“If man chooses oblivion, he can go right on leaving his fate to his political leaders. If he chooses Utopia, he must initiate an enormous education program - immediately, if not sooner.”
-R B Fuiler
Fun fact some states took this into thier own hands
https://www.nh.gov/glance/state-constitution/bill-rights
[Art.] 12-a. [Power to Take Property Limited.] No part of a person’s property shall be taken by eminent domain and transferred, directly or indirectly, to another person if the taking is for the purpose of private development or other private use of the property.
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Hell, let’s not forget
Python
Perl
Java
POSIX
And they wonder why darknet forums like Dread exist
Me asking GPT how to do simple Python and Perl stuff that are literally examples in the relevant language docs
Yes they are specific historical people that did things or advanced ideas we as a culture celebrate, like the notion of equality under the law.
The authoritarian playbook is to use a mystical, ill defined “great past” when a tribal “we” were “great” in all we did. No specifics. Greatness by God mandate.
I honestly believe The Thunderhead will be a better parent than many shitty human ones.
(Read Scythe if you haven’t yet, it’s brilliant)
So finally Peter Schiff will end up being right
(He’s been calling for the collapse of the US Treasury market since like 2002)
Our children will think we are so quaint
Redlib FTW
Edit: current fork
Especially when it’s getting freaky in bed with Religion
“I was trying to work around an error condition”
No amount of caffeine will save you from afternoon sleepies in the wrong class
In my case it was a grad level course They let me in as an undergrad because I was smart and motivated Only half a dozen students Giant mug of coffee
Lots of matrix algebra 800 year old professor 3pm Dead quiet room Fluorescent lights
The shame of dozing off in his class still pains me decades later I AM SORRY
What do you get from a glut of TV?
A pain in the neck and an IQ of 3!
Why don’t you try simply reading a book?
You’ll get no… commercials…!
-The Oompa-Loompas
It’s his whole shtick now
It was funny like the first 5 times
It’s not serious leader material
… and then all that will be left will be .onion sites
Removed by mod
Dementia got my Dad. It’s not easy. Remember who they were, ease their way, and don’t judge what they become.
All her books are life-impacting
Would have loved to have been able to be yet another fan telling her how much she affected my life
You gotta admit the baby ads are fun
It’s pronounced “Bibberty”