JodaUSA
JodaUSA t1_jebsebl wrote
Reply to comment by polarbearrape in Vermont House considers increasing DMV fees by FearandLoathinginBTV
I don't care about having a decent paying job, I care about making it by. I'm Gen Z, I'm under no stupid illusion that life in this country is supposed to be any shade of good.
And I don't see myself taking my own life. As far as I know, I'm the only sane person, and there would be a bit of loss for the state. /hj
JodaUSA t1_jeajo6j wrote
Our government only gets away with things like this because vermont is rural. It's difficult to get people together to protest and organize. We need a platform for the people of vermont to concentrate their voices and be heard.
JodaUSA t1_jeajerh wrote
Reply to comment by proscriptus in Vermont House considers increasing DMV fees by FearandLoathinginBTV
Don't forget the socialists, this is atrocious oppression of the workers...
JodaUSA t1_jeaj9op wrote
Reply to comment by polarbearrape in Vermont House considers increasing DMV fees by FearandLoathinginBTV
I am committed to being the last young person in vermont. I'm too stubborn to let the state die. I'll go down with it, or I'll spend my life trying to make things better. The solutions are so plain, but Capitals grip is so entrenched...
JodaUSA t1_je4o323 wrote
Reply to comment by Redditsucks42cox in Why Is My Ben and Jerry's Made In the Netherlands? by thediscjoker
Fed spotted
JodaUSA t1_je0uu0h wrote
Reply to comment by carsenmeckhardt in Why Is My Ben and Jerry's Made In the Netherlands? by thediscjoker
There's a factory in the Netherlands too
JodaUSA t1_je0um9i wrote
Reply to comment by Vtguy802812 in Why Is My Ben and Jerry's Made In the Netherlands? by thediscjoker
This can't be, we still have so many suicide bike lanes
JodaUSA t1_je0uiob wrote
Reply to comment by jimbobbrainiac in Why Is My Ben and Jerry's Made In the Netherlands? by thediscjoker
I for one refuse to support a company that supports a genocidal regime (Israel)
JodaUSA t1_je0ub2j wrote
Reply to comment by Babalugats in Why Is My Ben and Jerry's Made In the Netherlands? by thediscjoker
Oh God the Israel plant. I remember the first fucking day I worked at Ben and jerries (St. A location) at the daily meeting they announced that the company would no longer be selling to Palestine because Israel didn't like it. So fucking happy I left. Fuck Ben and Jerry's.
JodaUSA t1_jcpqso2 wrote
Reply to comment by Filmerd in Former SVC campus in Bennington being sold for destination resort. by SVTer
We don't want to be. We need SOMETHING to keep our economy turning, and sadly, tourism was the easiest option for investors to get behind. Hopefully we can pull ourselves out of neolib investor hell and spearhead our own path with a real fucking economy.
JodaUSA t1_jcpqayr wrote
Reply to comment by xxxDog_Fucker_69xxx in Vermont Lawmakers File Several Bills To Legalize Psychedelics, Other Drugs by GivenAllTheFucksSry
What's the biggest deterrent to the drug epidemic exactly?
JodaUSA t1_jcppj4i wrote
Reply to comment by WhatTheCluck802 in Woman dies after being struck by an Amtrak train in Waterbury Friday evening. by ubersubaru
Eh, yeah its not a good way to kill yourself, but should we really be making this a moral Olympic sport? Like what are we gonna say? Judges rate it 4.4 do better next time??
JodaUSA t1_jcpp6o0 wrote
Reply to Clergy reporting bill fails to make key legislative deadline over constitutional concerns by RamaSchneider
If this is unconstitutional, then the constitution is wrong.
JodaUSA t1_jcpp138 wrote
Reply to comment by Trajikbpm in Clergy reporting bill fails to make key legislative deadline over constitutional concerns by RamaSchneider
It would be very unchristian of us to get rid of men in dresses. Jesus may have called it robe, but we can always tell.
JodaUSA t1_jawgndr wrote
Reply to comment by Bonespurfoundation in 19th century Vermont sap bucket with old hand carved spouts by Vermontbuilder
I always wondered how they got wooden buckets to work, that's really cool
JodaUSA t1_jadjq94 wrote
Reply to comment by HeadPen5724 in School choice bills aim to deny private schools public money by casewood123
It’s pretty simple. Private schools are all operated for profit, not for education. They, like all private companies exclusively care about their profits. It is simply in their best interest to profit more.
The aim of public schools is solely to educate. They cannot make a profit. They’re public assets. Yes, corrupt officials can steal public funds, but stealing public funds isn’t part of the schools business model; because public schools don’t have a business model.
As a result of this, funding private schools with public money is horrendously inefficient. It necessary would be. The two institutions have diametrically opposed aims.
This bill is good. It supports the efficient allocation of our resources. If you need more school options around you, fight for increasing the public school budget; not throwing that budget into a burning pit of money so some wealthy private school owner can steal it for themself.
JodaUSA t1_ja80mg3 wrote
Reply to comment by flambeaway in Town Meeting Day is Tuesday, 3/7. What's on your town's agenda and ballots? by deadowl
Thank you!
JodaUSA t1_ja5dgxt wrote
Reply to comment by ILikeCrabbyRobots in Landlords and political signs? by [deleted]
> if I was so offended by a sign
The sign in question is basically saying "You are not deserving of a roof over your head unless you pay me whatever I want".
These aren't "a landlord's objectionable view". These are a landlords god-complex being pushed into law.
JodaUSA t1_ja5cw56 wrote
Reply to comment by Practical-Intern-347 in Landlords and political signs? by [deleted]
On the banking things, no, obviously its not a creator of wealth. Money != wealth. Our economy should be built to produce things with use value, as Marx termed it. That is, things derive material value from their utility. Money has no utility beyond exchange, which is not ultimately a necessary utility as we proved with the rationing system during the great depression.
In my view, the whole of the financial and property sectors are leeches that stand in the way of a more truly productive economy. They impose a completely unnecessary overhead on all economic activity (Property sale, interest, etc.) And all for what? The strengthening of a class of people who don't aid in the production of useful goods? Send all Landlords, bank owners, and shareholders to the farms and factories. Then they will actually contribute.
As for whether or not I expect my preferred world view to ever come to be, I see 3 possibilities for the future of our society:
- My world view comes to be, and the working class is empowered to run the world for their benefit.
- My world view does not come to be, and the Capitalist class is left to dominate. This results in two possibilities itself:
- The utter lack of regard that the Capitalist class has for the impending climate crisis leads to an era of constant strife and war over the new Water World's scarce resources.
- If somehow the Capitalist class is convinced to give a shit about the Poors drowning, they ultimately are forced into Fascism, the form capitalism takes when the contradictions within it are too glaring and inflamed for the working class to ignore them, and so violent state repression becomes necessary for the continuation of the Capitalist system.
So, I'm not entirely optimistic that my world view comes to pass, but I sure as hell hope it does, because Capitalism is entirely unsustainable.
JodaUSA t1_ja3rqks wrote
Reply to comment by Practical-Intern-347 in Landlords and political signs? by [deleted]
They’re the same. Neither are labor, in any sense. Both are just legalized extortion.
JodaUSA t1_j9ukn3u wrote
Reply to Any voters in Fairfax? by saintlyalbans
“she claims that “the evidence about gender affirming care is weak and mixed, at best.” “
I love lying to support my fucked up world view
JodaUSA t1_j9ujlpe wrote
Reply to comment by pre_chewed_cigarette in Town Meeting Day is Tuesday, 3/7. What's on your town's agenda and ballots? by deadowl
If your town council is racist it’s your moral imperative to show up and call it out ruthlessly.
JodaUSA t1_j9ujhbm wrote
Ok thank you for pointing this out. Gotta go be the commie at the town meeting.
Edit: The St. A proletarian Revolution WILL come bitches, be ready
JodaUSA t1_j9ujbja wrote
Reply to comment by thisoneisnotasbad in Landlords and political signs? by [deleted]
You aren’t being a downer. Landlords must be politically opposed at all turns. Property ownership is not productive labor. They cannot justify their compensation for it. Support class consciousness.
JodaUSA t1_jegjnbl wrote
Reply to comment by mdwvt in 3/31/23 - pit progress. Foundation work continues. Shaft cast removed. Burlington, VT by aschylus
I want a Soviet style one