Curiosity

I see things that make me wonder. I use this for catharsis and am willing to change my mind about anything on here.

[unaffiliatedpangolin]

I used to give the left the benefit of the doubt. I used to take them at their word that they really do just want a better world but that they were misguided and ill informed.

That’s over.

It wasn’t just Charlie Kirk being assassinated, it was the visceral glee that the left had at the news.

I’m fully convinced that they are evil. There are demons in their ranks. They are all bad faith actors. They only care about power, and will implement any form of subversion to get it. They have no principles, they will immediately do to you what they had called wrong a minute ago.

[baygeethefirst]

[theconstitutionisgayculture]

I've told this story before, but when I lived in New York every lawn mowing business hired illegals from south of the border (Mexicans and Guatemalans mostly) and only illegals. We were told constantly that "Americans will never work as lawn mowers" by the left every time immigration came up. When I moved out to Ohio, there are very few, if any, illegals from south of the border, and every single lawn mower job is done by white Americans. They just get paid double what the illegals in New York get paid. There is always someone who will "do those jobs". They just need to be paid for it.

[unaffiliatedpangolin]

The illegals also create a huge stumbling block for Americans entering the work force.

Those lawn mowing jobs would typically be done by high school or college age students for a few years and then they would get another job someplace else and it that job would open up to another young person looking to get their first job.

When migrants come in they stay in these jobs forever.

Those young Americans don’t get the job that’s permanently taken by the migrant, and it delays or otherwise impedes their ability to enter the job market because an entry level job is no longer available.

They increase the barrier to entry into the job market.

[vomitdodger]

[unaffiliatedpangolin]

The story we saw with Austin Metcalf happens everyday, it just gets completely ignored.

[shadowbanned-sloth]

A surveillance apparatus that endangers the privacy and security of the entire population.

Threatening prison time for executives who refuse to weaken device security or encryption sends a clear signal. Global technology companies operating in the UK face direct coercion to embed features that compromise user privacy for everyone, not merely targeted suspects.

Getting closer to pioneering one of the most restrictive internet regimes among democratic nations.

Child protection? From a nation that openly protects groomers/rapists? Why would these Clowns think any Tech Exec would set foot in Brit-Tardistan again?

[unaffiliatedpangolin]

From the country that covers up and protects migrant gang rapists that specifically target British children.

[fr3nstimu1ator]

[prettynpink17]

Donald Trump Fans :

[fr3nstimu1ator]

we're blessing with opponents who are stupid, but cursed with a population stupid enough to believe them

[unaffiliatedpangolin]

The incredulity they have when you tell them the most basic things is common leftwing behavior.

It’s the sanctimonious eye roll where they need to act like you are such a stupid and evil person for not agreeing with them.

[round9-fight]

[unaffiliatedpangolin]

It’s amazing how mass deportations would solve most of the problems the Millennials and younger are facing.

Housing is too expensive? Deport the migrants and it lowers the demand for housing. Let the private equity firms die as they loose all their money from speculating on houses they don’t live in.

Jobs aren’t paying enough? Deport the migrants who are competing for those jobs and boxing out Americans. Our citizens shouldn’t have to compete with the whole world for a job in their hometown. Don’t let the corporations fire Americans and hire migrants for pennies on the dollar.

Taxes are too high? Deport the migrants who are a net drain on the system. Save billions of dollars annually by deporting fraudsters.

Healthcare costs are high? Deport the migrants who get subsidized healthcare and burden the medical system.

Traffic is too heavy? Every migrant deported is a space on the road that opened up. It also reduces the number of uninsured drivers, and illegal and dangerous CDL drivers who can’t read road signs.

Crime rate is high? Deport the migrant criminals, and walk safely in your city.

Want better education outcomes for your children? Deport the migrants and class sizes get smaller, and costs go down.

Want a high trust society? Deport the migrants who are not interested in our country or its history, or values.

[unaffiliatedpangolin]

I remember hearing teachers telling us in school that “you won’t always have a calculator” when we asked why we couldn’t use one in school. Now we all have calculators on our phones.

But most people really don’t even know how to use a calculator even though they have it. Or they use it because they are unable do simple math in their head.

Recently a zoomer looked at me like I was a wizard for multiplying 800x3 in my head faster than he could type the numbers into a calculator he already had out. I’m not a mathematician but this isn’t difficult.

I think the younger generation is simply unable to comprehend some of this basic stuff because they never did it the long way. And with AI it’s only going to get worse.

I think we need to remove computers from classrooms.

A computer isn’t something that does all the thinking for you, it’s supposed to do all the menial tasks more quickly.

The purpose of school is to give you the mental tools to know how to think, and comprehend the world. If you have a tool that does everything for then you aren’t learning. If all you know is, simply putting a question into AI then you don’t have anything to offer.

[dertaglichedan]

[unaffiliatedpangolin]

So anyway end H1-B deport all of them and their families without exception.

[unaffiliatedpangolin]

Here’s a proposal I think even leftists will agree with: increase the payroll taxes on H1-B workers to 100%.

[hst3000]

-Minimum education requirement for an H1-B worker is a doctorate or a professional licensure. Said license must be obtained BEFORE the H1-B is granted. None of this bullshit bringing in people on H1-Bs to do the demanding, technical work of *checks notes* level 1 IT support, and no bullshit workaround of 'oh no we pinky promise he's working for his license, totally.'

-Pay is indexed to the SOC classification of the work. You pay 40% more than the highest paid region's average at minimum.

The H1-B program should be a last resort option for businesses to bring in ACTUAL highly skilled labor that ACTUALLY can't be found in the US. It is not a backdoor white-collar wage-slave importer.

[unaffiliatedpangolin]

We can’t trust corporations to be honest about their intentions with bringing in workers. They routinely fire Americans and replace them with foreigners and say it’s “high skilled labor”.

The other problem is that other countries have lower education standards than the US (although that’s becoming a big problem here too). Someone with a PhD in the third world is still less intelligent than an American with a high school education. Basically there is no such thing as high skill labor in the third world.

What I really want is for all migrants to be deported. H1-Bs and their families to be deported, the corporate executives who brought them in to be deported with them, H1-B to be ended as a concept.

But we can start small and work our way there.

[crazy-brazilian]

[unaffiliatedpangolin]

Here’s a proposal I think even leftists will agree with: increase the payroll taxes on H1-B workers to 100%.

[unaffiliatedpangolin]

Leftists will always point to other countries and how America should be more like them, except when it comes to voter ID laws.

[fr3nstimu1ator]

[unaffiliatedpangolin]

Import the third world, become the third world.

[hst3000]

I don't believe the negative net cost for a second.

[unaffiliatedpangolin]

Yeah, those numbers are probably a lowball estimate.

[guerrillatech]

[noblepeasant]

“When people join us, it’s because we’re smart and clever. When people leave us, it’s because they’re selling out”. Shut up.

You think the defectors from North Korea are selling out? Igor Ivanov? Victor Korchnoi? Stalin’s daughter?

[themodernmaccabee]

Stalin is a touchy subject amongst commies

[the-davest-of-uncles]

I can explain people leaving capitalism and embracing Communism.

Head trauma.

[unaffiliatedpangolin]

Every socialist country has had to restrict movement because they know people would leave.

The North Korean border is to keep their own people in. The Berlin Wall was to keep people from going to the West. China and the Soviet Union both restricted movement within their own borders, and from people leaving the country.

Cubans who built boats out of anything and everything to escape were clearly sell outs.

But it’s really easy to explain someone who embraces socialism: they envy what others have and think that in a redistribution scheme they will be better off than they are now. They want somebody else to provide everything for them. In short; they’re idiots.