LogsforTwo

6 years agodiscuss

I have not heard it lately, but a few months ago I heard that Uhaul can't keep their trucks in certain places. Anecdotally, there is also account from several places of people being upset that out of state people are flooding in, e.g., certain areas of FL, ID, MT, UT, Texas (more than usual). It's either the more not-liberal minded people finally getting that last push to make a major change, or it may be a broader movement of people in way that is not being reported/investigated. Considering the changes to the mortgage interest deduction and the standard deduction in general, I could see these draconian dictates in certain states pushing people to make the jump.

LogsforTwo

6 years agodiscuss

I don't think you quite understand what happened. He did not commit a crime unless you somehow accept that the USA is the world dominating power that it arguably is. Assange is not a US citizen and he simply published things that were given to him, which is not a crime unless you also accept that the vampire squid that is the transatlantic ruling class power structure can just convolute and misapply laws as they wish.

You seem to be one of those people that still has not come to the realization that the whole system of western government has become inherently illegitimate in and of itself through its own actions and words. It leaves people like you still saying things akin to "well, the dictator did pass a law that he can apply to anything he wakes up one morning not liking" and it placates you, as the "laws" are meant to, by implying a sense of authority through process.

What should have really happened in a sane and healthy society and civilization, is that 1) the things the people that did commit crimes by stealing and handing over classified information, should never have had to do that because the system would have harshly punished the perpetrators of the violations they exposed with execution and, 2) it would have led to the prosecution of the people who were responsible for the information and systems that allowed the release of the information that was deemed classified, again, with execution.

But instead, we have a clearly broken and systematically rotten system that is violently persecuting and prosecuting the messenger, because they did not like that they were exposed as the evil people perpetrating evil they were and that their incompetence also led to that being revealed. What this is all about really, is vengeance for exposure, for embarrassment, for disclosure that the many little dictatorial emperors don't have any clothes on and are just LARPing with way too much undeserved and unearned money and power.

LogsforTwo

6 years agodiscuss

I don't think you quite appreciate that the types of people that are running this do not think of money the way you may think of it. To them, money is not a thing that is wasted or conserved, it is a means to an end, it is close to raw power.

The end effect is that they will "waste" any amount of money necessary to achieve their goals, bounded by other limitations and their own priorities.

The ironic thing is that you are right, it is "kindergarten level spite" that is a common characteristic of the psychopathic types that combine high functioning intellect with the moral construct of a feral juvenile, which our governments, all our governments naturally select for.

LogsforTwo

6 years agodiscuss

Can you explain to me your flippant mentality towards censorship? Is it just that you don't think that censorship will eat at your "team" over time, simply because your "team" is in a position to censor and hide frank and open discussion of topics, or is there something else going on?

I find it rather concerning that we have what appears to be a new generation of totally oblivious people stunted by the fear of hearing something that is not their favorite thing to hear. It simply does not end well … for ANYONE.

LogsforTwo

6 years agodiscuss

What I find most ironic about this conversation is that it is happening inside kind of censorship observation chamber that HN mods have also created where certain words and ideas and concepts are censored and others are not permitted to see.

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