It's not meaning. It's just a mechanism. It's the canvas to what we do and ascribe meaning to.

Then again, our "meaning" might simply be a mechanism to another system

You're what an internet turtle philosopher describe as "the pretentious dude at a party who thinks he's got everything figured out. Really now? You figured out the meaning of life and you're certain of it?"

Okay, then why do you care about human knowledge and want to learn as much as possible? What about the application of that knowledge?

Do you care about knowledge or wisdom?

To what end do you apply that knowledge?

To what ends will you acquire that knowledge?

This is plain dumb and the same rhetoric that got America into its fascist me first bullshit policy in the first place.

The system got hijacked. The people speaking out are getting arrested and deported to a foreign death camp. The US will course correct, or need help doing so.

Sit your militant LARPIng troll ass down and let the adults figure this shit out. A war is not good for either country, nor is a need for constant paranoia like you're suggesting.

Yeah, blocked hexbear too.

Those people are absolutely fucking unhinged and do not engage in any sort of good faith argument.

After one round, I got name called, after round two asking for clarification, I just left.

Time is precious, the squirrels in my yard are more coherent than these chucklefucks.

Hell, even two crows would be better

No one is saying don't make thrilling drama. But there's a wildly successful British baking show that proves wholesome works too.

Instead of defaulting to cynicism and worshipping money/power, let's make some thrilling drama that don't involve shitty rich people.

I bet you watching rich fuckers eat shit would sell very well given the current climate of neo-feudalism

Not necessarily. Smart people have interesting lives too.

You don't lose a character arc just because you have more than two brain cells

I do agree with and appreciate the nuance, it's clear from your careful wording you understand conservatism by definition doesn't have a cause to stand for, hence reactionary. It's apt in a good faith discussion.

My problem is supplying ammunition for bad faith discussion. Like what "libertarians" are to conservatives. They'll claim they're not conservatives, they're just libertarians. All the while supporting the same goals with a different name.

Just call it what it is. It's fascist. It's the fascist party. All of these - afd, maga, same unimaginative shit.

Inventing new terms is what these fuckers want. Remind them they're not new and been wrong before.

I didn't realize muscle was so flabby

At least then they could afford to have a heart attack. Heck, have two

They can issue orders. Not all are legal. But since they replaced the JAGs, this might be closer to reality.

Niooce.

Well, AOC is often only referred to by her initials

Actually, I think it shows how susceptible people are to what media tells them. The word is getting out to resist and organize. Traditional media doesn't have full control, but it is working to slow the reaction down.

Furthermore, people have a much tighter leash to their corporate overlords/sponsors, they have to be strategic about which protest (if they even have the energy).

So yeah, it's dumb and circumstances. But we've been been engineered down this path for the past few decades, it's coming for you too.

Fuck capitalism.

I think the bigger issue isn't even cost. Fuck, most people in CA can deal with $30 if the process was instant. Let's not pretend that's what stopping people

The real issue is taking the day off from work to wait your ass in DMV lines when you really rather just stay home in bed if you're gonna spend a day not grinding down to a mental break

Wealth tax can treat early infections if used aggressively enough.

You'll need surgery to treat the current condition.

Ooo! Those are good alternatives. I'll give em a read through. It might solve something on my end.

Say I want to move cities for a new job. There are at least two uncertainties I need to resolve -

1. will this job work out for the long term?
2. will I like this city at all (or know where to buy)?

This prevents me from wanting to buy immediately.

What prevents me from selling immediately is losing a stable footing I can plan around if the new city doesn't work out. More broadly for everyone in this situation though is the cash sits.

I will need to buy immediately or park it in some investment that keeps pace/liquid enough to convert back to a house, which requires additional knowledge/research.

So to be risk averse, sitting on the house is generally a safe default...

But thank you for starting me on considering this as an options and what parameters need to be met to make sense.

As a current landlord about to extend a lease at exactly the same terms for 3rd year in a row (and I fix everything within 24 hours) - I agree with this too.

It's ridiculous that my largest store of value is a speculation bubble and a piece of paper with my name on it

Besides bluesky, can we start seeing more of the protests here on lemmy? And see it flood the pages here? If someone just posts one a day from each location, that will kick start enough people to join

Nah, we tried appealing to the center shit and that got us nowhere. Go hard on restoring working class America. Fuck racism, sexism, and ignorance - that shit got us a slow slide down to where we are now .

Kick the fucking oligarchs out and tax the fuck out of them. Rich should mean enough money to be very comfortable and never worry again, but not enough to buy elections.