xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

The results were more or less what I was expecting. It looks like people are a lot more optimistic about it than a few years ago, judging from the people who voted option 2, 3, and 5.

I don't know. Sometimes, it does feel like it's less likely to happen, that it would be half-assed, or that it will happen but collapse. However, it also feels like they are just going to rebrand it to make it appeal more to conservatives and some libertarians.

There are also some things that I can't see happening in five years. I get that home ownership is declining, but I can't see people not even owning the clothes they wear by 2030, and there is no way you are going to condition people to accept a new social contract that says something like that within five years. Everyone has cherished possessions that they even value over their own friends. You have a better chance at getting Americans to give up their guns.

@beardalaxy It's free advertising.

@gabriel I never heard of anyone who went vegan to lose weight. Maybe vegetarian, but veganism is not just a diet, it's a lifestyle. You have to give up any animal-based products (not just food) in order to become vegan. Some even refused to use lethal pest control.

Veganism failed because COVID was a wake up call for many people when it comes to mainstream science. COVID skepticism also lead to a rise of climate skepticism which probably took veganism with it, and it became clear that many people who were pushing it wanted a two-tier society.

@beardalaxy I thought of nominating the Phantasy Star characters from the original tetraology, but I think they're way too obscure.

@beardalaxy I'm surprised you didn't nominate any of your God's Disdain characters.

You hate Substack because you think it's Medium for Nazis.
I hate Substack because it's OnlyFans for philosophy nerds.

We are not the same.

@veru @beardalaxy Next time you get selected for jury duty, in the jury form add a note that says "PS I know what jury nullification is and I'm not afraid to use it". I did that once and I was never selected again.