MeowZedong

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (7 children)

Still making excuses for the purposefully incompetent Democrats, huh?

Funny how the Republicans always manage to accomplish their ghoulish goals, but the Dems never seem to substantially progress any of the social benefits they promise to the people while quietly progressing all of the corporate goals they weren't so vocal about supporting during the campaign.

You'll notice I gave as much credit as they were due. Capable of letting Roe v Wade get overturned while having executive control, but incapable of codifying it when they had a majority in the Senate, SCOTUS and the executive branch.

They're worse than incompetent, they're complicit, and they'll keep stringing people along with the threat that things will get worse if you don't vote for them...as they participate in making things worse for everyone but their big $ donors.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (9 children)

Looks like he's just doing the shit that the US government already should have been doing based on existing programs that were actively mismanaged in the past. Promises not kept through administrative technicalities.

Not a bad thing, but a far cry from the political win it is touted as. Essentially, "we are no longer actively trying to fuck over people who applied to old debt-relief programs." Weighing this against the predatory nature of student loan policy in the US, the unforgiving bankruptcy policies Biden directly helped put in place over a decade ago, and his failure to achieve the two student loan relief efforts he promised (or publicly campaigned on if you want to get pedantic), I'd say that the progress made is wholely insufficient.

We can simultaneously recognize that there has been an improvement while also recognizing that it has not been enough and these politicians must be held accountable for these policy failures.

These are not the markings of a promising or successful presidential campaign.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Some already do (the weird one in a pair).

One of mine prefers to be pet like a dog. The other would skin you alive for such an insult.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

It's redditor big-brain posturing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Let me ask you something in return: do you think you can't use fractions with metric? If you prefer fractions, that's fine, but you haven't justified why it's better to use a system of measurement based on vibes.

1/4" = 0.25" 1/4mm = 0.25mm

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

And the typical USian self-importance, "I can use fractions, so I'm not switching." Fractions work with SAE and metric. Conversions are a pain in the ass.

As someone who was forced to memorize and use unit conversions regularly, needless conversions tend to overcomplicate tasks and result in more mistakes.

Mistakes can result in death and needless loss. Ask NASA about that one.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

The fact you are working in fractions is more important than whether it's SAE or metric. You can do the same with a cm instead of an inch.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Try working in metric for any significant amount of time and you may change your mind.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I get angry when hardware uses imperial units because I can't use my metric tools, which are way the fuck easier. Who wants to use 5/8" when you can use 16?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

It's a short source and I'd like to see it also explain some of the racial dynamics going on at the time, but otherwise ok.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Thank you! Whenever I see new interactions of this meme, its annoying rather than entertaining now because it propagates the very same misperceptions about history that you debunk here.

Ultimately, the quintessential history of the US taught to the youth in the US (and reinforced in pop media for adults) is a fairy tale.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

It was kind of the opposite. Bush Sr did the setup and the blowback landed on his son's administration...which then made it worse before they kicked the can further down the road.

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