Rivalarrival

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[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 4 points 16 minutes ago (1 children)

The issue I have with this sentiment is that some percentage of the rich made active pursuits to deny our freedoms and destroy democracy; while others were…just quiet and uninvolved in politics.

The act of acquiring a billion dollars worth of financial assets is itself an attack. If you have a billion dollars, you have systematically overcharged your customers, underpaid your workers, and leveraged your wealth to do the same.

There is a term for a predator that remains "quiet" and "uninvolved" in its prey's activities: "Parasite".

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 points 31 minutes ago

It's not even all wealth that is the problem. The problem is their wealth is held in financial assets designed to strip wealth from workers and deliver it to hoarders.

We need a securities tax, payable not in dollars, but in shares of the security. Exempt the first $10 million held by a natural person. IRS liquidators will sell off the shares slowly over time, such that the liquidated shares will never consist of more than 1% of total traded shares of that issue.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 points 47 minutes ago

Agreed. Every single person on this list needs to be removed, including that opportunist Hogg.

And we need to address every single person on this list.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 18 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

We need Guillotine Party democrats, not gun controllers. And we definitely don't need fossils.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 0 points 15 hours ago

He's been told to mention it, because the fossilized remnants in charge of the Democratic party can't help but shoot themselves in the foot by calling for gun control.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

You don't get "real news reporting" at the subject's press briefing. You get whatever bullshit story the subject wants you to report, and the spin they want you to impart.

Everything that occurs in the press room is complete bullshit.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's called the "long jump" not the "long leap".

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 4 points 2 days ago

100UL (Unleaded avgas) has finally been approved for spark-ignition aviation engines just in the past couple years.

Manufacturers have finally gotten approval to build/retrofit popular small aircraft with compression-ignition engines. These can burn Jet-A in a diesel cycle instead of 100LL. Jet-A is more energy dense than 100LL, and it is cheaper.

We're finally in a regulatory position where the GA fleet can actually transition to unleaded fuels.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 0 points 3 days ago

Robin Hood (Prince of Thieves, Men in Tights, etc.)

V for Vendetta.

Fight Club.

The Patriot

Braveheart

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

inflammation, inflamed, inflammable

inflammable = easily ignited

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 10 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I keep seeing this "second lowest" claim.

I haven't done much research on the subject, but I've yet to find the lowest.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 10 points 4 days ago

What does "bankrupt" mean here? The only kind of bankruptcy I'm aware of is where the individual declares it, and it basically means the creditors are compelled to accept the court's resolution of the debt.

I've never heard of the idea of the government making such a declaration. What are the consequences of such a declaration?

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