I’m just going to early vote. No lines and no post office fuckery.

That “potential” word here is very…. hopeful? Polyannaish? Aspirational? Optimistic? Yeah optimistic is the word I’m looking for here.

Greed is just a motivator. The word can is important here. It can lead to innovation and, sometimes, make the world better. I think that is the exception more than the rule, though. Most of the time, unchecked greed leads to awful behavior that enshittifies and hurts everything it touches. Ford is one example of the nuance. While Ford did not invent the assembly line, it helped refine and scale the moving assembly line into what we now think of as modern mass manufacturing. That let Ford build cars faster and cheaper, which had a huge effect on manufacturing in general.

The higher wages are another complicated part of it. Ford’s famous $5 day came with an eight-hour shift, not longer hours, but it was not just because Ford suddenly cared about workers. The assembly line was miserable, turnover was extremely high, and paying people more was a way to keep enough workers around to make the whole system function. It was good for the workers in some ways, but it was still motivated by making more money. And Ford’s “Sociological Department” was invasive as hell, since the company was looking into workers’ personal lives and deciding who qualified for the full pay.

But no, I am not remotely pro-billionaire. If anything, I am pretty firmly the opposite. I just do not think every situation is completely black and white. Self-interest can occasionally result in something broadly useful, even when the person doing it is not especially good and the system around it is still harmful. That does not make greed good. It just means the outcome and the motive are not always the same thing.

I’m pretty sure that’s illegal but in this day and age I’m not sure that means anything.

Is it better when it’s a bunch of young doctors?

Man don’t scare me like this early in the morning.

Wow. Tech and a dad joke joke.

👏😂

I agree with the sentiment but should scale more exponentially.

I feel like two houses is ok’ish but when you start buying three or more is when you cross into commercial purposes.

I should be cost prohibitive to own 4 single family houses.

Oh I know and I agree the focus of that article was just weird.

So no worries…

Either way he shot and killed his daughter. I kinda feel he should be in jail regardless.

Doesn’t congress control the money? This would be like me suing my 8 year old kid because he buys too many Pokémon cards.

(BTW my actual kids are WAY older but it makes less sense that a 24 year old is buying Pokémon cards 😂)

Yeah 55 here. I would under if I could use AI to translate 😂

As an atheist shit like this makes me hope I’m wrong so these fuckers burn in hell.

I’m too old to even understand what half of this means.

It’s nuance but yeah they are in the same family.

I actually think it’s more based on greed but yeah same.

Well that and racism.

I wish we were, badasses that is. Most of those badasses with weapons are more like gravy seals that probably like all this racist bullshit. Most of us are too scared to get noticed like this. I’m not sure what it would take to rile us up to do something about it. Right now I feel like we are the frogs in the pot that is slowly being heated up and everyone is just waiting for it to be over.

Don’t get me wrong I’m pissed but I have too many people relying on me to cause too much trouble. And I imagine I’m not the only one like that.

Yeah this is kind scary. Let’s open up this ballot and see who he voted for so we can put him on our ICE harassment list.

To me the graphics always look fine. The lighting might be slightly off but what really takes me out of it quick is the physics. When things don’t move right it’s off putting. Like the gravity is weird or the biomechanics are just wonky. Perfect example was some of the earlier spider-man movies. The web swinging especially. It just always looked off.

I don’t understand all the hype for Omarchy. It’s not really that groundbreaking or awesome.