I never said they didn’t? But I get how you got there.

Agreed, we need to pick our representatives better :(

Oh I’m not advocating for nothing, just saying that alone this isn’t enough.

We should absolutely outlaw congressional stock trading, and more.

Please don’t mistake my desire for something more comprehensive for apathy.

Trust me I’m well aware of the failings of my country. That doesn’t mean I can’t recognize one of them or that you have to remind me of their existence when I do.

In other words, I get it but you’re not helping.

Yeah I see what you’re getting at, but not a fan of rewarding bad behavior which is really all throwing money at establishment politicians will ever do.

If we outlaw it they’ll just go around it using someone else as a proxy. Must try harder. :(

Only issue is we’re supposed to be their boss. Americans elect representatives to do the job of representing us. If they don’t do their job they shouldn’t be paid, and overall public support for representatives is incredibly low because of the behavior you’re advocating to pay them off in order to avoid doing.

Not sure where you work but if I stopped doing my job I’d expect a firing, not a raise.

To solve both problems the public needs to scrutinize the shit out of their elected officials and be more willing to throw them to the side when they stop being useful, like corporations do to us all the time.

Essentially they exist to make the cost of the risk they agree to bear reasonable and affordable to their customers.

The second they fail to serve that purpose they become useless.

Their very existence depends on the same thing that has made them into the shitstains they are: Greed.

lol totally fair.

Just glad it’s getting posted at all, fuck the Oligarchs 😍

Yeah whatever the form, they didn’t get there without underpaying someone.

Why is this in shitpost it’s true

https://x.com/joncoopertweets/status/1859602254577230289

That’s not rice, that’s maggots you’re eating!

Larvae, larvae, larvae……

Ok but Freddy got Fingered is legitimately a work of art.

Did you find it in the sandy ground?

Does it emulate the ocean’s sound?

Honestly it’s only because dipping your fingers into your drink just seems kinda gross, and with a fork you can fully soak the Oreo.

……I like cookies 😁🍪

Thank you for proving my original comment.

Someone seems upset.

What solutions are you formulating and implementing? And which ones am I in the way of by commenting on a lemmy post?

Clearly you have all the answers. Teach me, o wise one.

There’s that division I mentioned.

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