The President doesn’t make laws, Congress does. You need to be talking to your representative and Senators and holding them accountable.

About cannabis specifically, he already pardoned the federal non-violent, non-distribution offenders. And his DOJ has recommended the DEA reschedule it to a Class III drug, they’re the department that actually controls drug scheduling.

State drug laws are not something the President has control of. Again that you be your State reps.

You seem to either not understand how this works or are purposely ignoring that for whatever reason.

To be fair, like many cases, this again seems to be AFTER getting outside funding. And those external investors requiring a return that the company can’t really achieve without going to these efforts.

Eh, there’s more involved with a full storefront and content delivery compared to just a card transaction. But it’s definitely not 30% worth of additional value.

Assuming the other post is right about the species…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_black_bear

Nah see they’ve got one of those fancy dual air dryers in the picture. One side is clearly for food and the other for beverages.

So it’s like every other subscription rental service or Rent-to-own business. Those services have always been a scam. Nowhere near a new idea, and definitely not the first company to do it with electronics.

Don’t see how this is any different than the hundreds of other companies that do this all over the place, other than it being a manufacturer directly instead of a middle man.

I see. You’re just a spiteful person and still unwilling to consider a different perspective than your own. Exactly like the die hard Trump supporters. The ones that actively picked Trump because of his policies hurting people. You should reflect on that fact you’ve made so plain in these comments.

That’s a lot of text to say you are completely missing the fucking point and to vent to people here that honestly don’t give a shit about your opinion of others.

All you’re doing is making excuses for people.

It’s not an excuse, it’s a real world explanation for why this happens. For someone struggling to survive every day, politics is a much lower priority than keeping food on the table and a roof over their head every day. You’re immediately going to the same place as the Republicans, dehumanizing a group of individuals because you’re either incapable or unwilling to of consider their perspective. Lots of “they’re taking our jobs” energy from you in that post.

The only way I can think that you can’t even consider this position is because you’ve lived your entire live in a position of privilege in comparison. You’ve never had to worry about losing your home, or not having enough food to feed your family even with a full time job, or even multiple jobs. Your lack of willingness to even consider this point of view and instead immediately demonize a large section of the country shows a lot about your character, whether you’re willing to admit it or not. That is not the way to fix our problems. We need to recognize the root causes of WHY people don’t vote, or directly vote against their interests, and work to fix those.

There ARE people that voted for Trump specifically because he’s a shitty human being, just like they are… statistically there HAS to be. But that’s not going to be the majority. The majority are instead going to be the ones that don’t have the time to research, don’t have the education to critically evaluate situations, and the ones that take the various media propaganda and sane-washing of candidates as fact because it’s coming from a “news” outlet. The majority of those people are a lot more nuanced than you are willing to admit, because that’s harder to deal with instead of your simple explanation. Simple explanations about a group are what the Republicans do to create their coalition of single issue voters and their black and white view of the world.

Honestly, not really. Most of them don’t pay any attention, they’re too busy living paycheck to paycheck and trying not to be homeless and don’t have the time to stay politically educated.

And yes, that is pretty paradoxically why so much of the country is in that position in the first place.

Many people now don’t use any wired internet connected devices. So wifi being out at home means none of their devices have internet.

Maybe an exception for their cell phone. Even then a lot of people have limited mobile data plans and rely on their home internet most of the time.

Reminder that only ~30% of the country voted for Trump.

Only if they can pay the $1 Million+ that Trump charges for those.

He’s not going to pardon all of the insurrectionists. They were thrown under the bus before they left the original rally point. They’re just too stupid to realize it because they want to believe that he actually gave a shit about them. Otherwise their entire self identity is in question.

You’ve provided an explanation (which is not actually simpler, my single sentence summary of your points is),

Mine was actually simpler, and is even simpler than yours…

For many Americans they simply don’t have the time to read about it.

I just then immediately expanded on that simple explanation, instead of leaving a lazy single line response like the OP. Because this is a place for actually discussing things, not just leaving a side shitty comment like it’s Facebook. The OP I responded to did not even attempt to go beyond, instead going for the low hanging fruit of, “haha Americans dumb” and leaving it at that as of that added to the conversation in some way.

No that’s a lazy and shitty take with no thought behind it. It’s even simpler than that.

For many Americans they simply don’t have the time to read about it. Between worrying about everything else in their daily lives, living paycheck to paycheck, even working multiple jobs to get by. Many Americans barely have enough time after getting off work and commuting home, helping their kids with homework, having dinner, or otherwise winding down a tiny bit after work, to maybe watch an hour of local news before going to bed and doing it all over again the next day.

If you’re worried about making ends meet every day of your life, you’re not paying much attention to politics beyond the little bit you get talking to people you know, or that 30-60 minutes of local news. It’s simply a lower priority than surviving and not losing your home or car which you need to get to work.

As soon as someone calls something “woke”, I know immediately to ignore whatever they’re saying, they’re almost surely incapable of proper critical thinking. If they could form an actual critical opinion they’d be talking about that instead of using a generic political term that equates to “anything I don’t like or understand”.

The fact that these aren’t hard requirements in our modern society is inexcusable.

If there’s anything his Administrations have shown, it is that WAYYYYY too much of our government operates on gentleman’s agreements and norms, not actual rules and requirements.

Mexico can have Texas back. We should send them a Thank You card for doing so.

I shortened the last sentence. The 1st point literally covers that type of scenario.

But that’s cool. Taking things out of context on purpose to manufacture a point is literally what the internet does best.

These are people choosing their home over their principles.

Okay you’re one of those people. This conversation is pointless. Have a good day.

Ah, so a couple questions to see if you’re just a fucking idiot that thinks idealism can be reality, or if you’re even relevant to the conversation.

1. Are you American or otherwise working in the United States currently?
2. If so, how long would you be able to survive if you were to be fired or quit and not be able to work in your same industry? Meaning you would be starting off in an entry level role probably in unskilled labor, because most government workers aren’t in charge, they’re working desk jobs to make things function or doing some sort of inspection work, neither of which usually need college educations.
3. If you’re not American, your opinion on this honestly means very little here since you do not have experience with working in the US.