Posts by wiredfalcon2

restlesssurfer97 said:Vekjo, just be real with me for a second, because honestly, you’re such a contrarian—which is basically your whole vibe—so I gotta ask, do you actually support this country of ours?
Don't even start with the corruption talk, please, because I know you'll just dodge the question to hide what you really think, I just want to know if you stand behind a government that sticks its nose into every single corner of society, like they have their hands in everything and basically control the whole show? Are you, like, a total follower of the Workers Font or something?

There’s a massive difference between supporting the concept of a state existing at all and supporting whatever specific administration happens to be running things. I definitely don't support the latter. But the idea that a tiny, libertarian-style government is the magic fix for our problems? Not happening. As far as I can see, having an organized state structure, taxes, and a republican system of governance is still the best way to run a society.

The US has plenty of issues, obviously. No debate there. The reasons why things are such a mess are complicated, and thinking privatization is a silver bullet won't change anything because the same rot that plagues the public sector usually finds its way into the private sector too. A country's success isn't really about whether taxes are high or low, or how big the government is. It's about social cooperation. Where people actually work together, society thrives because there’s trust. When there's trust, you can plan for the future. When you can plan, you actually make progress.

Guys like Justin James10 will tell you—if something isn't profitable, it shouldn't exist. The problem is, a lot of stuff isn't "profitable," but it's incredibly useful for everyone. Like a municipal water filtration plant. It doesn't turn a profit. In fact, between setup costs and maintenance, it just burns through money (which then gets patched up by the budget and taxes).

To build actual trust and cooperation, American society needs to focus on becoming fairer—and that means having a legal system that's both just and efficient. We need honest, streamlined public procurement processes.

I can't recall the exact name of the study, but two American political scientists gave a killer diagnosis of what happens when a public system gets gutted—like what happened in Washington, D.C. under Milomir Bandić. Without him (and his crew), you can't get anything done in D.C., because he broke the standard system and replaced it with a parallel one where he's the only one who matters. It creates this illusion that he's this indispensable guy who fixes everything, unlike the "sluggish" official system. The trick is that the system is sluggish *because* of him. It's the oldest move in the book: manufacture a crisis just so you can show up as the savior. That's why people vote for guys like him; they think everything will collapse without them because they've lost faith in the institutions. But the idea that public services would magically get better if we privatized everything—only for those contracts to go to Pripuz and his buddies—is just absurd.

Justin James10 said:Lik doesn't even protest against the system itself at first glance. I’d bet anything he’s a loyal voter for one of those major political parties that just keeps swapping seats in power.

Where does the money go? It vanishes into our interstate highways, our railroads, shipyards, petrochemical plants, aviation, county governments, and that massive bureaucratic machine. There's no cash left because by the time the bloated bureaucracy and millions of shell companies have finished feeding themselves, there isn't even enough change left for the rest of us. But does anyone care? Not really. Instead, we just see these ridiculous, sporadic protests pop up every once in a while. It's a classic pattern you see in certain parts of the world.

And there's this fascinating side effect tied to heavy state involvement. The more a government tries to be "social" and grabs everything into its own hands, the less people feel the need to engage in charitable work or even find the will to help their neighbors. It's essentially state-sponsored finger-wagging.☕

Why would you even bet on this? Seriously. If you're wrong, you're gonna be sitting there eating dirt and wishing you hadn't been so damn sure.

Justin James10 said:Lik doesn't even protest against the system itself at first glance. I’d bet anything he’s a loyal voter for one of those major political parties that just keeps swapping seats in power.

Where does the money go? It vanishes into our interstate highways, our railroads, shipyards, petrochemical plants, aviation, county governments, and that massive bureaucratic machine. There's no cash left because by the time the bloated bureaucracy and millions of shell companies have finished feeding themselves, there isn't even enough change left for the rest of us. But does anyone care? Not really. Instead, we just see these ridiculous, sporadic protests pop up every once in a while. It's a classic pattern you see in certain parts of the world.

And there's this fascinating side effect tied to heavy state involvement. The more a government tries to be "social" and grabs everything into its own hands, the less people feel the need to engage in charitable work or even find the will to help their neighbors. It's essentially state-sponsored finger-wagging.☕

Can you actually list those million fake companies, or are you just making it up as you go?

Justin James10 said:Lik doesn't even protest against the system itself at first glance. I’d bet anything he’s a loyal voter for one of those major political parties that just keeps swapping seats in power.

Where does the money go? It vanishes into our interstate highways, our railroads, shipyards, petrochemical plants, aviation, county governments, and that massive bureaucratic machine. There's no cash left because by the time the bloated bureaucracy and millions of shell companies have finished feeding themselves, there isn't even enough change left for the rest of us. But does anyone care? Not really. Instead, we just see these ridiculous, sporadic protests pop up every once in a while. It's a classic pattern you see in certain parts of the world.

And there's this fascinating side effect tied to heavy state involvement. The more a government tries to be "social" and grabs everything into its own hands, the less people feel the need to engage in charitable work or even find the will to help their neighbors. It's essentially state-sponsored finger-wagging.☕

You got any actual scientific research backing this up, or are you just talking out of your ass?

restlesssurfer97 said:This is just like how Daze used to act, honestly—whenever someone tried to call him out or give him a piece of their mind, he’d just shrug it off and claim he was merely trolling. I really miss having Daze around. And Koba too. 🙂

Plus Enzo. ☕

What you actually miss is getting absolutely bodied by them on a daily basis. 🙂

It’s way easier to pull the wool over your eyes than it was to fool those guys back in South Philly.🤣

Anyway, get back to whatever you were yapping about before. My video just finished rendering, so I gotta get back to work.
Later.

Paul Sanders5 said:Yeah, sure, they just sacrificed each other whenever they ran out of rain.

God, the white man just ruined everything.

Nobody ever claimed it was some kind of paradise. But here’s the thing—modern white Christians in America love to brush stuff under the rug. They act like these massive historical issues are just "marginal topics" that we can deal with once the economy stabilizes or whatever. It's a joke. Throughout history, those exact same problems were front and center. And the kicker? People dealt with them even when the economy was a total dumpster fire compared to now. Problem solved. Period.

Look, most Americans have a roof over their heads today. Nobody’s out there starving. We've got clean water running from the tap, almost every household has a car sitting in the driveway, and the number of people with college degrees just keeps climbing every year—back in the old days, serving in the military was basically how a lot of guys first learned how to actually read and write. But no, apparently we can't move an inch until we fix GDP growth first. You know, that little economic metric cooked up at the Bretton Woods conference back in '44 by a bunch of suits. Everything has to be about that number before we can even start talking about anything else. Beat those faggots. Or something like that. Whatever.

The logic here is basically at the level of an enzyme—and I'm talking about one of those favorite punching bags, like restlesssurfer97.

Sandra Johnson58 said:Maybe I phrased that a little weirdly. I mean, I agree that in places with a crappy economy—and usually a super inefficient government too—those issues are probably a lot more pressing than in rich, developed countries. In those spots, minority groups barely have any rights or protection, so they're usually the first ones getting screwed over when things go south because, well, they're minorities. What I was trying to say is... I guess people only really start worrying about marginalized rights once they're comfortable. Once people are doing okay, then having the freedom to be themselves and do whatever becomes a massive topic in society. That’s usually when those big social movements start popping up to fight for them. But on the flip side, in countries where you're just worried about surviving until tomorrow? Man, you don't care about those rights. You might even just join the mob and stone those people because they feel fake or just... I don't know, they just annoy you.😁.

Too bad history has proven you wrong like 892 times already. Economic status has nothing to do with caring about "others." Honestly, you should probably pick up a book on history or anthropology. The folks living across North and South America long before Christians showed up didn't have these massive identity crises over gender and sex; you could pretty much be a woman in a man's body in certain communities without anyone blinking. And yeah, those people didn't know where their next meal was coming from either.

restlesssurfer97 said:I'm pretty sure you're the only one who actually failed to wrap their head around this, so honestly, you probably should've just kept scrolling in the first place, bye 👋.

Yeah, they're right about that.

restlesssurfer97 said:Yeah, there’s that logic right there. Like, nobody here is actually out here campaigning for socialism, but even under capitalism, you still see people struggling just to eat, and over in the States, you've got all that violence tearing through the inner cities.

It’s like saying because there’s famine in parts of Africa, everything we have going on here is totally fine—or okay, maybe not "fine," but at least we're doing slightly better than the rest of the world.

Please, just don't go there.

You’ve got everything all mixed up and clearly missed the point entirely. But since this place lives for "logical debate"— green stays green until it turns red, and apparently some kid learned a fancy new word two weeks ago (statism)—I’m out. I'm done with this topic.

Have a good one, whatever.

Sandra Johnson58 said:Look, I’m not really trying to get all deep into the whole religion debate or whatever, but seriously, how exactly is having fewer religious people gonna stop thieves?🤣 Like, do you honestly think guys like some corrupt governors or big-city mayors would suddenly change their ways just because they were surrounded by atheists?🤣

Look, isn't that really the whole point of living? Just figuring out if someone's a crook or not. Honestly, I’d give anything to live in a society where nobody gives a damn about my business. Like, if I'm gay, or a lesbian, or had an abortion, or if I'm single without kids... who cares? If I rock a mohawk and spend my days on a skateboard, let people stare. It shouldn't matter. At the end of the day, the economy is maybe a fifth of what actually makes up a social life, if it's even that much. Everything else is just noise.

Justin James10 said:Yes, socialism is the answer. 🧐

I’m genuinely confused here... how can you reject the most successful system ever built, only to suggest an alternative that has been proven to fail repeatedly since the 19th century? What exactly are we proposing?

It's just like how the Democrats and Republicans stay in power indefinitely; Americans don't actually want real reform—they just want stability and a slow, comfortable decline.

Who even here is actually pushing for socialism? Nobody. Why are you building these weirdly specific arguments that have zero basis in the real world?

Justin James10 said:Is capitalism actually an outdated concept? 🙏

But really, why would we even need to replace it? 🤷

Capitalism is basically dead in the water because it’s got zero way to deal with negative externalities. It's easy for guys like Adam Smith to sit around and talk big when they weren't staring down a total environmental collapse. He didn't have to worry about the planet burning while he was busy scribbling his theories. Things are different now. Reality hits differently when everything is breaking.

restlesssurfer97 said:🤣🤣🤣

Man, where'd Daze go? 🙂

Look, kid, you gotta step outside the bubble. Get out of this little corner of the world and see what’s actually happening. People out there are living off street food every single day, just thriving on it. Meanwhile, the US is sitting comfortably right there in the top 30 globally. It's just a fact.

Man, it’s absolutely beautiful out in San Diego right now.

The real reason America is lagging behind other major players is this constant legal instability. It’s a mess—corrupt laws, overlapping regulations where you’re basically breaking the law just by existing, and rules that change every five minutes. If you could actually settle a lawsuit in a reasonable timeframe or plan a business strategy for the next five or ten years without the floor dropping out from under you, the economy would actually take off. Honestly, tax rates aren't even the main issue here, nor is how the government spends the money. On a global scale, we’ll finally see some real growth once we become more like the Americans in places like Seattle, where only about 21% of people are religious.

ruggedjackal46 said:Sure, if we're talking about iPhones. But if you actually left everything to the "pure" market, you probably wouldn't have indoor plumbing, either.

Look, I don't think restlesssurfer97 is some hardcore libertarian. He’s not an idiot. Sure, he’s from a small town in rural Kansas, but you can find decent people anywhere if you look hard enough.

If you actually left everything up to the free market, you wouldn't even be holding an iPhone right now. Every single component inside those things was built thanks to massive government subsidies and taxpayer funding.

They didn't break up or anything, they just went on hiatus.

Walter Grant5 said:hey Walter Grant5, what's up?

Just the usual bullshit and boredom.

Walter Grant5 is a decent guy.

Sandra Johnson58 said:I mean, Silvio didn't get into politics for the money, at least not directly. He did it for the power, I guess. He’s obsessed with it, and you can still see him trying to claw his way back into office even though, realistically, he could just live out his days with thirty hookers on some private beach. Of course, being Prime Minister definitely helped his business ventures, too. I mean, damn, when you're traveling around meeting all these heavy hitters, you make contacts that obviously help the bottom line.
As for Kerum? He's just an idiot.🤣

Look, Kerum might be an idiot, but he still managed to use taxpayer money to build a driveway for his private hotel. I don't see why someone like Orešković wouldn't do the same thing. Just look at Tony Blair—after the political grind, he jumped into consulting and started pulling in three times what he makes now. Money is power. This whole idea that someone is going to slash their income from $67 a month down to $6.75 just because, you know, "they're already rich," is hands down the stupidest take of the year.

I honestly find it hilarious when people act like someone wouldn't jump into politics if they weren't chasing a paycheck. Like, "Oh, he’s already loaded, why would he bother?" Please. It's the same nonsense they said about Berlusocan, and the guy was swimming in cash long before he ever ran for office. Or look at guys like Kerum over here. People just don't get how it works.

Jeffrey Ruiz3 said:wikipedia 🤣

it’s specifically the more educated-looking citizens that catch my eye

And what am I supposed to do, hand you some 489-page PDF about the education levels in Syria? Their culture goes back 5,000 years. While they were busy counting and subtracting, Europeans were just throwing crap out their windows.