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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • I don’t think that works unless it is dissolved and the shares distributed when the initial investment is recouped (with reasonable interest). And that value would have to be reasonable and fixed at the outset.

    Otherwise, the capital class seems to have the same motivation to grow that value at all costs in perpetuity the same way they do today. Taken to a cynical conclusion, your suggestion reminds me of the situation with red lobster (and local hospitals, etc) where VC buys the company, sells the assets (to themselves at grossly undervalued rates presumably to payoff debts owed by the company), and leases them back.

    If the labor class doesn’t have the ownership stake in the capital investment (including any IP), it seems to violate the very basic principles presented.









  • The title, body of the article, and conclusion aren’t cohesive at all.

    I get the site has an ax to grind, but at least rewrite your title after writing your conclusion: “at least we’re talking about new takes on masculinity at all.”

    I’m also disappointed they omit any discussion of hunting as responsible conservation and instead talk about how he’s better at shooting clays than Republicans (do they not understand that “clay” is the material and not the species of pigeon?)

    If I’m generous, their thesis is that making meat jokes to a vegetarian is cringe and represents a remaining element of toxicity to his masculinity, but yeesh; between the dad joke quality and the fact that corn dogs and turkey legs are long held traditions of the fair, it really falls flat.

    The rest of the “hard hitting take” is really not correlated to his personal meat consumption. But it’s ultimately reasonable criticism (and ties into their mission statement). Factory farms, meat packing, and ethanol are big business (and thus job sources) in MN, so yeah, as governor they’d like him to work on that, but a hit piece is a real shit way to get anyone to want to give you the time of day.

    Edit: completely forgot to give you props for “nothing-burger!” Scared the cat when I laughed.