SeanBrently
@SeanBrently@lemm.ee
- Comment on A majority of migrant workers employed with H-1B visas are paid below-median wages: Large tech firms, including Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, use visa program to underpay workers 1 day ago:
It matters very much, dear comrade. In the last few years we have seen an increase in state sponsored violence, from police killings to genocide, as well as an increase in vigilantism and individuals engaged in acts of violence and terrorism. Soon riots and acts of civil disorder will be more common. Unless the material conditions of working class people’s lives improve, revolution is inevitable.
- Comment on A majority of migrant workers employed with H-1B visas are paid below-median wages: Large tech firms, including Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, use visa program to underpay workers 2 days ago:
OK you want me to be specific? Democrats. Democrats that are just as much in bed with Wall Street as any Republican. Democrats upholding the power structures that perpetuate systemic oppression and privilege to funnel the wealth produced by working class Americans into the bank accounts of the rich and powerful.
- Comment on A majority of migrant workers employed with H-1B visas are paid below-median wages: Large tech firms, including Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, use visa program to underpay workers 2 days ago:
This statement leaves me almost breathless. “different solutions”.
- Comment on A majority of migrant workers employed with H-1B visas are paid below-median wages: Large tech firms, including Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, use visa program to underpay workers 3 days ago:
To be fair, I think liberals do deserve some blame for the current state of affairs.
- Comment on The Passing and Lessons of Jimmy Carter 3 days ago:
I feel I summed up the opinion piece pretty well without having to resort to complete quotes, and offered a rather clear analysis of the tone and intent of the “article”.
But since we mention decency, I feel moved to remark how decent Carter was when half the foreign aid allocated to Africa went to Mobutu in Zaire. Oh, such decency! As decent as Biden sending bombs to drop on children.
- Comment on A majority of migrant workers employed with H-1B visas are paid below-median wages: Large tech firms, including Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, use visa program to underpay workers 4 days ago:
Woah, woah, woah! Guys, Guys! This is conservative, we don’t talk about worker’s rights or unfair pay or exploitation!
We talk about bootstraps and opportunity personal responsibility! We talk about what’s good for American industry and what benefits America’s robber barons!
- Comment on The Passing and Lessons of Jimmy Carter 4 days ago:
“Hunter deButts” lol
But seriously, how dare Biden take the passing of great former president Carter to talk shit about Trump when asked a direct question? - And with that out of the way, I’ll take the passing of great former president Carter to tak shit about Biden on my own initiative.
- Comment on 'The fish rots from the head down': Reform UK leader Nigel Farage calls Britain 'appallingly led' in new year's swipe 4 days ago:
Starting with Thacher selling off national industries for short term gains, now look at what followed and the long term consequences. Shameful.
- Comment on Warnings Tren de Aragua is expanding on US soil 4 days ago:
Broken window theory is a criminological theory that states that visible signs of disorder, such as broken windows, graffiti, and litter, can lead to more serious crime
If Americans vote for a convicted felon to avoid any consequences of criminal activity and instead take the highest office in the government, this sends a signal to other criminally minded persons and organizations.
- Comment on U.S. homelessness surged 18 percent to record level, annual report says 5 days ago:
Yeah, there have always been some people, hobos for example. Post WW2 there was a small population of unsettled people, mostly white men. People of color who were down and out got jailed. Mostly it was older men, disabled and/or suffering from addiction and depending on social security or welfare. There were cheap hotels, “flophouses” and roominghouses in the poorest parts of cities. Old guys staying in such places would be considered housed by today’s standards.
But then in the 80’s things changed. Younger men, and then women, and then whole families became homeless in a way that had never been seen before. Hardworking responsible people unable to get health insurance would lose everything if sick or injured and unable to work, savings taken by medical bills. Veterans with ptsd got no little to no help from the VA. Budget cuts closed psychiatric hospitals and people with chronic and severe mental problems were turned out onto the street, unable to care for themselves. America’s population of “homeless” and “street people” kept growing.
- Comment on U.S. homelessness surged 18 percent to record level, annual report says 5 days ago:
Absolutely correct.
The Reaganites and their descendants have no intrest in the poor, except in their utility as a means of criticizing the democrats. However hypocritical such a criticism may be, have the democrats made it a priority to address homelessnes? The democrats are just as beholden to wall street and it’s concerns as those across the aisle.
Only by protecting workers rights, and following other fair, common sense socialist principles and policies, can we get Americans back to meaningful employment and living in safe affordable housing.
- Comment on The case for removing immigration caps for India: "American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long.” - Vivek Ramaswamy 1 week ago:
Is this maga methodology? Importing cheap labor instead of putting Americans to work? Or is Loomer’s racist tirades against Indians more authentically maga?
I wish William F Buckley were alive to see these things come to pass. I wonder what he’d say.
- Comment on California's Soros-backed progressive experiment collapses after a decade 1 week ago:
Some sensible straight law-and-order talk from the folks that voted a convicted felon into the white house. Ok.
- Comment on U.S. homelessness surged 18 percent to record level, annual report says 1 week ago:
Interestingly the modern era of homelessness in america started in the 80’s with the Reagan administration, starting with deinstitutinalization of the mentally ill, budget cuts to HUD and deliberate weakening of workers rights and protections.
The oft-repeated false idea that “the free market” will automatically find the most efficient solutions for everything has been proven false again and again, and here is yet another example.
- Comment on NYPD arrests migrant who allegedly set woman on fire on subway train, watched her burn to death 1 week ago:
Yes I think you are definitely on to something. And as such imaginings are perfect grist for the propaganda mill, there may be some chicken and egg factor to how the fear of the savage Mexican Murder-Rapist looms so large in the imagination.
- Comment on NYPD arrests migrant who allegedly set woman on fire on subway train, watched her burn to death 1 week ago:
OK, but how can you just brush past the very real concern for the safety of American citizens? Fear-mongering wouldn’t work if people felt secure. The fact is that people don’t, and there ought to be some way to address that without demonizing anyone.
- Comment on NYPD arrests migrant who allegedly set woman on fire on subway train, watched her burn to death 1 week ago:
Well I’m afraid I don’t understand the conservative position on citizen criminals. It doesn’t seem to get much discussion here at all. Of course I also want Americans to be safe and secure, everybody can agree on that.
However it seems foreign criminals get brought up so often, it is as if our domestic criminals are less important, because I don’t see any news articles posed in here about that. Why so much focus on one and not the other?
- Comment on Ken Paxton sues NCAA over transgender athletes’ participation in women’s college sports 1 week ago:
I understand that some people post this kind of content on social media out of a genuine concern for the well-being and safety of children.
But do you know what’s a bigger threat to the very lives of American children? Firearms are the number one cause of death for children and teens in america.
I wish there was more discussion about gun safety than puberty blockers.
- Comment on NYPD arrests migrant who allegedly set woman on fire on subway train, watched her burn to death 1 week ago:
OK, now let’s compare: over the last 12 months, how many American citizens murdered somebody? And how many illegals?
And yet we seem to mostly hear about it when immigrants do it, rather than the constant stream of good old American my country is of thee murders, God bless 'em.
We should realize that leftists and liberals and conservatives are all victims of the propaganda machine.
- Comment on Ken Paxton sues NCAA over transgender athletes’ participation in women’s college sports 1 week ago:
Baker later said he is only aware of “less than 10” transgender athletes among the more than 500,000 athletes in NCAA schools.
- Comment on Germany Charges American For Stabbing Migrant Who Sexually Assaulted Her 3 weeks ago:
And in America, rapists become president apparently.
- Comment on Texas approves Bible-infused curriculum for public schools 5 weeks ago:
Hmm so you didn’t. Perhaps it does tho, cuz check this out: caselaw.findlaw.com/court/…/203.html
- Comment on Texas approves Bible-infused curriculum for public schools 5 weeks ago:
But the constitution only says:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…
Nobody is making any law to establish any religion nor prohibit any. So I don’t think your arguement applies here.
- Comment on just three women have died and 50783 babies have been saved by Texas' abortion law. A damn good trade if you ask me. 5 weeks ago:
Well it’s literally impossible (without being evil) to argue against the moral principal that killing babies is bad. That’s because killing babies is bad.
So according to this new baby accounting morality, the hamas attack on Israel killed only 37 children, 2 of which were babies. So that’s good. But according to oxfam, more than 11,000 children were killed by Israeli military in the last year, that’s bad. Of course many women were killed also, likely some pregnant ones, that’s bad.
According to UNICEF, 2000 children have been killed in Ukraine, that’s bad. I can’t find any record or report of Ukraininan military killing any Russian children, so that’s good.
So I’d like to see as much effort put into reducing the deaths of Palestinian babies and Ukrainian babies instead of encouraging those baby murdering israelis and baby murdering ruzzians.
- Comment on The Biden-Harris Administration Wasted Nearly One Billion on Misinformation ⋆ Brownstone Institute 1 month ago:
According to a 2000 report by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Tucker wrote for publications of the League of the South, a group the SPLC considers neo-Confederate and white supremacist. The SPLC report said Tucker was listed as a founding member on the league’s website
League of the South? Bad guys. These are bad guys and if he’s friends with or even only does business with them he is a bad guy.
- Comment on "I Was Wrong": CNN Panelist Retracts Trump-Cheney "Firing Squad" Propaganda 2 months ago:
Can you believe this guy? I never admit when I’m wrong, I just insist I’m right and say several things even more wrong than the first thing, but with confidence and conviction. This inspires respect and admiration from stupid people.
- Comment on National Climate, Polling Points to a Trump Victory 2 months ago:
Who is answering these polls though? I suspect it’s a lot of old people who have alienated their kids, and have plenty of time to answer their land lines, desperate to chat with someone about anything.
I could be wrong, but when I get these calls and texts asking me who I’ll vote for or did I know senator Jeff Merkley worships thr devil and wears pink underwear or whatever, I never answer, I delete em and I suspect most other people do too.
- Comment on National Climate, Polling Points to a Trump Victory 2 months ago:
It’s funny that many actual leftists are saying they hate Harris because she leans right and if the dems lose, they have only themselves to blame.
- Comment on Oversight Committee Releases Staff Report Finding FTC Chair Khan Abused Authority to Advance the Biden-Harris Administration’s Agenda - United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability 2 months ago:
Yeah, slaves of the corporate overlords are attacking her because she’s a new Brandeis.
- Comment on The Harris Campaign Manipulates Reddit To Control The Platform 2 months ago:
Its funny that people say reddit is such a leftist hell hole, meanwhile more than one lemmy instance has actual leftists who seem to hate Harris so much they’d rather see Trump in the Whitehouse.
I mean not funny haha, but funny weird.
Well, a little bit funny haha.