Trump can basically print infinite amounts of dollars through the federal reserve.
As we all know, conflicts are hella expensive and often decided by who can stay solvent longer. The fact that trump can just print dollars is extremely problematic here.
I guess the necessary course of action would be to bring the dollar's value to zero, and use an alternative currency instead (such as euro, canadian dollar, mexican pesos).
My city can’t afford housing or transit but just spent $150 million building a stadium for live nation. Free taxpayer funded stadiums for corporations to profit from, yay!
Calgary?
"Live Nation Entertainment is composed of Live Nation, an events promoter and venue operator, and Ticketmaster, a ticket sales giant. The two companies merged in 2010 and now control an estimated 70% of the ticketing and live event venues market."
*and actively destroys/dismantles anything one could remotely be proud of having their tax money go to.
I'd gladly fund NASA and scientific research any day of the week, but nooooo gotta feed the poor poor billionaires.
but noooo gotta feed the poor
HUH?!
poor billionaires
Aaaahhhh.
Yeah, I did the same thing at first. Did the half head tilt thing and didnt finish reading and was like, uhm, am I readinnn that right? Oh.
:P
My republican coworkers are complaining about NASA because they always flake when buying our products (we sell electronic stuff to defense related military contractors) because they don't have enough budget.
Fucking idiots don't realize that their political party doesn't even want a NASA
The world desperately needs more Luigis.
Okay but we all get that Douglas was the bad guy, right? OP??
He is bad guy, but he is not bad guy
I'm pretty sure the bad guy was the fucked-up system that tortured him into his behavior. He's a victim as much as any of the people he hurt.
Being a victim doesn't mean you are not also an abuser. Not all victims become abusers. We all live with the same fucked up system, but we don't all fall down. We don't all turn to violence and self-righteousness. Douglas was the fucking bad guy. Try watching it from his wife's point of view.
At the time of its release, Douglas's father, actor Kirk Douglas, declared: "He played it brilliantly. I think it is his best piece of work to date."[26] He also defended the film against critics who claimed that it glorifies lawbreaking: "Michael's character is not the 'hero' or 'newest urban icon'. He is the villain and the victim. Of course, we see many elements of our society that contributed to his madness. We even pity him. But the movie never condones his actions."
If you see something to be emulated or respected, you might just be fucked in the head.
I didn't say that victims can't be abusers, nor did I say that he was a hero.
People who've done harm need to be prevented from causing further harm, but it's important to acknowledge the root cause of their behavior if you want to stop future iterations.
I think that the OP is entirely a joke, but that it comes from the very real villain of systemic injustice that pressures us all to lash out. I think one could see the film as inspirational insofar as being inspired to take violent action, but I would hope they direct their aggression towards worthy targets.
He was pretty alright when he killed that nazi
I didn't see that part ;)
Yeah, originally I was going to say I don't agree at all with his character, but the progression is so great, leading up to the "I'm the bad guy?" moment.
Well...
Oh damn, I've never seen this thanks for linking.
Perhaps you would also enjoy Changing Lanes. (Trailer)
I just don't get how this has a 6.5 score, it seems like at least a 7+. But maybe it's the rose tinted glasses, we were kind of spoiled for good movies back in 2002 when it came out, and most of the votes are probably from back then.
One of these things is so outrageously unlike the others that it makes me kinda sus of whoever decided to put them all in the same list
A charitable interpretation of "printing money out of thin air" is how they bail out corporations and landlords. Why even save if the game is so obviously rigged?
They're mad at #2 because #1 gives them all the money they need to do #3. So why do they need my money too?
All USD is printed. Taxes are the only thing that gives USD its value.
I have a problem with the meme playing footsie with the ideas that taxes are theft and money-printing is fraud.
These are common neo-metallist arguments. And in techie spaces like the fediverse, libertarians like to sneak them into the conversation while going “How do you do, fellow progressives?” before they start pitching NFTs.
"You forgot your briefcase!"
I don't want to be your buddy, Rick. I just want a little breakfast....
Me trying to take a dump
And now your going to die wearing that stupid little hat
Need an hand to help you back up? You seem to keep falling down.
If you were part of the billionaire class, you'd be paying less. Sucker.
I can hear Iron Maiden's 'Man on the Edge' music.
