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@Kaldrak That just proves my point about the Feds, they were given recommendations but weren't told that they were noncompliant. That is the entire issue I have been trying to get you to understand, the Feds never told Texas there was anything they had to do, only things they should do. And the...

@Kaldrak You don't seem to understand what it was they were saying. Texas' electrical grid still had to comply with Federal Regulations and is still regulated by the Federal Government. Just because they have their own grid and their own state level regulatory body doesn't change the fact they...

@wowfucktron Libertarians have the issue of being fundamentally unable to provide a unified answer people want to hear concerning important questions. Nobody wants to hear "Foreign wars wouldn't be an issue with a Libertarian president" when you are already involved in two. Its the same reason...

@Kaldrak Mississippi and Oregon had places losing power precisely because of that. And that doesn't necessarily cover the extremely bad energy policy that has come out of California either. Most of their energy that comes from out of state is made with Fossil Fuels. This was after they shut...

@Kaldrak I believe Mississippi and Oregon both also have about 500k people without power between them at the same time as Texas. So I think the storm is a bit more of a factor. Though Texas is a somewhat complex case in terms of its power grid. It looks like ERCOT is responsible for most of the...

Strictly speaking a properly fitted M-95 (And yes, they need to be fitted to your face) will likely help prevent a COVID infection if used with eye protection and proper sanitation. But you need a lot more exposure than one person to kill a mask. The entire point of the masks was that it was...

@Dr_siegbert_dirk Unfortunately, given the history of voter suppression in several states (Not just the South) advocating for requirements to vote tends to put you on your back foot. The reason for opposition usually falls into one of two camps. 1. The people against it are racist and think...

Can we talk about how Joe Biden said he doesn't think Minorities know how to use the internet? Not even in a political context, just how in the hell does a man say that and not get laughed out of the room?

@kaldrak I genuinely don't know. I'll admit it is a fair statement in the sense that you would have likely reduced infections, which would have reduced deaths via less people infected. American deaths are primarily driven by Co-morbidities. Part of the issue with the masks is that it provided...

@kaldrak A) Using Japan as an example is a little bad here as they got over most of it not through mask wearing, but through locking down the borders. Plus cultural norms of frequently cleaning public spaces. B) When Trump had attempted to lock down he was criticized as being racist rather...

@Kaldrak That's a bad argument and you know it. Moving on, I'm against a few of your ideas @readingsit, specifically The first not necessarily because I'm against requiring an informed electorate but because utilizing stuff like ownership of land or business has historically faced issues...

Strictly speaking what policies do we think would help to make members of Congress less shit in general? Personally I feel that requiring them to permanently divest themselves from all financial interests in order to become a Congressional Representative would be a solid start but I also feel...

I understand your concern about inflation and economic instability but I feel like that ship sailed when we abandoned the gold standard. Currently our currency is backed by some weird math that ends with the government saying "We're good for it" rather than being tied to any particular...

Bingo, debt diplomacy has a very toxic effect on the folks loaning the money. That's why China's Belt & Road initiative struck me as a risky move. All it takes is one country to refuse to pay back and you now have every single person who put in cash wanting a return on investment immediately.

@readingsit Ironically I've become less concerned about the national debt over time. I can get why people are concerned but for my end I just wind up staring at it as more of a weird thing that happens to exist rather than anything positive or negative.

@wowfucktron I'm trying to get folks to quit sending government money to bitch ass companies like Monsanto, strictly speaking I believe that excess money should be returned and used in individual communities. Decentralize and deregulate welfare if you will. Hell, I'm fairly certain you would...

@wowfucktron N E E D S M O R E J P E G Also, I feel like its important to state that if you were to end government subsidies of any kind and bar foreign firms who receive government subsidies from participating in your economy, you would likely have most major corporations either shrink or...

In regards to the media comments I feel like its important to remember that news companies are companies and therefore about as trustworthy as twitter.

I'm probably going to say something unpopular but I think extremely long running series like DBZ, One Piece, Fairy Tale, and Naruto are particularly good faces for anime to try and get folks in the door. I'm not saying those series are bad, but when you have that massive of a series I think you...

@wowfucktron Nope, good ole West Virginia. If it helps, the folks who do backgrounds are in Clarksburg, WV.