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13 years ago @ A Division by Zer0 - How to decode the US p... · 0 replies · +1 points
13 years ago @ A Division by Zer0 - The empathetic poor · 0 replies · +1 points
Then again, it's not profitable to break down barriers. I mean, once people see how much they actually have in common, well...the world turns to complete shit, right? ; )
13 years ago @ A Division by Zer0 - The empathetic poor · 1 reply · +2 points
In Jersey where I grew up, we had free call boxes and highway management. If you were broken down on the side of the road, you could rest assured that someone would be coming around regularly to check the roads and offer help even in the middle of the night. Of course, though, as soon as "deficits" got too high, it was one of the first services to be cut by half, but it still exists. I can't imagine being charged to call for any emergency services though. That's just awful. That's what our taxes are for, so we may as well get *something* out of it.
13 years ago @ A Division by Zer0 - Android ftw · 0 replies · +1 points
13 years ago @ A Division by Zer0 - Are the USA heading to... · 0 replies · +1 points
Every empire falls, and new ones take their places. It seems unfortunate that people can't accept that. I overheard a clip from Faux News the other day, and they seemed incensed that the US was now #11 on the list of "Best Places to Live." It's completely intolerable that they would raise such a stink over something so trivial as not being #1...which is, in part, why nobody wants to live here now. (I'm originally from New Jersey, so I know a thing or two about mass exoduses.) ;)
13 years ago @ A Division by Zer0 - Are the USA heading to... · 2 replies · +1 points
13 years ago @ A Division by Zer0 - Quote of the Day: Femi... · 1 reply · +1 points
As a woman in a male field, I'd argue being pent up in homes, being expected to present oneself in an acceptably fuckable manner at all times lest she be labeled lesbian, being considered filthy/erratic/emotional merely by virtue of menstruating, regularly receiving lower pay for performing the same job functions, being classified as useless after childbirth, genital mutilation and "dry sex" practices in many countries, etc etc, are hardly what I define as the "privileged sex." Maybe a simple first-world look at gender relations could give one the impression of being privileged...I mean by-golly, it sure was kind of men to let us vote or have birth control after years of fighting against social oppression...but on a global scale to argue that women are the privileged sex is probably one of the most socially ignorant things I've heard all month.
(Oh, and hi again db0. It's been months since I've been here! Hope all is well.)
14 years ago @ A Division by Zer0 - Unwillingness to under... · 2 replies · +1 points
WTF? If the structures of the ruling classes weren't hierarchical, their powers would then be equal to - and limited by - everyone else. So if this were stuck somewhere in anyone's supposedly logical argument, I would've tuned out immediately. Clearly you have more patience than I!
14 years ago @ A Division by Zer0 - On the recent betrayal... · 2 replies · +1 points
Unfortunately the same people who support this mishegas are also too daft to realize that corporations should've never been given "human rights" the first place. It's played out beautifully into the hands of corporate America, I'll give 'em that.
14 years ago @ A Division by Zer0 - How would anarchists d... · 2 replies · +1 points
Also, I can't tell you how many times I've tried to explain that just because I identify with anarchism and I do my best to support cooperative achievement or independent artisanship, doesn't mean that I don't need to live. "If you're such an anti-capitalist, you wouldn't work for a company," is what I get. That doesn't make me or anyone else a sell-out. People always fail to realize that we aren't really given the option to leave a broken system, so all we can do is co-exist peacefully and do what we can to uphold anarchist and social values. It's nice to hear someone else say that out loud for a change.