UnwittingSenior

I churn and churn on this but the only reason I can think to do this would be if you invested in oil.

I think on it from time to time but "how the world should be run" isn't something I want to be an expert in. I don't want to run the world, I just want to live a peaceful life in it. What -isms get us there is less important than if we find something that works.

I just know that the current administration is not on the right track.

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UnwittingSenior @lemmy.today 9mo ago

It's hard not to read certain bits as hostile but I'll ignore that this time.

I want industries to self regulate, not companies. 3rd party regulators ought to be the most prestigious, sought after, highest paying positions in a private sector reserved for those with talent and skill in their field. I understand this has been a problem in the past because of a lack in transparency and choice but I'm not looking to recreate those mistakes. I picture something like small governments within each industry separate from the companies in the space but made up of individuals from the space. It's wildly different from what I hear other people talking about and the only way if trust it is if we transitioned to it slowly. Managing this system might be the only new responsibility I want to give the existing government.

I said what I said the way I said it because I don't like speaking for other people. I get things wrong from time to time and I don't want to misrepresent anybody especially when I'm talking about their priorities.

Trust will always be hard. Every process facilitated by humans will inherently need trust at some level and that will be a weak point. I don't claim to have an answer to this and know it's a hard problem to solve.

Unequivocally no. I've never straight-ticket voted for either party during a local or federal election and I'm not willing to make my gains at the expense of others. This comm exists as a place to question/critique/mock our current administration without having to change parties to do so.

I never said I have all the answers. I'm not 100% confident that this is the way the world should be run. I'm 95% confident that if we try it, it'll be better than what we have.

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UnwittingSenior @lemmy.today 9mo ago

I believe in small government. I want to see individual industries (health, tech, food, etc) self regulate. This would divide the power among the experts. Experts who are ideally data-driven.

Democrats, to my understanding, want to centralize a lot of the power in the government. They don't say it that way, they say they want healthcare, worker's rights, and green climate efforts and use the government as a catch all for the responsibility. Putting it all in one basket, I say, is the backbone to a lot of the corruption.

A slower legislation that worked with trusted experts to govern us comes off more conservative than progressive in my eyes.

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UnwittingSenior @lemmy.today 9mo ago

I certainly didn't come to be a part of the GOP because I liked the people.

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UnwittingSenior @lemmy.today 9mo ago

I regret what my party has become. Watching it eat itself in fear that freedom might mean people will do things you don't like makes my blood boil.

I'm not sure what label really covers the bases of what I believe. I want a lot of the things Democrats want but I want them implemented differently. At the end of the day I think I fall on the red side of the spectrum. I hope someday that when people think "conservative" they stop thinking of red hats, slipping civil rights, and weaponized ignorance.

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UnwittingSenior @lemmy.today 9mo ago

I saw nothing but disrespect and division coming from the other conservative comms I found when I started using Lemmy. I created this comm because none of them came close to representing me. This will not be a safe place for MAGA.

UnwittingSenior @lemmy.today 9mo ago

DC is at a 30 year low in crime stats: https://web.archive.org/web/20250811072122/https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/violent-crime-dc-hits-30-year-low

I wouldn't expect the DOJ to keep this page up for long.

UnwittingSenior @lemmy.today 9mo ago

I'll never forget this meeting he had with Putin in his first presidency: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/13/trump-putin-meetings-interpreter-notes/2565471002/

UnwittingSenior @lemmy.today 9mo ago

This is their one shot. Now or never.

UnwittingSenior @lemmy.today 9mo ago

The removed text from Article 1:

To provide and maintain a Navy;

To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;–And

To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

Section 9

The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.

The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.

No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.

No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.

No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State.

No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another: nor shall Vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay Duties in another.

No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.

No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.

Section 10

No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.

No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.

No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.

UnwittingSenior @lemmy.today 9mo ago

Ryan Walters is a fundamentalist and a hypocrite, but I repeat myself.

UnwittingSenior @lemmy.today 9mo ago

You don't have to believe in a god to know this is an abomination. You'd think believing in one would make it that much more obvious.

UnwittingSenior @lemmy.today 10mo ago

It's a hard line to walk as a moderator. I share the frustration with my party but the over simplification of "all conservatives" sometimes pushes me to step in... Even if I still somewhat agree. I understand the dubvee folks wanting to take a big step back.

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UnwittingSenior @lemmy.today 10mo ago

I am a data driven person. I blame my more liberal opinions on things like facts. I wish our media talked more in tables and charts than emotions, but it’s frustrating how easy it is to spin numbers to say almost anything. I don’t think there’s an easy fix — just a lot of messy nuance we don’t always have patience for.

The data is out there, but I wish it was more in our faces. It's almost like this is important or something. /s

UnwittingSenior @lemmy.today 10mo ago

Some of my family members are more conservative than I am (which isn’t hard, admittedly). They vote based on what they believe benefits them and their families. From their perspective, that's reasonable — why should they vote with others in mind if no one else does?

The idea that "I vote for what I want, you vote for what you want, and we'll get what most people want" sounds democratic, but it's also dangerously simplistic. It assumes everyone has equal power, equal knowledge, and that the system functions perfectly. I believe it's a large factor in the division we're seeing but I can't say which came first.