Every economy type dictates a certain type of social mobility. Capitalism is supposed to create the greatest social mobility.

10/24/2008 4:31:51 PM

What? So if we had classical Socialist economy he couldn't have become president? It's not like he was part of the poor who rose up through hard work. He came from an upper middle class family, his mother was a 60's "hate the man" liberal anthropologists, his grandparents gave him a great education and he attended great schools, he had the advantages of being white and the advantages of not being white.

Most of our presidents have come from middle class roots, many even poorer than Obamas. (Clinton, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, Johnson, Eisenhower, Truman... )

Anyway, Capitalism/Free Market economics created more social mobility in conjunction with a democratic system, but it is only an improvement over past aristocratic/mercantile societies...

10/24/2008 4:47:43 PM

I have been pwnt, good sir. Back to Bonestorm.

10/24/2008 5:42:14 PM

bttt

11/5/2008 1:21:25 AM

bttt

1/20/2009 3:58:48 PM

great geography, or greatest geography?

10/11/2025 11:53:30 AM

Thanks for sharing. Too bad we now have the "enemy within"

10/11/2025 12:10:32 PM

Deep cut!

10/11/2025 12:51:26 PM

This sandwich throwing trial is hilarious

Quote :

"Defense says that the officer's testimony was "very questionable" because he said the sandwich both exploded in spray of mustard and onions and also landed in its wrapper on the ground. The officer, defense says, was given and kept "not one but two gag gifts," including a plush sandwich and a "Felony Footlong" badge on his lunchbox. "

https://bsky.app/profile/ryanjreilly.com/post/3m4vq5ckhcs24

11/5/2025 8:21:20 PM

Greatest

11/6/2025 12:50:53 AM

I’m not recognizing my country anymore.

1/15/2026 10:00:43 AM

Dumbest country.

1/15/2026 10:19:20 AM

Requiem of a dream of a thread

1/15/2026 10:50:25 AM

March for billionaires!

https://marchforbillionaires.org/

I don’t think this is meant to be ironic…

2/1/2026 10:35:12 AM

If you need a patriotic shot in the arm, watch Miracle: The Boys of ‘80, a Netflix doc about the time we kicked the Soviet Union in the balls.

2/1/2026 6:08:28 PM

Quote :

"March for billionaires! https://marchforbillionaires.org/ I don’t think this is meant to be ironic…"

And so well-funded!

2/3/2026 10:53:35 PM

https://defector.com/eventually-everyone-will-be-called-a-terrorist?giftLink=c49ae91696a862b75321a2fc515b8ec1

7/28/2026 10:41:11 AM

That article is scary as shit.

7/28/2026 11:00:29 AM

glad you read it

very worthwhile read

7/28/2026 11:17:04 AM

I only hope the next administration can find something on Miller to lock him away deep in some dungeon where he belongs.

7/28/2026 11:21:15 AM

hopefully he won’t be the only one

7/28/2026 11:24:51 AM

Who else, besides the entire Trump family, do you think should go with him?

7/28/2026 2:14:48 PM

everybody who has been complicit

7/28/2026 2:52:03 PM

Def that (I think) HUD dude that keeps looking at trump enemies mortgage files trying to find crimes. Did it to like 3 ppl so far

7/28/2026 2:58:51 PM

Quote :

"Dumbest country."

7/29/2026 6:54:56 PM

could’ve put this in a few other threads:

https://dannykatch.substack.com/p/we-used-to-be-able-to-buy-things

this is an incredible observation that sums a ton up perfectly:

Quote :

"The left has never been immune from this mistake. We often look for some rational ruling class plan where only bigotry and short-termist idiocy exist."

7/30/2026 11:05:44 PM

Quote :

"Crime is historically low, but some disorder may have risen. Shoplifting looks relatively stable nationally, but reporting may have changed. San Francisco police reports do not show an explosion, but stores may have stopped reporting. National data may conceal severe local concentration. Homelessness has risen from recent lows, but remains comparable to earlier historical periods. Some people may genuinely encounter more disorder because affluent populations moved back into cities."

https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/crime-as-proxy-for-disorder

Related.

7/31/2026 6:46:35 AM

That's cool, the president is a felon.

Also: "Dumbest Country"

7/31/2026 11:24:47 AM