RustyShackleford

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[–] RustyShackleford@programming.dev 23 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

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spoilerI'm an anti-theist, who profoundly and especially despises the Abrahamic religions, but I'll bet good money this is not about prayer calls and "Islam taking over".

This is about him being a brown immigrant socialist.

It's because, still in 2025 in the US, if you want publicly funded social programs for better individual outcomes in a capitalist economy, and you're anywhere left of the fucking Einsatzgruppen, you're a commie pinko who loves getting Eiffel-Towered by Stalin and Mao.

Being honest, though, I would say this a very American mentality, but since I immigrated to the Netherlands from the US in '22, I'm sad to say, it's infecting Western Europe.

I'll never understand the perverse allure of this type of thinking. I've had it explained to me. I've read The Righteous Mind by Dr. Johnathan Haight. I get it on paper, but it still seems very alien to me when people go on about "the <insertEthnicSlurHere> breathing up all our air and taking all our jobs and making things easier for the wrong people."

Nothing will meaningfully change until the wealthy fear for their lives.

[–] RustyShackleford@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

In professional wrestling, who was the Undertaker's manager dude with the makeup and goofy voice?

That's Bannon.

[–] RustyShackleford@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

And then China, Western Europe, and Russia invade the United States after it initiates massive, aggressive wars to bolster its flailing economy?

And then both sides launch nuclear weapons to end it all?

Is this the accelerationist argument?

Eisenhower was a Republican and he used social programs to build the US interstate highway system and the infrastructure necessary for the predecessor to our modern airport infrastructure and space program.

The highest top marginal tax rate during Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency (1953-1961) was 91%, which applied to the highest income bracket. (Note: In 1952 and 1953, the top rate was 92%, dropping to 91% for 1954–1963.)

[–] RustyShackleford@programming.dev 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's very true. That driver also doesn't deserve to get convicted of something more severe than what he actually did.

[–] RustyShackleford@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

So does the United States in their trucking industry. This guy just fucked up horribly. He is not, however, a murderer which implies premeditation.

[–] RustyShackleford@programming.dev 23 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Fortunately, the law doesn't operate on what's in your mind.

Murder implies premeditation. The prosecutor and judge didn't see evidence of premeditation.

[–] RustyShackleford@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I largely agree, but the Maricopa prosecutor and judge saw it differently.

Edit: Downvotes don't change reality.

[–] RustyShackleford@programming.dev 35 points 2 months ago (9 children)

So, if you actually read the article, it says he claimed that the steering wheel locked up on him, but the NTSB stated that he suffered from severe fatigue. Maricopa county prosecutors said there wasn't enough evidence to press any felonious charges.

So, at best, this would be a case of manslaughter (which is a felony), but there's no conclusivity on whether it was with malicious intent or premeditated.

So no, he's not a murderer. He negligently fell asleep at the wheel.

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