• aarch0x40@piefed.social
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    7 months ago

    Furthering that they are indeed not the “Pro-Life” party but instead the “Pro-Birth” party.

  • Basic Glitch@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    1980s anti-seatbelt News segment: There’s no freedom no more

    Safety regulations, gun laws, and masks mandates: “This is an outrage! I am a libertarian. Get big brother out of our lives!”

    Invasion of privacy, inescapable surveillance networks that use live facial recognition technology, and a giant Palantir database that will contain every individual’s data and connections to friends, family, and acquaintances with zero oversight or regulations to keep track of who uses it or how it’s used (bc “libertarian”): “Stop being so paranoid. If you have nothing to hide you should have nothing to fear.”

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      7 months ago

      I honestly don’t understand why “shareholder value” has not already demanded something like this, given how formulaic most “leadership” actually is.

      I think I know the reason, and the entire narrative is mostly bullshit, and instead the wealth that companies generate is set up to be extracted by a very, very few and they sit on each others’ boards and set up their own compensation, etc…

      • Captain Howdy@lemmy.zip
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        7 months ago

        Well the CEO is typically also a large shareholder. They are compensated with shares in addition to salaries. The idea is that they will ensure shareholder value because it also increases their pay.

        Not saying I like it, just explaining why they hurt CEOs

  • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    yeah, whatever. doesn’t affect me too much.

    I will continue fixing up my piece of shit old cars until I literally cannot get parts for them, and by then there will probably be an actual viable alternative for me that isn’t a 2018 shitty-tech infested nightmare with poor visibility, bloated size, and headlights that will get people killed

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    7 months ago

    Some think they covet our deaths for a plausibly higher profit margin, but they are obviously incorrect. True prosperity is their having the freedom to throw our lives away, not that they would.

  • X@piefed.world
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    7 months ago

    Republicans steadfastly remaining poster children for the dangers of their most prominent pastime: unrestrained inbreeding.

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    7 months ago

    Some of the push for “safety” has been responsible for cars lasting less and getting larger as well… but I’m sure this is NOT what they mean.