krashmo @ krashmo @lemmy.world

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You presented your opinion and then contrasted it with that of middle school children spending their parents money. If you don't think that comes off as you saying anyone who disagrees with you has the perspective of a middle schooler then you aren't a very good communicator.

Maybe some people just don't like grinding for hours and hours to replace stuff they already acquired in a video game. I'm not sure why you have to present your opinion as if it's the only valid option and everyone who disagrees is an immature child.

I'm surprised it's not higher given his popularity with 30% of the population. I would have expected about that amount.

I think you're wrong about that. As someone who left I can say with some amount of certainty that most of the smart ones do leave and that's part of why it remains shitty.

To be clear I'm referring to smart people I know who grew up there. The vast majority don't live there anymore. This isn't just a roundabout way of calling myself smart.

Inflated home values are a huge part of the problem. That's a large part of the point I'm making. At face value it seems fine to say "they have a $4 million home, they can afford the property taxes" but if you apply the same rate to the homes that average people have to buy you're going to end up in a shitty spot. If taxing the rich is the goal we shouldn't be talking about property taxes on single family homes unless it's specifically related to second and third homes.

If it costs $90k for a $4 million home then a $1 million home would be taxed at $22.5k. That's still half a years salary at median wages for an average priced home in many markets. Don't let your hatred for rich people lead you to advocating for shitty policies.

I don't think it matters what the house looks like. That's a ridiculous amount for any single home. I understand the desire to tax the rich but there are better ways to accomplish that than jacking up property taxes for everyone, especially when inflationary housing costs are a simultaneous concern.

I mean, bullshit strategies and apparent entitled attitude aside, she does have a point. $90k is an absurd property tax rate for a single family home.

lol'ing at the implication that white collar crime has ever been prioritized. Steal $1,000 from a gas station you get 10-20 years. Steal $10,000,000 in wages from employees and you get 10 months in a beachfront prison with daytime work release, if you get anything at all.

You're making an awful lot of assumptions about me and how I live my life. That's fine, but I'm not all that interested in being a sounding board for your frustrations with my country.

I have the means and the desire to do what you're suggesting but when it comes down to it my desire to protect my family outweighs my desire to protect my country. At least for now that seems the wiser choice for me personally, and I suspect that is true for a lot of others as well.

The problem is that there's no clear line to delineate what that decision should hinge on. If you asked me 10 years ago where the line is I probably would have said somewhere well behind us now. Still, I know what will happen to me and my family if I'm the one to act first and that familial preservation instinct is difficult to overcome. Choosing to be first through the breach, so to speak, is a heavy burden to bear.

I think that dilemma is what prevents most who are predisposed to act from choosing to act, more so than a lack of knowledge about the situation.

While there are certainly flaws in the American system of government, this is not the result of one man simply being above the law. There are plenty of existing ways to stop this from happening but half of the government is actively supporting his efforts. There is no system of government that can survive when the people who are charged with enforcing the rules collectively decide not to enforce them. At that point the specifics don't matter.

Are you really saying that one of the richest men in the world, who bought an election and does essentially whatever he wants with impunity, hasn't won already?

I mean, who wants to make a deal with an admin, when every 4 years it can go back on its word?

This certainly isn't unique to the US. It may be more pronounced here at this moment in time but that wouldn't have been true 20 years ago. The system hasn't changed in that time. The same can happen anywhere else with the right conditions.

You guys keep bringing this up as if the day when those non-voters start voting for Democrats is right around the corner. The percentage of people who don't vote hasn't changed much in 100 years. Quit wasting words on people who will never matter in this context.

As someone who hates tea, that sounds like way too much tea.

It's still better than iTunes or Tidal or pirating all your music. I'm sure that will change someday but for now Spotify is the best music platform around.

Edit: you guys may not appreciate their treatment of artists but you know it's better than those other options from a user experience perspective, and that's all most people care about.

Current Montana governor Greg Gianforte

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The word consuming is deeply unsettling in this context. More so than high velocity plastic shrapnel, which is surprising