Taxation becoming automated and controlled by our place of employment is exactly why it is paramount that workers own our places of employment even more so than in the past.
If we own our places of employment, we can collectively refuse to continue funding this fascist regime and utilize those funds for our own local, grass-roots initiatives.
I used to kind of be against tax evasion, after passage of the big bunch of bullshit bill I’m philosophically on the side of small time federal tax evaders. Nobody should be funding this government and its massive hand jibber program for the rich. The federal tax code has completely become a way to redistribute money upwards.
Circulate this on right-wing sites and social media, not Lemmy.
We need more conservatives and liberals realizing that they’re in a class war, not a race war.
Lemmy is still full of conservatives and liberals. Just not as inundated as other places. This meme still serves its purpose being posted here.
They only see an issue with paying (aka millionaire+) for these things.
Which is why usually there was laws to prevent them from doing whatever they wanted but that’s out the window.
Law only exists to control those lower in the hierarchy than the ones who hold ruling authority over its enforcement and interpretation.
Fear not, there’s a lot of gun enthusiasts, ready to fight against tiranny!
There’s a lot of gun enthusiasts, ready to fight for tyranny! - FTFY
Both can be true
The sad truth is that the Left could also potentially have a number of gun enthusiasts because nothing is stopping any of them from doing that, but the Democratic party has turned most leftists into pacifists who are afraid of guns and feel that impotent sign waving and finger waggling is enough.
There are a lot of liberal and leftist gun owners, they just don’t wear them as identity or gender affirming care.
“How do you know if your conservative neighbor bought a new gun?” “Don’t worry he’ll tell you.”
But more broadly, yes we’ve let the right RUIN the very principles that we could have held onto and come out on top. If we kept guns and the American flag we wouldn’t be in a fascist state right now. I’m not even kidding. We gave them nationalism AND the tools to keep it.
Fucking soft-ass whinging lefties are still circling around issues of principle when we’re literally losing the entire country. “Oh no, that guy said the R word once! We should make 48-minute essay pieces on youtube calling out their bad behavior while flying the flags of our own particular ethnicity or identity as we retreat to Discord to get emotional comfort from our niche group of parasocial clingers who will never actually challenge us!”
I am fully aware this is going to piss off some Lemmy users who read it and they will obtusely think that I’m anti-pride or saying that we should use slurs. I’m not saying that (but thank you for proving my point). I’m saying we fixated on the wrong problems. We have tripped up BADLY because our idealism had no wiles or strategy. I guess it was all worthwhile if you can be the most ideologically pure leftist in the camps.
Have fun just leave the McDonald’s breakfast crew alone
The ‘incident’ at the corner store is uh, not great either, eh?
You telling me the street fell apart in two days?
I have literally seen that happen for many roads recently “repaired” by the poorer county to the south of mine. They don’t seal them or repave them; they drop a bunch of loose gravel into the potholes which just gets thrown out after a few hours of vehicles driving over it and widens the potholes.
It was a quote from Falling Down (the movie in the post) but that fucking sucks :(
Looks like you’re not alone!
Never lived in South Carolina? It shows. Road functions. Barely. Then the afternoon rainstorm happens. Then the road fails. Giant pothole, sinkhole, 36 inch tree fell, it’s two feet under water, road no longer exists because it was washed out, bridge suddenly missing. Happens all the time.
I used to think Hampton Roads / Tidewater was bad with its water depth markers on the edge of roads to let you know if you were about to drive your tail pipe or be completely submerged. But then I moved to Lesser Carolina. Whole new level of difficulty.
Went to a convention for the weekend. Getting back took four times as long as we had to consult every available live resource to see what roads were open and still existed. Because hurricanes are a thing that happens here.
So, in summary, fuck yes. Roads fall apart in two days.
It was a quote from Falling Down (the movie in the post) but that fucking sucks :(
I know the movie. My friends used to joke that I would try to recreate it in real life. But I felt that I needed to demonstrate exactly how the roads fail in two days.
I don’t even live in the US and I’m still forced to pay them
Do it then
Don’t hate the game, hate the player.
Why can’t I hate both?
What? No ill hate this game thanks
So you don’t want taxes to pay for roads and so on?
Nice try jackass
That isn’t the game being discussed.
No
If the player makes rules of the game, hate both.
