I can tell none of this matters to you and it's entirely theoretical. Try coming back to the issue when an issue like this actually matters in reality. — BitconnectCarlos

ok lemme know when that happens!

Do you have a child? Would you like them getting pregnant at 17? Clearly since this is a non-issue you should be fine with it. — BitconnectCarlos

This is where the shit and brain emojis would have come in handy

Are you saying teenage pregnancy is not a problem? The overarching idea here - and this really shouldn't be particularly contentious - is that people should wait until they're older and more financially secure (and ideally married as well) - before they commit to having children. Even 21 seems very young to me. — BitconnectCarlos

Teenage pregnancy is at record lows so not, it's not really relevant vis-à-vis poverty

Even if tonight is a trainwreck for Bernie there's no sense dropping out because 1) the majority of primaries have yet to take place and 2) Biden can royally fuck up the upcoming debate on Sunday

It should be clear that having children - especially many of them - before one is financially stable should be avoided if your priority is to avoid poverty. I don't know how you can argue against that. Same thing with high school education. — BitconnectCarlos

If you bothered to read the article I shared you'd see that having a full-time job does most of the work here. Unfortunately, even a full-time job doesn't guarantee anything. Despite record employment rate, 44% of full-time workers are in low-wage jobs, with a median annual earning of slightly lower than $18K. Here's a Brookings Institute report on that. Graduating High School is largely irrelevant since the High School dropout rates are extremely low. Waiting until you are over 21 to get married and have children is also superfluous.

It's really quite a good article — BitconnectCarlos

The "Success Sequence" is a bunch of nonsense actually.

I don't know if it is 25% to 75% ratio, but something along the lines it has to be. Hell, even Maw is personally OK how things are in his life when it comes to health care! — ssu

I explicitly said I was in a privileged position in regards to healthcare that most Americans aren't in, and even then I'm certainly not happy with what I pay out of pocket. What part of that do you have trouble understanding?

Warren. — 180 Proof

Pretty curious on your thoughts now

Capital and Ideology, Thomas Piketty — 180 Proof

Let me know your thoughts as well, I enjoyed Capital, but have been hearing mostly negative reviews for this.

I take that as a Yes. After all you'd pay way more than $3k if you had to pay for health insurance for all the third world peasants who desired to come here, as all Democratic candidates pledged to do at the first debate — fishfry

You asked me for an honest answer and you give a knowingly dishonest interpretation. Fuck off with this dumb shit and stick to spending your days watching the XFL.

Are you happy with your health insurance? Yes or no, be honest. — fishfry

Hard question to answer because I've only ever had top tier providers through employment because I'm fortunate to have a good job. Obviously most Americans don't have a similar experience. I also live in NYC so finding and getting to doctors, therapists, dentists, etc. that take my insurance is relatively easy, and I can't complain about the quality. That said, between various doctor/dentist/optometrist/psychologist/psychiatrist visits and medication in the last year I've probably paid over $3,000 out of pocket.

They get medical plus dental and optometry services. They're happy as clams and never think twice about their health care costs because it's all free to them. — fishfry

Are you not an American? I have health insurance through the company I work for and I still pay medical, dental and optometry through co-pays, deductibles, and whatever is deducted from my bi-monthly salary.

So let's figure out how to fix the problems with the system. Don't blow up a system that's already working for most Americans. — fishfry

"Medicaid/Medicare Recipients Rate Coverage, Quality Most Positively"

How ironic

Here's another Gallup poll to the contrary. You got a poll, I got a poll. — fishfry

Yeah per the article those positive ratings are primarily driven by age and income, surprise surprise. Not sure where "perfectly happy" is tho.

The articles can barely even be called opinions. It's just speculation based on comments made by a long-term Clinton adviser (who obviously benefits from having his boss be talked about in the news) written-up and published as click-bait so that these publications can sell advertising space at a competitive rate, and Fishfry actually believes it.

If you want to know why Trump is so popular, note how out of touch most leftists are about what's going on in this country. And so utterly dismissive of the possibility of ever finding out. — fishfry

I guess you missed the Gallup Poll link I included showing that Americans are not in fact "perfectly happy with their healthcare"

The notion that Hillary will be selected by a brokered convention is OPINION. — fishfry

You also said that was your "prediction" and shared op-eds from random if not outright shoddy political commentators, mostly I should add, from October 2019, but you haven't provided any substance behind this prediction of yours.

Most Americans are perfectly happy with their health care. — fishfry

*Long fart noise*

I love how he included an article from Chris Cillizza, who is easily one of the dumbest political commentators around.

You can enter "Hillary presidential speculation" into Google and get dozens more similar links. — fishfry

Damn these are some super duper serious commentators!

Plenty of political commentators have made the same point. — fishfry

I'm honestly curious who these commentators are

I think it's great that all Kamala Harris did during her primary run was talk about how shitty Joe was and now she's endorsing him. Good work Kamala.

A constitutional republic is a type of democracy I can't believe this needs to be explained

Silvia Federici - Caliban and the Witch: Women, The Body, and Primitive Accumulation

Heard nothing but universal praise for this. Keen to finally delve in! — StreetlightX

Same, lemme know your thoughts.

The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World, 1775-1848 by Jonathan Israel

Less charismatic than a wet sponge

I mean he obviously didn't write the tweet or anything but still

Trump's Spaceball tweet was actually hilarious and shows how he would have stomped Bloomberg in a 1:1 debate.

You replied to me the same way twice in a row but never tried to make a point. What is your point? — fishfry

It's funny because in each case your first statement is contradicted by the second.

First you said offer a eulogy to the Sander's campaign based on the results of Super Tuesday, but then a sentence later you say "of course a lot can happen between now and the convention so we shall see."

You say that Bernie supporters should be despondent; that we should be in a state of shock and depression, but then the next sentence state that it's just "down to Bernie and Biden", as if Bernie supporters should be upset that in a field that consisted of 20+ candidates we should be upset that we are down to two and the only other candidate is someone who can't speak coherently for more than two minutes.

Hard to take you seriously at all.

I'm glad to see a Bernie supporter maintaining a sense of humor. I'd assume most are in a state of shock and depression — fishfry

It's down to Bernie and Biden — fishfry

These types of posts are so funny.

The fix is already in. The deal's done. My condolences to the Bernie fans on the board. — fishfry

Of course a lot can happen between now and the convention so we shall see. — fishfry

These types of posts are so funny.

That’s easy to say when the power would be consolidated under the candidate you prefer. It’s not a strategy so much as it is simply complaining that you are not getting the votes you want. — NOS4A2

No, it's easy when there are clear and notable ideological and policy overlaps between the two, and only one has a viable path of victory in the primary that was very clearly reflected in the polls for the last several months, which then, surprise surprise, played out last night. You're a fan of Trump, so I understand how you can only perceive politics as a sort of reality TV game show in which voters are only interested in candidates irrespective of any policy, but in fact many voters actual care about primarily about policies that affect their material well-being and vote based on which candidate promises to enact those policies.

According a recent Morning Consult poll 40% of Warren supporters name Sanders as their second choice (35% of Sanders supporters name Warren as their second choice, which makes sense because she's nearest to him policy-wise). Let's assume that increases to 50% had Warren dropped out and endorsed Sanders on Monday night, as the other moderates did for Biden (apparently not a strategy?). Had that been the case, it's quite likely that Sanders would have won Texas, Minnesota, Massachusetts, and Maine instead of Biden.

Anyone who wants Warren to back out so as to syphon her voters to Bernie is concerned about seeking power, not policy — NOS4A2

It's about accruing and consolidating power with which to leverage and enact policy, how are you so bad at this?

Bernie Bros are pissed on Twitter that Elizabeth Warren hasn’t backed out and given Bernie his supporters, as if she wasn’t his opponent in an election. — NOS4A2

Is it that difficult to comprehend that people care about policy first and foremost and don't think of elections as reality TV shows?

A Socialist won the 5th largest economy in the world

Late night on Tuesday. Biden beat Bernie decisively. Looks like Dem voters aren't buying what Bernie's selling — fishfry

Bernie is right behind Joe, with a less than a million vote difference, and we still have about 60% of delegates left to go.

If Warren dropped out last night and emphatically endorsed Sanders then the map would be looking pretty different right about now. Unfortunately, after coming in 3rd in her own state she has announced that she will continue to stay in the race.

lol Warren came in third in Massachusetts and it looks like Biden might emerge in 1st, complete traitor to the progressive cause.

Bloomberg's a cunt: he'll (probably) drop out - Wednesday(?) — 180 Proof

Good call, I imagine the Democrats will likely ask him to drop out to consolidate around zombie Biden, animated by the DNC necromancers and the sudden (and calculated) endorsement of Buttigieg, Klobuchar, and Beto.

Pete is announcing his campaign is ending. He was among the worst candidates by far.

Will Bernie and Elizabeth Warren be the “Progressive Pair”? — 0 thru 9

After last night I think Warren burned that bridge. A memo from a campaign manager stated that the strategy is to stay in the race given the likelihood of a brokered convention, accumulate as many delegates as possible, and, somehow, "ultimately prevail at the national convention".