Posts by zekurt

  • Executives shouldn't be appointed by the owner

    There's no merit behind the idea that appointed executives are more effective. Marks appointed executives were consistently incompetent, and I know that because I was there. Mark appointed me as Executive Security Officer; was I the most qualified? Absolutely not. The single most ineffective and corrupt executive, Infamas, was appointed. Executive inaction and corruption peaked here; there was no incentive for him to do anything he didn't want to do, because there were no checks or balances, outside the owner. The owner was incapable of enforcing the checks and balances the server needed, and as a result the server stagnated for the better part of a year. The policy was changed to allow community oversight and voting, which lead to objectively more effective executives. With that in mind, changes to policy should not be based on the notion that we're passed such issues, or that we've entered a golden age. These changes were needed in the first place because people didn't think it was possible under their own circumstances, and with respect, I don't see a smoking gun that says you're definitely not going to favor appointed executives over the community, or inherently more effective at judging character and merit. Regardless, policy should never be based on the best case scenario, but adapted based on the worst.


    In regards to voteoffs, there's nothing that backs up the argument of executives afraid of acting due to the prospect of being voted off. In quite clear contrast, the only people who really have been voted off or have had it threatened were people who were ineffective or just didn't do their job. There are a plethora of reasons to point towards current community stagnation, but executives having being voted in is not one of them. This server severely lacks people who are capable and qualified of doing the work it needs. When given an option of trash to pick from, the server will vote in trash, and you will appoint trash.

  • Who will win? Trump V. Biden

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    @redeastwood#306 Certain people may not like Trump for some of his racist remarks and actions - and those people are generally poorer than average (thus being labelled poor on the graph), so if you talk about the average joe, make sure you think about the issues that they face that aren’t material (like racism and classism).

    There is a lot to unpack here but the bottom line is that you misread the graph. The graph wasn't polling those three groups (wealthy, poor, middle) on which candidate they support. The graph asked voters (all) which groups of people (wealthy, poor, middle) the candidates were concerned with helping. With that knowledge in mind, most voters in Wisconsin (a midwest swing state) believe Trump is more concerned with helping the wealthy, while Biden is more concerned with helping average / poor voters.


    The opposite was true in 2016, when he barely won the midwest to secure his election. Trump is going to lose the midwest because voters have lost faith he cares about them more than the wealthy.

  • Who will win? Trump V. Biden

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    @redeastwood#301 While his campaign team may not have anticipated young people supporting Biden - the only reason they do is because Bernie dropped out

    Of course they anticipate voters coming to their side from Bernie, in the end a voting decision between Biden and Trump is easy for a bernie supporter. Bernie supporters don't like Biden because they don't believe he'll go through with his promises. Bernie supporters don't like Trump because they're scared he will.


    Not to mention, this doesn't exactly help Trump. If he gets to focus on older, centrist undecided voters, while getting the youth vote for free, he's in a very good spot.

  • Who will win? Trump V. Biden

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    @redeastwood#298 From an economic standpoint he has been one of the best presidents in a long time

    This depends on who you're talking to. If you're talking to someone who invests heavily in the stock market, sure. If you're talking to just your standard joe, it's quite a bit more complicated than that. In 2016 Trump was able to win because he ran a populist message of helping the little guy in the mideast, and by all accounts his message worked. However, one thingto note is that these standard joe midwesterns don't necessarily invest in the stock market. They haven't reaped the benefits of Trumps stock market, or his tax cuts for the rich. Citizens are suffering without stimulus checks, while he bails out corporations.



    In my opinion, this is what will spell doom for Trumps campaign.

  • Who will win? Trump V. Biden

    Fionn fionn fionn... as my running mate you should know when to not be so wrong...

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    @fionn#297 I think that bidens supporters are majorly gen-z's (who his marketing campaign has clearly targeted)

    Just not true, most of Biden's support comes from older, centrist leaning voters within the democratic party. Also his marketing campaign has not been targeting them in the same way Bernie was, in that he is against medicare for all, free college, and legalized marijuana. His campaign has instead focused on undecided centre-right swing voters.

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    @fionn#297 so while it may appear that biden has support it’s majorly from people who can’t vote

    Also not true, polling significantly over samples older voters and under samples younger voters for the obvious reason that older voters are more likely to vote. The lead that Biden holds in the polls can be attributed to his lead among older voters, and if he also holds a significant lead in unlikely voters (young) then he's extremely likely to win.