I think that’s exactly it. A worst-case scenario for the beneficiaries of that parade would be a completely deserted area with tumbleweeds blowing across the street.

All bets are off at this point, but the “No Kings” event planners have made a point of avoiding that by steering things away from the fascist birthday cabaret performance scheduled for the same date in DC.

It will be a showcase one way or the other.

“US prepares for appropriate response to especially egregious acts.”

Good point. I guess that’s what I’m trying to figure out.

Thank you. I’ll put that on my agenda. Any suggestions for where to put a post about how the sales of AAA games for Windows is evidence of the superiority of capitalism?

That’s honestly kind of cool, even if the circumstances that led to it might not have been.

I don’t think a 2025 Armored Personnel Carrier is capable of keeping a teen driver safe. Having said that, I think the best we can do is front and side airbags, crumple zones, a low center of gravity (sorry Jeep), and Electronic Stability Control (ESC). If I had to put a year on that, I’d say 2012, when the NHTSA required all new vehicles to have ESC. A roll cage wouldn’t hurt, if that’s an option. Bonus points if you can convince them to wear a racing helmet and Leatt neck brace while driving.

I don’t have any data to support it, but I’d speculate that the middle class uses a lot less illicit drugs, lacking the desperation of the poor or the protections of the wealthy.

I like that one. I used to jokingly tell people I drove a classic car. It was technically correct, but no one was impressed by my rusted out, 1980s, economy sedan or its 115 horses.

Good point. I should have said, “illicit drugs.”

That’s a good point. I’d still argue that renting is buying a service, but I agree there may be some ambiguity here.

That’s an intriguing take. Blackberries are expensive in some places. In others, you can just grab and eat them as you walk through the park.

Could we reframe it as rental services? The wealthy pay them to manage the property they own, and the poor poor pay them for the right to live there.

Legal services, fines, etc. I wish I had thought of that.

Financial services as a percent of income, yes. That’s a good one. Being poor is relatively expensive.

Gambling

Transportation services

RVs

Recreational drugs

Horses and related services

This is fun, but I’ll end this with the obligatory: There are two main classes, the ownership class and the working class. The lower and middle classes are subsets of the working class.

At least in extremely windy areas, yes, and on the tops of all large hills and mountains, provided they have an adequate number and variety of obstacles on the way down their slopes.

LEMP?

You’re right. I couldn’t find baked beans. Coffee beams are kinda baked, though.

Also, thanks for sharing a much better image.