Kinda wish we had half as high a bar as the east for public figures, some days. The other days, I wish they’d meet us halfway. Philippines notwithstanding.
Kinda wish we had half as high a bar as the east for public figures, some days. The other days, I wish they’d meet us halfway. Philippines notwithstanding.
In my experience, usually the latter.
I think it’s because that shouldn’t be the sole standard for a government official. Even beyond the civil court standard of weight of evidence, elected officials should be held to a higher standard, closer to “should have no substantiated evidence to indicate the possibility of a conflict of interest” towards the…
Indeed. There wasn’t quite a “have you no shame” moment, but this was definitely not like a HUAC hearing.
Even assuming that that was the case for all of them, the same could be said for white male drivers with the same problems, but fewer stops and arrests. Either apply the law evenly to everyone, or get to a point where you can do so. Not feeling empathy for the one should in this case equate to needing to push a…
How about drunk or texting?
Overcoming tribalism is... difficult. There’s a lot in our brains that push us in that direction, and there’s lots of easy ways to trigger that behavior, with fewer ways to trigger opposing behavior.
Probably a bit more than a little of “it happened to me, and that worked out alright, so it needs to happen to you, too.”
Cool. So is Europe, and the Americas?
Don’t forget, pay into Social Security, of which they will be guaranteed not to get as much back as their grandparents, likely not their parents, nor survivors of same.
So many things at play here...
Bing Bong shows his approval?
Artifical scarcity isn’t done by just having a ton of Switch boxes locked in a factory somewhere, but by specifically planning your production capacity to suit all the metrics.
... so having half a million units in the first week, or maybe even doubling the first week of PS4 units sold wouldn’t make good headlines?
I personally don’t, but yeah, for the implied group for “we”, that would be nice.