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Joe Biden Thread

St. Phatty

Active member
uh huh. intelligence agencies don't operate in the private market. you're absolutely right. In-Q-Tel isn't the CIA.


Intelligence agencies VERY MUCH operate in public markets. And in the Continental 48.

The CIA controls In-Q-Tel.

Mr. Biden has a simple function, to put a kindly face on the 2 most psychopathic organizations in world history.

They make WW2 Germany look like Adele.
 

Amynamous

Active member
uh huh. intelligence agencies don't operate in the private market. you're absolutely right. In-Q-Tel isn't the CIA.

$5K in the communications consulting business probably buys a two sentence press release.
If you believe that equates to ā€œworking for Israeli Intelligenceā€, then i truly donā€™t know how to respond to that kind of hard headedness.

As for your desire to ā€œend capitalismā€, you would have an easier time ending gravity.
Good luck with that. lol
 

antheis

Active member
Veteran
why is capitalism good?
i can't find an upside. i'll never be a millionaire and i'll always be paying taxes. why can't that money go to uplift my fellow citizens rather than fund weapons of war that send us on a snipe hunt to find someone to kill.
fuck that.
put that money to public school teacher's wages
put that money into the grid and upgrade that bullshit 1950's tech that runs power plants.
put that money into lowering the fucking pH of the goddamned ocean.
stop putting profits over the planet. yeah they stock portfolio is dope, but at this rate their children won't get to enjoy it.
fuck capitalism. we're all animals trying to one up each other for no good reason.
 

Hempy McNoodle

Well-known member
why is capitalism good?
i can't find an upside. i'll never be a millionaire and i'll always be paying taxes. why can't that money go to uplift my fellow citizens rather than fund weapons of war that send us on a snipe hunt to find someone to kill.
fuck that.
put that money to public school teacher's wages
put that money into the grid and upgrade that bullshit 1950's tech that runs power plants.
put that money into lowering the fucking pH of the goddamned ocean.
stop putting profits over the planet. yeah they stock portfolio is dope, but at this rate their children won't get to enjoy it.
fuck capitalism. we're all animals trying to one up each other for no good reason.

It sounds to me like your gripe is actually with CORRUPTION. Public school teachers are waaayyy overpaid, btw.
 

Amynamous

Active member
why is capitalism good?
i can't find an upside. i'll never be a millionaire and i'll always be paying taxes. why can't that money go to uplift my fellow citizens rather than fund weapons of war that send us on a snipe hunt to find someone to kill.
fuck that.
put that money to public school teacher's wages
put that money into the grid and upgrade that bullshit 1950's tech that runs power plants.
put that money into lowering the fucking pH of the goddamned ocean.
stop putting profits over the planet. yeah they stock portfolio is dope, but at this rate their children won't get to enjoy it.
fuck capitalism. we're all animals trying to one up each other for no good reason.

According to Merriam Websters dictionary:
noun
capĀ·ā€‹iĀ·ā€‹talĀ·ā€‹ism
| \ Ėˆka-pə-tə-ĖŒliz-əm , Ėˆkap-tə- \Definition
  • : an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capitalgoods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market
Iā€™m willing to bet that some members will disagree to the ā€œofficialā€ definition.lol

Capitalism isnā€™t good or bad. But rather, I would argue, the natural order of commerce.
Even in a state controlled system, the black market still thrives, and does so according to the above definition.
 

Amynamous

Active member
It sounds to me like your gripe is actually with CORRUPTION. Public school teachers are waaayyy overpaid, btw.

Anyone who believes that public school teachers are overpaid should become a public school teacher. Just sayin. :D

There literally isnā€™t enough money to pay me to do that job. haha
 

Hammerhead

Disabled Farmer
ICMag Donor
Veteran
A huge issue with the way GOV lets wealth transfer is fucked up. If any of us wanted to give any relative cash there are rules. If you give too much the Gov will tax some to get their bite. Makes no sense to me.
 

bigtacofarmer

Well-known member
Veteran
A huge issue with the way GOV lets wealth transfer is fucked up. If any of us wanted to give any relative cash there are rules. If you give too much the Gov will tax some to get their bite. Makes no sense to me.

It makes sense. They are crooks. Being robbed sucks. But the math checks out. They are going to take a piece of everything they possibly can.
 

Hammerhead

Disabled Farmer
ICMag Donor
Veteran
It makes sense. They are crooks. Being robbed sucks. But the math checks out. They are going to take a piece of everything they possibly can.

Doesn't make any sense to me. Crooks typically go to prison.. Laws like this and many many others are there because people continue to vote for dumbass Dem/rep. All I see are dumbasses letting other dumbasses do the same shit over and over.
 

bigtacofarmer

Well-known member
Veteran
Doesn't make any sense to me. Crooks typically go to prison.. Laws like this and many many others are there because people continue to vote for dumbass Dem/rep. All I see are dumbasses letting other dumbasses do the same shit over and over.

I would love to see the list of who and what to vote for that won't just try taking more.

If someone good does have a chance, they will just label whoever it is with whatever ism they can a spend a fortune convincing everyone if you elect the honest one we will all be doomed.
 

armedoldhippy

Well-known member
Veteran
A huge issue with the way GOV lets wealth transfer is fucked up. If any of us wanted to give any relative cash there are rules. If you give too much the Gov will tax some to get their bite. Makes no sense to me.

you can give a shit-pot every year and pay no taxes on it. over a certain amount, they have to pony up taxes. i feel SO bad that millionaires have to pay taxes just like the little people... (crocodile tears here)
 

dramamine

Well-known member
Doesn't make any sense to me. Crooks typically go to prison.. Laws like this and many many others are there because people continue to vote for dumbass Dem/rep. All I see are dumbasses letting other dumbasses do the same shit over and over.

Like when everyone was saying they weren't voting for Biden, but against Trump? Dumbasses? Who should they have voted for? The politicians don't seem to be dumbasses...it's working real well for them.
 

Amynamous

Active member
Like when everyone was saying they weren't voting for Biden, but against Trump? Dumbasses? Who should they have voted for? The politicians don't seem to be dumbasses...it's working real well for them.

trump is a lying, thieving, corrupt bastard AND heā€™s grossly incompetent as well as a certifiable moron.
Itā€™s one thing to argue that all politicians are lying, thieving, corrupt bastards, but most are only somewhat incompetent and maybe somewhat dumbasses. trump took that shit to a whole other level. Heā€™s literally not qualified to be a dog catcher in a doggy daycare.
 

Chi13

Well-known member
ICMag Donor
According to Merriam Websters dictionary:
noun
capĀ·ā€‹iĀ·ā€‹talĀ·ā€‹ism
| \ Ėˆka-pə-tə-ĖŒliz-əm , Ėˆkap-tə- \Definition
  • : an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capitalgoods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market
Iā€™m willing to bet that some members will disagree to the ā€œofficialā€ definition.lol

Capitalism isnā€™t good or bad. But rather, I would argue, the natural order of commerce.
Even in a state controlled system, the black market still thrives, and does so according to the above definition.
Exchange of goods and services is the natural order of commerce.
I don't think that Capitalism is quite the same. I fail to see what's natural about organisations who's sole reason for existence is to make money; that a very small number of us are wealthy and powerful beyond the wildest imagination, at the expense of others. Capitalism relies on competition, growth, and exploitation both of people and resources. Consumption of goods seems to be what drives people these days, and that comes from mass marketing rather than need.
From the perspective of the environment "fairytales of eternal economic growth" are impossible (Greta). Communism isn't the answer either as it also relies on economic growth.
 
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dramamine

Well-known member
trump is a lying, thieving, corrupt bastard AND heā€™s grossly incompetent as well as a certifiable moron.
Itā€™s one thing to argue that all politicians are lying, thieving, corrupt bastards, but most are only somewhat incompetent and maybe somewhat dumbasses. trump took that shit to a whole other level. Heā€™s literally not qualified to be a dog catcher in a doggy daycare.

That's really beside the point I was trying to make. It doesn't speak much to Hammerhead's point either.
 
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