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ArdentGrasshopper 2 points ago +2 / -0

For some unknown reason, they also didn't offer to subsidize you from their salaries either.

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ArdentGrasshopper 1 point ago +1 / -0

Weeks.

So, Dark blue starts in 2019 and after 52 on the x-axis, it represents 2020.

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ArdentGrasshopper 3 points ago +3 / -0

Can we have his input on how well Obamacare ... oh wait :D

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ArdentGrasshopper 14 points ago +14 / -0

They went 5-4 in such a clear case? Reading Kavanaugh's opinion, how could someone argue against it?

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ArdentGrasshopper 33 points ago +33 / -0

And the Lord said "Come forth and receive thine daily press beating".

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ArdentGrasshopper 1 point ago +1 / -0

Is this what happens when one spends their intelligence allowance for the day?

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ArdentGrasshopper 1 point ago +1 / -0

You probably commented on a wrong post. I haven't advocated anything about what you're talking about.

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ArdentGrasshopper 3 points ago +3 / -0

Sure. I'm just addressing the "unfortunately does not have the power to do so" part.

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ArdentGrasshopper 51 points ago +56 / -5

Trump literally said himself that he has ultimate authority during a crisis and Pence corroborated it based on the state declarations of emergency. It was sticky some time ago. Trump also said multiple times that he prefers states to decide themselves and will only intervene in egregious malpractices.

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ArdentGrasshopper 0 points ago +3 / -3

They shouldn't be criticized though, as they serve to expose the gloomy lies that have been covering the proverbial sky. It's not the nurses who forced the patient not be able to have their treatments.

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ArdentGrasshopper 3 points ago +3 / -0

We call those camps of yours where you need to put work to get stuff, the Market. So there's nothing more to do other than prevent other little dictators from busting the Market :)

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ArdentGrasshopper 0 points ago +1 / -1

If they can be taken away, then they're not inalienable. Inalienable literally means "can't be taken away".

Since you agree that it is society (i.e. the equilibrium of the human power struggle at each given time) that is responsible for doing the enforcement of rights, what does it matter if those rights were initially bestowed upon humanity by X or Y or none?

The only possible value I see is that of feelings. I would indeed be more enraged if I had a Luis IX chair and it was stolen, compared to just a random chair getting stolen. But in both cases, I'd need the power of the society (in this case, the police) to intervene and enforce my rights of owning those chairs. If the police doesn't care, then well...

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ArdentGrasshopper 5 points ago +5 / -0

That's what one would have as a first thought, but once you actually take a look at the historical data regarding the causes of death, suddenly that is not true at all!

Take a look yourself and be amazed, scroll down to the graph "number of deaths by cause": https://ourworldindata.org/causes-of-death

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ArdentGrasshopper 2 points ago +2 / -0

That dark blue line is the total number of deaths. That's the one to compare with the other lines, except for the red one which is for easy volume comparison with the covid deaths.

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ArdentGrasshopper 3 points ago +3 / -0

The experience of this madness has made it crystal clear to a lot of people that their innocence of "media works for us people" was naive, at best.

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ArdentGrasshopper 1 point ago +1 / -0

This is the pretend part. We pretend they can't be taken away because of the power of X (different people invoke different Xs), but when it comes to that X enforcing this, suddenly it's not its responsibility to do so but it comes down to human power. So why not just admit it's a power issue? If you have power or the balance of power is in your favor, you have rights. Simple and clean.

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ArdentGrasshopper 0 points ago +1 / -1

Thank you for including me in your prayers. I'm sure it will help in the off-chance you happen to be right.

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