I would agree that more defend it than most would expect. And probably more than average compared to other countries… but when the country is the posterchild for capitalism that is a given. And I am not questioning your personal experience, I am saying that mine is different. Lived here all my life. Lived in 4 different states over the years, visited and stayed at people’s homes in at least 10 more. Visited probably another 20 for various lengths of time. So the truth is probably somewhere between our two very different experiences.

That sounds a lot like “I know you are, but what am I”. Very convincing argument.

I will say that the urge to share an opinion rather than listen is not really based on sex.

And we can’t have a good commercial alternative because google bought them up and destroyed them for competing. Enshitification…

I don’t know who you are talking to, but I have never heard a real person face to face say “we are a nation of contracts”. Only tv newsertainment. The only defense I have heard for arbitration was a half-hearted mention that the courts are already jammed.

As for corruption of the judicial system, that was one of the major points of the black lives matter protests. The judicial system give cops preference, allowing them to continue to brutalize minorities.

Here is a gallop poll showing faith in the judicial system at 35%. https://news.gallup.com/poll/653897/americans-pass-judgment-courts.aspx

I’ve been in the jury room, before 2020 even when faith in the system really took a nose dive. One guy wouldn’t vote to convict no matter what because he didn’t believe any part of the system was fair. Others openly expressed how thier lack of faith in the system was impacting thier deliberations. Keep in mind, judges will tell people that both of those actions are illegal and can get you put in jail. No one turned them in or even objected to those opinions.

Most people have come to the realization that the government, especially the judicial system, doesn’t work for the people. They work for the corporations.

The only defenders a person is likely to meet are the ones who profit from the system. People with stock portfolios and such. And even among those many agree the system isn’t fair to people.

The wealthy don’t mind losing a few ofvthier own, less competition. They just don’t want to be the one to die.

Unless she also works for the nfl. No.

Do you think the death star would have officers families on it or something. Maybe not. What about conscripts? And how do we classify clones, they didn’t really make a choice. Though at the end of the day, it was a planet killer. Anyone decent there was really just a human shield. I would call it a sad but decent trade.

If you really do swear them off, you will have dodged the next many bullets. They have made a solid pattern of killing off things we want. Generally, things we want don’t make them enough money.

That’s definitely what I said. Sure.

Well I guess you are part of the reason our jail population per capita is so high. And definitely can’t wrap your head around gross negligence. (By the way, I read all the articles I posted for free, maybe you hit some free limit.)

I don’t know many rral people who defend corruption. It’s just the people who are trying to get media attention mostly. So poloticians, influencers, newsertainment people, that sort. On lemmy of course you have liberals who will defend corrupt democrats as the better of two evils. But lemmy doesn’t really represent the country.

Mine taught me to clearly label my graphs.

Some people have selective amnesia. One could say it is almost a skill. He may cheat all the time, but then “forget” he was cheating. Or he could be one of those who believe “if you aren’t cheating, you aren’t trying”. And thus being good at cheating (even if you aren’t but they let you (sound familiar?)) Makes him the worlds greatest whatever.

So they went with what in the short term appeared to be the better of two evils. Ignoring the long term always works out. But I don’t blame them I guess. They didn’t creat this mess, and they just want to stall to see where it goes.

I wouldn’t say a large part. I mean we have what, the worlds largest % of the population in prison or something. Most of them are only criminals by the local definition, and wouldn’t be criminals elsewhere. So we got that going for us.

Also no cache, and only one small register that is limited to 3 ascii digits.

Prowlarr has had a thing to do this for a good while now. No AI needed.

I’m almost 50 and still don’t know. The best advice I can give is to try lots of things. Very few people just know, and even they didn’t know until they tried.

I suppose it is better than thoughts and prayers… but avoiding addressing the root cause is all politicians do.