Licherally

@Licherally@lemmy.ml
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I think it's important to remember that musk has never actually done anything to innovate the companies he's been a part of. He didn't create PayPal, he just bought his way in and made a series of dumb suggestions. He didn't create Tesla, he bought Tesla right after they had fine tuned their models, and then he made a series of changes that likely resulted in a worse product.

Elon Musk is not a good businessman, he's just rich and has a habit of purchasing profitable companies. Anyone could do this with his wealth. I'm not even really convinced that he's offered many technical ideas or designs for any of his companies, as it seems that would be the first thing he would mention every single time someone brought up one of his companies.

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Yes the world would be a better place if people looking to profit in the world didn't have to ensure that their products were safe, regulated, and taxed appropriately. Business owners should just be able to make their own rules.

Nah man I'd say that shit it stupid too. It's difficult to build a lithium mine in the United States for pretty good reasons, especially surrounding regulation and safety.

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Capitalism necessitates that the product and the profit are always the most important thing. We'll never really get rid of this issue until we remove the profit motive, and we'll never really see the full view of capitalism without accepting that these corporations don't care about their workers or their customer base at all. They never will, because that doesn't impact profit. They will feign empathy and sincerity until they have met their quarterly profit goal, and the public will clap and say "wow, finally somebody fights for us!" And continue to consume.

The Simpsons

There is a carpet store and restaurant near my house, and in the three years I've lived here I can't recall seeing anyone buy anything or even visit either store a single time.

Once my partner and I actually walked over to check it out and the carpet store was closed and all of the windows were covered. It was like 4 in the afternoon on a Wednesday, so I can't imagine why it would be closed.

There's supposedly a lot of Russian gang activity in my area, so I'm assuming it's just a front for them but I've never really confirmed it.

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Do you have any actual policies that you agree with? Having guns and not killing minorities are not policies, that's just culture war shit.

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I used to use locations from Elder Scrolls, some people recognized a few and got a kick out of it but it's otherwise just cool landscape art.

Atheism just means that you have yet to find a reason to believe in God or some higher power. It is not a belief system, it is a lack of reason to believe in any belief system.

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It's how he talks too.

I call it xruth social

My favorite was Linux, but I got really into producing music and fl studio and all of my vsts don't run in Linux afaik. I'm just not willing to throw away the money I've spent and try and find open source alternatives

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I don't lie to anyone except my employer. They are not owed any explanation or insight into my personal life, and personally I feel that that is the only acceptable instance for me to lie at this point in my life.

Circumstances change, but I generally try and lie as little as possible.

Joe "why does it lie?" Rogan. What a fucking idiot

Edit: I actually just watched the first episode of fear factor not too long ago and I'm surprised that I ever thought he would be a different person tbh

Is everything a fucking dog?

I'll look into it, thanks!

ACAB is a critique of the policing system as a whole, not individuals.

Good individuals enforcing a bad system are still as bad as the systems they enforce.

Law enforcement should truly be built around the idea of protecting and serving the greater public, but at this time it's really just legalized violence controlled by the rich, like a hit squad.

It's not philosophical, it's incorrect.

https://www.atheists.org/activism/resources/about-atheism/