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Philosophical Dave

@philosophicaldave.bsky.social
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Professional Storyteller. Amateur Philosopher. Volunteer big brother, loaner dad, and/or good-crazy uncle. Cryptocurrency is a scam. I'm not on social media looking to get laid. No one I just met on the internet is getting access to my money.

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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dogma like "God acts in mysterious ways" and "we cannot presume to understand the will of God" sets people up to accept "trust me bro" leaders when they claim to have a plan.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
*hugs*
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Men need to go back to wandering off for a few hours and coming back with something useful. They are not cut out for leadership. (Not all men, not all women, etc, but it sure is easier to do matrilineal descent compared to this women as wombs only BS.)
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If the fine is less than the profit, then crime is just another business model.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Damn, the stupid burns with the heat of a thousand suns.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It is always the white folks who can't build a bridge and get over it.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I am very strange and only seldom cruel.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We have a medical industry, not healthcare.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Well damn, don't threaten me with a good time.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The only deal-making he has ever done revolved around making his sub-contractors sue him to get paid.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
No one deserves poverty.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I am too old to let people who are awesome go without being acknowledged for their greatness.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
That last part is really important.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Overstaying your visa isn't even a misdemeanor level offence. Working when you aren't eligible to do so is a misdemeanor. Hiring people to work who can't legally do so is a felony. We have turned the crime pyramid on its head.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The cruelty has always been the point.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
If the data centers don't even pay the going rate for power and water, let alone taxation, how are they generating revenue for the communities they drain from?
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
If we can't get term limits, I'd settle for a retirement age for elected officials.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
If AI is inevitable, than it's proponents should be more than willing to pay the going rate for electricity and water as well as support the expansion of infrastructure required to supply those things.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
We really need to stop treating "manliness" as something that needs to be protected, like some ephemeral mystical property that evaporates in the face of being asked to behave like a decent human being.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Deductibles have always been in place to dissuade you from actually using your coverage.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
People in America have been so propagandized against taxes that they will pay 4-5 times what socialized medicine would cost to the Investor Class, who are actively killing people by denying them coverage. And the answer to "who deserves medical treatment" is EVERYONE. Not "who paid in".
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Measures of IQ are culturally biased testing methods. Scientific or academic claims of differences in intelligence in different ethnic groups - always with non-Whites the victims / losers - amount to racism in a lab coat.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Austerity in government has always been cruelty to appease the rich.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
No one in the Investor Class will admit that the only real solution to declining birth rates (if that is even a real problem) is making children affordable. We need higher wages, universal healthcare, and free higher education, not "fetal personhood" BS and endless culture wars.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Maybe, just maybe, science and health legislation should be composed and vetted by actual scientists.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Radical Christianity is far more of a threat than anything Islam brings to America.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Big mood. Totally agree.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I really hope an NDA does not prevent you from seeking redress for crimes against you. The duration and conditions of the most recent deployment of the Lincoln was clearly criminal.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
If you are still making excuses for what the people who looked like you did, you are the problem. "Race" is a social construct made to excuse colonialism. If you believe in the supremacy of one ethnicity over all others, you are the race traitor.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Fighting back against your oppressors is the moral thing to do.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
If AI is the future, then the data centers do not need sweetheart deals on water and power.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
It's almost as if turning non-profit institutions into money printers for the Investor Class was a bad idea or something....
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This prevarication is the least of their lies. How many would actually oppose lower prices and better living conditions if they weren't hooked up to an intravenous drip of racist BS sponsored by billionaires?
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Big mood.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
America has been toys over soldiers for quite a while now. Enlisted personnel on food assistance was only the tip of the iceberg.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
My favorite bible verse is Genesis 2:7 It taught me just what kind of mental gymnastics a "pro-life" person will go through to punish women, in defiance of their own holy book.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The problem with Social Security's solvency has always been our failure to collect for it from everyone. Who collects is not an issue if everyone contributes based on their real income.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
"Redundancy Consultation" Lovely corporate jargon for the act of bringing in an outside company to carve up your workforce so you can avoid accountability and look good on your next quarterly report.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Guaranteed healthcare is cheaper than private insurance. In what magical reality can shareholders make billions while CEOs write algorithms and create policies to deny you coverage be less expensive for you? Everyone deserves healthcare. The only "freeloaders" are investors.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
You might discover something that you love in their words. I don't drink, but I love to hear people talk about "notes" and "hoppiness" and the influence of the wood in the barrels on the taste.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The more people that are being governed, the higher the percentage of them that will be a part of the government. The Investor Class hates government jobs because they are (generally) stable, pay well, and have good benefits. These careers make it harder to force people into economic slavery.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
If a billionaire stays home from "work", things might get better that day. If workers stay home, nothing gets done. If we stop paying workers, the economy collapses. If we stop bribing billionaires, the economy improves. The Investor Class is worse than replaceable; it's a cancer.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We can do both. We should do both.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
In a sane world, governed by less corrupt people, maybe he would be in jail. But getting away with child abuse seems to be part of the core platform of Republicans right now.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Trump's only accomplishment has been to show the lies. Racism is not in the past. The age of American Robber Barons never ended.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I'll never be the actor Robin Williams was, but I am the same kind of thespian, pretending to be okay.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
We attack their water infrastructure, so they do the same. America has been so distant from its wars for so long that we've forgotten that people fight back.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The things in local advertisements absolutely curl what's left of my hair. "Vote for me because I'm not 'them'" is the BEST of it, and most of it is between baseless and racist.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Opposition to socialized medicine is sometimes based on the idea of not treating those who haven't earned it. No one needs to "earn" health care. If another country left an American to die in a waiting room due to lack of funds, we would lose our shit.
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Philosophical Dave @philosophicaldave.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Someone who has let their visa expire has not committed a crime at the level of a misdemeanor. It's around the legal equivalent of a speeding ticket. Someone who knowingly hires a person who is not eligible to work in this country is guilty of a felony. But who are we prosecuting....
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