It's refreshing to encounter someone who shares such a strong moral compass.

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I gave away 10% of my take home pay during 2022 without breaking a sweat.  I'm 2 years into my 20 year project (due in AD 2040) of giving my way down to a sustainable fair share of global production, currently estimated at $2,200 per person per year.  My current gross income is more than 80x that sustainable fair share.  I'd have to give away over ( Read more... )

Recently I joined an anarchism subreddit and I've enjoyed debating anarchist concepts with folks from a pro-anarchism perspective. Way more interesting than trying to debate Libertarians, who seem to be mostly assholes on the Internet nowadays ( Read more... )

The first time we encounter a homeless person becomes a formative moment in our lives, and the explanation we hear from our guardians goes a long way in shaping our subsequent world view.

"Clearly this person needs help - who should help ( Read more... )

I'm probably doing a better job weight lifting from our basement gym than I've done in over a decade, probably in better overall shape (relative to age) right now than since I had that personal trainer back in 2005.

Part of what's stressing my back in new and unusual ways is that I'm doing squats and lunges like never before in my life.  The combo ( Read more... )

The human race does not seem to have ever embraced Green Communism on a global scale in the past, why do I think this can possibly happen now?

It's a gamble, probably a losing gamble, however many chips I put on this French Roulette wheel, I'm probably going to lose them.  But I'm putting all my chips on the green number 0!  (Odds are 1/36.)

As I ( Read more... )