so there’s a 50-50 shot you’re standing

Large-scale secession in the first example is such a hypothetical rabbit hole that we could probably go back and forth for days (and write some bitchin novel) about how things would go down. FWIW, I think the US in this instance would do their damndest to protect any US Military installations in seceding states - but…

(shoulda mentioned i was just pulling numbers out of my ass to illustrate the point)

A very good point! I don’t think it’s that big of a deal on it’s own; but I could totally see how someone could see this and pair it together with other things we’ve seen in the recent past and get annoyed at it.

We’re getting deep into hypotheticals here, but I can easily imagine a scenario where the US military would easily go after a huge segment of the population indiscriminately.

I’d call this a perk simply because: person a & person b both pay for home insurance, with a premium based on their home’s values. person a’s home is valued at $925K, so they pay $500 a month in home insurance. person b’s home is valued at $1.1M, so they pay $525 a month. if state farm arbitrarily decides that the…

I also got so wrapped up in numbers I lost another point I wanted to make: that in the case of the government turning inwards to quash an uprising within our borders, you *are* going to get the full brunt of the war machine; therefore I think it’s tough to compare how smaller, guerilla-style tactics that work for the…

I can see where the frustration would come in for some people - especially in today’s society where the gulf between the top and the middle is getting wider and wider. It’s just one more perk that the wealthy get simply by virtue of having things that are more expensive than what the common folk get.

To counter: none of the examples in recent past experienced the full brunt of the US war machine.

Curious to pick your brain, because you’ve always come across as a rational person in these parts: would treating gun ownership like vehicle ownership be a step most gun owners would go along with? Meaning that serial numbers are cataloged the same way VINs are, the gun is registered in your name so it can be traced…

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Yeah - this is one name where I had literally zero shocks that he got called out.

autocorrect is cruising for vengeance today

lemme just tell you: i think that #4 is something EVERYONE in this age range tried. i remember there being someone outside the pathmark offering free samples of it to try and convince you to try turkey bacon

Yeah, I think that even though I’m a fan of a lot of things Bernie champions, this laser focus on economic equality as the primary goal is his biggest flaw. It leads him to putting his foot in his mouth like this constantly because no matter what he starts talking about, he has to circle the conversation back to it.

nothin stops us baby

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this is the most cromulent post I’ve seen today<3

MOOCHIN’ WAR WIDOWS!

honestly i’m always picturing him struggling mightily on his gold plated crapper, because i’ve been praying to the seven deities that he goes out the same way elvis did