stankbucket

joined 1 year ago
[–] stankbucket@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

One of them would be only slightly worse, but the loser would be better by a larger delta.

[–] stankbucket@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not a matter of fear. It's a matter of not being able to get the votes. It's not a simple majority to make a major change like that and it should not be.

[–] stankbucket@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Or things get fixed at 10x what the actual costs should be because the people who award the contract are paid with part of that excess and it helps them keep the seat that allows them to continue funneling money.

[–] stankbucket@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And thank you government for allowing the continued sale of all power to the highest bidder because of your refusal to punish open bribery.

[–] stankbucket@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

I hate Elon as much as the next guy, but cleaning house at Twitter was long overdue.

[–] stankbucket@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Not much of that matters if you can't get 2/3 of the states to get in line with your re-write and we can't get 2/3 of the people to agree on anything. Also, there is a wide swath of opinion between what you call "gun nuts" and what other people call "common sense laws." Very few people are arguing that "any moron with a pulse" should have a gun.

[–] stankbucket@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Yes - if you don't hate hate then you are to be hated.