Amazon knows that divided we fall. It's why politicians push social issues to drive wedges between us so we fight each other instead of fighting together against our economic oppressors, the political class and the banksters.

I've been working toward dumping Amazon. Buying stuff elsewhere and such. I haven't had to buy anything there in close to a year, so I think I'm ready. Fuck Amazon.

I watched this video on YouTube just a little while ago. I've not really looked into the science of it nor modeled the impacts he's talking about but it might be possible that our earth is a remnant from a not-that-long-ago clash with an itinerant planet's moon. We live on the half of a then larger planet that was smashed by that moon, the rest became an asteroid belt and probably our moon. I think this is a more likely explanation for why a huge part of the crust might be missing than it having been scraped by icebergs. I'm just guessing the icebergs wouldn't have scratched that deeply and it seems like the fossil record would still be there at the bottom of the ocean if it had happened that way. Although I like the tectonic plate subduction argument, clashing rocks in space is much more violent and attractive.
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2Fogw6BJRL_rQ%3Ft...
This has to do with Sumerian civilization and the possibility of extra-planetary beings having given us technology way back then. If you're completely closed to that idea, this may not be for you. OTOH, you may be able to compartmentalize and accept the interplanetary collision separate from the extra-terrestrial civilization interference argument.

Pushes it too far by wanting a fair society? What is it exactly that you want? Total corporate control of society? A slave class and a ruling class? If you're commenting here on /. I guarantee you're not of the ruling class. Your masters will definitely use your pasty skin for making cheap dog chew toys. Enjoy the life of being a boot-licker, just be aware that it is a fraught existence.

Unlike you, we'll fight. That's why we're not sycophants and protest against injustice.

Is that the same as the fantasy world where you pretend someone said something they didn't and then get all outraged about it? Then start waving their flag and proclaiming how patriotic they are and the other person isn't for having dared to criticize an unjust system? I will keep the fires burning for my desire for a just system which is just for all, not just for the white and the rich. Keep on pretending to have your eyes open and make sure you continue to swallow that blue pill every time the opportunity comes up.

Housing costs are out of control here, definitely. But you seem to entirely lack the ability to take up an argument. Try to get back on track please, I eagerly look forward to your well thought out responses to any of the concerns I brought up. Please read the thread and notice how you bring stuff up but never follow through when pressed.

Don't hate the player, hate the game.

You also haven't responded to my question. Do you agree that California is being drained (by excessive taxes) and that we provide goods and services in exchange for y'alls moneys?

Draining money from them? Please explain.

We sell them fruits and vegetables, software applications, stuff. They send us money. Is that what you mean by "draining money from other states"? I thought that was called commerce.

OTOH, we pay more to the federal government than we get back from it in goods and services. Other states pay in less than they get back in goods and services. That seems more like draining away money from California, would you agree?

Nope. We're growing new income sources. We used to be 7th not that long ago and now we're 6th. That doesn't happen on inertia.

Being that California earners are going to keep earning, I don't see how you arrive at this eventuality. Please explain your reasoning, provide citations if necessary to bolster your case.

I was in California in that time period, at a UCLA dorm high-rise. A couple of doors jammed and wouldn't open on our floor. That kind of money damage is mostly covered by insurance and as you can tell, it didn't hurt our economy in any long-term way.

Do you realize that Cali-fucking-fornia is a huge state and that mudslides and forest fires are very localized problems? We had a major fire not 20 miles from where I live and the big thing was a little bit of ashes on the cars in the morning. Mudslides happen mostly along coastal highways and in general their impacts are non-existent for the vast majority of us and a major impact for about 200 people.

So, no, no one is kidding you, it just ain't that big a deal.

Yes, I have, recently. Not a shit hole. It is colorful in places, drab and gentrified in others. There are small pockets of homeless and large ones around certain freeway on/off ramps. No big deal if you aren't a sensitive snowflake.

Nice, 3 strawmen in one post. Shoulda signed your name to it, you coward.

That's cool. Maybe then we'll use our excess tax receipts to help people locally rather than helping prop up the governments of states like Mississippi, Alabama, etc.

I like this idea of yours. I'm going to do the same. Ten tickets from L.A. to Brunswick NJ, every payday. I'll also endeavor to develop followers. Hopefully someone will send us the SF ones so we don't run out of homeless people in L.A.
With any luck, we might arrive at a nice population of ever circling homeless whose main job is to keep bus seats filled.
Do you pack them a sack lunch or give them $20 for the trip?