Sadly toyotas and Hondas are outliers in this area. Owned A 15’ Venza until it got t boned this winter. still a bit cheezed about that. GREAT car, BTW. 110% recommend if you find a used one with low miles.

wait till I tell you about refried beans

In the 1990’s you could look in the Uncle Henry’s and get a decent used car for like $300. you’d register it, and it would last you a few years until it was too expensive to fix, (or it wouldn’t pass state inspection) then you’d move on. In the early 2000’s you could look on craigslist and find a decent used car for $500. Same deal. But by the time the housing bubble burst, I came to the realization that whatever the price of the car was, it would cost you $3,000 at the end of the day just to get it up and running. By the end of the 20 Teens, that number was $5k, and side of the road sales were junk that the seller knew was about to be REALLY EXPENSIVE to fix so wanted out from under it. These days, don’t buy used from a private seller unless it’s a collectable: the car is a money pit and they know it. This is one of those things where the auto industry enshittified to kill the resale market. Now they are starting subscriptions for features you used to get as standard. the infuriating thing is that the tech exists to build a car that will last 30-40 years, little major maintenance, but “it’s not profitable,” so they won’t.

I do like the bones of this idea. But I have one nit pick and that is pay schedules. leaving as an intrenal decision is the very way the current system broke in the first place. Power corrupts, afterall, and even in democratic systems, power can be gamed. Just look at who is sitting in the white house to understand THAT.

before I offer this critique, I want to say I do agree with most of what is said here and it really seems solid otherwise, and I also understand that you are attempting a ground up approach, (a noble and laudable stance BTW) so what I am about to suggest does fly in the face of it. I’m acknowledging that upfront to avoid hurt feelings.

Governmental regulations on pay is the only way to “frustrate the bullshit.” Let me give you a rather graphic (hypothetical) example to help you understand. Suppose I was to kidnap a dom and their sub. Now if I was to sit there with a tattoo removal laser and methodically remove the ink from the dom, you would rightly call that assault. However “the sub” is right there. They can stop me at any time. They are not bound in anyway, merely in a cuck chair, as they say. Why this frustrates the bullshit is because it uncovers the underlying white lie that proves someone here is toxic (other than myself in this PURELY HYPOTHETICAL example). If the Sub does nothing the Dom will suffer as then I’ll wash the color out of their hair and then remove, seal, and cauterize all their piercings. This proves the dom was abusive and the sub was truly a worthless pile of cartilage, but also, importantly, that their dom has no real power, only the power the sub let them have. If the sub stops me then the Dom now owes the Sub possibly their life, so that dynamic is ruined forever, and the Sub must face some of the mental issues they have that led them to this lifestyle. So which is it? ( Jeopardy Theme )

In our case, the government must give corporate business a similar conundrum: give your employees what they need or you’ll lose your licence to conduct business AT ALL. Full stop, no second chances. And it MUST go harder: A CEO that does a “Venture Capital” and intentionally crashes a company to sell off the thing for profit? You will NEVER be allowed to be a CEO again and you’ll face HARD Jail time. Why? Because people were depending on that business for their livelihoods, and the Venture Capitalist took that away. That’s almost the same as MURDER.

F.A.F.O.

My specific nitpick is this: Pay must adhere to not just a living wage, but also a pay range. There must also be a MAXIMUM wage to make the minimum wage worth a damn. Instead of just Hourly, the pay must also meet a MONTHLY goal. I worked for a grocery chain a decade ago that had some corporate drama regarding who would run the company. (I won’t name names but it’s in the NE USA, and one of these CEO’s needed a government loan to buy out his cousin.) One of the sneaky things they would do is bookending hours so on paper employees were “full time” but in reality you might work 10 -12 days straight, “legally,” on the first half of the month due to you having to work those hours over the payroll flip, then given a pittance on the schedule for the back half so that their payroll numbers looked (artificially) low every month. You were TECHNICALLY still full time as you worked enough to qualify, but the hours were all over the place to make it function. By setting a monthly quota for earning it “frustrates that bullshit” because sure, you may work at $12 an hour, and it may be “full time” but if you don’t cross $2400 at the end of the month somebody from the State is going to be breathing down your bosses neck. It works even better if that monthly rate is set by the government based on GDP and inflation rates, AND NOT THE BUSINESS.

of course this goes into a larger discussion about ending “the invisible hand of the market” mentality, but that also is beyond the scope of this idea, I feel.

Again, LOVE the other ideas though. The notion of enforced meritocracy through democracy is inspired, especially.

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Recent transplant myself. The AI are posting Honeypot threads with hot button issues. When folks invariably crashout OOPS YOU’RE BANNED NOW!

Comedian Carlos Mencia had a bit where he would call things “removed” in a mocking voice. Usually the antics of what we would call “karen culture” today. Even in the early 2000’s this kind of humor was seen by some as a bit insensitive, which led him to explain on his show what the humor was about. He put it like this: (paraphrased because this was over 20 years ago and good luck finding this quote on YouTube these days.)

There are people who are born “removed” and have special needs. These are brave people and I love and respect them and wish them nothing but the best. I’m not talking about them. I’m talking about people who were born and then BECAME “removed.”

Not to worry, I have fully enchanted, trimmed, netherite gear. I also rock a Shulker with all the items required for a mobile base. ;D

I’m not saying people are not entitled for recognition as the the perpetuators and propagators (there’s a better word,but it escapes me at the moment) of innovative ideas and designs, nor am I suggesting that they not be allowed to profit on those assets, ither tangible or conceptual. Where the line should be drawn is when those ideas become so cosmopolitan in their reach as to be necessary for existence. A few things do exist that fit this bill already, the Internet itself being one of them. One company or government may own the servers it resides on, but as a concept nobody can “own” the internet, just as no one can “own” the ocean, or a holy text, or “own” an experience (the set dressing and location perhaps, but not YOUR feelings and reactions, which are unique to YOU.)

This is a philosophy that imposes a faustian bargain to success in business: the larger your business, the less it belongs to YOU. If your business is all encompassing, (such as in a monopoly), it ceases to even be yours AT ALL.

Not trying to argue, merely provide more context.

that reminds me of that Obama Skit on Key and Peele where Obama just listed republican talking points and the republicans couldn’t help but disagree with them because it was being proposed by a liberal.

they are if you like hoarding literally ALL the money.

that they expected it to eclipse real people AT ALL is both telling and slightly disturbing.

If you have discord you can DM User “Entomo” and tell him Staffy sent you. We are an 18+ server, And have a few QOL mods and a few fun things like Manhunt and Troll machine. Most everyone is over 35, FYI. The owners mother is in her Sixties and plays to help her mental state (as I understand it, everyone knows it’s a slightly sore topic, so we just accept that “Mama” (as we call her,) is a little eccentric, and don’t discuss it further.) We have our resident Redstone genius Woolf, our Server owner Itsserendipitous, and her Husband Chad, Neosaur who loves building spawn up each map, DirtTea our friendly “49er” who pops on mostly to chat and build for fun, Xtapolapaketl whose here for the whimsy, Eissug who loves trying new things (and chickens more than Gonzo), And myself (in game) Infinity_Dragon, who loves to explore and play optimally. My wife also has an account, plus about 15 other players who have been whitelisted, but seem to only show up to work out their two week phases.

we are currently still on the 1.21.x Versions, for now.

I’m more the guy behind the pink one

(slight deviation from topic to explain) Similar indeed! I basically said that mods blocking threats of violence [towards our fascist leadership, in this day and age] was a tacit enablement of their regime. And do PLEASE note this is not a “threat,” merely a critique of moderation style. Well, the chud snowflake mods got butthurt, which, I mean…to be fair…

Yeah, I’d consider the urge to commit homicide “worse” (and as a fresh convert, let me say, I’d NEVER get away with this comment on Reddit)

I like to drive about 20 over on long hauls, so technically “I’m passing.” PERMANENTLY

The worst is r/AskReddit for bots. And the worst part of that is that those questions are ridiculously tempting low hanging fruit for people to “self ban.” The one that got me was “how do you think the trump administration will end.” The amount of [Removed by Reddit] tags was telling, I must say. I’ve been trying to get to talk with an actual person, but we all know how that goes. 😒

and the weed was better too. That might just be the high tolerance speaking though.

Remember when the 1900’s were called the “20th century?” Pepperridge farm remembers.