volkris @volkris@qoto.org

@joeinwynnewood this is, well, more crying wolf.

I remember hearing all the things that Trump was supposedly going to do when he was elected the first time, that of course he didn't.

And now there's a new list of things that Trump is supposedly going to do if he's reelected, things that are not actually possible, that he's not going to do.

It's really hard to take such hysterical claims seriously, and that's why they don't gain ground among any audience that actually knows how government works.

You're being manipulated. People are telling you things that aren't true. They are playing on your emotions, and I wish you would not give them that power.

@wjmaggos

But you simultaneously promote policies that divert resources away from such investments.

It strikes me that your own proposals fly in the face of your own opinions.

Regardless of anything else, we don't even need to bring in any outside data, you think opening economies and investing in people help while you propose to tax away the very resources that would open economies and invest in people.

By your own standards your ideas fail.

@freemo

@wjmaggos you don't see how that doesn't make the point? @freemo

@kcarruthers sounds like you are in the position to make that point 🙂

@AnthonyFStevens

And there are also safeguards in the US system, and also people accuse these two of politicized rulings when it's hard to make that case.

And that's really my point.

There's so much personal mudslinging, and so little actual legal analysis to support the dramatic claims that float around.

@DavidBruchmann

@edwardchampion@universeodon.com sure, like I said, just a personal preference of mine.

@wjmaggos how?

So you promote this grand conspiracy theory, but fill in the blanks, exactly how does it work?

@freemo

@skaly Good luck to you and your family.

I'm just a stranger wishing you all the best.

@skaly If you're interested in sharing, whereabouts in the world are you, and whereabout does your family live?

(Obviously not looking for details, just curious as to which part of the country you're flying into. It sounds like an interesting story.)

@kcarruthers perhaps it's the greater distances to drive making it more likely that a person would want to have something to drink on the way?

@gray because they're irrationally obsessed with hating it.

@kitoconnell someday somebody's going to mention to such activists that these disruptions are counterproductive, only raising public ire against their cause.

@kyozou You're not.

@timokl

Yes, it's like how different cell phone makers can add different features to their own phones for their customers. Each instance administrator can, if he wants to, modify the version of Mastodon that he uses.

For example, the instance I'm on, qoto, has a bunch of modifications like a much increased character limit for posts and the quote post feature.

The developers of the software kept those features out, but an individual server operator can modify the official software as they wish.

But my focus is on how users are still at the mercy of the choices that different server operators make.

@mho

@JoeChip I think the stated motivations from the two sides justifies the distinction.

@tree keep in mind that under Obama there were a lot of unilateral targeted killings of even US citizens, reported in the major papers, but nobody seemed to care.

So there's nothing surprising here.

I would be calling for impeachment over such stuff, but apparently we're okay with it.

@wjmaggos OF COURSE taxing that off reduces incentives!

Would you risk the same amount on an investment knowing that if the investment pays off you won't get as much return?

@freemo