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This right here. This is why I come to NCD.

I'm going to need to see some data.

I think your question needs some clarification. By "flat rate" do you mean a fixed percentage income tax on individuals, or a fixed percentage consumption tax like a universal sales tax? If it's an income tax, do you only tax wages or do you also tax interest, dividends, and capital gains? Would any deductions be allowed? Is it only a tax on individuals' income or do you also tax money earned by legal entities like businesses or investment trusts? If it's sales tax, do you exempt necessities like food or medicine from the tax?

Pick a few Lemmy instances and look at their instance block lists. Compare the lists and pick out the commonly blocked instances. Within that select group you will find some radical free speech places where anything goes. Be warned that they tend to be cesspits.

I was just going to say the Saturn and Dreamcast are in the next graves over, forgotten forever.

Legal citizens get deported, too:

ICE May Have Deported as Many as 70 US Citizens In the Last Five Years (article from 2021, long before our newfound deportation craze): https://immigrationimpact.com/2021/07/30/ice-deport-us-citizens/

Trump immigration raids snag U.S. citizens, including Native Americans, raising racial profiling fears: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-immigration-raids-citizens-profiling-accusations-native-american-rcna189203

The point is not the food, but that our country needs to start relearning to accept immigrants as people. When my ancestors entered the US they did it 100% legally because there were no immigration restrictions; they walked off the boat and got started with their new lives. The bar has been raised dramatically, and I can't say that has been good for much other than fueling xenophobia.

@[email protected] I notice that most posts are titled Author - Album Name (YYYY) but the community sidebar recommends the reverse: Album Name - Author (YYYY). You might consider updating the sidebar to match the popular convention.

I got an award!

I went winter camping with a scout troop a few weekends ago. Some of the kids slept out in snow shelters to complete their winter survival training. I built my own shelter and slept out with them just to see if I could handle the cold. I'm proud to say that I survived in comfort.

When the kids were awarded their winter camping patches the scoutmaster also awarded me an honorary patch. The best part was my son's reaction: he had a big smile on his face and clapped hard for me when I accepted the patch.

Now I'm dying to know how to make a bomb with a condom.

This is my opinion, too.

Where did you make this one? Did you take a class, or find a blacksmith willing to tutor you, or what?

The impact of centuries of slavery, segregation, and unequal treatment doesn't disappear quickly. Even if the root causes were completely resolved (and they are not), the consequences reverberate for a long time. We cannot forget that much of our life is a result of where we start, and it was the same for our parents, and their parents.