He's spent a bit too much time in the classroom. He's either oblivious or willfully ignorant to base concepts like scarcity...and the challenges that small/mid size businesses (majority) face in diversifying (quickly, no less) their tooling, manufacturing base, supply chain, etc.
It was cute, though, to hear his glee that he'd stumbled upon a new way to decry "1%ers" in a new way.
He was ripe for some basic, difficult questions...that never came, unfortunately.
He reminds me of Micheal Moore. “The system is broke we have to scrap it. Let me tell you about communism and why it has a bad rap” please stfu. These sentiments at the same time infer that capitalism once functioned more equitably while ignoring our ability to simply revert to the laws and regulation that made it viable. Cut and paste glass stegal back into law. A progressive tax system commensurate with Reagan and tax capital gains as income. Because it fucking is income. Enforce anti trust laws. Separate conglomerates from media ie telecommunications act. Amend the constitution to overturn citizens United. Because that’s populist. That would resonate with dorks like me. And I could argue that with any Trump supporters and probably win. I can’t win on communism or pronouns or puberty blockers or how failure to codify was somehow oppression. If you’re trying to be a victim so you can raise campaign contributions don’t be surprised when republicans “codify” your victim status. This guy is a commie clown. He should be run off the stage like so many other empty headed progressives
Because there only two parties and they are sucking the air out the room . Generally they should have zero relevance. Like during a womens sporting event or children story time etc.
I guess I'll address your points, since there is a small possibility I could tell you something you haven't considered.
1. Biological advantages in sports have always been allowed. Michael Phelps competed against "regular" people despite having a disproportionally large wingspan, double-jointed ankles, and 50% of the average male lactic acid production. If you're against trans women in sports (who have been shown to NOT have advantages in many areas after being on hormones for around two years), then you should also be an advocate for all sports being separated into divisions of weight/height/other physical classes. If your advocacy ends at trans women, then stop pretending that you care about fairness in sports, and admit that you are either uncomfortable with the idea of trans people in general or uneducated on the subject.
2. I am guessing you meant drag queens doing children's story times, not trans women. Trans women are biological males who identify as women and feel uncomfortable and distressed when they are perceived as men - imagine, Chuck, if one day you woke up and your penis was gone and you had boobs; you'd be pretty uncomfortable with yourself, right? Drag queens are performers; they are (usually) men who are just dressing up as women in costume form. In this way, having a drag queen read to children is really no different than having a Disney princess read to children, in that both instances are caricatures of women who are there to entertain the kids. Nothing about drag queens are inherently sexualized, although they can be in different environments (as can Disney princesses). If your issue with drag queen story time is the fact that they are men, then I can understand that; I'm more comfortable with women around children as well.
The fact is that trans people make up less than 1% of the population, and if you feel as though they are "sucking air out of the room," maybe you need to ask your doctor about panic attacks. If the topic bothers you so much, don't bring it up for no reason in a rant, or people like me will want to talk with you about it. :)
I find both points one and two absurd. But there’s lots of stuff I find absurd about life in general. And mostly I can ignore it until I somehow how feel guilty about ignoring it because the mole hill has become a mountain. When I accuse the trans community of sucking the air out of the room I say that because in a bifurcated society, they’re on my political team. And my team has gotten its ass kicked on preserving the viability of capitalism or fighting off regulatory capture for50 years . And I believe in part that’s because it uses its political equity very poorly to advocate for social justice issues. I’m glad and grateful that we elected a black president. We seemed to adopt gay marriage with a fraction of the pissing and moaning that I had anticipated. We finally addressed the pig behavior that women have endured since forever. These are all great things broadly . Your points in one and two I find ridiculous. But even if they have merit it doesn’t take a slide rule to see where those in the middle could take offense. Maybe because they’re old fashioned or silly or buried in religious doctrine. Or maybe it’s because I don’t live in a world where we have time to indulge the one percent in what seems like a huge attention whore spectacle. Stay out of sports. And leave schools and children alone. That’s not too much to ask. But I don’t need the trans community to fight this fight. Nor would I expect them to. I need women and gay people to fight this fight. Because as a white male I sound like a privileged ass hole or worse. I frankly ignored this issue for a long time because I kinda thought it was contrived false flag bullshit perpetrated by the right. I thought it would blow over. Clearly I was wrong. I should have stood up a long time ago for Martina Navratilova jk Rowling and other. But I’ve been conditioned to be silent on such matters. The left made it clear that abortion was a woman’s issue and that men should keep their opinions to themselves. Maybe they needed a man to codify just like they needed 9 men to rule on roe in the first place. Many on the left may not want my help. But going forward I’m going to try and be stunning and brave. The bullies who were formally bullied should be called out.
Theme - The Decline Of The West, courtesy of the US-NATO-UK Ukrainian Proxy War on Russia, now a failed project courtesy of failing states. Russia and the Russian Armed Forces never looked better?
You seem to use “loudmouth communist” and sensible and credible “ in opposition. Why isn’t he all of the above? I can’t say I’m a huge fan of his delivery either but it doesn’t detract from the truth of what he’s saying and his credibility as an expert.
Seriously - a Marxist economist is like a French Engineer. They dont exist.
I’ve been voting since 1972. Not seeing that having any effect.
He's spent a bit too much time in the classroom. He's either oblivious or willfully ignorant to base concepts like scarcity...and the challenges that small/mid size businesses (majority) face in diversifying (quickly, no less) their tooling, manufacturing base, supply chain, etc.
It was cute, though, to hear his glee that he'd stumbled upon a new way to decry "1%ers" in a new way.
He was ripe for some basic, difficult questions...that never came, unfortunately.
It’s the pills and the TV. Elvis shot his.
He reminds me of Micheal Moore. “The system is broke we have to scrap it. Let me tell you about communism and why it has a bad rap” please stfu. These sentiments at the same time infer that capitalism once functioned more equitably while ignoring our ability to simply revert to the laws and regulation that made it viable. Cut and paste glass stegal back into law. A progressive tax system commensurate with Reagan and tax capital gains as income. Because it fucking is income. Enforce anti trust laws. Separate conglomerates from media ie telecommunications act. Amend the constitution to overturn citizens United. Because that’s populist. That would resonate with dorks like me. And I could argue that with any Trump supporters and probably win. I can’t win on communism or pronouns or puberty blockers or how failure to codify was somehow oppression. If you’re trying to be a victim so you can raise campaign contributions don’t be surprised when republicans “codify” your victim status. This guy is a commie clown. He should be run off the stage like so many other empty headed progressives
Got TV?
What’s with y’all and managing to bring up how much transgender people bother you even when it has zero real relevance?
Because there only two parties and they are sucking the air out the room . Generally they should have zero relevance. Like during a womens sporting event or children story time etc.
I guess I'll address your points, since there is a small possibility I could tell you something you haven't considered.
1. Biological advantages in sports have always been allowed. Michael Phelps competed against "regular" people despite having a disproportionally large wingspan, double-jointed ankles, and 50% of the average male lactic acid production. If you're against trans women in sports (who have been shown to NOT have advantages in many areas after being on hormones for around two years), then you should also be an advocate for all sports being separated into divisions of weight/height/other physical classes. If your advocacy ends at trans women, then stop pretending that you care about fairness in sports, and admit that you are either uncomfortable with the idea of trans people in general or uneducated on the subject.
2. I am guessing you meant drag queens doing children's story times, not trans women. Trans women are biological males who identify as women and feel uncomfortable and distressed when they are perceived as men - imagine, Chuck, if one day you woke up and your penis was gone and you had boobs; you'd be pretty uncomfortable with yourself, right? Drag queens are performers; they are (usually) men who are just dressing up as women in costume form. In this way, having a drag queen read to children is really no different than having a Disney princess read to children, in that both instances are caricatures of women who are there to entertain the kids. Nothing about drag queens are inherently sexualized, although they can be in different environments (as can Disney princesses). If your issue with drag queen story time is the fact that they are men, then I can understand that; I'm more comfortable with women around children as well.
The fact is that trans people make up less than 1% of the population, and if you feel as though they are "sucking air out of the room," maybe you need to ask your doctor about panic attacks. If the topic bothers you so much, don't bring it up for no reason in a rant, or people like me will want to talk with you about it. :)
I find both points one and two absurd. But there’s lots of stuff I find absurd about life in general. And mostly I can ignore it until I somehow how feel guilty about ignoring it because the mole hill has become a mountain. When I accuse the trans community of sucking the air out of the room I say that because in a bifurcated society, they’re on my political team. And my team has gotten its ass kicked on preserving the viability of capitalism or fighting off regulatory capture for50 years . And I believe in part that’s because it uses its political equity very poorly to advocate for social justice issues. I’m glad and grateful that we elected a black president. We seemed to adopt gay marriage with a fraction of the pissing and moaning that I had anticipated. We finally addressed the pig behavior that women have endured since forever. These are all great things broadly . Your points in one and two I find ridiculous. But even if they have merit it doesn’t take a slide rule to see where those in the middle could take offense. Maybe because they’re old fashioned or silly or buried in religious doctrine. Or maybe it’s because I don’t live in a world where we have time to indulge the one percent in what seems like a huge attention whore spectacle. Stay out of sports. And leave schools and children alone. That’s not too much to ask. But I don’t need the trans community to fight this fight. Nor would I expect them to. I need women and gay people to fight this fight. Because as a white male I sound like a privileged ass hole or worse. I frankly ignored this issue for a long time because I kinda thought it was contrived false flag bullshit perpetrated by the right. I thought it would blow over. Clearly I was wrong. I should have stood up a long time ago for Martina Navratilova jk Rowling and other. But I’ve been conditioned to be silent on such matters. The left made it clear that abortion was a woman’s issue and that men should keep their opinions to themselves. Maybe they needed a man to codify just like they needed 9 men to rule on roe in the first place. Many on the left may not want my help. But going forward I’m going to try and be stunning and brave. The bullies who were formally bullied should be called out.
This was excellent thank you
There are bigger fish to fry here. Far bigger.
Theme - The Decline Of The West, courtesy of the US-NATO-UK Ukrainian Proxy War on Russia, now a failed project courtesy of failing states. Russia and the Russian Armed Forces never looked better?
https://les7eb.substack.com/p/ukraine-notes-the-long-war
and
https://les7eb.substack.com/p/ukraine-notes-the-long-proxy-war
and
https://les7eb.substack.com/p/ukraine-notes-the-long-proxy-war-b15
Regards ... Les In Melbourne
Way to be selective. Who can we expect next time? Alex Jones?
It’s the pills.
It’s the antidepressants.
SSRI
So FRUSTRATING not to have access to full interview even as a paid subscriber. The food groups etc is become frivolous banter
If you're a paid subscriber then you have access to the full interview. It's called extended episode on the home page
why have a loudmouth communist explain what is wrong with our economy? you could have invited someone sensible and credible to explain the same.
You seem to use “loudmouth communist” and sensible and credible “ in opposition. Why isn’t he all of the above? I can’t say I’m a huge fan of his delivery either but it doesn’t detract from the truth of what he’s saying and his credibility as an expert.
Nothing to do with your opin he’s communist. How can you not see that the 1% are fixing the fate of your bank account?
Scott Ritter Interview | Vladimir Soloviev | Russian Special Military Operation in Ukraine
https://rutube.ru/video/private/a9317074e2c2e2b31638b7d7f7df494a/ --- July 7, 2022