u/AssComedyAccount

How do you want to live?

Sometimes it helps me to start with the result I want and work backwards from that. If you could design your ideal society from the ground up not from a policy perspective but on the ground, what would everyday life actually look like for the average person?

How is food produced and distributed? Do most people farm, work in industry, or do service/creative labor? What kinds of homes do people live in, and who decides housing arrangements? How are jobs assigned or chosen or competed for? How is personal property and land treated? How much bartering?

What does dating, marriage, and family life look like? How do people meet partners and raise children? What role do communities play versus the state?

How are conflict, crime, and inequality handled? How do we incentivize for innovation, difficult labor, or leadership? And what parts of our current modern life, if any, would you still want to keep?

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u/AssComedyAccount — 2 days ago

What do other cities have that we don't?

If you came from another city and think Sacramento is boring what specifically can you do there that you can't do here or not as good?

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u/AssComedyAccount — 7 days ago
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Proposal: start referring to the GOP as Dixiecrats.

Republicans have spent years saying “Democrat Party” or “Demonrats” among other slurs instead of using the actual name of the party. The whole point is using a loaded term instead of the opponent’s preferred name.

So “Dixiecrats” seems like a reasonable response.

Yes, the original Dixiecrats were Southern Democrats in the 1940s. But that political base and ideology of that movement largely realigned into the modern GOP during and after the civil rights era and has been exploited by MAGA. They are currently openly attacking the 14th amendment among many other things so it definitely fits.

You can disagree with that interpretation, but rhetorically it’s the same tactic Republicans already use: tying the other party to a negative historical or emotional association instead of using neutral terminology. I'm guessing it would be effective at triggering MAGA snowflakes.

If “Democrat Party” is fair game, then “Dixiecrats” is too.

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u/AssComedyAccount — 11 days ago