If you ‘know better’ then what’s stopping you from recognizing that not everyone is cut from the same cloth?

A black person raised to believe in the Nation of Islam might be more militant in their support of black rights — does that make what they believe right? No, the NoI is a cult that believes white people were born in a lab 7000 years ago (amongst other crazy bullshit). MAGA is also a cult. You should read up on what defines cults and what kind of people are susceptible to them.

I’m not exactly making excuses for them, I hate MAGA. Nuance here, however, is very important.

At a federal level, yes.

Because that money was extracted, in large part, from the California working class. Billionaires shouldn’t be able to just leave, they should be forced to pay their due to whoever they got their money from.

To say there’s no precedent is ridiculous. We’re talking pennies when compared to their net worth, of course not all of them are going to instantaneously evaporate. If we see this tax and more coming from California and California alone then yes they will just leave.

I’m not of the opinion that Rome was built in a day, or that it fell in a day.

Nothing has happened yet and 6 billionaires have already left California as a result.

Oh, I didn’t realize Mamdani had taxed the billionaires in NY the same way.

Also, yes — 6 billionaires left California over the proposed tax. Sure, there are plenty left and it’s not like they totally broke California as a result — to say it’s unfounded is sort of ridiculous though.

Except he’s right, millionaires are tied to billionaires, billionaires leave and the millionaires that are actually paying taxes will also leave.

The wealth tax needs to be something every state calls for. It can’t just be some states.

Many people still do not believe it, though. Especially white people.

Brother literacy rates in Canada aren’t doing so hot either.

Canadian says dumb shit, more at 11

Check the news not your dementia.

The few sources I looked at point to paint having gone up in price significantly since the 80’s, I also know that there are tighter regulations on paint (lead banned in 78 in the U.S. for example). I think dealerships started charging more for specific colors, and ultimately most people don’t view their cars as symbols of freedom anymore. Who cares what the thing that brings me to my job looks like? I’d give it and more up to be able to live without working.

I don’t think it’s about all businesses not giving a shit, times have just changed. If cars being black, white, silver, and grey is the price we pay to not have lead (and other things) in paint — I think it’s a fair trade off.

Edit: Some definitely do not give a shit. Nvidia seems to be a business that does not give a fuck who got them to where they are.

It’s been this way for decades, this is not a new phenomena and it is not a conspiracy - these things are driven by consumers.

Declaring it’s an organization doesn’t make it an organization.

Sorry about the dementia, but at least you can be more like dear leader.

What is the Strait of Hormuz equivalent that U.S. insurgents can control? Because that is quite literally the only reason Iran has a fighting chance.

No they had Claude summarize it for them

Literally wasting time and causing you more stress because they’re trying to renege on a deal you’ve already paid for.

Horseshit. I’m sorry you gotta go through the ringer for something that should be as easy as possible.

Correct, no argument there. Blame game doesn’t help unfuck things.

I think sending a message of ‘look what we can do with just 5% of their wealth’ is important, provided anything actually positive comes from those funds.

That’s where I’m skeptical. I’ve worked as a contractor for the state for most of my professional career and am now a state employee. The answer to the question of ‘Is there corruption in CA state govt?’ is… well, let’s just take the pension fund management application as an example; mycalpers.

I never got a straight answer for just how much that application cost. I don’t work there anymore so I doubt I ever will, but the only answer I really trusted is that the total comes to around 800 million.

Let me repeat that with emphasis. 800 million. The best part here is that at least 400 of that 800 million was completely wasted on a first iteration of the app that was scrapped entirely. Thanks to Accenture, who apparently had Sushi Thursdays or some shit during the entire app creation cycle.

You take one look at the app and will realize it should never have cost that much money.

So yes, it’s something. Whether that will play out the way you or I think it should is another thing entirely. This is all assuming it even gets passed.

Well, for what it’s worth, I hope your company actually does use AI sustainably. I’m reminded of some of the blockchain startups that were attempting to make genuine use of the technology outside of cryptocurrency. There are legitimate use cases for AI just like there are for blockchain tech.