Mikie

This is what it’s all about. Behind the culture war “issues,” guns, abortion, the environment, and even Christian beliefs — lies the absolute contempt...

Indeed. Although I wouldn’t say it’s a small group of people. One doesn’t have to read the text— as I have. It’s plainly obvious what would happen, gi...

@"TiredThinker"

This discussion was merged into The Death of Roe v Wade? The birth of a new Liberalism?

Yes, the United States is the leader of emissions and is absurd on waste. They’re also the most powerful force against climate action. Ridiculously st...

If anything happens it’ll be because real people are organizing on the ground and building structures there. This may be yet another catalyst, but I w...

West Virginia v. EPA is going to kill a lot of the kids that Dobbs will force to be born. This isn’t meant to be witty— it’s just clearly true. Goes t...

COVID and War and climate change effect supply, which drives up prices. That’s not monetary policy. That’s my point. That’s exactly what it means. Pur...

You’re referring to the constitution, yes? It is indeed worth reading. It’s also worth reading about the context of the framing. I recommend Michael K...

Of course there is. Fiscal and monetary policy are also very different things. To be clear: Monetary policy and fiscal policy play a large role in the...

I’ve never once said I was leaving the thread. Not once. I never once said I supported Putin. In fact I’ve said the opposite. Please try to read more ...

I think people get along just fine without these logical principles, and far too much power has been given to them. It’s like arguing that we speak co...

Fine. We “can’t agree” about being, but supposedly we “must agree on” PNC? Why? It’s still simply moving the same problem to another topic, regardless...

I responded in that thread.

We don’t have to agree on it. There will be all kinds of interpretations and answers to the question “What is being?” Many will be incompatible. But w...

What insights? To each his own. I don’t see what’s boring about him beyond superficialities. Anyway…I’m getting off thread topic. If you want to respo...

Zizek has always existed in the tradition of Chris Hitchens anyway —i.e., entrainment and posturing. Give me Chomsky and Hedges any day of the week.

The question of all questions is: what is? Or: what is being? So all questions are questions about being/beings. This according to some thinkers, anyw...

Yes. But the insights tend to be a proverb of some kind — cliched; enlightenment is possible in that drugs can allow you to see things slightly (or gr...

:roll: Grow up.

Yes, and what exactly have you two done about it? Beyond being outraged from what you’re reading/seeing? Sorry— but there are better things for me to ...

I’d like to see, at bare minimum, a labor party. But this is getting off topic so I’ll leave it at that.

I really don’t see the relevance.

Because the outcome is predictable and it’s mostly a waste of time and a media production.

I don’t think it’s much of a stretch to say our Supreme Court would look different had Trump not been elected— which is indeed a different and importa...

No, this commission. Another chance for ratings. Like the Mueller report and impeachment trials before it. I wouldn’t get caught up in this stuff. The...

They’re nearly all corporatists. To argue there are profound differences because of this ridiculous media farce really isn’t serious.

I would take a look at someone like Jane McAlevey. I think she describes one solution very well. It involves organizing. Not lecturing others, but lis...

Fiscal and monetary policy are very different things. That has nothing to do with the “big picture.” It’s a matter of being clear. They’re very differ...

If I could answer that, I’d be wealthy indeed.

Sorry, but fiscal policy and monetary policy are very different things. If you want to talk generally about the economy, fine. But when it comes to cl...

Slaveowners were true capitalists. We know you long for those days of true individual freedom. When they agree with you… In case it’s not crystal clea...

I really can’t give a definitive answer, but for me I think we can choose to create a government we want, which is based on all kinds of things — valu...

Well… They’re not inevitable. We have choices. We can create democracies and plutocracies and tyrannies. To argue these are somehow inevitable is odd ...

:rofl: Says the (inadvertent?) corporate apologist who has far more in common with Mussolini and Hitler than anyone here. Apologies for attacking your...

I didn’t say that. But I also don’t say the board of governors are politicians. If you consider them politicians, fine. I think that’s misleading. If ...

Largely yes. I don’t see what one has to do with the other. But governments are created by people, and history is written by people. Our current form ...

When NOS agrees with you, it should immediately elicit the desire to do the opposite.

No, you’re not. Notice I didn’t even bother asking “Why are they pipe dreams?” Why? Because as I said before, I was expecting this childish response. ...

:lol: By engaging with disingenuous questions? Probably true — given it’s a waste of my time. If only I could very cleverly call all work “pipe dreams...

I’m glad you read carefully. What’s funny is that I was going to put in “Is this a real question or just an excuse to shit on anything offered?” Figur...

We could be here all day, but solutions are plentiful. Just off the top of my head — and restricted only to the low-hanging fruit: Ban stock buybacks ...

No, they haven’t. What I was responding to: Politicians don’t “choose” anything about interest rates. As far as fiscal policy: yea, they passed stimul...

Since the asset bubbles I mentioned were created by the Fed’s monetary policy, it’s no surprise they are bursting now. Stocks have even farther to go ...

I think this is true. Which is why we see inflation internationally. At the heart of it all, I think, is capitalism. We could easily control inflation...

What I’m suggesting is looking at the available data and trying your best to think through what’s going on, temporarily suspending certain beliefs and...

Moronic libertarians, etc. :up:

So the plutocrats who own and run the government? Great — agreed.

I have done nothing but discuss that “elephant.” I went over monetary and fiscal policy. Again, this idea is mostly Friedman’s — and it’s obsolete. Wh...

You said inflation was due to monetary policy. Then you said it’s fiscal policy. Now I ask: what specific fiscal policies are you talking about? I don...