RedDeadMachine

“mINiMum wAgE wAs nEvEr MeaNt To bE a lIvEable wAgE. iT wAs MeAnT FoR HiGhSchOol KiDs.” I’m not advocating for any specific policy—I just fucking hate this argument. A. It’s objectively and historically false. When the minimum wage was established in 1938, FDR (whom I can’t stand) stated: “By living wages, I mean more than a bare subsistence level—I mean the wages of a decent living.” B. I got my first job at 14 because my family was poor. It’s bullshit to tell someone they’re worth less because they’re young. If you can do the job, you deserve fair pay—age shouldn’t determine your value. The minimum wage should either be adjusted annually to keep pace with inflation or be abolished entirely. It’s been stagnant at $7.25 since 2009, and in practice, it now serves more as a benchmark that suppresses wages than as a meaningful protection for workers.

People love to debate what “well-regulated militia” means in the 2nd Amendment. I got tired of hearing it, so I looked up the legal definition. Here it is. TLDR: It’s all able-bodied males 17 years and older. Militia: (a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard. (b) The classes of the militia are— (1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and (2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia. Well Regulated: “Well-regulated in the 18th century tended to be something like well-organized, well-armed, well-disciplined,” says Rakove. “It didn’t mean ‘regulation’ in the sense that we use it now, in that it’s not about the regulatory state. There’s been nuance there. It means the militia was in an effective shape to fight.” - Jack Ravoke (Professor of political science and law at Stanford University) Sources: 10 U.S. Code § 246 - Militia: composition and classes constitution.org/1-Constitut…

“ReAl CoMmUnIsM hAs nEvEr BeEn tRiEd.” Yes, it has—it’s just failed every time. Marx clearly states the order of events as: •Revolution •Dictatorship •Gradual dissolution of the state •New moneyless, classless society (communism) The second the revolution starts, communism has officially been tried. It’s just never been achieved, because it’s a stupid idea. If you try to treat a migraine by slamming your head into a concrete wall and it doesn’t work, it’s not that you didn’t try—it’s that your ideas are fucking retarded.