Even without the stats, I would have assumed as much.
The more you have people and cars in the same space, the more they will collide, and the more people will be killed. I expect it’s not just kids but the same for adults too.

Sounds like it. I assumed you were simply talking about a progressive tax for wages and salaries that we already have.

Oddly enough, the ones I know tried to start a post-graduate union during their time at university.

Since then, they do mostly research and analysis…
That’s right! One has been seeing some clients for, something I don’t remember. I could ask her about it tomorrow, during our D&D Zoom game.

Why would they be afraid to mention the legitimate factors of a person’s depression?
I can imagine it would help to say, these things are real and we can’t change them in this room; What we can change is how we feel about them and direct those feelings to activities outside that can change the real problems. Basically help empower people to embrace activism, as a coping mechanism for their depressive problems, which are caused by the thing they can advocate against.

Yah. That’s what we’re talking about. That’s what I said. I’m not sure what you’re getting at here.

Lemmy and Reddit usage are relatively low compared to their respective social media siblings. I’ve always believed the reason is in the difference in how they’re structured. Most other social media is wired around people as the primary structural unit. “Who’s saying what?” Reddit and Lemmy are instead wired around topics. “What are people saying about this?” And I assume the difference in popularity is evidence for how most people themselves are wired.

Makes me think of The Wizard of Oz for some reason

There are no stupid questions

That’s different. That’s based purely on the amount. And I’m not just talking about salary, but compensation, including stock options, expense accounts, and other benefit packages that executives get beyond salary.

That’s great!
When will it get a hardware upgrade with AV1 support.

During the 1950-60s (the best period for income inequality) CEO pay was ~30x the company average. If you want to key the limit to the company minimum as percentage of maximum, something between 1-2% would get you to a good place.

edit: A possibly better option would be to tax executive compensation in a way that you don’t tax payroll. Though I don’t know enough to suggest the details with that.

Direct price controls like that, are generally a bad idea. Often, unintended consequences make the underlying problem worse.

For drug prices, most are created with substantial government funded research. The government could leverage that into a major patent ownership stake, then immediately license the drug for generic production.

For child care, the government could give a monthly stipend to all parents. Parents could then decide, use it for child care, or quit/cut hours to care for your kid yourself.

I’m not sure about interest rate limits; That might work. But 10% is kinda low. Maybe someplace between 15-20%. And credit cards aren’t even the worst offenders. Pay day loans are much worse, with rates over 200% sometimes.

Basic healthcare should be covered without any wage.

While disconnecting health care from a wage, may as well disconnect the others also with a UBI. People shouldn’t be living on the street, no matter their circumstances.

The top 10% get fucked by taxes. Too much money for the public to care, not enough money to rig the government in their favor.

Even the top 0.1% aren’t really the problem.
It’s the top 0.001% that need to be taxed to extinction. They aren’t even on that chart because nobody knows how much they have.

I remember that. When hijackings were common, everyone knew to sit tight, follow directions, and it would be fine in the end. Then 9/11 changed that calculus. Now every passenger will immediately fight for/with their lives to stop it.

That, and the hardened cockpit door you can’t even shoot your way into anymore.

Now I want a wall of lava lamps.

The asset class has been pushing this change, increment by increment, piece by piece, for roughly 50 years.
It hasn’t been fast.

Every time it comes up I have to remind people TSA has never caught a terrorist.
Some were caught before getting to TSA, or after passing the TSA screening, but never by TSA itself.

Some say we need security screening at airports. Yes! We had it before TSA. Usually run by the airport itself; An x-ray for bags, and a metal detector for people. It’ wasn’t limited to people with tickets, everyone could go through. It was basically just a gun check. Much faster and less invasive than what TSA does. And this is the important part: It was at least as effective at catching terrorists!

Classic pop fan thinking.
Total haters

Don’t worry too much. It’s becoming more common for people to realize that in reality metal fans are generally more calm, considerate, and helpful than your average human.