yestrusocialist
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yestrusocialist
2d ago
For my stocks, at the moment they vest (a taxable event) a fraction of them are sold and the proceeds are given to the IRS as tax withholding. This is pretty common in the US.
No extra forms. It goes on my W2.
yestrusocialist
24d ago
So a single struggling group of radio stations decided to stop playing the Dixie chick's. The big one (clear channel) did not.
Certainly not a situation like, e.g., Kanye getting cut off by his record label, radio, social media, streaming and his bank.
I'd definitely call the latter censorship, particularly given that we know the govt is often pressuring these "private" companies behind the scenes. (I am not aware of Bush doing that, though Obama + Biden definitely did.)
yestrusocialist
26d ago
The Dixie chick's were never censored. Bush said they are free to speak their mind. Their label kept selling their albums, their concert tours continued, and major media gave them plenty of press to explain themselves and get their ideas out.
Some of their fans didn't buy more CDs. That's not censorship.
Renaming French fries to freedom fries in the congressional cafeteria isn't censorship either.
yestrusocialist
1mo ago
Ali is not uncommon in the US, and doesn't have any Islamic connotation Every single one I've met is a much less hot version of her:
The Dixie Chicks were not cancelled in any meaningful sense. What happened to them was:
- Their record label continued to sell their albums, and to fund the production of more albums
- Their concert tour continued as scheduled. Extra security was provided in response to potential threats by disgruntled randos.
- Some radio stations stopped playing their songs, others did not. At the time radio stations had very little concentrated ownership or control, apart from ClearChannel (which did not stop playing their songs).
- The mainstream media was happy to give them multiple opportunities to air their views, including letting them appear naked on the cover of entertainment weekly
- Some of their fellow artists supported them, others expressed disagreement and criticism
- Some of their customers got angry and stopped purchasing their CDs
- George Bush said they are and should be free to speak their mind
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_Chicks_comments_on_George_W._Bush
Pretty much any cancelled conservative would have been extremely happy to receive this treatment. From what I can tell, George Bush is right - this is basically how freedom of expression should work. Say what you want but don't complain about a moderate decrease in sales.
For comparison, Milo was:
- Banned from all major social media (which didn't really exist at the time of the Dixie Chicks controversy)
- Had his books cancelled
- His speaking appearances were cancelled by institutional gatekeepers, with threats by disgruntled randos occasionally cited as a pretext
- Mainstream media did not give him high profile appearances where he could express his views or defend himself
Kanye suffered all this, in addition to having his bank accounts closed (retaliation for saying Jews control the banks, which they obviously don't).
yestrusocialist
2mo ago
The guy working the counter at Mcd is not the modal poor person or recipient of benefits. The modal person is on welfare, (fraudulent) disability or similar who does not work at all and is not looking for work.
We don't need them, unless "we" = left wing politicians who harvest their votes or perhaps educated leftists gaining money/status from fake jobs servicing them.
The rest of us would be better off without them.
yestrusocialist
5mo ago
Malaysia has.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahathir_Mohamad
I have seen a theory that some of it was intended to create a (nonexistent) Jewish scapegoat for Malay ethnic mobs to distract them from (very real) Chinese and Indians they were currently targeting.
Similarly, "Black americans stop beating up Asians. Your real enemy is the Uzbeks."
yestrusocialist
6mo ago
Yes, it's all lies. Big mean Trump is fooling the innocent construction company and permit offices of NYC, all of whom are completely non-corrupt innocent idealists seeking only the best for everyone.
Back in reality, trump is a NYC real estate developer the same as all the others. Everyone involved knows the game. Trump didn't make the game this broken, NY politicians did. Trump has always been critical of them, and engaged in theatrics to expose them - e.g. writing a book, public clashes with Ed Koch over what later became Trump skating rink, etc. This is what led him to enter politics.
What would you have preferred he do? Be the only honest real estate developer and go bankrupt cause nothing gets built? (Similarly, I don't fault Soros for breaking the pound.)
yestrusocialist
6mo ago
No, they are an indication tariffs are a net negative for currently existing publicly traded companies.
If every market participant believes there will be major creative destruction as not yet public companies replace existing public ones, stock prices will go down even while every participant believes this will be good for the world.
(Not a tariff defender, just think it's worth making explicit what market movements mean.)
yestrusocialist
9mo ago
In india it's never been a "rough cost" for me. It's an exact cost as a nice round and memorable figure - e.g. 80k rs. I have never been charged a rupee more than the quoted figure.
That's true if I get out 3 days early or complications make me stay an extra week or whatever. The hospital treats it as their job to amortize these costs over multiple patients because it is unreasonable to expect patients to predict and guess this stuff in advance. Also, in india, if they changed the price afterwards I just wouldn't pay and they'd be screwed.
yestrusocialist
9mo ago
Note that you are citing a politician who is widely criticized for opposing the death penalty for rape due to concerns over false accusations. "Boys will be boys" is not a reasonable English translation of his comment, but Indian media is just as biased as western.
The median rapist in the US serves 4.2 years and US leftists think this is too long.
India has many issues, but it isn't Pakistan by a long shot - although UP (where Mulayam is from) is of course one of the more Pakistan-like places.
As it relates to recent discussions more relevant here: the Indians going to Britain and America are Tamil and Bengali Brahmins.
yestrusocialist
9mo ago
India is complicated. If it happens in a developed area to middle class folks, you can generally expect the response that @KulakRevolt calls for when white people are the victims (unless politicians kids are the rapist, in which case it gets covered up).
High profile example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Delhi_gang_rape_and_murder
All but the juvenile were either hanged or epsteined.
In many cases things will be handled extrajudicially. In a case I know about, the perpetrator of a crime that fell far short of rape was beaten nearly to death and put on a train back to his home village, told he'd be killed if he returned.
If it happens in some village, that's a whole different world and all kinds of things might happen: blame the victim, public lynching of perpetrators, forced marriage, wait for a sign from God...
Treating India as a single country is kind of a fallacy.
yestrusocialist
9mo ago
I want to replace our fake socialism/welfare state with real socialism where people contribute what they can.
The "weak" as you call them are not people incapable of producing value. They are just lazy wreckers who consume welfare and refuse to work. I want them to work for their dinner. This might be a net negative in EV - their consumption might exceed their production - but it's higher EV than having them sit around playing video games and doing drugs.
yestrusocialist
9mo ago
There is a free lunch here: the productive output of folks who prefer not to work and consume welfare instead.
They can do the jobs or starve. In either case the rest of us benefit.
The fake socialists like AOC have given up one of the key tenets of socialism: from each according to his means.
Maybe the CEO is a specialist in managing decline.
A regular CEO might be able to extract $10B profit from a declining company, but he can extract $15B before it dies. If I were on the board of a declining company, I would surely want to hire this guy.
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