FriendOfDeSoto

You're asking a question and then you answer it yourself.

Lemmy is part of the fediverse. On the fediverse you are your own algorithm. So either you have curated your feed to be very political or you're on the local feed of your instance, which has a lot of political posts. But you signed up there.

Either way, you're there by choice. Curate your own feed. I get lots of stuff that isn't political. Just keep in mind you don't get reddit user numbers over here so not every niche nonpolitical subject has found a viable community. Yet.

Well adjusted individuals are less likely to build a murderous drug empire. I think organized crime is a little bit like politics. If you've made it to the top you've been through so much shit that you have nerves of steel and a Teflon soul. You will have found a way to deal with it or you already went swimming with the fish.

They can probably afford a real therapist out of pocket but my guess is that's the exception rather than the rule. The inevitable influx of millennials and gen-z into crime may have driven those numbers up since Tony Soprano but still.

Yes, it's TACO Tuesday in Teheran.

Somebody should write a book about this. Maybe call it "Spare."

Calling it one law may have been oversimplifying it on my part. It's more of a concert of laws and case law. Here is a summary with sources.

You're criticizing capitalism fundamentally, which is valid. I wasn't going that far. I didn't think revolution was within the scope of this imaginary protest agenda we're setting here. So baby steps. Reining in unbridled capitalism wherever possible (and necessary) is better than nothing.

As a bit of a left field addition to other good suggestions already in this thread:

Rescind the fiduciary duty of any officer in a corporation to increase shareholder value no matter what. Exceptions must be made for cases where it would hurt the environment (anywhere on the planet and judging by the strictest state laws in effect), cause excessive loss of jobs, or hurt consumers.

I think a lot of problems of late stage capitalism are downstream consequences from this stupid law.

I think apart from the spelling mistake there is one logical error in it for maximum kindness. It excludes all of those people who were fortunate enough to be surrounded by kindness. If they weren't denied any kindness they're allowed to be assholes.

It's a variation on the theme of "do unto others as you would have others do unto you." "Meet all people with kindness who mean you no harm." could be a rephrasing that balances maximizing outward kindness with a necessary amount of self defense.

It's a numbers game with tight margins. Both the Lutherans and the Catholics are bleeding members and have been for a while. The difference is roughly a couple of percent. People without any religious affiliation are almost half the population.

Because it's phrased the way the title is. Were it "Were most Nazis Catholic?" the fate would be different.

This smacks of the elusive silent majority that people with questionable opinions claim to have behind them. They just put a number on it. And who would have believed that this number could be made up? (Rhetorical question)

As a Star Trek fan, one could only hope that they get so tired from culture warring on the news front that they leave the entertainment part relatively unencumbered. If only that wasn't so cynical a take.