Zompist Bboard Again

I realize that this probably won't convince you, because neolibs see ~*~ Education ~*~ as not just a way to learn how to do X, but as a way to ~*~ Become a Better Person ~*~, but this is a classist notion that must be defeated. This isn't classist or neoliberal, it's reality. Of course, it also dep...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-secretary- ... 11761.html

The guy describes it so dystopian.

I woke up this morning to learn that my cousin had committed suicide last night... he was so young. I think he was gonna be 17 or 18 this year. On top of this tragedy, my mum who lives and works in the states now has to figure out if she can even attend the funeral, because she might not be allowed ...

Sometimes, if you don't laugh, you have to cry. Jokes are necessary, and dark humor is better than despair. Speaking of not jokes, China levied a 34% tariff on all US imports, matching Trump's extra tariff on China. Just as important, it restricted exports of "critical raw materials, such as s...

More seriously, the Sydney Morning Herald actually has a possible explanation for this one: One theory is that American trade officials charged with coming up with the lists of countries for tariffs used AI to scrape the internet for any mention of any trade around the globe. Doing that, you get ob...

Dystopian:

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireStory ... -120286874

He did that "Liberation Day" tariff rollout. The numbers he cites are complete bullshit. Canada has been imposing 250% tariff? No way.

And his proposed tariffs for many countries are crazy, like one of them is like 45%.

I don't know about the details of this, but I'm pretty sure that the US and Canada had the one or other kind of free trade agreement for decades. Nonetheless it is a ridiculous narrative to assert that Trump is not tariffing due to tyrannical anger but because "it's only fair" and "d...

just talked to a Trump glazer tryna tell me this: if so you do know trump only did those tariffs because Canada has been tariffying that amount for years now and Trump only wanted to make it even/fair. I think that's fair, I didn't know Canada had been tariffying us that amount for years already, I...

just talked to a Trump glazer tryna tell me this: if so you do know trump only did those tariffs because Canada has been tariffying that amount for years now and Trump only wanted to make it even/fair. I think that's fair, I didn't know Canada had been tariffying us that amount for years already, I ...

I don't think you can ever convince the hardcore base of the opposite side (whoever that may be) in politics. Convincing people who are kind of on the fence is definitely possible, though! The most committed conservatives won't ever vote Democrat... but some of them may decide to stay home in the n...

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/24/poli ... berg-order

And people thought Trump cared about drug gangs. He just let one go.

It makes me sad and scared that my mum, who works in the US on a work visa, might get randomly wrongfully detained and held in detention for being Canadian. And chances are she won't be able to go to my Aunt's wedding this summer for the same reason. They'll detain you for weeks without any word for...

Reminding me of the Nazi era:
https://apnews.com/article/science-trum ... cc2751d67e

I'm sure it's so they can spread Russian propaganda unopposed:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvge4l109r3o.amp

And your response here seems to be that this is all the Democrats' own fault because they didn't promise a goddamn socialist revolution Where the fuck is your reading comprehension? Nobody said OR implied this. It's like you didn't read anything anybody said. We never said it was all the democrats ...

Also the Democrats are just as culpable for this turmoil as the voters. For decades they've been out of touch and riddled with deluded geriatric elites, the same as the republicans. They have no teeth and no spines, too afraid to go actually left (though they posture like they are). They continuall...

Everyone was warned about Trump, but apparently we are dumbass children that need to touch the stove one or two times before we learn it's hot.

Thing is, we all knew this was coming -- Trump et al made no secret of their plans -- yet so many people didn't vote for Harris because "eggs were too expensive". Those people can rot in hell, and they deserve to have their faces eaten by leopards, just like they voted for. If you were a ...

I don't even know how long it'd take to register (or where exactly) or when I'd find the time to get fingerprinted.