RichardBonham

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[–] RichardBonham@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

If she is, it would probably be to change laws in the State of Georgia to allow a president to pardon someone of Georgia state charges.

[–] RichardBonham@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But he's hurting the right people!

[–] RichardBonham@kbin.social 23 points 2 years ago

Headline: "Trump rawdogs own arraignment!"

[–] RichardBonham@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago

Interesting that there was a significant increase during and following the pandemic due to irreconcilable differences over masking and vaccines. Probably wasn't helped to be locked down together at that point, either.

[–] RichardBonham@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

It's actually parity of response. No orca was killed, no humans have been killed.

[–] RichardBonham@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I remember when my daughter (elementary school age at the time) let all the kids into her dress-up clothes. There were some parents who were less than pleased to see their sons wearing tutus, tiaras, gowns, fairy wings and the like. Honestly, they all looked adorable!

[–] RichardBonham@kbin.social 20 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I am going to operate under the following assumptions:
-the current global trend towards authoritarian governments will continue and become more prevalent
-balkanization will be the new norm: an atlas will show more numerous and smaller countries
-climate change (extreme heat, extreme humidity and sea level rise) will make large regions functionally unfit for human habitation by reasons of lethal heat and/or humidity, loss of coastal access, lack of potable water and/or loss of sustainable agriculture.
-we'll be well into the technological curve for AI and robotics. We'll have gone past the early stage where people over-estimate technological capabilities and far into the later stages where people will under-estimate technological capabilities
-if cash is still legal, it will be useless for all legitimate transactions because no institution wants it. If it still exists, it will only be useful for peer-to-peer illegitimate transactions: crime, drugs and sex.
-whatever is bad now will be worse

So: social taboos that exist today that will not be taboo in 100 years?
-slavery: we already see slavery in all but name in the form of privatized prisons and wage-slavery (work a soul-killing minimum wage job, or die/be homeless). What if the cost of being able to emigrate from a country or region that is uninhabitable is slavery, whether real or de facto? It's the cheapest form of labor.
-murder: being deemed outlaw will make a comeback. An outlaw is outside the protection of the law, so killing an outlaw is not a crime.
-extortion: governments and government proxies (militias, death squads, religious sects) will exercise sanctioned extortion
-hoarding: if you are living in an unstable balkan state or are an unpopular minority in one, hoarding will not be pathologic
-civilian ownership of firearms
-racism and nationalism; best way to keep out undesirable climate refugees is to de-humanize them
-corporations being into every piece of the pie: a logical extension of the trend to privatization or "wanting government to be run like a business" is the replacement of nation-states by corporations or zaibatsu-like alliances of multiple corporations

[–] RichardBonham@kbin.social 33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Religion: the ultimate ~~pyramid scheme~~ tool of social control.

FTFY

[–] RichardBonham@kbin.social 50 points 2 years ago

As a 65 year old, I am gratified that you think so

[–] RichardBonham@kbin.social 39 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yes, and Huntsville is very pleasant itself because of this. But they all assure me that you have only to drive a half hour out of Huntsville to know for certain that you are in Alabama. (The thank-god-for-Mississippi Alabama, that Alabama).

This is going to matter to some aerospace engineers and particularly the ones with spouses and children.

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