explodicle

It does. Here's my fav concise critique of capitalism:

Man's freedom is lacking if somebody else controls what he needs, for need may result in man's enslavement of man.

— Muammar Gaddafi

Do they not have full sized computers? It's dubious that there is any legitimate educational value to smartphones in schools either.

In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit.

— Ayn Rand

I've got bad news for you.

Maybe by then we can welcome her here!

If he's anti-censorship, and money is speech, then we should bet on how long he lives.

My main deciding factor was I think having a "pocket watch" is cooler than a wrist watch.

It's not enough that they need to work all year and deal with angry parents over every F. Now they need to be infotainment competing for attention with anything a kid can find on their cell phone.

I understand the paper, but why do they need wheels? Why are you leaving out guns?

Even if you put it in terms of money, they'll often remain willfully ignorant if the truth hurts their egos. Somewhere deep down, there's a terrifying suspicion that they're frauds who produce nothing of value.

OP: [proposes alternatives]

You: "So you're basically suggesting Mad Max"

Or if you really want to scare them, Charisma save.