Probably the same people Barry Goldwater warned us of:

Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they’re sure trying to do so, it’s going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can’t and won’t compromise. I know, I’ve tried to deal with them

Falling fertility rates have long been a concern for economists

Fuck economists and their concerns. That’s why we’re in the situation in thy first place.

That study is so old! It’s even worse now!

Oh okay. It’s driven by housing prices in HCOL areas. That people are house poor makes sense and is reasonable.

Okay, so like…the green skills are stupid.

These could be technical skills relevant to renewable industries (knowing how to preserve water systems or install heat pumps for example), or broader skills such as climate action planning, corporate sustainability, sustainable procurement, sustainability reporting and impact assessment

Corporate sustainability?! Come the fuck on.

I got one.

Boomers are desperate to be good people but the experience of a whole three generations after them said they are so underskilled they actually pose a ‘risk’ to democracy.

Good.

And, in the process, he brings up “conspiracy theorists” branding them as undermining the judicial process in the US – because they dare question the validity of a particular judicial process that aimed at former President Trump.

No, they don’t merely question it, but vociferously claim it weaponizes the government against Trump. But anyone that’s not balls deep in the MAGA cult knows that the judicial system is weaponized against Trump in the same way it’s weaponized against any criminal. In fact, the entire system, at every level, has treated Trump with the whitest, purest gloves for the most egregious things he’s done as as president and as a civilian.

As the law and order candidate, Trump must submit to the demands of the law to maintain the order his very presence is upsetting.

They’re not stupid. I doubt they’re even evil at first. But business demands have a way of disciplining economic actors.

Exactly. That’s exactly what OP is saying.

What’s the roadblock? Oh, of course, corporate heavy-handedness against the government:

This year, a former Caltrans executive said she was demoted after raising concerns about a repaving project that surreptitiously widened 3½ miles of the freeway where the toll lanes were being proposed. That project removed bushes and paved the median, creating more space for lanes. State regulations demand environmental analysis, a public airing and mitigation before major freeway widening, but none of that occurred.

Surprise surprise!

It’s like a double negative in my head, and it’s very confusing

Huge fan of water, personally. I drink literally a gallon of it every day. Usually more.

Because activists like them are known for rollin’!

Declare bankruptcy and rinse and repeat.

Yeah, I get it. It’s really hard to understand. It’s just basic respect, right? How could someone not value basic human decency?

I can’t answer that question. All I know is that some people just don’t.

It doesn’t make sense to me that domestic abusers will beat up someone that loves them, yet it still happens. Politicians push legislation that they know will hurt their constituents, yet they still push it. Parents will try to force the lifestyle they desire for their children on their children out of love, even as it alienates their children, yet they persist. Some (many/all??) criminals know what they do hurts other people, yet they still commit crime.

I don’t get it either. I only know basic human decency isn’t valued by a lot of people. And you can indignantly scoff at such people all you want, incredulous that they just don’t get the basics of empathy, a fundamental human emotion. They’ll hurt others all the same.

Me, though? Drawing on my empathy, I hope such people find the happiness and freedom they’re looking for without the pain and suffering they cause.

This is going to be counter intuitive: being a POS is something some people want. They especially want it if it promises them comfort, luxury, or status.

I mean, look at all the trash people consume everyday despite how bad it is for them. We all know it’s bad. Still, we gotta have it.

Being a POS is like drinking soda with no one to tout the benefits of drinking straight H2O. The left needs to make drinking water sexy!

Always have been.

Lol they believe Biden is going to be amped up to the point of being able to overcome their god emperor.

Imagine implying that some caffeine and pills would make someone better than God himself.

So much for Trump’s supposed superiority.

The KKK was never left wing.

God damn. Who tells people these things? And why does anyone believe them?

More like statistics degree. Medical studies are notoriously difficult for regular people to understand. And since people who do their own research never link out it, it’s impossible to say how crappy their thinking is.

Me too! I plan on doing a PhD sometime in my 40s, before I turn 50.

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