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Bernie before and after by MassTooter in politics

[–]mongoose 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

If BS gets elected then you'd have to pay for someone else's war and someone else's healthcare.

r/seepeoplenotlive just banned by maltesers in WatchPeopleDie

[–]mongoose 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

How did you find these subs?

Facebook content reviewers coping with PTSD symptoms by having sex and doing drugs at work: report by JasonCarswell in Facebook

[–]mongoose 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Forget about hiring, where do I volunteer.

"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest." approximately based on "Et ses mains ourdiraient les entrailles du prêtre, au défaut d’un cordon pour étrangler les rois." ~ Denis Diderot by JasonCarswell in quotes

[–]mongoose 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't agree with that. Think of all the dumb people in the world. Law and order is needed, this can't be the wild west.

I think the best system is a like form of constitutional monarchy where the king will actually have power.

If you look at history, you have weak and stupid kings but also great ones once every few generations. When the king is stupid and weak, the parliament or senate takes over and protects the country from his stupidity. When the king is strong, he should take power.

The current US legislature is no more than a bunch of self serving nobles, just not in name. The president is no more than a more powerful noble. This country doesn't have hereditary kings but if it did, a strong one would just kick out the most corrupt nobles/politicians from both sides.

The current system is a balance of power between different elected officials. But the best system should be a balance of power between elected officials against one who isn't elected and doesn't have to pander to lobbyists.

Beijing Scams ~ serpentza, 2016-05-17 by JasonCarswell in Crime

[–]mongoose 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The second scam where they get you to go to a tea shop. But what's to stop any or all tea shops from doing this? And if these scam tea shops are doing it to all tourists, why aren't they shut down? The city or the local officials don't want these kind of things happening because it'll give them a bad reputation (via social media or otherwise) or drive people away. This isn't a remote village, this is Beijing where the shops can't possibly bribe all the local cops or officials. But no matter what, don't go with someone like that whatever country you're in, even in the US.

The next scam also happens in the US. Street performers or even monks will try and push stuff on you and make you pay. Same things happen here, there or Paris. Yea, we have Chinese monks here on visas who pull scams.

The last one. I wouldn't recommend anyone get in any vehicle either in any foreign city. But funny enough I did that when I went to Mexico. I was at a cruise ship port stop and a local tuk-tuk type driver offered a tour of the city. Being young and naive I said ok (with 2 others) and the driver drove us around for about 40 mins where we saw no other tourists and dropped us off back at the ship without overcharging or us getting robbed. At one point we did feel somewhat scared as the tuk-tuk had no doors and we went through really crowded places where people stared at us.

Anyway, no matter where you go, just be vigilant and don't believe anyone who looks too good to be true. Sad.

"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest." approximately based on "Et ses mains ourdiraient les entrailles du prêtre, au défaut d’un cordon pour étrangler les rois." ~ Denis Diderot by JasonCarswell in quotes

[–]mongoose 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Absurd because a good king is much better than a bad democracy. Democracy only works if you have a knowledgeable base of voters not a mob of idiots.