Why is that?

Thousands of companies are out there doing just fine. Maybe 10% if people can be the best and brightest. It’s impossible for every company to have them.

The math just doesn’t math.

Average performers are just fine.

Eh… You can run a company without the best or brightest nowadays. Mediocrity gets the job done, mostly.

I swapped out photoprism for immich and I’m much happier.

Yep.

You can also host your own website without paying WordPress.

Satisfactory. If they like Minecraft they’ll like this

Crazy things happen in international waters

Can’t see the forest for the trees.

The problem isn’t that this guy might have killed himself. The problem is that the death rate of whistleblowers is very high. That makes every individual case much more suspect, and should be held to higher standards of scrutiny. And they aren’t. So we complain.

Rtfm and LMGTFY by themselves aren’t useful. They’re the equivalent of posting “me too”.

If you think that the answer is in the manual and they haven’t read it, post a link to the manual. Double helpful if you reference the section.

If you think the answer is on Google, I think we can assume everyone knows to try that first, so then no reply is needed. If it’s a particularly tricky search to phrase, maybe help with a link with a searchable phrase in it.

But not replying is always a useful thing to do if you’re not adding to the conversation.

I’m convinced the reason we have so much government is to control that portion. And it’s not even doing that good of a job.

For a large portion of time in those small anarchist communities, they’d raid and kill each other.

How would we prevent that?

Where’s the con part? Did he guarantee they’d go up or something?

Well. A good assumption in life is if something is popular, and you don’t get it, it’s not for you so don’t worry.

People like weird shit.

I personally find that words on screen keeps my attention. But it annoys me if the thing I’m watching isn’t worth my attention. So it’s 50/50.

They’re not the target audience.

Democrats are more closely aligned today. The work would be easier. But sure.

This is a consequence of the two party system. You could dismantle that, but I think dismantling would require running one of the parties.

Supporting is not joining.

Join them. Progressives need to run for local office as Dems. Join Dem committees. Canvas for them. Get to know them. Check out “Run For Something” to get involved.

If you want real change it involves leaving the house and talking to people and being present and available.

You can also vote in their primaries for progressives, if you prefer the less impactful “support” route. But then you’re just supporting the people who are doing the joining.

You can’t really complain if there are no progressive or left Dems to support if you as a progressive/left person aren’t joining either.

Ahhhh, I found the mistake. You’re assuming when I say “we” I mean “Democrats”. No no no.

We, left leaning folk, need to join the Democratic party, and once WE are in, we change the Democrats to something useful.

Third parties can’t work. The Republicans are way too far off ideologically. So the only tool we have is Democrats. Let’s use them.

Sometimes the best way to get things done is to wedge your way in and cause a problem. It sucks, but humans be humaning

They’re not. Of course.

They might be if we got in there, helped out, and then stirred the pot. But right now we’re outside shouting into the wind.

Ok. Then if you didn’t plan to partner with Democrats and liberals to change the situation from the inside, what do you plan to do?