charonn0

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[–] charonn0@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

all citizens are legally entitled to the same rights

It's worth pointing out that, in general and throughout history, citizenship is something that separates the privileged from the unprivileged. The in-group from the outsider. The masters and the slaves.

Touting the rights of citizens, therefore, does not necessarily rebut the parent comment's criticism.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

to test whether cash payments can protect children from the toxic stress of poverty

The answer is yes. Obviously.

I keep seeing these pilot programs and small experiments in UBI, and they all prove that people prosper and thrive more when they have more money. Nobody is surprised. Was that ever even in question?

I want to see UBI experiments, plans, etc. that tackle large-scale implementation. We've proven "BI"; that was never the hard part. We need to focus on the "U".

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Assistant prosecutor Lewis Guarnieri argued to have the case move forward, which was agreed to by Warren Municipal Court Judge Terry Ivanchak.

Name and shame these monsters.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's no such thing as an innocent billionaire.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait... they got prescriptions for it?

Where are the malpractice suits? Where are the licensing authorities?

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 59 points 1 year ago

That's an interesting euphemism for tax fraud.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

After an open call for international volunteers, the Ukrainian military attracted nearly 20,000 fighters from around the world. Within weeks, there were already so-called American “Boogaloo Bois” flying out.

The author of this article would really appreciate it if you didn't look into that 20K figure.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 7 points 1 year ago

Right? It's obviously an orchard, not a forest, and obviously the apples are one of the popular commercial cultivars rather than some wild natural variant.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 16 points 1 year ago

Which is why it's a batshit insane idea.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago

Sounds like a fatal problem. That's a shame.

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