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Don't think I have many Brits reading this anymore, but looks like you're going to be having a 4th July party, too. Good luck! (Also: isn't it nice not to have years of political advertising at a time?)
Meanwhile, I'm trying to explain to obliviates on TikTok why "vote for Jill Stein" (with the person promoting it claiming that she can fix the country) is not, in fact, going to fix the country.
Sheesh.
I bet I know more about the American electoral process than at least 50% of American citizens.
Also, if you've never heard of Gina Rinehart before this week, lucky you. (Ironically, the portrait style is just the way the artist does portraits; it's not a commentary on her - or it didn't need to be.) But I do hope someone has since explained "the Streisand Effect" to Gina.
Finally, no, building more houses is not the answer (making the component of home ownership that promotes rental income less attractive is one part of the answer), and the problem is not social media technology being used by kids but the way the adults programming the SM tech know too much about how to use it against kids while the parents trying to manage their children don't know enough about how it can be used against their kids.
Meanwhile, I'm trying to explain to obliviates on TikTok why "vote for Jill Stein" (with the person promoting it claiming that she can fix the country) is not, in fact, going to fix the country.
Sheesh.
I bet I know more about the American electoral process than at least 50% of American citizens.
Also, if you've never heard of Gina Rinehart before this week, lucky you. (Ironically, the portrait style is just the way the artist does portraits; it's not a commentary on her - or it didn't need to be.) But I do hope someone has since explained "the Streisand Effect" to Gina.
Finally, no, building more houses is not the answer (making the component of home ownership that promotes rental income less attractive is one part of the answer), and the problem is not social media technology being used by kids but the way the adults programming the SM tech know too much about how to use it against kids while the parents trying to manage their children don't know enough about how it can be used against their kids.
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Americans should be BLOODY GRATEFUL that the rest of the world doesnt' demand a say in US elections given that the US has a say in just about every financial and trade governance in the damn world. All we want is for, oh, 3/4 of you to understand how your government and political system works, and to vote in every election down to the damn city/county level.
My comment about housing was garbled, but I'm pretty sure most people reading this know what I mean. Houses should be seen primarily as "a roof over a head" not "an income into my bank account". The way the Australian government has set it up (for the last two decades) is something around not taxing housing that's an investment, which means all the rich fucking Boomers with little soul and less compassion and zero concept of how modern economics screws their kids and grandkids over went out and bought a DOZEN HOUSES which are 'funding their retirement'. Oh, and because they borrowed back when various politicians and banking moghuls said "oh, the rates won't rise for another three years", now they're jacking up rents because they can't cover the mortgage.
And they want people to feel sorry for them.
AHAHAHA. No, fuckers.