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Cake day: September 21st, 2023

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  • So people who don’t live in swing states should vote third party until there’s enough of them that the state is in danger of going to trump (or whoever)? If they’re successful at some point that’s a threat.

    How do we actually get third party candidates to win, not just “oh, Ross Perot Jr got 3% of the vote”?

    However you slice it, we’re looking at like a 20 year struggle minimum to get election reform, and it would be at least the same length to elect a third party candidate to the office of president, but that’s a one off thing. (Or more likely that third party would be the new one of two parties)

    If we’re committed to the struggle of improving things, we might as well improve a reusable process rather than have a single go at a third party presidential candidate.








  • Every business’s biggest expense is labor. Skilled labor costs more. The people in charge like it when you save money.

    I think it’s wrong. But only because the interests of the people who own the machines and businesses diverge from the worker’s interests. I’d like to see more worker cooperatives. If the workers own the machines, then it’s good when things are automated.

    I also don’t believe anything will ever be truly automated, or that it’s a good idea to try.

    All that to say we don’t have to resort to an explanation of “managers must hate engineers” to understand why they would want to eliminate positions.