Recent content by bellona0544

So, so many hours reading old sci fi standing up between the shelves cuz I started a story before bothering to sit down. Has anyone seen the Dropout video on a Dewey decimal system for grocery stores? It is one of those things that came up as a stupid idea before I realized that it would change...

I'd love for you to show me ten Fortune 500 companies where the CEO-lowest paid worker pay disparity is less than 30x, and that is carbon negative, and that hasn't had a massive governance scandal in the past 10 years. I would argue that any company that doesn't do at least those basic things in...

I can't wait til we get our socialist mayor in Philly! Our transit system in southeastern PA, SEPTA, has one of the highest per-rider fees out of the major public transit systems in the country and the bulk of those funds come from lower-income folks. This is despite the fact that SEPTA moves...

Yes. "I'm OK with the new Black mayor as long as he isn't a stealing thug." "I'm OK with the new Jewish mayor as long as he isn't a greedy banker." "I'm OK with the new Latino mayor as long as he isn't a dirty illegal." The only reason to bring up any of those points is if you believe that...

I'm glad you finally stopped sucking China's authoritarian dick. They're a more pragmatic kind of evil than America, but they are ultimately still a capitalist nation that is just going through their golden age like Americans did in the mid-20th century. The quality of life for average Chinese...

I'm satirizing the many, many, many Zionists who claim that any disagreement with Israel's policies is anti-semitic. It isn't based in reality, because clearly there is a difference in criticizing a nation-state and an ethnic group of people all over the world. This is the first time Benzinga...

I thought Israel had the most moral army in the world? They would never strike first, right? They only do things to defend themselves? That's why they've been targeting women and children in Gaza--to make sure the next generation of Palestinians can't kill them, right? Honestly, you sound...

Just hope!! While they deny our medical care that we pay for and send our children to prison for their labor force to replace the immigrant workers here illegally and paid under the table by the filthy capitalist pigs who don't see workers as humans, we just have to hope that things get better...

Mismatched power dynamics mean one party can engage entirely in bad faith all while claiming that the party they constantly antagonize isn't willing to negotiate. Gazans want a ceasefire. They want control of their own waterways, and electricity, and food production. Israel's government and the...

Whaaaaat? People who have what they need to survive are less likely to resort to drastic measure to survive????? Next you're gonna tell me that cops don't even have to protect and serve, and that they have additional protection against breaking the law despite being the ones who should be most...

My mistake for engaging. Just as Sartre said, never argue with the anti-semite. So far, I've seen everyone accused of antisemitism of siding with Hamas and every single one has denounced Hamas resoundingly because we all are capable of holding more than one thought in our heads at a time and...

"I came and removed all these pesky natives from this place! Why do they keep attacking my ethnostate that was founded religious absolutism and currently controls all of the food, water, and healthcare entering this small portion we left the natives?"

I'm a fan of rehabilitative justice rather than punitive justice. I don't think Elon--or hardly anyone--should be in prison. I just think he should have all of his power and money stripped since he clearly isn't able to wield it for the good of the world, and I don't believe anyone deserves that...

Amen. They're also hoping that automation will be able to mean their palatial bunkers can operate without human beings, forgetting that they need human beings for more than just fetching their food and giving them massages. Bunkers have doors, and when conditions are bad enough, peasants have...

Angela Davis quote from 2024 is relevant: "The state of Israel is the purveyor not only of a settler-colonial project but also of one that actively continues its violent expansion in the 21st century. Over the past months we have witnessed widespread, unnecessary death and extraordinary...