Not_Alec_Baldwin @ Not_Alec_Baldwin @lemmy.world

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So say we all

Exactly.

Her argument is that it's a part of our history. Removing it and pretending it's not is whitewashing.

It's important to remember where we came from to appreciate where we are and understand the mistakes of the past so that we don't repeat them.

Plus, it sounds like nobody was charged for climbing the pole to cut it down, so let's just make that a new tradition.

Age limits and term limits.

I hadn't heard that but it seems like the right kind of direction to be headed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu6C2KL_S9o

One of my favorite comedy bits.

I think you're missing the point, at least as far as I understand it.

Child predators experienced some kind of trauma, and as a result they never developed. That could be external trauma (abuse) or internal trauma (thoughts, mental illness) but as their body "grew up" and they began developing sexual urges, they never matured.

Think about your first crush. They were your age, probably, unless you had a crush on Jennifer Connelly like every other millennial boy. As you grew up your crushes were probably always within a few years of you. It's just how it works.

In "minor attracted people" (I hate that term, but it works for criminals AND non-criminals so it's valid) the attraction just doesn't get updated.

Humans are REALLY BAD at controlling our impulses. Especially impulses that are taboo. Especially biological impulses (eating, sex, learning, games, etc).

So these people go into fields where they can be around kids. And then an "opportunity" arises and they either can't fight their criminal impulse or they rationalize their criminal behavior.

And boom. Traumatized kids and teachers in jail.

We need to get more people therapy.

7.25 / 0.25 is indeed 29, therefore a 2800% increase is correct.

Thus, another dishonest way of stating this number is that it has increased almost 33% for each year since it was first implemented. (Not per year)

I actually don't disagree with most of what you're saying. I'm mostly pro-capitalist but anti-crony and anti-corruption which it sounds like you are too.

Maybe I'm just misunderstanding, so I'll try and clarify:

If a bank earns 1% interest, that doesn't grow the money supply.

X$ exists.

Banks loan out 10*X$ (or whatever).

The loaned money is debt and so doesn't change anything because the cash and the liability counter each other.

The bank charges Y$ in interest.

After the debt is repaid, the bank has X+Y$

You're saying that because the Y$ comes from somewhere, it's not inflation. However as banks are profitable, they clearly have more money left after paying salaries, wages, costs, and dividends.

As long a the money that the bank has is growing, the amount they can lend is growing which means the pool of available money is growing.

It might not be "real" money (I'm probably misusing the term "money supply") but it doesn't change the fact that more "money" is available.

Raising interest rates means people borrow less which means banks make less money and grow slower. If this were to keep up eventually the banks would lose money and the amount of loans they could give out would decrease and the available money would decrease. Which might finally put an end to this rampant inflation.

I don't like all of the fuckery the banks get up to. But even I'm willing to admit that this is a Pandora's box situation... I'm not sure we can ever go back.

It would be like trying to restore the gold standard. Just... How?

The creator has built-in a bunch of pvp multiplayer stuff and I'm just confused... Like, with a universe that big, why can't we just get along?

Lol, I really didn't think the title through. This was an impulse post.

I don't think I would like jetpacks in real life... I'm just a bit too risk adverse for that kind of thing.

Bank profits inflate the money supply.

If banks hold 100% of the money and lend it all out x10 (fractional reserve) and earn 1% interest, the money supply is growing by 10% per year.

That's inflation. All that money goes to the banks.

Edit: that's 1% on top of whatever they have to pay for the money from the fed, so 7% rate plus 1%, or whatever.

That doesn't even account for the stock market and other speculative devices.

When business and the wealthy class get richer, they want to get even RICHER. Prices rise. Which drives record profit, which makes rich people wealthier, which causes the cycle to repeat.

Raising interest rates is SUPPOSED to make people uncomfortable and stop spending. It's not working yet, because literally EVERY INCENTIVE IN OUR SOCIETY is pushing people to spend spend spend.

There is no functional market force driving down housing costs, food costs, or education costs. Unchecked capitalism can't work.

We just need proper incentive structures and regulation. But seeing as nobody has the guts to start figuring that out, the only lever we have is interest rates.

So they'll keep going up until something breaks.

Just playing to their audience. Which is the scary part.

When it comes to psychology, I think Peterson has a lot of valuable insights.

When it comes to anything else I just wish he would shut his mouth.

That combination of feelings really sums up a lot of Joe's guests.

I love graphene. I wish I had taken the plunge sooner.

In Gaben we trust.

When he's gone I assume it will go to shit.

There's coffee in that nebula.

• Captain Janeway

As long as it doesn't become another externality that places the expenses on the government/taxpayer, I'm okay with it. Someone in this thread mentioned there are teams to handle situations like that, and they sounds like enough for me.

Autonomous vehicles apparently lull human drivers into a state of comfort very quickly, I imagine that the "human drivers" wouldn't be alert and ready to prevent a tragedy.

I don't know how I feel about the push for autonomous vehicles. But I know from working with professional drivers that it totally wrecks the human body.