the_frumious_bandersnatch

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[–] the_frumious_bandersnatch 7 points 3 days ago

A brain surgeon makes money by working on brains and therefore is in the working class; the person that owns the hospital makes money by extracting rents from the brain surgeon and therefore is in the capitalist class.

Upper class and middle class don't necessarily correspond directly with those terms.

[–] the_frumious_bandersnatch 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The GOP’s self-styled image as the party of “law and order” has purchase insofar as it contrasts with the Democrats who turned a blind eye to crimes committed by the right people...

And that's enough fiction for today.

[–] the_frumious_bandersnatch 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Yeah, "capitalism" is when a the private equity firm buys the farm and now instead of producing enough to live on, or even just "as much as they did last year, now they must show year over year profits.. Every year.. Forever

[–] the_frumious_bandersnatch 5 points 1 month ago

Here's some of those clear definitions

Cambridge Dictionary: "Net neutrality is the idea that Internet providers must treat all content equally."

Brittanica: "net neutrality, principle that Internet service providers (ISPs) should not discriminate among providers of content."

"Traffic congestion" is the reasoning ISPs use to defend subverting net neutrality, but it still results in certain viewpoints being favored over others. If Spectrum decides to throttle Fox News and not CNN, it doesn't matter if their reasoning is that Fox News uses more bandwidth, the result is still that the viewpoint that Fox espouses is throttled while that of CNN is not. Sure it's conjecture that is or will happen, but it is the case that the doctrine of net neutrality is what is standing in opposition to it.

[–] the_frumious_bandersnatch 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Replace "Netflix" and "Max" with "Substack" and 'Washington Post" and what you wrote absolutely applies to viewpoint.

[–] the_frumious_bandersnatch 15 points 2 months ago

RFCs are Requests For Comment, published technical documents describing proposed standards.

[–] the_frumious_bandersnatch 3 points 3 months ago

Two or three fingers?

[–] the_frumious_bandersnatch 6 points 3 months ago

Yep. I said it then and it's only become more true that Jan 6th was Trump's Beer Hall Putsch and we're set to repeat history.

[–] the_frumious_bandersnatch 7 points 5 months ago

Thanks for providing the link

[–] the_frumious_bandersnatch 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

How many of them changed their minds when they were told that DJT is, in fact, over the age of 75?

[–] the_frumious_bandersnatch 7 points 7 months ago

What do you think Biden will be able to on court reform without a supermajority in the House and Senate?

The court reform announcement is entirely an aspirational effort. "Just think what we could do if you get out and vote."

I think that, like it or not, the legal landscape today is what we have to contend with this election cycle.

 

I guess you could say I swapped Bob a loo mop and got Pam's broom.

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