I get wistful watching other countries holding members of the ruling class accountable for their wrongdoings. Maybe one day the US will act like a grown-up country!

I think that counts as Universal Sign Language.

You’re already doing your part. Keep up the Good Work!

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They absolutely know it because they use the exact same arguments to justify the insane contracts offered to CEOs.

My 5th grade teacher specifically said she wouldn’t allow them in the class. She told parents she wanted us to have a plain blue binder (the one that was covered in blue fabric), some dividers and paper. She then proceeded to teach us something no there before or after spent time on: how to properly organize our work. You were awesome, Dr. Cross!

I laughed way more at this than I think it deserved. But damn, it is funny.

Adding in - if you watch the first season of the Amazon show, it’s pretty accurate to the books. The second season went off the rails a bit, but the recent season was alright (other than Anthony Michael Hall being a pretty one dimensional actor).

Exactly. Humans are wasteful and expensive. One day, capitalists will realize if they don’t hire any humans, nobody but the capitalists will have money to buy anything.

This is also why insurers start publicly losing their shit when insurance sign-up rates start falling for 20-year-olds. Those young folks help pay the bills of the old sickly folks. It’s basically a sort of pyramid scheme where the maintainer of the scheme takes a fairly large cut of the proceeds.

Had this same feeling.

Exactly what I was thinking. Anyone actually surprised by this?