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    Alticus? Jack?

    I'm sure you are. Weak-minded wannabe dictators are always eager to get rid of people who tell them things they don't want to hear. What makes anyone think *you'd* be an exception?
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    Alticus? Jack?

    I'm sure some here are terrified at the prospect but the rest of us are like: "meh". And 'hilarious' might be overselling it, to be honest. Embarrassing? Humiliating? Exposing? Some would no doubt feel all of that. Unless your PM stash is just a bunch of jokes and puns calling them hilarious...
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    Alticus? Jack?

    ^^that^^
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    Favorite quotes

    It's an invitation to poast. What and how others poast isn't up to me. The important thing is having a little fun. Why do you hate fun?
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    Favorite quotes

    I *thought* it sounded familiar...
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    Favorite quotes

    I poast here in Meltdown because this is the sub I like. I poasted this thread for people to share their favorite quotes and added a couple of mine. What you other apes get up to in the thread isn't my responsibility. Nor should it be.
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    800 Generals, Admirals and a janitor from Space Force assembled to discuss…

    That's a squat. I already said I can. I always could. That's the not-so-secret trick: If you stay active and flexible you tend to be active and flexible. Funny how that works, eh? LoL
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    800 Generals, Admirals and a janitor from Space Force assembled to discuss…

    Politics is how policy is *marketed* to the public. Politicians don't write policy. Think tanks and lobbyists and industry reps write policy which is then given to politicians to sell as their or their party's "work" to the oblivious masses. What most people want, what's popular among voters...
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    800 Generals, Admirals and a janitor from Space Force assembled to discuss…

    :ORLY: Gee thanks for telling me what I think and prioritize and care about. I've always wondered.
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    800 Generals, Admirals and a janitor from Space Force assembled to discuss…

    Half-assed policy? I'm not sure I know exactly what you're asking.
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    800 Generals, Admirals and a janitor from Space Force assembled to discuss…

    Only if you never do more than float along on the surface. But it's the submerged areas where the decisions are made and the policies are written and the damage is done. I don't want to be a floater. Floaters are performative at best and obstructions in effect.
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    1,000,000 Post Thread

    I'm not part of that club. I can't imagine needing a gold toilet or a boat that you can park another boat in or an elevator for your multi-level personal vehicle garage but these things exist. How should I know what someone like that wants or why? But they do.
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    1,000,000 Post Thread

    They won't need to produce so much mindless consumer crap that they don't care about anyway and as a bonus it'll free up more resources to enhance their own lifestyles. After the initial investment in machinery and infrastructure the labor is basically free (minus energy costs). A cut in...
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    1,000,000 Post Thread

    Once automation and AI take most of the jobs the elites won't need so many "useless eaters" around getting funny ideas about a world that prioritizes people instead of profit. That's all you need to explain a lot of what's happening.
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    800 Generals, Admirals and a janitor from Space Force assembled to discuss…

    <checks files> No. If things are already fucked up how is it *not* the status quo that's the real problem? If fixing the status quo also fixes the thing you're stuck on and not fixing the status quo only guarantees a recurrence of the type of thing you're stuck on how is it *not* the status...