*and actively destroys/dismantles anything one could remotely be proud of having their tax money go to.
I'd gladly fund NASA and scientific research any day of the week, but nooooo gotta feed the poor poor billionaires.
but noooo gotta feed the poor
HUH?!
poor billionaires
Aaaahhhh.
Yeah, I did the same thing at first. Did the half head tilt thing and didnt finish reading and was like, uhm, am I readinnn that right? Oh.
My republican coworkers are complaining about NASA because they always flake when buying our products (we sell electronic stuff to defense related military contractors) because they don't have enough budget.
Fucking idiots don't realize that their political party doesn't even want a NASA
My city can’t afford housing or transit but just spent $150 million building a stadium for live nation. Free taxpayer funded stadiums for corporations to profit from, yay!
Calgary?
"Live Nation Entertainment is composed of Live Nation, an events promoter and venue operator, and Ticketmaster, a ticket sales giant. The two companies merged in 2010 and now control an estimated 70% of the ticketing and live event venues market."
Love my taxes going to committing genocide and protecting Israel
One of these things is so outrageously unlike the others that it makes me kinda sus of whoever decided to put them all in the same list
*Corrupt Government
*Has the ability to print money out of thin air with no downside.
*Forces you pay taxes anyway making you technically complicit in its crimes.
*Uses Its infinite wealth and power to openly protect child predators instead of something good because it is a corrupt government. (The most recent thing in the news cycle)
Interesting how all these things line up together when you don't abstract these things into nothingness. It makes me very sus of the person who decide to reword these so they don't fit on the same list.
No disagreement on the corruption, coercion, or economic exploitation.
Nor that there’s a straight line from their ability to manipulate the economic and legal systems… directly to their ability to evade justice for the worst crimes imaginable.
My concern is:
Tech libertarians using a (nearly-) universally-acknowledged and reviled scourge as a pretense to post in progressive spaces and sneak in neo-metallist sentiments like “taxation is theft” and “money-printing is fraud”.
I’m not saying OP or even OOP is one, for sure. But the meme does advance their narrative.
-genocide
A charitable interpretation of "printing money out of thin air" is how they bail out corporations and landlords. Why even save if the game is so obviously rigged?
Okay but we all get that Douglas was the bad guy, right? OP??
He is bad guy, but he is not bad guy
I'm pretty sure the bad guy was the fucked-up system that tortured him into his behavior. He's a victim as much as any of the people he hurt.
Being a victim doesn't mean you are not also an abuser. Not all victims become abusers. We all live with the same fucked up system, but we don't all fall down. We don't all turn to violence and self-righteousness. Douglas was the fucking bad guy. Try watching it from his wife's point of view.
At the time of its release, Douglas's father, actor Kirk Douglas, declared: "He played it brilliantly. I think it is his best piece of work to date."[26] He also defended the film against critics who claimed that it glorifies lawbreaking: "Michael's character is not the 'hero' or 'newest urban icon'. He is the villain and the victim. Of course, we see many elements of our society that contributed to his madness. We even pity him. But the movie never condones his actions."
If you see something to be emulated or respected, you might just be fucked in the head.
I didn't say that victims can't be abusers, nor did I say that he was a hero.
People who've done harm need to be prevented from causing further harm, but it's important to acknowledge the root cause of their behavior if you want to stop future iterations.
I think that the OP is entirely a joke, but that it comes from the very real villain of systemic injustice that pressures us all to lash out. I think one could see the film as inspirational insofar as being inspired to take violent action, but I would hope they direct their aggression towards worthy targets.
Oh damn, I've never seen this thanks for linking.
Perhaps you would also enjoy Changing Lanes. (Trailer)
I just don't get how this has a 6.5 score, it seems like at least a 7+. But maybe it's the rose tinted glasses, we were kind of spoiled for good movies back in 2002 when it came out, and most of the votes are probably from back then.
"You forgot your briefcase!"
The world desperately needs more Luigis.
I don't want to be your buddy, Rick. I just want a little breakfast....
Trump can basically print infinite amounts of dollars through the federal reserve.
As we all know, conflicts are hella expensive and often decided by who can stay solvent longer. The fact that trump can just print dollars is extremely problematic here.
I guess the necessary course of action would be to bring the dollar's value to zero, and use an alternative currency instead (such as euro, canadian dollar, mexican pesos).
I'd be happy paying taxes if they went to social works and infrastructure and whatnot, but yeah.
Now let's talk about spending 60-80% of my remaining income on rent
That's it, I'm walking directly home in a straight line
And now your going to die wearing that stupid little hat
I can hear Iron Maiden's 'Man on the Edge' music.
If you were part of the billionaire class, you'd be paying less. Sucker.
D-FENS is so aspirational especially the part where he stands up to the brown people and foreigners and then
spoiler
tries to murder suicide his daughter on her birthday
