> Basic literacy and numeracy training can, and should, be handled by the family.
For the families that use their school choice to choose home-schooling, I'd allow them to keep the e.g., $5,000 tax credit for themselves. I.e., You "sent" your kid to home school so leave the money that you didn't have to pay in taxes with the ones who did the schooling.
> very high-end scientific pursuits
I'm of the opposite opinion. The more complex something is, the more I want the government to stay out of it--except to make sure that those engaging in the complexity don't force their decisions on others. E.g., government should've protected people from being jabbed by the science if they didn't want it.
I'm definitely sympathetic to your point of view. I think there's an argument, though, that the public has a right to review and understand the laws. Ensuring that most people have the opportunity to become literate is an efficient way of recognizing that right. Likewise, promoting numeracy is a fairly efficient way of recognizing citizens' rights to understand who contributes to the system and who benefits. To those ends, I think it's okay for the government to make limited training available.
That said, the government doesn't have to directly provide the training. They could just provide funds (e.g., tax credits)\* and let the free market work out the rest.
I definitely agree that the government should not be funding gender studies or art history or wiccanism or Christianity for that matter. To the degree that the government does fund education\*, though, I'm willing to let citizens buy those modules for themselves as supplements. E.g., say the government determines that $5,000/year is sufficient for a student to learn reading, writing and arithmetic so they make that available. You could then choose any school that handles the core curriculum for less than $5,000. If you wanted to also learn art history and Christian theology, you would be free to choose a $7,000/year school that teaches those alongside the basics--making up the $2,000 difference at your own expense.
\* Yes this is still dumb. They *could* just lower everyone's taxes under the assumption that everyone will have some educational (or medical, etc.) expenses but I'm also willing to take progress where I can get it. Almost anything is better than the current system.
He meant Nat Socs bad: the power of the jewish god should melt their German faces off because they want to pervert judeo-murican wholesomeness with their unrelenting irrational eeeevil. Didn't Lucas collab with Spiel(((berg)))?
Yeah. I think there's room for straw polls / guaging what's politically possible via secret ballot before committing to a final vote. But I still wonder, if someone is too weak/timid to stand behind their vote, what kind of ally will they be when it comes time to enforce the outcome, anyway?
On that note, the Trump polling kind of explains a lot in retrospect. Very few are *actually* willing to stand against the deep state in public.
...and it wouldn't necessarily have to be all or nothing. You could have each public vote be worth e.g., 1.01 secret votes or 100:1 which would still be better than 1:0 == infinity.
> it's hard to know if your vote was counted
...and then you end up with the "most popular president ever" who can barely fill a small room with his supporters.
A true\* flat tax would be more akin to membership dues. I suppose, though, that it becomes a more and more a fantasy the larger you scale the organization since direct relationships and trust are limited by Dunbar's number.
\* I think it was Forbes who popularized the idea of everyone paying the same percentage? That would be better called a linear regressive tax. With a true flat tax, instead of everyone paying e.g., 10% of their income, everyone would pay the exact same dollar amount e.g., $1,000 towards your share of the wall irrespective of how much money you made.
I have sometimes thought that our ballots/elections shouldn't be secret. I could never quite articulate the rationale, though--not even to myself.
My sense was: if someone can't find it within theirself to stand up and say, "I vote for X even though I expect a lot of you will vote Y. Fuck Y." their vote should probably weigh less than someone who would bear accountability for their decision.
Rather, demand school choice. If we put all our eggs in one government basket, we're inevitably going to be sorely disappointed. We need more checks and balances in education by having multiple schools competing to be each set of parents' respective choice.
The existing system is especially stupid in that it makes the parents who are already the most involved in caring for their children's education pay twice. I'd be willing to extend some sort of financial help to families who want to try alternate schools but can't afford to on their own. That said, tax credits are long overdue and would immediately help the vast majority of parents who already do pay once but start to wince when thinking about having to pay twice.
> her personality did a 360 once she got in to college
So before she went to college, she was a typical impressionable girl and now she's still a typical impressionable girl but her conceit got cranked up a notch (360 🤭)?
Prayin' for your nephew. I also hope you've got your own white kids to care so well for.
Darn shame about the mess. It probably took a while to get those bills cleaned up and the counter straightened out. The cash register might not even be repairable.
Keralan: You inferior Karnatakans will die for what you did to my uncle!
Tamil Naduan: Yeah, I'm tired of those losers too-- we've got enough of our own shit to deal with without finding their 'presents' in our borderlands.
British: Cheerio chaps. It's pretty clear that you're all losers. Now back to your English lesson. Let's start with ten repetitions of "We're all subjects of the British Empire now--God save the queen" before resuming, "Here's the cotton we picked this month".
\* Balkanization/tribalism may very well alive and kicking in India. If so, it's entirely possible that we just don't hear much about it in The West because that kind of news might not advance (((the narrative))) as much as other priority reporting.
Temp20210918c 0 points 2.8 years ago
Half that list seems like it's based on wartime propaganda against a particular, defeated Germanic nation.
I'd go with knightwarrior41's take or other accounts of communist revolutions to improve the accuracy of the image.
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Temp20210918c 1 point 2.8 years ago
Impressive. Today is leg day for me, though.
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Temp20210918c 0 points 2.8 years ago*
> Basic literacy and numeracy training can, and should, be handled by the family.
For the families that use their school choice to choose home-schooling, I'd allow them to keep the e.g., $5,000 tax credit for themselves. I.e., You "sent" your kid to home school so leave the money that you didn't have to pay in taxes with the ones who did the schooling.
> very high-end scientific pursuits
I'm of the opposite opinion. The more complex something is, the more I want the government to stay out of it--except to make sure that those engaging in the complexity don't force their decisions on others. E.g., government should've protected people from being jabbed by the science if they didn't want it.
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Temp20210918c 9 points 2.8 years ago
Actual event: a small demonstration of a handful of men holding signs and flags.
The media: OMG! A WAR has broken out!!! Everyone duck and cover!
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Temp20210918c 1 point 2.8 years ago
Making sure your kids have some protein for breakfast is #HowToDad.
That said, I *will* buy some peanutbutter Cheerios ...to enjoy as small dessert portions at a moderate rate.
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Temp20210918c 0 points 2.8 years ago*
I'm definitely sympathetic to your point of view. I think there's an argument, though, that the public has a right to review and understand the laws. Ensuring that most people have the opportunity to become literate is an efficient way of recognizing that right. Likewise, promoting numeracy is a fairly efficient way of recognizing citizens' rights to understand who contributes to the system and who benefits. To those ends, I think it's okay for the government to make limited training available.
That said, the government doesn't have to directly provide the training. They could just provide funds (e.g., tax credits)\* and let the free market work out the rest.
I definitely agree that the government should not be funding gender studies or art history or wiccanism or Christianity for that matter. To the degree that the government does fund education\*, though, I'm willing to let citizens buy those modules for themselves as supplements. E.g., say the government determines that $5,000/year is sufficient for a student to learn reading, writing and arithmetic so they make that available. You could then choose any school that handles the core curriculum for less than $5,000. If you wanted to also learn art history and Christian theology, you would be free to choose a $7,000/year school that teaches those alongside the basics--making up the $2,000 difference at your own expense.
\* Yes this is still dumb. They *could* just lower everyone's taxes under the assumption that everyone will have some educational (or medical, etc.) expenses but I'm also willing to take progress where I can get it. Almost anything is better than the current system.
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Temp20210918c 0 points 2.8 years ago
He meant Nat Socs bad: the power of the jewish god should melt their German faces off because they want to pervert judeo-murican wholesomeness with their unrelenting irrational eeeevil. Didn't Lucas collab with Spiel(((berg)))?
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Temp20210918c 0 points 2.8 years ago
Ah--the lost city of Atlantean Wakanda. Let's send 'em home. 🐟🦑
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Temp20210918c 0 points 2.8 years ago*
Yeah. I think there's room for straw polls / guaging what's politically possible via secret ballot before committing to a final vote. But I still wonder, if someone is too weak/timid to stand behind their vote, what kind of ally will they be when it comes time to enforce the outcome, anyway?
On that note, the Trump polling kind of explains a lot in retrospect. Very few are *actually* willing to stand against the deep state in public.
...and it wouldn't necessarily have to be all or nothing. You could have each public vote be worth e.g., 1.01 secret votes or 100:1 which would still be better than 1:0 == infinity.
> it's hard to know if your vote was counted
...and then you end up with the "most popular president ever" who can barely fill a small room with his supporters.
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Temp20210918c 7 points 2.8 years ago
What doesn't, though?
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Temp20210918c 0 points 2.8 years ago
A true\* flat tax would be more akin to membership dues. I suppose, though, that it becomes a more and more a fantasy the larger you scale the organization since direct relationships and trust are limited by Dunbar's number.
\* I think it was Forbes who popularized the idea of everyone paying the same percentage? That would be better called a linear regressive tax. With a true flat tax, instead of everyone paying e.g., 10% of their income, everyone would pay the exact same dollar amount e.g., $1,000 towards your share of the wall irrespective of how much money you made.
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Temp20210918c 0 points 2.8 years ago
Revenue enhancement.
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Temp20210918c 25 points 2.8 years ago
That is pretty funny.
That trannigger was like, "OMG OMG OMG it's actually happening"
Keep dreaming ya big ugly ape, you.
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Temp20210918c 13 points 2.8 years ago
Yes. And the black areas should be moved to Liberia.
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Temp20210918c 1 point 2.8 years ago
Piggah please. Sheeeit.
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Temp20210918c 3 points 2.8 years ago
I have sometimes thought that our ballots/elections shouldn't be secret. I could never quite articulate the rationale, though--not even to myself.
My sense was: if someone can't find it within theirself to stand up and say, "I vote for X even though I expect a lot of you will vote Y. Fuck Y." their vote should probably weigh less than someone who would bear accountability for their decision.
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Temp20210918c 4 points 2.8 years ago
Attribution for quote on the right:
Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
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Temp20210918c 3 points 2.8 years ago
FTA:
> Elect good school members.
Rather, demand school choice. If we put all our eggs in one government basket, we're inevitably going to be sorely disappointed. We need more checks and balances in education by having multiple schools competing to be each set of parents' respective choice.
The existing system is especially stupid in that it makes the parents who are already the most involved in caring for their children's education pay twice. I'd be willing to extend some sort of financial help to families who want to try alternate schools but can't afford to on their own. That said, tax credits are long overdue and would immediately help the vast majority of parents who already do pay once but start to wince when thinking about having to pay twice.
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Temp20210918c 1 point 2.8 years ago
> her personality did a 360 once she got in to college
So before she went to college, she was a typical impressionable girl and now she's still a typical impressionable girl but her conceit got cranked up a notch (360 🤭)?
Prayin' for your nephew. I also hope you've got your own white kids to care so well for.
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Temp20210918c 2 points 2.8 years ago
Each person is saying: "I'm an Eskimo" "I'm ~Mongolian" "I'm Ukranian" "I'm [of actual] Russian [descent]"
At the end, they all say, "We're all Russians" and "Putin is our president"
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Temp20210918c 3 points 2.8 years ago
"Anyone who votes for me is someone who belongs here."
That sounds pretty familiar.
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Temp20210918c 3 points 2.8 years ago
Darn shame about the mess. It probably took a while to get those bills cleaned up and the counter straightened out. The cash register might not even be repairable.
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Temp20210918c 1 point 2.8 years ago
Meh. I guess I don't care that much about ballet. I'm just glad they're doing that instead of burning and looting.
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Temp20210918c 2 points 2.8 years ago*
My two thoughts/factors:
\* The British Raj:
Keralan: You inferior Karnatakans will die for what you did to my uncle!
Tamil Naduan: Yeah, I'm tired of those losers too-- we've got enough of our own shit to deal with without finding their 'presents' in our borderlands.
British: Cheerio chaps. It's pretty clear that you're all losers. Now back to your English lesson. Let's start with ten repetitions of "We're all subjects of the British Empire now--God save the queen" before resuming, "Here's the cotton we picked this month".
\* Balkanization/tribalism may very well alive and kicking in India. If so, it's entirely possible that we just don't hear much about it in The West because that kind of news might not advance (((the narrative))) as much as other priority reporting.
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Temp20210918c 0 points 2.8 years ago
Fuck Gertrudo.
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