JodaUSA
JodaUSA t1_j9uivvp wrote
Reply to Landlords and political signs? by [deleted]
Remove the sign. It’s not legal but fuck landlords. They are leaches and nothing more.
This is no different than a plantation owner putting up an anti-abolition sign as far as I’m concerned. Do not respect landlords.
JodaUSA t1_j9g23yi wrote
Reply to comment by Corey307 in What are some legislative and day-to-day differences between VT, and MA? by spitsparadise
Commit that felony.
JodaUSA t1_j8xeujd wrote
Reply to The politics of our world and nation have a direct and immediate impact on Vermont. Stay alert folks, because what's out there is what's coming here. by RamaSchneider
It’s disappointing to see people responding to this with so much apathy and hatred…
We get it, vermont seems safe, but the democrats are maliciously incompetent across the union, not just the south and Midwest.
If you want to consider yourself a decent don’t get to choose to care about politics or not; if you want to be a good person you need to want the world to be better, and this apathy only benefits those who want the world to be worse.
Republicans aren’t going to stop radicalizing, they will only get more overtly fascistic.
This does affect vermont. Directly.
JodaUSA t1_j8sh1qc wrote
I still need evidence that this isn’t every police chief. Comes with the job.
JodaUSA t1_j6n4rvk wrote
My only concerned in sharing stories like this is that it really feeds into the Police’s propaganda that they are the “Thin Blue Line” and all the shit.
So just so someone is saying it, the increase in violent crime is 100% about growing economic hardships. That’s the reason this is happening. When people are desperate they are obviously going to turn to crime.
JodaUSA t1_j6n45q2 wrote
Reply to comment by Kurigana in Someone shot a bald eagle on Lake Rescue in Ludlow. by cookmybook
You are literally arguing from nationalism and your inability to see that is distressing. Nobody should value the President over any other individual, they are literally of equal importance.
You’re beliefs are archaic.
JodaUSA t1_j6l1gdb wrote
Reply to comment by DrToadley in My proposal for near-future inter-town/city passenger rail expansions in Vermont! (MAP) by DrToadley
Ideally train lines would be replacing highways. Highways are terrible investments. Economically entirely unfeasible.
JodaUSA t1_j6l0og8 wrote
Reply to My proposal for near-future inter-town/city passenger rail expansions in Vermont! (MAP) by DrToadley
Ok think the main thing to overcome here in terms of making such a plan viable is the private nature of most of Americas train lines. Private train lanes are never going to expand into rural vermont on their own, and the government giving them money to do it is a sure fire way to waste millions.
I could see this being viable through the public sector though. I have daydreamed about similar ideas for years; vermont is honestly just begging to have some good train lines to turn the state into a economic power punching far beyond its weight!
love from rail city Lmao ❤️
JodaUSA t1_j6l0768 wrote
Reply to comment by StudlyMcStudderson in My proposal for near-future inter-town/city passenger rail expansions in Vermont! (MAP) by DrToadley
Oh Heaven forbid the train noise… I think any reasonable person would realize it’s worth it for the extreme economic gain of easy transport.
JodaUSA t1_j6jrhl5 wrote
Reply to comment by Kurigana in Someone shot a bald eagle on Lake Rescue in Ludlow. by cookmybook
The social contract is bullshit because society is forced on you. You don’t agree to participate, you don’t get a choice. It’s not some consensual arrangement between you and the rest of society. You don’t get a choice in whether you participate or not, and so the notion of a social contract is just propaganda to make people think that they agreed to whatever societal woes they face. The theory was literally invented in the age of colonialism, its not exactly a theory to champion.
And the deer is only less important if you think American social values are inherently worthwhile, and to assume American social values are inherently valuable I’d by definition nationalism. To think you should go to prison because of the symbolic value of killing a particular bird is obviously nationalist bullshit.
The only actual reason that that poaching is bad is because it makes the ecosystem unstable. Killing a bird is equally impactful as killing a deer in that sense.
If both of these acts are materially the same, then any rational government would implement that same punishment, and I don’t think prison is really suitable.
Prison entirely ruins your life. It’s far too serious a punishment for this crime. Getting your life ruined cause you shit a bird? I think yanking away their right to own guns, so that they cannot repeat this act, and a fine to help pay for conservation efforts, would be an actually suitable punishment.
The social relevance of the bird should be entirely irrelevant to our justice system. But that metric killing a celebrity would be worse than killing a normal civilian.
JodaUSA t1_j6jdsnz wrote
Reply to comment by Kurigana in Someone shot a bald eagle on Lake Rescue in Ludlow. by cookmybook
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The social contract is bullshit and an outdated theory of social cohesion.
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The reason we value the bald eagle above deer is quite literally just nationalism. That social relevance is just nationalism. The deer is literally no less important as the eagle.
JodaUSA t1_j6irwy4 wrote
Reply to comment by Kurigana in Someone shot a bald eagle on Lake Rescue in Ludlow. by cookmybook
Ok so send him to jail because nationalism? Jfc that’s even worse…
JodaUSA t1_j6fphet wrote
Reply to comment by random_vermonter in Someone shot a bald eagle on Lake Rescue in Ludlow. by cookmybook
Shouldn’t criminal punishment be based on reason and not “I think the bird is cool”? Like it’s a mockery of our justice system if people go to jail for killing this bird, but if you kill an extra deer is just a fine?
JodaUSA t1_j6fc8za wrote
Reply to comment by Twombls in Someone shot a bald eagle on Lake Rescue in Ludlow. by cookmybook
I think fines and taking away their right to own a weapon would prevent any further poaching on their part…
JodaUSA t1_j6fblon wrote
Reply to comment by brothermuffin in Debating ranked-choice voting in Vermont by orange_wires
Well technically there’s other options for voting systems but like, ranked choice is the easiest to implement and most effective, so
JodaUSA t1_j6euyzc wrote
Reply to comment by Twombls in Someone shot a bald eagle on Lake Rescue in Ludlow. by cookmybook
Ok but how does that justify jail time for it? I’m not asking what the law says, I’m asking how you yourself justify thinking that jail is an appropriate punishment.
JodaUSA t1_j6efar5 wrote
Reply to comment by Twombls in Someone shot a bald eagle on Lake Rescue in Ludlow. by cookmybook
What reason do you think that for?
JodaUSA t1_j6edhiu wrote
Reply to comment by random_vermonter in Someone shot a bald eagle on Lake Rescue in Ludlow. by cookmybook
I think someone who’s hyper patriotic would do this tbh. They see it, think man I’d be so patriotic if I had a bald eagle in my room. Clear (ly stupid) line of thought
JodaUSA t1_j6edadf wrote
Reply to comment by RandolphCarter15 in Someone shot a bald eagle on Lake Rescue in Ludlow. by cookmybook
I think shooting a bird isn’t enough to warrant jail time but like, a hefty fine yea.
JodaUSA t1_j5bzccz wrote
Reply to comment by CowHuman7223 in Highgate town council rescinds inclusion and diversity statement by amoebashephard
I’m a country as deeply racist as the US, you do in fact need to declare that you aren’t racist. The people who don’t declare it are probably racist.
JodaUSA t1_j5bz2tl wrote
Reply to comment by Shojomango in Highgate town council rescinds inclusion and diversity statement by amoebashephard
Vermont has a lot of good people but sadly our bad people are barely human…
JodaUSA t1_j4bo5ct wrote
Reply to Darn icy roads by Fun-Midnight1010
And people wonder why I don’t want to drive in the winter
JodaUSA t1_j4bo29l wrote
Reply to comment by MultiGeometry in Darn icy roads by Fun-Midnight1010
You are looking at a post containing the property so as far as I care yes
JodaUSA t1_j9uj4hv wrote
Reply to comment by huskers2468 in Landlords and political signs? by [deleted]
Tenant-landlord relations will always have opposing views? Yeah. Marx wrote about class conflict. Now which side is the majority, their will matters more