[–] 54 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Don't forget to use your paper straws people! It's the average person that causes harm to the climate, not businesses. Maybe we should give them more tax breaks.

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago

    This isn't true. You can extract bark from trees while leaving them still intact. One can gather and sell pinecones. You can also tap maple trees for sap.

    I like the sentiment, but the analogy doesn't work if you think about it a bit.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    It's like they always want to make sure they are "better" than Biden, but continually justify their own bad behavior by pointing to him.

    I can't imagine catching someone stealing and they say "well, my neighbor is also a thief!" Great, now the world has two thieves. It's an absolutely shit way to make an argument and it's sad that the public seems to fall for it almost every time.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Trump marched onstage insisting he was ready to make America “affordable again,” a line crafted to evoke Reagan-era economic populism that instead conjured Jimmy Carter calling for personal austerity. Trump declared he had “no higher priority” before launching into his usual misdirection by blaming the rising cost of living on his predecessor, Joe Biden.

    Keep blaming Biden! Despite assurances things would be fixed as early as the first day, the USA is still not in that great of a shape. How many people will allow Trump to quit taking accountability? Every day that we get more into a Trump presidency it should be harder and harder to blame your predecessor.

    If Biden left this country in such a shambles that even the almighty Trump is unable to right the ship, then why the heck did the Donald say he could?

    Our gullible countrymen ate it right up and a good amount continue to do so. Mortgaging your future to own the libs.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    “Under my administration, we will be slashing energy and electricity prices by half within 12 months, at a maximum 18 months” “Prices will come down. You just watch: They’ll come down, and they’ll come down fast, not only with insurance, with everything.”

    Donald Trump, PBS NewsHour, Trump Rally in North Carolina, 8/14/24

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  • [–] 15 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Ted Cruz is blaming life-saving car safety regulations for the rising cost of cars

    This is correct. They will be cheaper. The question is not how much money is spent, but it is what you get for that money.

    I'm sure if we get rid of all food safety laws there will be cheaper food available as well. It will make manufacturing much easier.

    Likewise, if we eliminate the EPA and the huge amount of environmental protection laws we have, manufacturing will be much cheaper and feasible to do in the USA.

    Chesterton's Fence remains in effect, as ever. Fiddle with these rules at your own risk. Consequences don't care about your feelings and the universe will make sure to pay you back.

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    As most people know, there's a heavy police and national guard presence in DC. However, as far as I know, they are just booting people out of DC, not making them disappear.

    It stands to reason when the police and national guard presence goes back to its old level that many of the people will just come back, since we haven't resolved any of the underlying problems that led to all the crime and homelessness.

    Keeping all those people posted up costs a lot of money. I would say unless the plan is to have the military permanently occupy every major US city, that we are wasting our time.

    Don't get me wrong, I'm not a big fan of crime or homelessness, but this just seems like a temporary way to move the problem around at great expense, not to solve it.

    Am I missing something here?

     

    It's become somewhat of a meme now when there is a story on crime, or other bad things happening in a city, people pipe up and say "That's how it is in blue cities!" "This could only happen in a Democrat city!" However, I noticed they never say "... and that's why only want to live in X" or "... that would never happen in Y".

    If living in "blue cities" are such a nightmare, where are all these Utopian "red cities" that people are apparently in favor of?

     

    I realize there's no singular answer for this, but many of the MAGA crowd attribute many of our current woes to the prior administration, like cost of living, inflation, unemployment rates, etc.

    I'd imagine that every day that passes and we get more and more distant from Biden's presidency, it gets a bit harder to blame him for every problem.

    e.g. It'd be hard to blame many of the increased prices on electronics on him, since much of this has been driven by Trump's tariffs (but I bet someone will attempt to refute this!)

    This is a long-winded way of me asking the community, have you seen any Trump fans start to come around at all? When do we start living in the conditions (good or bad) of Trump's America and stop laying blame on the last administration?

    I'm interested to see what people of all persuasions feel about this.

    For myself, I have seen some minor loss of enthusiasm among Trump followers, but I haven't seen anyone register as a Democrat yet :)

     

    I was talking to one of my friends and he mentioned staying home on July 4, citing how there are a lot of really ugly things going on in the US.

    After thinking about this myself, I'm starting to feel the same way. Instead of being proud of the country, I'm feeling like I'm just another wallet that companies and the government are trying to suck all the money out of.

    The cost of living is going up, the housing market is a nightmare, I don't feel very confident in our government at all, the job market is a nightmare...

    I think I'll be staying home this year too... anyone else?

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