2 things -
First, I found out Trejo had to file bankruptcy and is taking basically any roles he can. He was also recently on Ru Paul’s which isn’t exactly his type of role, lol. (Andayne that alone helps how anyone might feel about his participation in this?)
But second, I also found out that he’s (likely) friends with Corolla as they hang out somewhat often apparently. So, maybe not.
Unrelated third, I’m overall disappointed from the cast. I really respected Patrick Warburton but having “liberal views in other places” isn’t exactly compelling, and I’m disappointed I’m only just now finding out. As a kid I thought fiscal conservatism might have some merit, it just hasn’t existed in my lifetime and will not ever exist again. It takes only one step to see that the hopeful goal of a party where the actions its members take are conflicting, and that social conservatism has killed the fiscal and puppets its body around.
jonne@infosec.pub 11 months ago
Fiscal conservatism itself is basically a dog whistle anyway. They’ve never cared about deficits, otherwise they would’ve gotten the money in the places where there’s a lot of fat to cut, like the military. It’s about punishing the poor for being poor.
averyminya@beehaw.org 11 months ago
Yeah I fully agree. I hope my comment didn’t insinuate that I was promoting that idea. That was from 20 years ago - the puppet parade I mentioned was already in full effect even before then. These policies were put into place in places like the city of Richmond California to prop up a workforce just long enough for the war effort. Nearly immediately afterwards any semblance of national unity (or aid) vanished and the whole iron triangle suffered from it. And that’s just one example of course.
It was like the opposite of gentrification? Less violent than Tulsa but with a very similar lasting effect where a once prosperous community becomes a recovery zone for a century due to imposed issues the community should never have had to deal with.
By no means have I ever actually thought fiscal conservatism was valid, I had only just been learning about them in school at the time. As someone generally optimistic with a good teacher in the subject, it’s easy to see that the hope of fiscal conservatism immediately dies with action. As you said, there is plenty of money in the government and there are a plethora of policies in which we could self invest our resources. Hell, we don’t even need to take from our current budget - imagine if we exported more than we imported (where feasible). Instead we sell it off for a one time fee to a corporation - resource gone and any potential long term value decimated.
None of the actions touting fiscal conservatism as the reason ever align with actually fiscal policy, if non-systemically prejudiced policy even exists. Not 20 years ago. Not 60 years ago. And certainly not today.