2019-2020 NBA Season Thread Basketball • Page 913

he’s a kings fan. he’s protecting you.

 

Wot.

 

Taxing them is fine, but also....

 

The Bulls are terrible and full of young guys. They also have Coby White from UNC.

 

I'm still curious how we prevent billionaires? We just shut them down after they make $999,999,999.99?

 

That was another option, especially after watching The Last Dance haha

 

#1 thing would be actually enforcing the anti-trust laws on the books, and strengthening to prevent monopolies and the exploitation of market conditions through unfair practices and the poor treatment of workers.

If labor laws are strong the wealth funnels back to the workers instead of the top, creating more competition across firms and a stronger middle class while also reducing poverty and diminishing the massive inequality we're experiencing right now.

And that's without dismantling the framework of capitalism, just making it work closer to its intention. Then again, capitalism encourages deceit and corruption, so the system may be beyond saving.

 

Being a Kings fan has brought me nothing but anguish for the last 18 years

 

is uuu actually saying he likes billionaires lol

 

I tagged him in the Politics thread so we can focus on how bad the Kings are to help Zach not ruin his NBA fandom before it happens

This broke my heart this morning, still have a Chris Webber figurine from when I was ten in my living room :'(

 

Refs robbed the fucking Kings that year. We all know it

 

being a bulls fan now is nothing like excitement of the last dance

tread with caution

 

honestly you should all be bulls fans still, because you should always root for the first team you ever liked and never switch til death. of you or of the team. sorry.

 

The culmination of my career will be producing the definitive 2002 WCF was rigged documentary, we're gonna prove it once and for all

 

you think I’m suffering through these Detroit seasons for my health?

 

If you are a glutton for team misery, I’d like to introduce you to the Minnesota Basketball Timberwolves!

pros based on your criteria:
-lots of community outreach especially after George Floyd’s death which happened locally and Covid-19 (Karl Anthony-Towns mom died of COVID in April)
-young team that was completely overhauled mid season and potential to be very fun

cons:
No UNC guys

 

God this toe looking mouth breather misses the point so often he's like Giannis shooting 3's.

 

Yeah I feel all that, But say Jeff Bezos loses 100 Billion dollars because of that, he's still a billionaire 86 times over.

IMO the best way to go about it in a way that benefits the people is to raise minimum wage to $20/HR, and heavily, heavily tax companies using labor out of the states.

I'm all in favor of just banning a business from doing business within the country if they decide to use labor outside of our workforce. Our country should only be buying and selling resources with other countries. iPhones aren't a resource.

 

.... yes. That’s called a top marginal tax rate.

I mean, if it was implemented the same way it existed before, they’d keep 10-20% of any money they make past $1 billion.

 

That's not how that works.

 

Here's a long form paper about how fucked up Amazon is, specifically about how they were created from the get go to exploit US laws and form a monopoly that would crush any competitors. There's not a worse person on the planet than Jeff Bezos.

https://www.economicliberties.us/wp...g-Paper-Series-on-Corporate-Power_5-FINAL.pdf

Also minimum wage should be like $30 an hour by now, and we're still fighting for 15. US is fucked.

 

Just don’t do the Knicks

 

Oh I know, we should 100% boil Jeff Bezos.

 

unless you like abject chaos, in which case welcome aboard

 

Years ago I made a 1-30 list of the teams I'm rooting for, and I'm gonna do it again rn.

1. Pacers
2. Bulls :(
3. Kings :(
4. Raptors
5. Clippers
6. Grizzlies
7. Timberwolves
8. Blazers
9. Jazz
10. Rockets
11. Mavs
12. Nuggets
13. Bucks
14. Spurs
15. Pelicans
16. Sixers
17. Thunder
18. Warriors
19. Heat
20. Suns
21. Magic
22. Hornets
23. Pistons
24. Nets
25. Hawks
26. Lakers
27. Celtics
28. Wizards
29. Cavaliers
30. Knicks