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WILLSAN said:
maybe your interpretation of my posts say as much about you.

WILLSAN said:
the mainstream media favours the establishment. my case is that the left right divide is just an illusion set up to divide the people into two factions so that they are easier to control - set the people against each other so that they dont question the powers that be.
the opposition to the establishment are populists from both left and right. so trump and bernie sanders across the pond and corbyn and farage over here. kier starmers labour party is acceptable to the establishment and the media. corbyns labour party, nah.

luki said:
You've completely missed the point. The precident of a corporation muting elected officials they don't like, at the highest level, is firmly set. Who cares if it's Trump today. We are in big trouble when politicians have to follow the corporate line or risk being deleted from the internet.

Rick said:Sparrow, UBI is "universal basic income". We (generally) accept as a basic principle of civilization that we do not allow even the feckless and lazy, let alone the simply unlucky, to starve, etc, and benefits systems are designed to ensure this. But they're massively inefficient, and subject to fraud, because they have to test for means, in highly bureaucratic ways. This costs a huge amount of money, and leads to many people not getting what they should and some getting more than they should. It disincentivises working, as your benefits tend to be cut when you get work. And these problems will only get worse, as technology automates more and more work out of existence. We not only don't need everybody to work, we simply don't have meaningful work for everybody to do.

With a UBI, _everybody_ gets a basic income from the state. All you have to prove, basically, is that you're alive. Set it at enough to survive on and people have security. You can take chances trying to launch something great; you can retrain to do something else. It makes people now mobile, and gives them the chance to be entrepreneurial.

Of course, if we're going to give out, say, 1200 a month to every adult*, we need to raise taxes by on average 1200 per head. Except we don't. It's less, because we stop having to pay lots of other benefits and the huge costs of administering them. But middle earners should expect to see their net incomes stay as they are, and high earners not to suffer too appreciably.

It would have been incredibly useful during the pandemic, not least because those people who couldn't afford to isolate when asked could have. But I think it's the way forward, as you can probably tell.

* I pick this because it's the amount in the small German trial going on right now. There's also a Finnish trial, I didn't know what that's set at.

DH_Lifter said:
I asked for a single example of institutionalized racism in America today.
I received the product of democratic lawmakers.
I pointed this out and gave examples of how democrats historically treated Black Americans- I'm not sure where I lost you.

DH_Lifter said:
That’s rich! You can thank Biden’s own Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 for that.
Here’s a free American history lesson- the democrat party started and defended the KKK, enacted the Jim Crow laws, enforced segregation and suppressed Black Americans for decades.
Also Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas was confirmed in 1991.
The Senate Judiciary Committee- led by Sen. Joe Biden- conducted a ‘high-tech lynching’ of Thomas- his words.
Do yourself a favor and go read Thomas’ closing statement.

EDCLARKE said:lol roughly 75 millions Americans voted for trump surely you're not suggesting they are all morons or scum that would seem like a terrible generalisation.

fong said:What was the purpose of Terry/Brian agreeing to only 6 on the deadlift in the heats? Would it have affected much? Just curious, currently on catchup! I think this is a great watch so far.

EDCLARKE said:Has this virus made anybody consider taking any measures to lead a healthier lifestyle?
given that coronavirus seems to hit Bigger people harder and power lifting and strongman encourage you to gain weight , anyone considered loosing a bit of timber for the sake of health ?
Its certainly focussed my mind in terms of leading a healthier lifestlye but that might be just because i'm getting old !