Just when you thought the snowflake generation couldn't possibly get any softer... they pull some shit like this.
Says every generation as they get older and wiser, looking at their offspring wondering "Why won't they listen?"
Why is it that I keep hearing my parents talk when it's my mouth that's moving? Why is it that the looks on my kids faces seem to mirror the thoughts I had when my parents tried to impart their life knowledge by saying similar things?
Somehow I figure the young will grow up eventually and will be saying the same things to their kids, in about 20 years..
I tend to agree with your line of thinking but you have to admit that something really is different this time. Autism rates going through the roof, sperm counts are dropping, huge increases in the kids that can't figure out their gender, etc. These are things that were always there in the margins but have increased enough that something has clearly changed. It's a large enough change that it seems hard to explain away by "they were always there, they were just ignored". If the future is low sperm count autistic transgenders then humanity really has reached the end and the older generation is, for once, correct on it's assessment.
We need to raise people to overcome their disadvantages, not revel in them. We can be compassionate and help them do so, but they need this ability to be brave and we need them to have it.
I couldn't agree more. That's why I despise those who take the opposite tack and play up their disadvantages looking for extra rights and privileges.
Well, "Hungry" doesn't exist, Turkey has turned into a full-fledged dictatorship and is not a member of EU anyway, and the Poland government is a bunch of lunatics who have just dismantled their own Supreme Court and erroneously believe in the conspiracy that the Russians have killed their former president. That leaves us with the UK as the only halfway sane actor among the ones you mention, and the majority there already regrets the Brexit according to representative surveys.
No true Scotsman on all countries that don't see things your way huh. I wonder if posts that disagree with you will have more than 60 minutes to be shown.
Saying that you "innovated" by having a $1000+ iPhone* implement the same functionality as an old-style key fob that's less than 1/10th the price even with markup [[and doing it poorly as the article points out]] isn't exactly something that Musk should win a Nobel prize for.
* Before you say something: Think about the Tesla demographic for a bit. Yeah, it's a $1000+ iPhone.
If you think it's 1/10th the price you haven't seen dealer pricing on keys.
It's a free trade / taxes / mass immigration issue.
Actually, according to many economists, it is a technology issue.
These would be the same economists that push free trade, so they are as objective as CNN or Fox News. These would be the same economists that banished *generations* of middle class and said opps (citation below). The same economists who watched world economies crash then bailed out banks and nobody else? Oh yeah, forgive me for not considering them much. 2 points I'd make, one common sense and the other more math based. The common sense approach is that you can't have billions of dollars flow to China and have tens of thousands of factories in the US close and say that the US wasn't impacted. For free trade all benefits flow to those importing (hint Wall Street not Main Street). The math aspect is that when you look at papers that study both technology and trade impact both are factors *but* technology tends to be more piecemeal add ons while free trade is whole factories closing.
I don't know about the rest of/. but my wages have not kept pace with inflation.
This trend is very true, well documented, and has been happening since the early 70s when wages became decoupled from productivity. This has happened regardless of which party is in power so it's not a D or R issue. It's a free trade / taxes / mass immigration issue. Trump is a symptom of rage at the establishment, as is Bernie. He's actually pretty benign compared to how it will go if things don't improve. Just as people now think of Bush II more fondly based on Trump, Trump himself is likely going to be thought of more fondly than what's down the road. I expect in my lifetime to see someone make a political career out of the rage from not one banker in jail. Until the guillotines come out don't expect it to get better. The 1% have it too good and the expense of too many.
I'm still waiting for the left to figure out that you can have mass immigration or you can have nice things like universal health care but you certainly can't have both.
I'm not a leftist, but this is obviously wrong. Just provide the nice things only to citizens, while taxing immigrants and citizens alike. Then make the path to citizenship sufficiently difficult to keep the system in balance. There will be the small issue of the fact that children of immigrants are citizens, but history shows that the children of immigrants are more economically productive than the children of citizens so this is a non-problem; they'll pull their own weight.
This leaves open the question of whether you can afford the nice things even for all citizens, but it's trivial to separate that question from the question of immigration.
How am I obviously wrong? I don't think you grasp the magnitude of the number of anchor babies (ie children of illegals born here who thus become citizens). It's far more than a small issue, it numbers in the millions. History shows that *legal immigrants* are more productive, not illegal immigrants children. That's a distinction that seems lost on many, yourself included. Much like skilled legal immigrants are a net gain while unskilled immigrants, as illegals typically are, are a net loss. Trying to have other nice things like college fees reduced or actually funding the retirement systems is impossible with the anchors dragging you down.
You claim I'm wrong, prove it. Show me the math that magically allows mass immigration in addition to having a nice country with things like universal health care or fully funded retirements for more than just police.
The scam is the father being required to do nothing more for their children then sending a check every month. Put a rubber on it if you don't want them
The scam is the father not having equal time and just being expected to write checks and be blamed by people like yourself for not being involved. If you're not offered equal time it seems unfair to criticize fathers for not spending equal time. For many fathers it's not a question of not wanting them.
I think the danger here is this could be the "Don't hire poor people act". If they are punished for hiring people receiving government benefits, then they won't hire them. So this act might just wind up preventing people from being able to take jobs that allow them to get off government benefits.
So then we'll have new laws and quotas to force you to hire people who will cause extra taxes. At what point does this spaghetti code of laws end?
You're both retarded faggots, not only would that be hiring discrimination (black-letter law) but it would be OBVIOUS and lead to a class action. You're both fucking idiots defending laissez faire retardation you can't let go of.
It would lead to all of the above, so now we're down to additional problems plus the lawyers get a payday. That has to be the worst of all worlds.
The democrat party should lean in his direction, but letting the far left of the party drive the bus is a terrible idea.
Sanders is hardly "far left". Single-payer health care and higher tax rates on the upper class are mainstream left-wing ideas. "Far left" would be actual Communist ideas like the general population (as represented by the government) taking ownership of factories, research labs, etc. There are people in the US who support those ideas, but it's such a small minority that they are completely negligible when it comes to elections.
If you think that you're a moderate liberal and that Sanders is far left, then you're really a centrist.
I'm still waiting for the left to figure out that you can have mass immigration or you can have nice things like universal health care but you certainly can't have both.
And they are a scam in every case. Free money for the mom, children still often go without. Until this money has accountability don't expect good outcomes.
TV, the internet, people moving far away from parents and extended family. Even athiests can see the importance of religion as a social institution. One of my biggest complaints about the left is that they destroy, as they detest the existing and traditional, but never create when it comes to good things. And I don't mean technology and technology as that is more politically neutral. Take the boy scouts as an example. Great institution that was decimated due to being caught up in the culture wars and political correctness. Is there a comparable replacement? Of course not. Or holidays at school. There was a time kids could dress up and enjoy Halloween or have a Christmas program. Both gone and replaced by boys wearing dresses and school shootings. The past wasn't all good but the baby definitely got thrown out with the bath water.
It doesn't offend me personally, but do you really not see why people dressing up as an "Indian" would actually be offensive to many Native people? Because that's the issue here.
I can explain it if you're curious:
White people came over from Europe and committed atrocities against the native population of the Americas for hundreds of years, and now some of us think it would be fun to dress up as a member of that (still oppressed, discriminated against, and suffering lasting effects of the aforementioned genocide) culture.
I can see why someone from a Native American culture would be offended, so I don't dress up as an "Indian", and if you choose to anyway, I'll probably think you're an asshole.
It clearly offends you personally. The people who committed the atrocities are all dead. Note that atrocities were committed by both sides, but all the same they are all long dead. And have been for generations. The native ancestors have the option of living on a reservation or not. In California it's a big boon for them due to casino money. They are very privileged beneficiaries and if somehow the clock was turned back and they were given the option of living in the stone age, as California Indians were, or with their easy casino money there would be few if any that would choose the stone age. They are hardly oppressed, the "discrimination" they face is the perks and benefits that they get over other Americans, and they most definitely aren't suffering. If the tables were turned and the indians wanted to dress up in traditional Oktoberfest outfits should they be allowed or banned for cultural appropriation? I suspect strongly that you are part of the double standard crowd that gives them a pass but wouldn't allow me to do the same.
People change definitions all the time. For example whole communities have exempted themselves from being racist as described below. This is an obvious double standard but my real question is what if one protected class which allegedly can't be racist says something racist to another protected class? For example if Mexicans complain about blacks is that racist? This is the problem with double standards, they are illogical to begin with so they can't stand up to scrutiny.
Citations of rationalizing double standards:
https://www.elitedaily.com/lif...https://www.quora.com/Why-do-s...
but universities are bastions of intolerance and group think so there is in fact a negative correlation between universities and ability to think critically.
My guess is that you're get your notion of what's happening on college campuses from critical thinkers like Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity. What was the last time you've been on a college campus or spoken to any university professor?
They are not heirs to such lofty ideals as "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" or "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
I bet you have no problem with lofty ideals such as telling people not to "monkey things up" by electing a black candidate.
I don't listen to talk radio of any sort, I prefer to read my news. That said I pick from a variety of outlets including liberal ones like Yahoo news and international ones like BBC. I was on a college campus last week as my GF works on one. In fact she was considering what her shift should dress up as for Halloween this year (last year was all pirates) and one possibility was cowboys & indians. I discouraged her from it as someone, like yourself, would pitch a fit.
I could care less if someone says Monkey as part of a phrase. I recall a friend of mine using the phrase "cheeky money" and getting in trouble for it once by a chip on her shoulder politically correct type because he once said it to a black girl. I think it was over reacting then and I still consider it over reacting now as he used the phrase for everyone not just her. When one can be as overt as saying cancel all white people and get a pass why would I care about a common phrase like monkey it up. What's good for the goose is good for the gander - or does that phrase offend someone too?
You kidding? Companies love hiring english majors. They can actually write and have people understand them. As for the minor in queer studies, queer employees probably appreciate having people around who know something about them. Given how much 'cultural fit' seems to favor young white men, having some other cultural knowledge in your department might 'fit' some talented people.
Nice post. You have the mandatory white male put down and promote the over representation of queers. Just add in something about minorities or a Trump put down and you should be the perfect liberal. Should you ever decide to look into statistics you will find that you're advocating prioritizing ~5% (queer et al) of the population over ~30% (white males) or 95% (straight people ie normal). Probably not the best idea in general though perhaps you're part of the 5% and favor self serving special treatment.
Maybe the fact that people have seemed to have forgotten what happened the last time nationalism, populism, and authoritarianism surged in popularity about 80 years ago....
No more so then they forgot what happened when leftism went amuck around the same time. As it stands the left seems far more impact, in a negative way, on a day to day basis. After all they are the ones pushing censorship harder, force conformity at pain of being ostracized or worse, and completely own Universities by their own admission. Yet some defy reason and continue to fear the right. Very odd.
As for why you want people to learn critical thinking, well, what's one of the first things a fascist does when he seizes power? Even before he goes after guns? That's right, they crack down on the intelligentsia. Fascism can't exist in a country of critical thinkers. People see past the bullshit.
The self proclaimed intelligentsia look pretty dumb in light of safe spaces, shouting down others as a primary form of debate, and their love of double standards. They are pretty proud of themselves but the rest of the world holds them in contempt. They are not heirs to such lofty ideals as "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" or "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
As far as facism not existing among critical thinkers, you may have a point but universities are bastions of intolerance and group think so there is in fact a negative correlation between universities and ability to think critically.
Where are all the Trump/Pai supporters to tell us how this is really a good thing and the invisible hand of the market will make everything all right? Is it possible there is some level of corporate cronyism that even they can't justify?
As much as this may surprise you one can vote for Trump while hating corruption and cronyism. I say this because the alternative was Hillary, who is known for corruption and cronyism. Really the 2016 election was the best evidence that a "none of the above" option should always be available.
This is why we should be investing more in modernizing flu vaccine manufacturing. If the next super flu is also highly infectious to chickens, they will be culled and burned.
It's also a very slow process, and each egg produces at most 3 doses. I was appalled with 2 'p's when the FDA tried to deny Protein Sciences a licence with the excuse the old methods were good enough. They use modern biotech, splicing the relevant antigen coding DNA into... whatever, insect? cells that grow well in bioreactors to quickly mass produce the antigens, as I recall something like 100,000 doses in each run. Something like what they're doing would be the only real hope if we were facing a true death plague.
The FDA is a scam and everyone knows it. It's job is to protect their own jobs first, big pharmas profits second, and Americans a distant third. If they cared about helping Americans we would be able to buy drugs from Canada still.
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time to go binary...
Unfortunately many identify as non-binary. We'll have to keep looking for new metaphors
Just when you thought the snowflake generation couldn't possibly get any softer... they pull some shit like this.
Says every generation as they get older and wiser, looking at their offspring wondering "Why won't they listen?"
Why is it that I keep hearing my parents talk when it's my mouth that's moving? Why is it that the looks on my kids faces seem to mirror the thoughts I had when my parents tried to impart their life knowledge by saying similar things?
Somehow I figure the young will grow up eventually and will be saying the same things to their kids, in about 20 years..
I tend to agree with your line of thinking but you have to admit that something really is different this time. Autism rates going through the roof, sperm counts are dropping, huge increases in the kids that can't figure out their gender, etc. These are things that were always there in the margins but have increased enough that something has clearly changed. It's a large enough change that it seems hard to explain away by "they were always there, they were just ignored". If the future is low sperm count autistic transgenders then humanity really has reached the end and the older generation is, for once, correct on it's assessment.
We need to raise people to overcome their disadvantages, not revel in them. We can be compassionate and help them do so, but they need this ability to be brave and we need them to have it.
I couldn't agree more. That's why I despise those who take the opposite tack and play up their disadvantages looking for extra rights and privileges.
Well, "Hungry" doesn't exist, Turkey has turned into a full-fledged dictatorship and is not a member of EU anyway, and the Poland government is a bunch of lunatics who have just dismantled their own Supreme Court and erroneously believe in the conspiracy that the Russians have killed their former president. That leaves us with the UK as the only halfway sane actor among the ones you mention, and the majority there already regrets the Brexit according to representative surveys.
No true Scotsman on all countries that don't see things your way huh. I wonder if posts that disagree with you will have more than 60 minutes to be shown.
Saying that you "innovated" by having a $1000+ iPhone* implement the same functionality as an old-style key fob that's less than 1/10th the price even with markup [[and doing it poorly as the article points out]] isn't exactly something that Musk should win a Nobel prize for.
* Before you say something: Think about the Tesla demographic for a bit. Yeah, it's a $1000+ iPhone.
If you think it's 1/10th the price you haven't seen dealer pricing on keys.
Wow! Someone on Slashdot aware that their wants/needs aren't those of everyone, and may in fact be the minority?!
That is indeed rare. Most of the minorities these days seem to think that everything needs to be revised for their convenience and benefit.
It's a free trade / taxes / mass immigration issue.
Actually, according to many economists, it is a technology issue.
These would be the same economists that push free trade, so they are as objective as CNN or Fox News. These would be the same economists that banished *generations* of middle class and said opps (citation below). The same economists who watched world economies crash then bailed out banks and nobody else? Oh yeah, forgive me for not considering them much. 2 points I'd make, one common sense and the other more math based. The common sense approach is that you can't have billions of dollars flow to China and have tens of thousands of factories in the US close and say that the US wasn't impacted. For free trade all benefits flow to those importing (hint Wall Street not Main Street). The math aspect is that when you look at papers that study both technology and trade impact both are factors *but* technology tends to be more piecemeal add ons while free trade is whole factories closing.
Citation:
https://www.bloomberg.com/view...
I don't know about the rest of /. but my wages have not kept pace with inflation.
This trend is very true, well documented, and has been happening since the early 70s when wages became decoupled from productivity. This has happened regardless of which party is in power so it's not a D or R issue. It's a free trade / taxes / mass immigration issue. Trump is a symptom of rage at the establishment, as is Bernie. He's actually pretty benign compared to how it will go if things don't improve. Just as people now think of Bush II more fondly based on Trump, Trump himself is likely going to be thought of more fondly than what's down the road. I expect in my lifetime to see someone make a political career out of the rage from not one banker in jail. Until the guillotines come out don't expect it to get better. The 1% have it too good and the expense of too many.
Because voters don't vote with their brains but with their emotions.
That would explain the whole "abolish ICE" bit.
I'm still waiting for the left to figure out that you can have mass immigration or you can have nice things like universal health care but you certainly can't have both.
I'm not a leftist, but this is obviously wrong. Just provide the nice things only to citizens, while taxing immigrants and citizens alike. Then make the path to citizenship sufficiently difficult to keep the system in balance. There will be the small issue of the fact that children of immigrants are citizens, but history shows that the children of immigrants are more economically productive than the children of citizens so this is a non-problem; they'll pull their own weight.
This leaves open the question of whether you can afford the nice things even for all citizens, but it's trivial to separate that question from the question of immigration.
How am I obviously wrong? I don't think you grasp the magnitude of the number of anchor babies (ie children of illegals born here who thus become citizens). It's far more than a small issue, it numbers in the millions. History shows that *legal immigrants* are more productive, not illegal immigrants children. That's a distinction that seems lost on many, yourself included. Much like skilled legal immigrants are a net gain while unskilled immigrants, as illegals typically are, are a net loss. Trying to have other nice things like college fees reduced or actually funding the retirement systems is impossible with the anchors dragging you down.
You claim I'm wrong, prove it. Show me the math that magically allows mass immigration in addition to having a nice country with things like universal health care or fully funded retirements for more than just police.
The scam is the father being required to do nothing more for their children then sending a check every month. Put a rubber on it if you don't want them
The scam is the father not having equal time and just being expected to write checks and be blamed by people like yourself for not being involved. If you're not offered equal time it seems unfair to criticize fathers for not spending equal time. For many fathers it's not a question of not wanting them.
I think the danger here is this could be the "Don't hire poor people act". If they are punished for hiring people receiving government benefits, then they won't hire them. So this act might just wind up preventing people from being able to take jobs that allow them to get off government benefits.
So then we'll have new laws and quotas to force you to hire people who will cause extra taxes. At what point does this spaghetti code of laws end?
You're both retarded faggots, not only would that be hiring discrimination (black-letter law) but it would be OBVIOUS and lead to a class action. You're both fucking idiots defending laissez faire retardation you can't let go of.
It would lead to all of the above, so now we're down to additional problems plus the lawyers get a payday. That has to be the worst of all worlds.
The democrat party should lean in his direction, but letting the far left of the party drive the bus is a terrible idea.
Sanders is hardly "far left". Single-payer health care and higher tax rates on the upper class are mainstream left-wing ideas. "Far left" would be actual Communist ideas like the general population (as represented by the government) taking ownership of factories, research labs, etc. There are people in the US who support those ideas, but it's such a small minority that they are completely negligible when it comes to elections. If you think that you're a moderate liberal and that Sanders is far left, then you're really a centrist.
I'm still waiting for the left to figure out that you can have mass immigration or you can have nice things like universal health care but you certainly can't have both.
And they are a scam in every case. Free money for the mom, children still often go without. Until this money has accountability don't expect good outcomes.
Where did we go wrong?
TV, the internet, people moving far away from parents and extended family. Even athiests can see the importance of religion as a social institution. One of my biggest complaints about the left is that they destroy, as they detest the existing and traditional, but never create when it comes to good things. And I don't mean technology and technology as that is more politically neutral. Take the boy scouts as an example. Great institution that was decimated due to being caught up in the culture wars and political correctness. Is there a comparable replacement? Of course not. Or holidays at school. There was a time kids could dress up and enjoy Halloween or have a Christmas program. Both gone and replaced by boys wearing dresses and school shootings. The past wasn't all good but the baby definitely got thrown out with the bath water.
It doesn't offend me personally, but do you really not see why people dressing up as an "Indian" would actually be offensive to many Native people? Because that's the issue here.
I can explain it if you're curious:
White people came over from Europe and committed atrocities against the native population of the Americas for hundreds of years, and now some of us think it would be fun to dress up as a member of that (still oppressed, discriminated against, and suffering lasting effects of the aforementioned genocide) culture.
I can see why someone from a Native American culture would be offended, so I don't dress up as an "Indian", and if you choose to anyway, I'll probably think you're an asshole.
It clearly offends you personally. The people who committed the atrocities are all dead. Note that atrocities were committed by both sides, but all the same they are all long dead. And have been for generations. The native ancestors have the option of living on a reservation or not. In California it's a big boon for them due to casino money. They are very privileged beneficiaries and if somehow the clock was turned back and they were given the option of living in the stone age, as California Indians were, or with their easy casino money there would be few if any that would choose the stone age. They are hardly oppressed, the "discrimination" they face is the perks and benefits that they get over other Americans, and they most definitely aren't suffering. If the tables were turned and the indians wanted to dress up in traditional Oktoberfest outfits should they be allowed or banned for cultural appropriation? I suspect strongly that you are part of the double standard crowd that gives them a pass but wouldn't allow me to do the same.
You may believe hate speech is an acceptable form of expression, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. It's literally defined in the dictionary now
https://www.merriam-webster.co...
People change definitions all the time. For example whole communities have exempted themselves from being racist as described below. This is an obvious double standard but my real question is what if one protected class which allegedly can't be racist says something racist to another protected class? For example if Mexicans complain about blacks is that racist? This is the problem with double standards, they are illogical to begin with so they can't stand up to scrutiny. Citations of rationalizing double standards: https://www.elitedaily.com/lif... https://www.quora.com/Why-do-s...
My guess is that you're get your notion of what's happening on college campuses from critical thinkers like Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity. What was the last time you've been on a college campus or spoken to any university professor?
I bet you have no problem with lofty ideals such as telling people not to "monkey things up" by electing a black candidate.
I don't listen to talk radio of any sort, I prefer to read my news. That said I pick from a variety of outlets including liberal ones like Yahoo news and international ones like BBC. I was on a college campus last week as my GF works on one. In fact she was considering what her shift should dress up as for Halloween this year (last year was all pirates) and one possibility was cowboys & indians. I discouraged her from it as someone, like yourself, would pitch a fit.
I could care less if someone says Monkey as part of a phrase. I recall a friend of mine using the phrase "cheeky money" and getting in trouble for it once by a chip on her shoulder politically correct type because he once said it to a black girl. I think it was over reacting then and I still consider it over reacting now as he used the phrase for everyone not just her. When one can be as overt as saying cancel all white people and get a pass why would I care about a common phrase like monkey it up. What's good for the goose is good for the gander - or does that phrase offend someone too?
You kidding? Companies love hiring english majors. They can actually write and have people understand them. As for the minor in queer studies, queer employees probably appreciate having people around who know something about them. Given how much 'cultural fit' seems to favor young white men, having some other cultural knowledge in your department might 'fit' some talented people.
Nice post. You have the mandatory white male put down and promote the over representation of queers. Just add in something about minorities or a Trump put down and you should be the perfect liberal. Should you ever decide to look into statistics you will find that you're advocating prioritizing ~5% (queer et al) of the population over ~30% (white males) or 95% (straight people ie normal). Probably not the best idea in general though perhaps you're part of the 5% and favor self serving special treatment.
Maybe the fact that people have seemed to have forgotten what happened the last time nationalism, populism, and authoritarianism surged in popularity about 80 years ago....
No more so then they forgot what happened when leftism went amuck around the same time. As it stands the left seems far more impact, in a negative way, on a day to day basis. After all they are the ones pushing censorship harder, force conformity at pain of being ostracized or worse, and completely own Universities by their own admission. Yet some defy reason and continue to fear the right. Very odd.
As for why you want people to learn critical thinking, well, what's one of the first things a fascist does when he seizes power? Even before he goes after guns? That's right, they crack down on the intelligentsia. Fascism can't exist in a country of critical thinkers. People see past the bullshit.
The self proclaimed intelligentsia look pretty dumb in light of safe spaces, shouting down others as a primary form of debate, and their love of double standards. They are pretty proud of themselves but the rest of the world holds them in contempt. They are not heirs to such lofty ideals as "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" or "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." As far as facism not existing among critical thinkers, you may have a point but universities are bastions of intolerance and group think so there is in fact a negative correlation between universities and ability to think critically.
Where are all the Trump/Pai supporters to tell us how this is really a good thing and the invisible hand of the market will make everything all right? Is it possible there is some level of corporate cronyism that even they can't justify?
As much as this may surprise you one can vote for Trump while hating corruption and cronyism. I say this because the alternative was Hillary, who is known for corruption and cronyism. Really the 2016 election was the best evidence that a "none of the above" option should always be available.
It's also a very slow process, and each egg produces at most 3 doses. I was appalled with 2 'p's when the FDA tried to deny Protein Sciences a licence with the excuse the old methods were good enough. They use modern biotech, splicing the relevant antigen coding DNA into ... whatever, insect? cells that grow well in bioreactors to quickly mass produce the antigens, as I recall something like 100,000 doses in each run. Something like what they're doing would be the only real hope if we were facing a true death plague.
The FDA is a scam and everyone knows it. It's job is to protect their own jobs first, big pharmas profits second, and Americans a distant third. If they cared about helping Americans we would be able to buy drugs from Canada still.
hahaha, except you could well have a nuke plant near a coal plant... or other fossil fuel powered thing... around Chicago we do
And look what happened to Chicago, definitely the worst of all worlds.