https://lemmy.world/post/19730104

  • Cowbee [he/him]
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    6 days ago

    I had to log off, I was getting genuinely upset. It doesn't get better, they get even worse

    On the other hand... tagline?

    Here it is:

    "When could we have voted for a 90% tax rate?"

    Eisenhower's presidency did see some tax rates above 90%, but that figure only applied to the individual income taxes of top earners. For married people filing jointly in 1953, for example, any income above $200,000 was taxed at 90%, above $300,000 at 91%, and above $400,000 at 92%.

    For someone who claims to know a lot about history, you sure are short on facts.

    And if history is a 'physical process' post some pictures of it working. Not pictures of people doing things, because that would prove my point. A discrete physical embodiment of history, please.

    smuglord

    • Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]
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      6 days ago

      And if history is a 'physical process' post some pictures of it working. Not pictures of people doing things, because that would prove my point. A discrete physical embodiment of history, please.

      What the absolute fuck does this even mean fidel-wut

      • Cowbee [he/him]
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        6 days ago

        If I'm being generous, I legitimately think they just have no clue what I am getting at by trying to baby step them through Historical Materislism, and can't fathom the idea that Great Man Theory is wrong.

        They're so cooked I walked away, it was beyond medium-rare, beyond well-done, call that congratulations.

        agony-limitless

      • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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        6 days ago

        Idk but it's easy to fulfill. Here's a picture of one square meter in a world-historical hurricane

    • heggs_bayer [none/use name]
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      6 days ago

      And if climate change is a 'physical process' post some pictures of it working. Not pictures of extreme weather events happening, because that would prove my point. A discrete physical embodiment of climate change, please.