Etiquette



DP Etiquette

First rule: Don't be a jackass.

Other rules: Do not attack or insult people you disagree with. Engage with facts, logic and beliefs. Out of respect for others, please provide some sources for the facts and truths you rely on if you are asked for that. If emotion is getting out of hand, get it back in hand. To limit dehumanizing people, don't call people or whole groups of people disrespectful names, e.g., stupid, dumb or liar. Insulting people is counterproductive to rational discussion. Insult makes people angry and defensive. All points of view are welcome, right, center, left and elsewhere. Just disagree, but don't be belligerent or reject inconvenient facts, truths or defensible reasoning.

Friday, May 28, 2021

Elizabeth Warren chats with big bank CEOs

The federal reserve provided overdraft protection to banks as part of the pandemic response. The banks refused to extend that protection to consumers, earning them an additional ~$4 billion in 2020. The 10-minute video of Warren's chat lays the situation out nicely. 





This is just a quick reminder that in capitalism, profit is the one and only moral value of concern. Everything else, including charity, public relations propaganda and anything else, is just the cost of maximizing profit.
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