At this point the constitution is more of a guideline.

Yeah, that’s what I thought…

If you really believe the USD is valueless, give me all your USD.

Tipped workers don’t want to get rid of tipped wages.

It’s not that simple. I suggest you read this article that explains a few reasons why it hasn’t happened already.

https://www.nber.org/digest/apr20/why-euro-hasnt-become-international-currency-stature

And use what instead of the USD?

Kamala Harris was one of the most unpopular primary candidates in the 2020 primary, if not the most unpopular; Somehow that didn’t discourage the Democratic Party from anointing her in 2024.

Kamala Harris was one of the most unpopular primary candidates in the 2020 primary, if not the most unpopular; Somehow that didn’t discourage the Democratic Party from anointing her in 2024.

It really depends on whether the US negotiates trade agreements with other countries or not.

You know congress can overrule a presidential veto, right?

No, I didn’t think you were passing judgement, and I appreciate your balanced take. I was referring to other people.

Many people, especially on Lemmy, pretend to live extremely virtuously. The reality is we each make some compromises in our lives.

A few examples include Drop Site, Aymeric Canon, Mary Kostakidis, Bruno Tertrais, Marco Botenga MEP, Régis Le Sommier, Dr Jimmy Mohamed, Ian Caroll, Rachel Blevins, Scott Ritter, Trita Parsi, Kenneth Roth, Dominique De Villepin…

I actually looked up the people I follow on X on other platforms such as Mastodon & Bluesky, I found 0 on Mastodon and 3 on Bluesky…

You’re entitled to your opinions.

I’m guessing you didn’t read my comment two steps above…

It’s almost as if there are many different people on that website.

You answer to finding a platform that provides most of the information I want to have is to … go outside? Do you think that’s even remotely helpful?

Sure, there are bots. There are also a lot of real people, politicians, journalists, analysts, software engineers etc.

I actually tried to replace X a few weeks ago and considered Mastodon and Bluesky. Nobody I follow on X is on Mastodon, and only three are on Bluesky.

Because it’s the site where you can follow and interact with the most people.