Notices by The Felon Pope :popephil: (phil@freeatlantis.com)

@Sherri_Ingrey many blame this on schools, and they should certainly shoulder some blame, but the primary fault is with parents.

@KeepTakingTheSoma This is very good, same conclusion but explains the mechinism.

@KeepTakingTheSoma @HebrideanHecate

At the end of a long and ugly road, there is a corrective mechanism built into the world. Sadly it's usually very harshly Darwinian.

The more a government takes on, the more inept it becomes. The more inept it becomes, the worse people it attracts. As the caliber of people gets worse the more derelict the government becomes.
The farther a government progresses on this spiral the more tyranical, despotic and intrusive it becomes. As it grows nastier, the people get worse.

The government of the UK is a classic example of this. The US isn't far behind.

Those who advocate for remaining on this path are called Progressives.

Im old enough to remember when you could expect an appliance to last 15 to 20 years. Our washer is 7 years old and its leaking. We know a guy who fixes them. He said 7 years is very good, many only last 4 to 5 years now. So I guess fixing it may be a waste. My SIL has lived in her house for 21 years and just bought her 4th set. Its disgusting.

@KeepTakingTheSoma I agree that banks shouldn't be trusted. I have all kinds of personal mitigation strageties as a result.
But, the government agency that is supposedly regulating them, isn't any more worthy of trust than the banks.

This is the struggle of our time, you can't really trust any institution.

@KeepTakingTheSoma
Well I know that banks are scummy, but they mostly get away with that because government bails them out and creates a moral hazzard.

I still don't accept that irresponsible debt is the lenders fault.

Though I do accept that ultimately the government distorts the marked and messes up all the signals and exacerbates the problems.

I don't really understand the thinking behind this. If people borrow more money than they can afford to pay back, how is that not their fault alone? Sure it's a risk to the lender, but it should stop there. It's not like buyers are being forced to take out loans that they can afford. We have reached a time when being irresponsible, is somebody else's fault.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/us-government-sues-warren-buffetts-berkshire-owned-lending-company-predatory-mortgages

@KeepTakingTheSoma @FranciscoScaramanga
Here in the US they talk about "Our Democracy." It is "their" democracy, do you really expect them to include the plebs?

@KeepTakingTheSoma @FranciscoScaramanga
Exactly they govern, nearly exclusively, for their favorite groups at a huge cost in quality of life for everybody else we are supposed to be grateful to be able to live to serve our betters.

What makes Trump's win worth celebrating?

@FranciscoScaramanga
I think the connection to big business and govt has reached incestuous levels. The govt has become so bloated and so into everything, that it's almost necessary to stay on their good side/suck up to them. So all this "change" coming from the mega rich class, is just them following the prevailing winds. Though, I do think EM is really in the free speech class, due to personal history and I think the woke stuff irrated him for the same reason
They are loyal to themselves.

@LoriQuaid @mk
It should be investigated to see if this tiny amount of microplastics in people's brains could explain the rampant spread of utter stupidity throughout the world.

@LoriQuaid

I guess I'm gonna die one day filled with microplastics.

@RadicalCartoons @Dan_Ramos @Sherri_Ingrey @polarisera Monkey pox is so yesterday. Its bird flu now

@walkman @slashdot

If you want something to go to shit,
create a government agency to bolster it.

@jimmyjohnson sure would be nice if he were excluded from society. I can't fathom why anybody gives a second thought to the spewings of a cartoon villan and egomaniac.

@KeepTakingTheSoma this time of year the corn field is empty.

I just went outside to get a package. There were 6 hawks making lazy circles in the sky. I think they're disguised drones and the gubment is spying on me.

@KeepTakingTheSoma good point.