Well it wouldn’t exactly be the women’s fault but it is true that women are in general higher educated than men and what is also true is that in general women want a man whose higher educated than them. This is going to be a major issue in the future though in the case of south korea they’re absolutely screwed anyway due to aging population and ever decreasing birth rates.
It shouldn’t be needed but if the state doesn’t protect, the community that has to live there should arm itself. At the very least to discourage physical attacks. As a bonus, conservative governments tend to spur into action when the “wrong” groups pickup arms.
Isn’t that the actual purpose of the 2nd amendment? You are allowed a militia. So if one isn’t provided, make your own. Like when Black Panthers were protecting the right to vote.
These are the same chucklefucks that have repeatedly voted against election security bills. They don’t care about improving the integrity of the voting process, they care about making it harder to vote.
I mean, this is just shit journalism. That guy is clearly a money grabbing cunt but one look at the article tells you that he was given a private cruise round the Baltics, which is an extremely common route and would have stopped in Estonia, Latvia etc before ending up in St Petersbourg, the same as dozens of cruise ships every day.
Then a private helicopter flight to one of the most popular tourist spots in St P’s
Yes, the guy obviously needs investigating, but headlines like that are just fucking infantile ragebait and detract from any point the ‘journalist’ was trying to make
My least favorite part of abrahamic religions is the concept of Eden. The idea that we were once perfect, and then we fucked it up. It’s a myth that’s so perverted and destructive and plainly opposite of the truth.
We’re not angels falling from heaven.
We’re monkeys building society out of nothing but mud.
It’s pretty astounding, actually. Certainly things aren’t perfect and never will be. But look for the helpers. The people who work to make the world better. Never believe anyone who tells you that everything is getting worse.
Like the kid in the story, who literally got made fun of by the teacher, was like “I think he need to write an apology to the whole school, but he shouldn’t get fired.” He’s a good person. And the dad said he thought the teacher should go through racial sensitivity training but not lose his job. Idk if I agree with them, but at least they are thinking with compassion and not rage.
Yeah they aren’t bad but the nature of this type of thing is largely statistics and self reporting and all sorts of other stuff smarter more scientific, academic minded people could point out than my stoned brain recalls. Things that can be interpreted differently much like translators could translate the same scene between characters with different dialog and undertones.
I mean it isn’t like they are outright disproven or liars or anything… just it is often up for scrutiny because that is the nature of sociology.
The Heritage Foundation found 24 cases involving noncitizens voting between 2003 and 2023 — when more than 600 million votes were cast in presidential elections.
This is our top priority guys! Nothing is more important than this right now!
“And since there’s still not the ability for people to shop around for other options, what are they going to do but pay that higher rate? But I think that it’s probably going to show pretty quickly that it’s necessary to keep State Farm from literally going insolvent.”
Seems like you conveniently forgot another option here? Seize the fucking company. It belongs to California now.
Well, you’re going to piss off the policyholders then. State Farm is a mutual insurance company. It’s owned by the policyholders. It’s essentially a non-profit, since profits go to reduce premiums or pay dividends to the policyholders.
The thing is, the company isn’t turning a profit. When what fills the cup doesn’t match the hole in the bottom, at some point the cup will be empty. California has mismanaged the wilderness areas and allowed development without concern for potential fire danger. Climate change, high fuel loads after decades of suppressing natural fires, improperly maintained electrical infrastructure, and a lack of “Fire Wise” education are all contributing to huge wildfires and high property loss rates.
If California were to seize every insurance company in the state, they would quickly be in the same predicament - needing to raise premiums to cover the losses.
The only real solution is to reduce the risk. That’s why the NFPA came up with local Fire Safe Councils. We educate the homeowners about how to make our homes resistant to wildfire damage. Using grant money, we reduce the fire danger by clearing hazardous undergrowth. We provide resources for homeowners, like chipping programs, matching funds for tree removal, and other assistance in maintaining defensible space. We have successfully lobbied for insurance discounts when homeowners complete risk reduction measures.
That you don’t understand the fundamentals of the industry (as described in the other detailed comment), and jumped to knee jerk fixes that are anything but.
Edit contextually: as described in the other comment, state farm is not a traditional corp as you seem to imagine it, and if the state owned it it would be experiencing the exact same financial issues.
The conversation started by me quipping that lemmy is prone to kneejerk anticapitalist reactions without understanding or considering the implications.
I noted the other comment as a great source of info.
You replied that I’m angry? Nah dude, I’m just observing.
You then dropped the context and just went with the schoolyard shit.
So, what am I projecting?
Edit your suggestion that my mere answering your initial reply question is certainly not “lashing out” lol. You just don’t seem ready to defend your ideas.
Lol I know you’re just fucking around now, but that is not projection. Each of my replies has focused on your position, not some emotion or feeling you think is being transmitted.
You can’t possibly know my position because I haven’t stated it. I commented on somebody else’s position. Past that, you have assumed my position as contrary to yours mearly to validate your own. It only shows how insecure you are in your own position, regardless of how well reasoned it might be. It’s also why you keep lashing out at me because you think I challenged it, which I didn’t, and because I refused to validate you.
It’s you just projecting (yes, using words). And I keep doing it because I think it’s hilarious. You have absolutely no self-control. I’m curious to see how long you’ll keep replying, subconsciously, begging me for the emotional validation that you must know by now will never come from me.
Lol I’ll own that I thought you were the other guy. But you aligned, thus defining position. So my suggestions they the original, and even your original comment are “classic Lemmy” is consistent.
Projection in this context is defined as
the unconscious transfer of one’s own desires or emotions to another person.
So what of my replies suggests I’m transferring my emotion onto you?
Disagreeing is not projection. Even doing so vigorously
Edit my “position” is: go learn about the industry and local concerns before saying “a government takeover is the right thing to do”. That’s not emotional, fuck I’d love state/ federal home insurance, but that’s not realistic in this case, or possible.
California already has a state run home insurance company. They are allowed to charge whatever they need to charge to always offer a plan to any homeowner even in high risk areas. Guess what? It’s twice as expensive as State farm.
If I had the option of paying State farm 50% more or paying double to go back to CA fair plan, guess which I’d choose.
I have FAIR plan and a homeowners insurance jsut for 1 house. Both together are less than state farm would charge for 1 homeowner policy not needing the fair plan.
I wonder if it varies by area kinda like car insurance. Down here in San bernardino national forest state farm will not issue new policies for homes since middle of last year if I remember. But they’ll keep current and up to date policy holders stay with them. The fair plan as you know is for any fire outside the home (the forest). My fair plan has gone up $10 in the 4 years I’ve had it. And I’ve had zero increase on my state farm. Couldn’t tell you the exact numbers at the moment as they’re in my mortgage payment. I’ll check now that we’re on the subject
It does vary now! I got something in the mail from state farm saying they are switching from an area type model, where all “forested areas” are the same, to a more specific gps based risk assessment model. That’s when my state farm went down actually. Gave me some peace of mind since others in “forested areas” are getting huge increases or just dropped. I’m in the Mendocino coastal redwoods, so very low fire risk compared to most of California, which is pines and oaks. With the beetles killing the pines, and the sudden oak death, it’s not an if, but a when all those forests completely burn. Makes perfect sense state farm wants out of there.
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