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rickyb

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trump weak on crime:

Chris Hayes
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Stock buybacks are up and white collar criminal prosecution at all time lows. Coal is dying, and with it thousands of workers left SOL. And Republicans cut taxes for corporations and increase the defense budget and call it a record.
 

rickyb

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so 1 way to get money from a corporation if you feel youve been wronged is to post a 1 star google review and keep updating it 1x a week by adding a period or whatever to make it go to the top of their business.

i just tried this for a few weeks with a martial arts gym i went to, and now all of a sudden they want to talk. normally, i would just email them, but since i dont trust these guys, if im in their neighbourhood i will pop in and negotiate the price to get rid of my 1 star review.
 

vantexan

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so 1 way to get money from a corporation if you feel youve been wronged is to post a 1 star google review and keep updating it 1x a week by adding a period or whatever to make it go to the top of their business.

i just tried this for a few weeks with a martial arts gym i went to, and now all of a sudden they want to talk. normally, i would just email them, but since i dont trust these guys, if im in their neighbourhood i will pop in and negotiate the price to get rid of my 1 star review.
And you might end up stuffed in trash bags.
 

vantexan

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its only after youre ready to lose anything that youre free to gain everything
Funny how that works. Folks in the former Soviet Union came out of it with absolutely nothing and if they have anything now it's due to practicing capitalism. Practicing socialism will insure eventual loss of everything.
 

rickyb

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Funny how that works. Folks in the former Soviet Union came out of it with absolutely nothing and if they have anything now it's due to practicing capitalism. Practicing socialism will insure eventual loss of everything.
giving most of your power away, which capitalism does like older economic systems, leave you with mostly nothing.
 

vantexan

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giving most of your power away, which capitalism does like older economic systems, leave you with mostly nothing.
Considering all the homeowners we have with houses full of stuff and expensive cars in the garage I'd say yes, we're suffering terribly.
 

rickyb

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Considering all the homeowners we have with houses full of stuff and expensive cars in the garage I'd say yes, we're suffering terribly.
half the country is in near poverty or poor, and blacks and latinos have basically no wealth. last i heard bezos, gates, and buffet have 50% of the wealth of america, and all the power that goes with it.

not to mention spiritual malnutrition. consumerism is a kind of nihilism.
 

vantexan

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half the country is in near poverty or poor, and blacks and latinos have basically no wealth. last i heard bezos, gates, and buffet have 50% of the wealth of america, and all the power that goes with it.

not to mention spiritual malnutrition. consumerism is a kind of nihilism.
You heard wrong. And things have gotten better for minorities under this president. People don't look to exist in some state of nirvana ricky. They want material things. Should that be the be all and end all of existence? No, but at the end of the day most just want to be able to own some nice things, have some nice experiences, eat good food, and not worry too much about the future. They don't want someone constantly in their face telling them they are doing everything wrong, especially when that person has little to show in his own life that would indicate he's got it right. You can spend your life railing against the system if you like, just remember you live in a country where you can do that. How long would you last talking against the system in socialist countries where people often don't have the things you think they should have with no effort? They would silence you pretty quickly.
 

rickyb

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You heard wrong. And things have gotten better for minorities under this president. People don't look to exist in some state of nirvana ricky. They want material things. Should that be the be all and end all of existence? No, but at the end of the day most just want to be able to own some nice things, have some nice experiences, eat good food, and not worry too much about the future. They don't want someone constantly in their face telling them they are doing everything wrong, especially when that person has little to show in his own life that would indicate he's got it right. You can spend your life railing against the system if you like, just remember you live in a country where you can do that. How long would you last talking against the system in socialist countries where people often don't have the things you think they should have with no effort? They would silence you pretty quickly.
i agree with some of what you said. a good marketer said something like this too "They don't want someone constantly in their face telling them they are doing everything wrong,". people need to grow up too. look at things differently and you may realize most adults dont act like it.

in terms of freedom of speech or thought theres limits to that here as well. we all know what happens when people express certain unpopular ideas for too long. look what obama did, passed a martial law bill right after occupy came out.
 

vantexan

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i agree with some of what you said. a good marketer said something like this too "They don't want someone constantly in their face telling them they are doing everything wrong,". people need to grow up too. look at things differently and you may realize most adults dont act like it.

in terms of freedom of speech or thought theres limits to that here as well. we all know what happens when people express certain unpopular ideas for too long. look what obama did, passed a martial law bill right after occupy came out.
Unless you are yelling fire in a theater or some such you can pretty much say anything you like here as long as it isn't slander. People say all kinds of things about Trump, much if not most of it untrue. Where are the government agents breaking down their doors and dragging them away? You say people need to grow up. You seem to get much of your views from movies that are intended to excite in order to make money. Time you grew up and realized that there isn't some easy glide path being kept from us. Most people have to work hard to have anything and that is exactly what makes things work. Having everything handed to you is the exact way to watch everything fall apart.
 
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