That’s them summing this version of socialism.

They then go on to argue it is dangerous because:

Rent controls would worsen housing shortages by crushing the incentive to build. The profit margins of big supermarket chains, demonised by Gen-Z socialists, are already wafer-thin after years of ruthless competition—a miracle of modern capitalism. Wealth taxes would become confiscatory and deter innovation. Do not assume that the failure of these policies, if implemented, would bring about an automatic course correction. Europe has struggled for decades to escape the low-growth funk left by its own over-regulation; the rise of statist “Peronists” in Argentina helps explain its century of relative decline.

Personally, I do find a lot of the modern progressive discourse about this to be pretty facile. When confronted with wealth flight, common answers tend to be “let 'em leave” (a mind bogglingly dumb take if these are the people you need to fund everything) to “well they won’t leave” despite evidence to the contrary.

It’s like these folks think they’ve stumbled onto an infinite money glitch and I’ve yet to see a serious discussion that weighs any cons or possible dangers. It’s dumb when trump can’t admit there might be costs or downsides to his ideas, the same is true of us.

Sorry, do you think nuclear weapons are smashed into every nook and cranny?

I guess I’m an uncultured savage but yorkshire puddings. By a county mile.

1944: Japan says world should have pause on nuclear weapons.

Like, yes, but at this point, your country opting in or out doesn’t change the destination, only who gets there.

Gotta respect someone who can handle that stuff with humour and grace.

I’m really annoyed the Abby Normal bit doesn’t work as well in this format vs young Frankenstein. (FrankeSTEIN. ??? Also another that probably doesn’t work phonetically.)

Edit:phonetic vs an incorrect adjective.

Quick on the bathroom note… Meeting groups was wild. “Okay, everyone’s gonna be at the food court at 2.” And if you didn’t make it we’d hang out and wait until the group decided you’d died or something and we’d hear about it in school in a couple of days.

Also, getting loser drunk in front of your friends was a learning experience, not a thing that would circle the school forever in video form.

I love so much about this comment.

Ahaha, completely missed that! I blame a confluence of alcohol, post bottom tier coed rec leahue soccer quarter final playoff victory excitement and some open source keyboard setup.

That’s a pretty great and painfully accurate quotez at least according to this middle aged goof.

Sounds very much worth at least checking out, thank you! I really would enjoy a more well rounded perspective on the bible.

And believe me, I did. Though, probably not ideal when a bartender from a different bar sees you and starts rocking shots with you…

Easily that time I said no to a threesome out of some stupid sense of duty to her ex/a “buddyof mine.” In mπy 20s, everyone was my buddy.

Thank you! This is a delightfully nuanced take which I super appreciate.

I know enough to know I don’t know much about theological fights but I think the basic idea that more bibe study doesn’t necessarily result in more people figuteibg it thr way I want then to is accurate?

Apologies, I am very much in a bar responding so, uhh, grain of salt etc?

I dunno, there have been plenty of popes against abortion and LGBTQ stuff, pretty hard to claim they just haven’t read the bible. (Unless you’re JD Vance, that guy is apparently willing to tell the pope he should study theology or whatnot.)

The first time I got the rough idea was in '96. I was thinking about evolution. In our modern world, pretty much everyone survives, so what would that mean in the long run if you’re talking about purely genetics?

Like yes, there’s stuff that’s based on the modern world, that’s how comedy works (it’d be weird to make a comedy that doesn’t relate to modern day grievances etc) but it really seems like you’re inserting a narrative here or willfully missing the point while claiming everyone else is misunderstanding it.

Not everything is Gulliver’s travels.

Judge makes an explicit argument and chooses to end the movie reinforcing that specific point.

What in the movie leads you to your conclusion?

You should read your comment history, it’s depressingly negative.

That was an option the whole time?!?

Legitimately, why would you join the fediverse if only to be kind of a dick to people? Surely you could be a jerk to more people on reddit etc?

Is this something Judge has said? It just seems a little at odds with a lot else in the movie.

Like, some of the last lines are about how the lawyer (I like money!) had 32 kids compared to the 3 smartest children in the world by protagonist and Maya Rudolph.