want a source of cheap labor. Government, enforce laws against victimless actions in order to put people in prison so I can exploit them as slaves, then brand them with criminal records so they'll take any low wage job that's offered to them in the future."

Rich People: "There are homeless people existing who are not generating profit for me. Government, hire police officers with taxpayer money to arrest them for loitering, and use taxpayer money to build hostile architecture."

Rich People: "Homeless people are eating food that my business discarded, which doesn't generate profit for me. Government, hire police officers with taxpayer money to guard the dumpster."

Rich People: "Marijuana is competition for me as a pharmaceutical CEO. Government, ban marijuana."

Rich People: "I build weapons. Government, create wars and buy my weapons with taxpayer money."

Poor People: "I can't afford what I need to live. Government, financially assist me, require my employer to pay me more, or limit rich people's ability to increase prices."

Rich People: "Stop relying on government for everything and taking people's freedom!"

Navigating the late-stage capitalist hellscape of hundreds of increasingly expensive streaming services riddled with ads and realizing that you don't actually have to put up with their bullshit:

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee held a hearing on Wednesday with Boeing quality engineer and whistleblower Sam Salehpour. The topic was ongoing and serious safety and quality issues surrounding the Boeing 777 “Triple Seven” and 787 Dreamliner aircraft.

Chisel. Chisel — First Amendment v American Fascism

[The Supreme] Court’s decision to leave the Fifth Circuit’s attack on the First Amendment in place could be temporary. As Sotomayor writes in her Mckesson opinion, when the Court announces that it will not hear a particular case it “expresses no view about the merits.” The Court could still restore the First Amendment right to protest in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas in a future case. For the time being, however, the Fifth Circuit’s Mckesson decision remains good law in those three states. And that means that anyone who organizes a political protest within the Fifth Circuit risks catastrophic financial liability.

It's pretty grim how the term 'studio apartment' has gone from meaning a flat with an open plan kitchen/living room with a bedroom and a bathroom, to a bedsit akin to a room in a student halls flat, and the audacity to want a grand a month rent for one

My favorite explanation of "antiwork"

I have a friend who works as a DJ at a karaoke bar. She had a jar for tips. I gave her $20, which I can easily afford because I get paid $35 an hour and I don't pay rent because I live in my childhood home which my grandmother already owns. She acted like it was a major act of generosity.

I've also occasionally given $20 to homeless people, and they also acted like it was a major act of generosity.

Meanwhile, if you're working multiple jobs for a low wage and struggling to pay your bills and you give $50 to your landlord every single day, they'll make you homeless when they decide that they want $55 a day and you can no longer afford it.

And that's because poor and working class people are expected to question whether they deserve every penny that they have. They feel guilty accepting a gift from someone who can easily afford it. Meanwhile, capitalists regularly receive much more, and all they care about is trying to increase it further. A gift to your friend that seems like a lot is peanuts compared to what people regularly give to capitalists.

hey now im no politician but maybe if homelessness is a problem and we got empty houses we just put the people in the houses

like without making them pay a shit load of money

actually maybe all our basic needs should be met free of cost bc being alive shouldnt cost money

yeah

dazai for tags

Oh…. Well, it’s over for Crunchyroll I guess