Riots Lounge thread

kamoz

Kingfisher
Gold Member
I’d be less confident if I were wrong more often, which I very genuinely wish were the case.

Well, I'm skeptical of that theory because of the global reach of the 'rona and these riots. That and if there is any significant difference in the ability to alter the outcome for in person voting versus vote by mail. Regardless, it's better that this is happening now versus 10-20 years down the road.
 

Blade Runner

Hummingbird
Orthodox
The problem is that there is a lot of time between now and the election and these posts tend to get buried, and not dug up. From what I have seen of their posts (and they are smart guys), it only seems to me that Michael would admit he was wrong. They are making very strong accusations or conclusions here so I will remember them and recall them at the appropriate time, for better or worse.
 

budoslavic

Eagle
Orthodox
Gold Member
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This video actually happened on a children's channel, Nickeldeon.

 

Easy_C

Peacock
I'm scanning streaming cameras now. Manhattan curfew appears to be very strictly enforced. The only non-police I saw was what looked like a courier.
 

CynicalContrarian

Owl
Other Christian
Gold Member
I'm scanning streaming cameras now. Manhattan curfew appears to be very strictly enforced. The only non-police I saw was what looked like a courier.

Yep.
Post midnight in New York.
Post 9pm in Los Angeles.

Doesn't seem to be as crazy out there.
Could be because it's a weekday or could be cause there's more security around.

Jack Murphy near the White House & the now 8 foot tall security fence.
Says it's the calmest he's seen so far :

 

Easy_C

Peacock
Establishment Republicans are just members of the Uniparty. The right side of the Overton window.

Look at it through an incentive lens. The Establishment Republicans are allowed to become rich by just going along with the agenda now and hey....a few of them will have to leave office, by rich point they can spend their tens of millions of bribe money on a nice state somewhere remote to enjoy where they can be safe. It's a great opportunity for them when most of them aren't particularly intelligent at anything other than bullshitting skills (they're mostly from "preftigious" law schools).


My educational background is interesting in some ways because I went to a bottom tier undergrad and a near-top tier graduate management program. One thing I noticed immediately is that lower education teaches you to be an hourly wage slave. Higher tier education grooms you to be at least a mid level manager (with opportunity for good ones to get plucked for elite roles) because they make you orate your arguments in front of an audience, teach you to manipulate and control organizations, and persuade all while thinking several steps ahead strategically.

One of the things we were taught from strategy is that the way you control an organization's priorities is by controlling incentives.

You do not need a hierarchical conspiracy when you can align people's incentives such that they advance themselves by supporting your agenda. Refusal to enforce corruption laws, tolerance for practices like AIPAC handing them envelopes full of credit card numbers, Citizens United, insider trading exceptions, etc. all allow incentives to be subtly shaped behind the scenes in a manner that guarantees congress will over time become dominated by psychopathic toadies. And they will fight to protect those interests because their own wealth depends on successfully doing so.
 

Lace em up

Woodpecker
I only hope all of us strive to improve relations between the races and each of us must do their part. Just yesterday I bought a 12 pack of black cherry seltzer water.
 
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