But that’s all they are: guesses. The fundamental flaw in looking to history for future behavior is the assumption that each person elected to office has the same motivations, ideals, and philosophies.

They want to get elected, sure, but wanting to get elected isn’t the same as desiring to keep that office. If I had the skills to run for office, I would be willing to sacrifice reelection to ensure good legislation passed, for example.

Maybe it’s the absurd amount of wealth concentrated in the top 10% that’s multiple times more than the bottom 90% combined…? But, nah. I’m sure those economics will be trickling down any day, now.

What I disagree with is your implication that they will only ever act in their own interests. I do not know that to be true in the future (and neither do you), as not everyone is motivated by money or power. Enough politicians who see it as vital to the health of US democracy, and change will happen.

I’m not proposing that it will, only that it is far from a precluded possibility. As Boomers die out and retire, I have hope for the Millennials and Gen Zers who replace them.

I would actually recommend Spiral Linux if somebody new wanted to go with Debian. It’s the Debian analog to Endeavor.

I disagree, which is why I specified the word “progressive.”

I don’t blame you for getting lost. I listen to a legal podcast, because otherwise, I couldn’t keep track of anything myself

They certainly won’t, in any case. Just look at how they talk about the Constitution, history, religion…

For people who seem to consistently break the law, you’d think they would want to know what their rights actually are.

Yes, we are. “Free speech” isn’t unlimited, and one of the limits is speech whose purpose is to encourage violence, aka. the “fighting words” doctrine.

So not only does he suck, but he did in fact do something illegal.

I had a union at my previous job, and it was fucking awesome

Because it’s already been reported on and is ongoing.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/democrats-sue-georgia-over-election-rules-that-could-invite-chaos-2024-08-27/

Until they don’t. That’s not a guaranteed feature. As SCOTUS and Conservatives have taught me over the last several years, historical precedent doesn’t mean shit.

Yep. Glad you see the progression.

My company tried it…and now they have hybrid work schedules after employees with decades of experience left the company for remote work jobs.

I do QA Automation for a large software company. We still have manual QA testing, because it’s costly and sometimes impossible to automate everything.

Also, there is no scenario where you can automate everything until you can automate social engineering. It’s why scammers don’t bother trying to hack your bank but instead try to get you to buy $2000 in Applebee’s gift cards to settle “an IRS debt that you need to fix RIGHT NOW!”

TBH, I don’t see it happening except organically from within the Democratic Party. If enough progressive Democrats get elected, I think it stands a chance to happen in our lifetimes.

When Congress votes it into law.

No, I just thought they were vaguely similar enough words to make a dumb internet joke.

Pretending they had a chance in a voting system that can barely support two parties was kinda pitiable. Until we have RCV for federal elections at a minimum, they will never have a shot.

Oh, the artificial humanity!

Ah! I actually meant to do that (saw that on another post), but the second to last Deck update broke Decky Loader’s injection sequence, so I forgot about it in the meantime.

ETA: the latest Deck update corrected that issue, and Decky works fine, now.