TheDemonBuer

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lindsay Clancy trial jury might be close to a verdict or a mistrial, depending on holdout juror⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The jury is split 11-to-1 after discussing the case for more than 36 hours. Clancy’s attorney Kevin Reddington is assuming the split is in favor of acquittal.

  I don’t know if that’s a fair assumption or not but let’s say it is, that would mean the one holdout believes the prosecution has proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Clancy is legally responsible for the murders. I haven’t watched all the testimony or evidence presentation, so I want to know from anyone who has: do you think someone could reasonably believe the prosecution has proven legal responsibility based on the evidence they presented?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Immigrants are not the problem. Greedy corporate oligarchs — and the politicians they own — are.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I was wondering the same thing. Price is supposed to be set at the equilibrium between supply and demand. Fewer immigrant workers should mean less supply of workers overall. If demand for workers stays the same, the price, or wage in this case, should go up. That must mean then that demand has gone down as well. Maybe businesses in construction and hospitality are hiring fewer people overall, for related or unrelated reasons.

  There is another possibility: maybe the assumption that fewer immigrant workers would mean fewer workers overall was wrong. Maybe domestic workers are applying for jobs that would have otherwise been taken by immigrant workers, without asking for higher pay. There are plenty of American citizens who need a job, even if it is a relatively low paying one. Or, maybe increased immigration enforcement doesn’t necessarily mean a significant reduction in the availability of immigrant laborers. Maybe it’s a combination of factors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NFL Melbourne Game 2026 | Live on Netflix⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I ain’t creating a new Netflix account just to watch this shit. I’ll just pirate it. If that doesn’t work, I’ll catch the highlights on YouTube, or something. I’m so fucking done with the NFL and their bullshit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The American Dream, minus 60%⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll celebrate as much as anyone the day the dipshit is no longer with us, but he didn’t singlehandedly cause this, nor will getting rid of him magically fix everything.

  And the fact is, not all Americans are tired of it. There are millions of Americans who are perfectly happy with things the way they are. There are millions more who would be perfectly content if all else were unchanged but we had a slightly less embarrassing commander in chief, as though that’s our only problem. It isn’t. Not by a long shot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Where’s the rest of 'em?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨All we did was make the already rich even richer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What we have to show for it is by far the world’s largest military, a pretty ok public health insurance program for people 65 and older and people with disabilities (Medicare), a much worse public health insurance program for poor people (Medicaid), and an ok-ish public retirement system (social security).

  A lot of that money, though, is a revenue source for very large, private, for-profit companies. A lot of our military budget goes to providing revenue to defense contractors like Lockheed Martin, RTX Corporation and Northrop Grumman. A lot of our Medicare spending goes to providing revenue to for-profit healthcare providers and pharmaceutical companies. Entire multi-billion dollar industries are largely dependent on these Federal programs for their continued existence.

  But because those companies are trying to not only make a profit but always increase their profits, they cut their costs as much as possible to keep their profit margins as high as possible. This often results in lower quality products and services being provided. So, a good amount of what the Federal government spends goes into the pockets of owners, investors and executives.

  The problem is profit. We’ve got this nonsensical system where private, for-profit corporations are being paid to provide public services that shouldn’t have the incentives or constraints associated with a profit making enterprise. It’s ludicrous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This isn't fair⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Profit = revenue - expenses

  If you want to maximize profit, you have to increase revenue and decrease expenses; that means raising the price of your product and/or service while also cutting your production costs. Labor is often the single largest production cost, so reducing labor costs is often one of the most effective ways to cut business expenses.

  It isn’t fair, it’s capitalism. This is how capitalism works. The profits of a relative few - specifically the business owners, investors and executives - are the priority. All of us are expected to prioritize THEIR profit above all other considerations, even our own lives and well being.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well if that isn't just about the most evil thing you could openly admit to doing.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If they want to dismantle a union, start with police unions. But I’m sure that’s the one and only union they would support. Tells you something about these assholes. And police.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Drowning in grid scale batteries⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The CATL TENER grid battery system contains 6.25 MWh capacity in a single storage container that is 20’ long.

  A 6.25 MWh battery can output 6.25 MW continuously for 1 hour, or 1 MW continuously for 6.25 hours.

  We would need 148,800 TENER batteries to output 930 GW continuously for 1 hour. We would need 3,571,200 TENER batteries (22,320 GWh of storage) to output 930 GW continuously for 24 hours. However, the average continuous power demand in the US in 2025 was 466.21 GW. Now, that is an average, so the continuous power demand is sometimes higher than that but also sometimes lower than that. According to the EIA, the peak continuous power demand in the US in 2025 was 759.18 GW. We also have to understand that there would never be a time when all the electricity demand is coming only from battery storage. Between hydro, wind, solar, geothermal and all other renewable power sources, we would always be generating some electricity somewhere. Still, we would want a significant buffer, though we probably wouldn’t need 22,320 GWh of capacity. But, yes, would likely need at least a million of CATL’s TENER batteries to meet current power demand. That’s a lot of batteries, for sure. Although, not an unfeasible number, imo.

  That said, I think renewables with battery storage plus nuclear is the best course of action.

  ^sorry if any of my math is wrong^

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Housing prices⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is also a function of transit efficiency. It’s not the distance to a metro center that is the problem, it’s the time to get to that metro center.

  Yeah, but the further a suburban neighborhood is from the metro center, the more time it will take to get there, necessarily. Maximally efficient transportation would minimize the travel time but not eliminate it. Even with great transportation options, the further the sprawl, the longer the commute.

  Not even going to mention the poor design of suburban areas that lack a proper downtown of their own.

  But if a suburban area grows enough to need urban infrastructure it kinda stops being suburban. Which is fine, there’s nothing wrong with increasing the number of urban areas. I don’t think we should have only a few Tokyo style mega cities. But I also don’t think higher density is necessarily a bad thing. I get that not everyone wants to live in a relatively high density urban area, but I’m also sure that we can’t just keep sprawling out forever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Money doesn't solve everything, but it helps.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem is if you get a million bucks, and everybody else gets a million bucks, demand for goods and services would skyrocket, taking prices with it. Essentially everything would get more expensive. Your rent would go up. A lot. Now, if only you got a million bucks, then, yeah, everything you said would apply, but while that would fix your problems, everyone else would be left in the lurch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Money doesn't solve everything, but it helps.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Median household income has increased about 18% since 2021. Source.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Money doesn't solve everything, but it helps.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The inflation rate in the US has been above the Fed’s 2% target every year since 2022. That’s by no means a result of the stimulus checks, but it is a result of relatively cheap money and growing incomes without a sufficient corresponding increase in the supply of goods and services.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Money doesn't solve everything, but it helps.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Bringing the costs of necessary goods and services down would help people significantly. But the opposite would happen if everybody had more money. And that’s what I’m saying: more money isn’t the answer, lower prices are the answer. Just giving people more money to try and keep up with ever increasing prices is a never-ending cycle that doesn’t result in anyone actually being better off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Housing prices⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nothing’s broken, least of all the laws of physics. Detached, single family homes are low density housing. The land that makes up any given metro area is basically a two dimensional plane. That plane is a finite amount of space that can only be filled with so many buildings. Detached homes are almost always limited to just a few stories at the most, and they can’t be stacked on top of each other, so vertical expansion is essentially non-existent. The only way to build more detached homes is to spread out horizontally along the two dimensional plane. But the further you go out horizontally from the metro center, the further you are from the jobs and amenities that are associated with an urban core. The detached houses that are nearest to that center are in the highest demand, so their prices go up the most. You can continue to just build out horizontally, but after a while you simply run out of land. Or, the houses get so far from where the jobs and amenities are that it’s not viable.

  There are areas in the US where you can buy a home for $138,000, but most people probably don’t want to live there, which is why the homes only cost $138,000. Areas in greater demand will have higher home prices. In the areas that are in higher demand, again, the only option is horizontal sprawl away from the metro center, if you’re building only detached single family homes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Money doesn't solve everything, but it helps.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that’s at least partly because people don’t understand money. We could give every American household a million bucks right now and I can guarantee you it would not solve their problems. In fact, it would almost certainly make them worse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump implemented tariffs illegally, creating over $100 billion of profit for corporations selling foreign products, at the expense of American consumers. Your refund: $0.00⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The US economy is just one giant grift, and we’re the mark.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Israel blew $100 million to lose by 20 points. Their stranglehold is over. Let’s fucking go!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We’re no longer going to tolerate being an Israeli vassal state.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doesn't add up⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Factor in owner profit and executive compensation and it all sums up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The light at the end of the tunnel is getting much closer. KEEP PUSHING⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  People are down voting you even though you are objectively correct. That’s sad. I feel bad for those people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The light at the end of the tunnel is getting much closer. KEEP PUSHING⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also, even if only 1/3 consider themselves democratic socialists, 73% would be either enthusiastic or OK with nominating someone who described themselves as a democratic socialist, and only 27% would be uneasy or upset by that.

  That 27% are the Democratic establishment. Those somehow still committed to neoliberalism, that sad, failed ideology.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The only one country⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s true, we are beyond pathetic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fuck AIPAC⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Turns out Americans are tired of being Israel’s attack dog.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do americans living in Red States really despise american living in Blue States?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The county isn’t really divided by state lines, it’s divided by: urban v rural, college educated v non educated and rich v poor, as well culture, ethnicity and religion.

  I would say the “heartland” of America is relatively culturally homogeneous, and many, if not most people from the heartland definitely seem not to like or trust the Pacific Coast states or the Northeast/Atlantic Coast area. If there’s a big political divide in America I’d say it’s more the interior v the coasts and big cities v small towns than red states v blue states.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Beans⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Rob or kill the successful

  Famously self made success Tsar Nicholas II.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any politician who disagrees needs to go⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Will America continue to be a hyper-individualist/ everyone for themselves/hustle and grind/zero sum/I got mine so fuck you society? Or will we come together and try to make our nation a good place for us all to live the healthiest, happiest life possible? I guess we’ll see. I can tell you, though, the former is not sustainable. The everyone for themselves/zero sum way requires violence to maintain, and it will end in violence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can anyone confirm?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The fourth major US city is Springfield. Which Springfield, you ask? Any and all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pov It's 2035⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  What makes you think they’re pretending? Do you think all politicians are ideological nhilisists? That no politician, ever, anywhere, actually adheres to an ideology? Because I’m pretty certain that most do. And I think it matters what ideology guides a politician. I mean, I want to know that before I decide to vote for someone. I want to know what their guiding philosophy is. I think that’s important information.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pov It's 2035⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The liberal dream. (I use liberal in the classical sense. Here in the US - where people don’t know what words mean - instead of “liberal” folks here might refer to them as “centrists,” “moderates” or “neoliberals.” Interesting that neoliberals are not liberals here in the US, even though “liberal” is IN THE DAMN NAME!)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Interesting⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Marxism-Leninism is a dead-end.