DancingBear

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[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I wouldn’t want to “go back” to it. But we do know that the 90% tax on the wealthy is a viable plan to fund the social services and needs of the people. And we also know that it needs to happen.

Edit: I hope it’s clear I was not advocating for something or anything like a return to 1950’s values lol

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Yes, of course there was systemic racism and women couldn’t even have personal checking accounts without approval from a male….

I’m just saying that unless taxes go up to 90% on folks making over a couple million dollars a year then we’ll never get there again.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

The system was created and developed by rich folks to ensure that rich folks continued to accumulate more and more wealth. Economists seem to me to be just working backwards from that point without ever mentioning it.

We had a middle class when taxes on the wealthy were 50-90 percent. Unless we bring that back, the ‘economy’ is bullshit.

Referring to the USA of course.

But Venezuela’s economy collapse was caused mainly by US foreign policy. It may have been exacerbated by Maduro’s or Chavez’s policy, but the US was the cause.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Ok, perhaps you are hearing a cacophony of other insects, or your hearing is different than mine.

Yes, I am a bitch but that is neither here nor there, but I can clearly hear a wave pattern with the chirps as I sit outside on my front porch, and I already knew about this cool way to measure the temperature in Fahrenheit… (I didn’t remember the number you had to add) …..obviously, we already know whether we are too hot or too cold without knowing the exact temperature though… it’s just a fun factoid when you’re camping

Also if you make a loud bang or a loud noise you can interrupt the chirping but they will continue… I don’t really know if grasshoppers have ears though, would be pretty dumb if they didn’t considering all the chirping they do

I believe I read or saw in a nature program though that they all chirp together like that to help deter predators from finding any one chirper…

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

No, they all chirp together, that’s kind of why they do it, maybe there are other insects chirping if you are in a more rural area like locusts or something that chirp really fast?