That’s not how communism works; or at least not how it’s ever manifest in reality. A lack of private ownership means all things are owned by the government on behalf of “the people”. Ultimately, it still comes down to a few psychos with control of all the power and money.

That’s pretty much my take too. It seems pretty obvious from the scant documents released so far that help from the Russian government was essentially being referenced as a known quantity and relied on as a steady campaign resource. Any time you see Russian offers of help, the exchanges are always framed the language…

Counterpoint: no. We’re a republic.

So is capitalism, dude.

Just curious. What would a victim’s recourse be under a communist system?

Indeed. So what is your specific, implementable, solution? What actionable things would you change to make it better?

Jesus. We live in a psychotic, unaccountable, bipartisan police state.

(I shouldn’t have to keep saying this, but we know “not all white women.” Shut the entire fuck up with that shit.)

Business Insider.

Then Musk is a total dumb-ass for going public and screwing up their investigation.

I don’t know if it’s on the menu everywhere, but a Cracker Barrel recently opened in N. Idaho offering pretty decent trout.

While you certainly aren’t wrong, that’s the first way I ever had them - and as a kid who didn’t know any better, I actually found ‘em pretty good. So I still have a sweet spot(!) for them this way ... or just plain with a bit of butter. I think eating grits as a breakfast-food cream-of-wheat/rice/etc. analog is…

There many effective sources of support to help process grief and trauma.

Uuuummmmm. Just over ten years ago, Russia was still “the Red menace” to these people. Now they absolutely love them some Putin. Anecdotally, a lot of MAGA types *do* seem to be entirely gaga over Brexit (which at it’s heart is essentially a high-profile manifestation of the same xenophobia driving much of the support…

If you read the thread, than how the ever-loving-hell did you miss that the entire conversation is in reply to THIS assertion from you Herb-mate upthread?

Hey, look! Doxxing just like 4-Chan ... but for justice. What could possibly go wrong?

Truly a worthy opus. I learned two things ... Cetaphil exists, and Cetaphil looks like semen. Armed with this knowledge I head forth to a truly more fulfilled future.

That’s what I was thinking too. Sadly, this idea just sounds like a good way to cause the police to become suddenly (and likely temporarily) concerned about prosecuting folks for frivolous 911 calls.

Great exit piece. Fair winds.

This sucks. Sorry to see you go.