I like that interpretation. It is much more hopeful.
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Donât get me wrong⌠I do think that people have always been and can be assholes⌠I just think that our modern economic system is designed to more fully bring out our inner assholes, and to reward that. Just look at our lame duck president⌠do you think he would have been a productive member of the community or would he have been left out for the lions or whoever.
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Someone would have bashed his skull in while he was still young, had 45 been born into a Hunter/Gatherer society.
The infamous rock throwing incident alone would have guaranteed that the tribe would not abide him.
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Beau would agree, as he channels John LennonâŚ
âImagine thereâs no hungerâŚâ
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I remember a study of (I think primates) a few years back where asshole outsiders introduced to a cooperative society had to - and did - adapt their behavior to fit the community, because otherwise they would have not survived.
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Sounds great, letâs try it!
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This one?
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Possibly? 
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⌠make antisocial humans live with baboons?
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Thatâs cruelty to the baboons.
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Considering they could probably rip the humans apart when they get annoyed with them itâs worth a try.
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Valid questions given some of these people question why a person should get a small emergency check. If youâre wort as much as some of them - why shouldnât your pension be means tested?
Senate Leader Mitch McConnell (net worth est. $22 million): During his 36 years of public service in Congress, our auditors calculated that McConnell earned $5.5 million in salary. McConnellâs salary ranged from $75,100 (1985) to todayâs $193,400 â as the second highest paid member of Congress.
Taxpayers also invested $273,700 into Mitch McConnellâs federal Thrift Savings Plans. We estimate that the taxpayer dollars alone grew to $1.1 million if invested in an S&P 500 index fund (as of 12/31/19).
In retirement, McConnell can cash out the estimated $1.1 million â as a one-time lump sum or as he wishes.
Former speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) was eligibleto draw a $84,930 pension when he turned 50 in January after serving for twenty years and retiring at age 48.
(Open Secrets lists his net worth at about $8million in 2017).
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Sharing my morning helping of wtfâŚ
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Wtf?
I just. I canât evenâŚ
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Right?
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And apparently as easy to rub off as a cheap layer of paintâŚ
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So wait, the Grand Ouroboros Party thread isnât about the Democratic Party?
/s
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That would be the Demonstratably Enthusiastic Masochists thread.
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