So what you saying is that you want meritocracy!.. This is a right wing talking point which makes you a right-wing extremist, you racist misogynist xxxxphobic fascist bigot. You should be deplatformed from from society, you should lose your job, your bank accounts should be frozen and no one should be allowed to sell or rent you anything.
WELCOME TO CANADA🇨🇦
Coming soon to a country near you.
Did someone say Canada?
Hahahaha I been waiting for this drop.
This describes our lab personnel perfectly. Thought you were writing about us, but I don’t think you’ve been here for a visit. Haha
The number of times you have addressed your own diagnosis and this language right here is some label maker cringe talk. I know you mean well but this crosses a certain line.
How about a free market where the people who fill out the paperwork properly, pay license fees, and have the actual resources to operate a business receive a license to do business in a state they pay taxes in? You know, like every other business license… could you imagine if we had DEI requirements to enter pharma? LOL … In similar woke fashion, now the DOJ is suing SpaceX for not hiring “refugees” and “asylum seekers” which is actually illegal due to international arms laws… one of the most innovative companies on the planet being attacked by our weaponized 4th branch of government. This country is fucked if it continues down this path.
I’m a Libertarian Socialist but nice try. I’m politically confused in values.
All I know is I want to dismantle the government from within the government. But no on so many terms equity doesn’t equal equality, it’s different.
Maybe it’s because I’m autistic that I wish there was a generalized funding for me and the other autistics and I’m jealous there’s not.
Exactly!!!
Well I guess I should’ve said low functioning and not retard.
Being politically correct is hard in 2023.
Brining back Aspergers as a diagnosis in the US would help too. I was originally diagnosed as Aspergers in the 90’s as a child and then as an adult it was mild autism.
They needed to do it for research and insurance purposes. I miss the Aspergers diagnosis cause it separated the low functioning from the high functioning now it’s level 1, 2 and 3 for severity.
Supposedly I’m level 2 autism.
I did the diagnosis high though. I’m planning on getting another diagnosis this year or next year sober. I was also a drug addict throughout my teens so I don’t doubt I lost some of my intelligence.
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I too am a libertarian, not so much of a socialist, more of a conservative that believes in social safety net of some sort. I too believe in small government although I have a sneaking suspicion, that it’s in a very different way than you do. You are right equity does not equal equality because equity by its very nature is discriminatory, oppressive and evil. I was under the impression that you are a successful member of society, why do you need any more help? Or perhaps I should say it in a different way… Why do you think your neighbors need to be taxed more money to pay for anything you do? I think part of the problem is people misunderstand the meaning of the guarantee “the pursuit of happiness”, no one ever guarantees you happiness! It’s the access to the “pursuit” that is guaranteed. Not everyone has 160 IQ and so “smarter” people are more likely to succeed, does that mean we put artificial “speed bumps” in their way so as to give someone of “lesser intelligence” an “equitable” chance to compete against them? How about basketball players, not everyone is 6’8 and is able to shoot under pressure 80% from outside the three-point line, does that mean we let midgets in the game, that play by rules that give them an “equitable” chance to win against those players? We can go on and on with different examples but where does it stop?
You are correct @TheVanillaGorilla
Equality of opportunity, not outcome
I guess with mental illness running rampant in society, one can’t help but to query: Why isn’t mental illness grouped in with equity? It’s because people don’t want to group in different skin colors (what I call races) with the mentally ill.
Equity is good for some things: like giving the previously incarcerated felons aceess to a chance to run businesses or giving someone of a certain skin color a loan because of the skin color. I get the point and I get more of giving those who are disenfranchised a chance but I was just trying to make a point that we can group in all these ridiculous things together and make it one thing for an access point into a business opportunity why not include mental illness or even those with bad credit a chance at a business opportunity ?
Words of wisdom!!!
The real issue is that the playing field is uneven and the game is rigged. We have yet to experience true capitalism where an actual free market dictates supply and demand. Government makes a mockery of capitalism through subsidies and incentives to buy shit that would otherwise be unsustainable or unprofitable because of lack of demand. Like Tesla, vaccines and cannabis licenses.
What ever happened to laissez faire
How about instead of trying to elevate certain groups while oppressing other groups we just treat everyone equal and if someone is less capable of reaching a certain goal it’s not “society’s at large” responsibility to take money of each one of our pockets to elevate someone who’s “naturally a loser” into a position they did not “naturally earn / deserve”. Putting someone in a position they did not “earn / deserve” only sets them up for a failure and thus is a waste of public resources which means they are taking money out of our pocket that could be more effectively put to a better use to the betterment of “society at large”. As I’ve already asked you, you are a successful member of society why should any one of us reach into our own pocket and give you anything?
Btw, I edited the tags by the OP. He tagged CBD which this has nothing to do with
And by the way please do not take any of this as a personal attack on you. This is what I hope to be a productive discussion about what may be good or bad ideas. Besides that I have nothing but respect for you.
That’s the law of natural selection, Darwin would be proud.
If you are one of nature’s “fittest” species its up to you to decide where to put your money or energy into assisting those less fortunate than yourself.
But it shouldnt be an obligation.
Likewise there shouldn’t be aritificially implemented barriers to success or failsafes like incentives that create undeserving oligarchs who otherwise would have failed bc their industry is unsustainable.
I don’t know if this is too far off from the original topic but in regard to wages in my experience whatever a person gets paid they will spend that year. So someone makes 30k a year its obviously all gone end of year but the interesting thing is if that someone is paid 120k a year they spend the entire 120k too. I’ve never paid over 120 to an employee so I can’t comment if it continues to happen at 150, 200 etc but I would guess it does. So great opportunity does not just mean a persons problems are solved I would even argue it is worse for them now because they have this vicious spending / living issue. I spent around 10 years as an employer trying to bring the unfortunate to the top but man the psychology is one of the most interesting things I did not anticipate having to think about / deal with
