[-] Folstar@lemmus.org 3 points 2 hours ago

Too long. Term should be # of justices on SCOTUS. Currently 9, who should NOT be grandfathered in life time appointment. Instead, cycle them out based on tenure each year from when the bill is passed. Also, any SCOTUS appointee should either be selected by or have the endorsement of a majority of the federal circuits.

[-] Folstar@lemmus.org 3 points 19 hours ago

You are very good at typing not-particularly-true-things that divide those who should be opposed to the current regime. Also using vague language where you're talking about a tiny fraction of the population but you make it sound so much grander while retaining deniability. Does the GOP pay you, or do you do it for love of the game?

[-] Folstar@lemmus.org 10 points 20 hours ago

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but shouldn't something generating the heat of several atom bombs be utilized as a heat source for making energy, instead of energy used to cool it?

[-] Folstar@lemmus.org 6 points 1 day ago

Sounds about right. Think how many trained medical professionals who should be tending to patients had to spend time tending to private insurance for just this one case. Now multiply it by every single case, some more than others. We talk about a medical professional shortage in the USA when simply freeing them from insurance timesinks would be an immediate, huge jump in available work hours and morale.

[-] Folstar@lemmus.org 4 points 2 days ago

The US government had several programs to buy farming surpluses, ensuring the farmers were adequately paid and food was not wasted, before the corporate farms lobbied them out of existence. You're talking down to someone while not seeing the connection in your own statement between profit and cost.

[-] Folstar@lemmus.org 20 points 3 days ago

Why is the butt plug room so small? Are we even serious about fighting fascism?

[-] Folstar@lemmus.org 12 points 3 days ago

Brutal self own for Lemmy

[-] Folstar@lemmus.org 30 points 3 days ago

I had a similar thought about Bill Clinton's dick back when we learned that Trump sucked him off. I know Bubba was POTUS, but people seemed to be lining up to blow him. His penis must be immaculate, whatever that means.

[-] Folstar@lemmus.org 7 points 5 days ago

Cool sarcasm, but again, the ACA further enshrines our broken system and makes universal coverage even less likely to happen. They could have greatly expanded Medicare & Medicaid coverage, but instead went with the Heritage Foundation plan. The Obama/3rd Way practice of pre-compromising is a big part of how we got to where we are now. Where can the right wing party go when the "left wing" party is pushing right wing policies?

[-] Folstar@lemmus.org 13 points 5 days ago

This seems less "bOtH sIdEs" and more of a call to reform the DNC, an organization that doesn't even pretend to promise progressive policies as OP suggests so much as it actively fights against progressive candidates. Also, several of the wins you listed are not so great. The ACA is a Heritage Foundation plan that delays the USA joining the civilized world with universal coverage. The CHIPS act sounds good in principle except it's corporate welfare that hyper inflated the AI bubble.

[-] Folstar@lemmus.org 16 points 5 days ago

The Gang of Pedos has never let something as trivial as evidence guide their world view. Also not big fans of consent.

[-] Folstar@lemmus.org 6 points 5 days ago

In the 1930s the Labor force participation rate was almost 20% higher (https://www.dol.gov/agencies/wb/data/lfp/US-Workforce-Since-1920). Then you factor in the underemployment and gig work you mentioned as well as how inflation has been a lie since the 1990s, and I'm not sure things sucked "MUCH" harder in economic terms. We do have better toys thanks to 80 years of NSF and other government funded science, but we're ending that now too.

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