JonKramer, CIS-HET

BS in Physics. Will not tolerate hate. I am active here and on Post.

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2023-09-21 21:50:39

@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub187k…ra34 @npub10ey…yx0s @npub1nqz…838y
I can come up with a new scale, and call it the Kramer scale. It ranges from ‘as cold as a witch’s tit to hot as hell, in increments of 3.14.
All you really need to understand is ‘cold’ and ‘hot’. and how those are different.
Left and right are also scalable, in the gestalt at least. with one end being as far left as you can get, and the other end being as far right as you can get.
This isn’t rocket science, and I think you are belaboring this point not because you fail to understand how irrelevant this is, but because you wish to annoy me. I have no idea WHY, except possibly you are annoyed that I don’t see someone you support as anything but a right winger, or something like that, and you are annoyed. This is a you problem, not a me problem.
In any case, the discussion is terminated.

2023-09-21 16:00:23

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub187k…ra34 @npub10ey…yx0s @npub1nqz…838y
“Ok so what act of licening did Obama carry out that explicitly forced the creation..”
Not sure he did create a monopoly, although I assume his administration oversaw the creation of a few. But without any doubt he continued the policies for existing monopolies, in the oil and gas industry, cable TV, internet service providers, pharmaceuticals, auto manufacturers, insurance companies (that is a HUGH one under Obama) and literally thousands of other monopolies licensed by the state.
“the right usually focuses on preserving the bodily autonomy of BOTH the mother and the baby.”
If you have an abortion ban that says you can not remove a dead fetus from a mother, then you do not care about the body autonomy of the mother. Google up “abortion ban dead fetus” for examples where this is undeniably true. The right doesn’t care about body autonomy. If they did, they would support drug use, prostitution, abortion, trans gender surgery, etc. And ‘the left’ doesn’t support those things either. Which to me indicates that ‘the left’ is almost as far right as ‘the right.’ As for vaccines, I think American history is full of forced vaccines. The 1st forced vaccines were done by George Washington (innoculations). We have had vaccine passports since about WW I. Every school kid in public school has needed one since about 1950, Public health isn’t a left or right issue, and there have always been ways to bypass vaccines.
“Well as established this is wrong, per the thread.”
Repetition is not proof. When the BLM candidates control even 25% of the government, when the Rent is Too Damn High Party has even NYC, when The ANTIFA party has 100 congressmen, and 30 senators… then their MIGHT be a left wing in this country. Right now we have the theocratic right, and the Senator from a credit card company.

2023-09-21 02:44:48

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub187k…ra34 @npub10ey…yx0s @npub1nqz…838y
“I think you are confusing the DNC and GOP with left vs right.”
Nope, I am saying they are both right wing. And posted a link that I agree with, that shows they are testibly both right wing.
“how do you “enforce monopolies” “
Pretty easy. Licencing.
“Witht he right focusing on individual freedoms and the left focusing on collective welfare then yea.”
The right stands firmly against individual freedoms. They are against body autonomy, and that is the very foundation of individual freedom. If you don’t own yourself, and have the right to do what you want with your own body, you have no basic freedoms. And, I would say the ‘left’ in America is not far separated from the ‘right.’ Because there is no left wing in America.

2023-09-21 00:23:28

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub10ey…yx0s @npub1nqz…838y Both Biden and obama never did anything but increase military spending. Obama ramped up drone bombing. Biden has continued the border policies of the trump administration, including family separations. GITMO is still open. There is little or no movement on major polluters, curbing drug company monopolies, and a net increase in fossil fuel land leases.
In many cases, it is a lack of action from the Biden and Obama administrations, but that isn't a left position either. It is a pretty far right position. Don't pass a law for federally protected abortion rights...
And I don't think Obama adopting Mitt Romney's healthcare plan is a left wing plan either, and there is no push from Biden for a single payer system. In fact, I believe biden took that off the table in the Dem primaries back in 2020.
I see both Obama and Biden as right wingers. I'm far from the only one (https://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2020) :
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2023-09-14 21:03:07

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@npub1y3h…fkts , another tip, sell your cars. Am uber is getting to be cheaper than owning a car. And a neighborhood electric vehicle that doesn't need insurance or registration is next for me. And I just put a downpayment on a 3 wheeled electric motorcycle that should cost about $100 a year to insure.

2023-09-14 21:01:04

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@npub1y3h…fkts , I wish I had learned this decades ago, but those guys who try to sell you insurance on the interwebsnet? They will sell a new years' insurance at an introductory rate, and if you switch providers every year, you can get the new rates every year. Totally worth it, but a pain in the butt to remember to do. And hundreds of phone calls to screen...

2023-09-14 17:32:44

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@npub1aq2…4nfw , I am sure the NRA and right wingers will rush to his defense.

2023-09-14 16:04:54

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@npub1esn…jpyd , A very large portion of both major parties do not support the Constitution.

2023-09-14 16:03:17

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@npub10le…8r3l , I think if the TSA wants a different reputation that 'the guys who provide jobs to pedos' then they need to do something else, like catch a terrorist.

2023-09-09 21:51:12

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@npub1ddp…2tax , I wonder if that is a logical position, or influenced by your personal experience? Someone out there has done their graduate work on this issue, and needs to weigh in...
That being said, I THINK they are the logical equivalent, and believe which you would assume more likely is based on trust issues. If you tend to trust people, then 'is my friend.' If you distrust people, then 'is my enemy.'

2023-09-01 19:40:02

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 Million dollar idea, and to prove it:
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2023-08-30 16:27:56

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@npub1j4y…7ufa @npub1jcn…0xst well, Sporty Spice was always my favorite anyway. Or Scarey Spice. But what did Pumpkin do?

2023-08-18 22:41:22

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@npub106e…wxgn $10 on the birds.

2023-08-13 11:16:55

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@npub1ql3…a0kk here are some of mine:
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2023-08-07 18:07:28

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1d7j…u8xc @npub1ukc…40jn
"can force EMPLOYEES to join"
But you can work in a different industry, or work for yourself, or work for a competing firm. And your employer can chose to not sign an exclusive contract, or can choose to sign those exclusive contracts... At least in a free market. Most states limit the market. The problem isn't the unions or the companies in those cases, but cronyism,.

2023-08-07 17:53:43

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1d7j…u8xc @npub1ukc…40jn Why would I try to get a job at 1/2 the pay?

2023-08-07 17:53:01

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1d7j…u8xc @npub1ukc…40jn There is no state in the USA where you are legally required to join a union. It can be a condition of employment for a employer, but there is no legal requirement to work for that employer. I have never worked for the UAW, for example. There is no legal requirement for me to join the UAW, in any state. Even though in many places they have contracts giving them exclusive rights to provide labor to auto manufacturers.

2023-08-07 17:50:20

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1d7j…u8xc @npub1ukc…40jn If anything, unions drive economic progress... Although I doubt this is true, the numbers show it. Name a strong non-unionized nation in history. Pick a economically powerful non-unionized African nation, or Asian. They just don't exist. Unions signal an economy that is VERY healthy. There are some exceptions... Places where the union is the government... Nazi German comes to mind. Communist China right now. But these are not labor unions. Where independent labor unions exist, the economies are strong. With no exceptions of note.

2023-08-07 17:44:02

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1d7j…u8xc @npub1ukc…40jn , and price fixing can only affect a population if there is no competition. This is my morality argument, if it can't force economic effects, then there is nothing immoral in the act. regardless of any other details, like laws.

2023-08-07 17:38:53

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1d7j…u8xc @npub1ukc…40jn , sure, this has happened. That doesn't make it immoral. If two guys want $10K for pens, and collude to fix those prices, I will just buy pens on Amazon for $1 each. And this is not immoral. Not my actions, or theirs. "Found that they acted illegally" isn't a good argument to me.

2023-08-07 17:33:30

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1d7j…u8xc @npub1ukc…40jn , a small company is 50 people maybe? That is considerably different than 2 people. Anti trust doesn't scale DOWN.
Imagine 500 farms trying to sell 100 people oranges. But each farm only produces a single orange. If two of those farmers collude to raise the prices, or fix them, what is the result? They don't sell their oranges. Even if half the farmers price fix, it won't make much of a difference. You need all 500 to fix the prices... and even then, the customers just buy bananas instead. Labor is like orange farmers. There is a vast supply. They can't price fix, unless they get control of the government, and even then the companies are multinational. They just move and buy their labor elsewhere.

2023-08-07 17:18:01

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@npub1d7j…u8xc @npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1ukc…40jn , it CAN be price fixing if the companies are required by law to only use union labor, and not freely enter into contracts that say they will only use union labor... But that would require the union to exist everywhere the company can operate. I just don't see any examples of that world wide.

2023-08-05 21:52:43

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1ukc…40jn Yes, I am aware. But imagine if the competition had been railroads, and electric vehicles, and home hydroelectric power generation? Right now the government requires you to use public services, often owned by private industries, or supplied by private industries. It wouldn’t matter if all the gas industry all ran the market with price fixing, if the people had the choice to not buy from them.

2023-08-05 21:50:06

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1ukc…40jn , and yes, I recognize Walmart exists, and your model was their business model, and I know what it did to small towns. My argument is those small town refusing to allow people to just open up businesses without incorporation, taxation, regulations, etc were what allowed Walmart to do it.

2023-08-05 21:48:22

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1ukc…40jn I argue that the only reason any group can control a whole niche is because the government regulates who can be part of the groups. Get rid of corporate cronyism, and allow competition, and those groups can’t form.

2023-08-05 21:45:42

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1ukc…40jn , I think that looking at nations/states with higher minimum wages without doubt disagrees with that.
Personally I think the minimum wage laws are only there to undermine unions...

2023-08-05 21:42:42

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1ukc…40jn , that’s because we have government enforced monopolies, and no free markets. If someone else could sell the products, the price fixers would collapse.

2023-08-05 21:41:42

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1ukc…40jn What makes it wrong to do it with your friends? To stop working as a mass? How is your action morally different when done with your friends than when you do it alone??

2023-08-05 21:40:19

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1ukc…40jn , let them collude to fix prices, and buy from someone else. Government limiting competition is the problem there, not the companies trying to maximize profits.

2023-08-05 21:38:39

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1ukc…40jn , not ‘allowing’ strikes is a a form of slavery. If the company or the strikers are violating a contract, you have a point, and start locking people up for fraud. But, no one should be forced to work against their will.

2023-08-05 21:35:59

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@npub1kpw…xzz4 @npub1ukc…40jn , good answer, but I will suggest the jury is still out on how much harm it does... Long term more money in the economy means more money trickles down to the poor, and higher minimum wages for sure does put more money into the economy.