The Overton window suffers from whoever is interpreting it. Perception. Narratives. Ground truth. I provide the following - not because I resent them. I think they are fine programs.

Free laptops for low income people: https://grantssupport.com/free....

Pay around 30 percent of your take home pay for rent. Uncle Sam covers the rest: https://www.usa.gov/housing-vo... Indeed, there are a lot of programs there for low income people. https://www.usa.gov/repairing-...

Free Cell phone service: https://www.accesswireless.com... Lifeline Plan: https://tagmobile.com/ Not the latest smartphone, but can't beat the price.

Heating assistance: https://acf.gov/ocs/programs/l...

So we even make for a shitty version of a fascist country with all these social programs. 8^) Sometimes narrative and facts collide, and altogether too many people choose narrative.

Are we further "right" than other countries? On the continuum, yes - in some places. But really, Finland, Norway, Denmark, France, Germany have all made immigration much tougher. Racism has never gone away https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... https://stop-racism.eu/europea... That's why I sometimes tell those who should suggest they are better than us that they are in a glass house, throwing bricks. Yes, the US has had issues in those places. But we seldom hear about the same issues in countries, supposedly countries better than us.

Final point - well a pointed question is, with these other countries being so much better, should we emulate them in toto? Kinda scattered all over the place, but something for people to think about, if they dare step away from their narrative based life.

I'm both an ideally and have no idea what far left means. Are you An AI hallucinating? IO see you have provided so many facts. I hope you are an AI hallucinating, because parsing your screed shows a lot of contradictions.

You are going to be disappointed, I shall not "Fuck off"

Why do people like you demand others not express an opinion, or to compel our speech, or just be gagged.

I'm not"right wing" I'm centered, and don't think there is not right wing extremism.

And don't think there isn't left wing extremism. Like you.

Rather than your hateful demand for my silence when I fuck off, Maybe a respectful "I disagree, then have a discussion. Are you capable? I can provide cites, But perhaps telling a person to shut off is the zenith of your ability?

Maybe we'll finally see a return to real film. I'll dig up my ole, trusty 500C/M from the basement just in case.

I dunno about you, but I still scan my film negatives out of my Hasselbland 500 CM.....so even with shooting on film, it ends up on the computer in the end....

So, what would be wrong with an actor or actress selling their scanned image WITH contractual obligations to be PAID whenever the image was used in a film or when used as source to generate a new digital actor?

Wouldn't continuing pay and residuals help make the argument here?

One of the interesting things that comes to mind, after the extreme far left lurch of Hollywood in recent years, is why the big stars that make millions per film, do not agitate for better pay for those that get paid only a pittance. I mean, they should be all about income equity, one would think.

Same as the rest of us, I suppose.

I think that these "stars" should be very concerned. Because already the ones that exist now, have a "last generation" vibe going on. Unless they somehow make it illegal to use AI actors at all, when they die out, so does the "star concept". They'll age out, and few if any new will come along.

I didn't make the claim, Shanghai Bill did.

He has a habit of helping out people who don't know how to use those newfangled search engines. 8^/

I see.

Maybe that wasn't you who wrote:

"I am not saying prices don't go up but they definitely don't go up anywhere near in proportion to the purchasing power of the class of folks this helps the most.

A quick analysis shows they'll likely be around the same place. However, you just show you don't want an adult conversation.

Many U.S. states have "right-to-charge" laws, but they only apply if you have a private parking space, not street parking. Choosing an apartment with a private parking space is a good idea anyway.

Most normal apartment competexes I've ever seen in the US do NOT have private or assigned parking spots....they are all big parking lots with first come, first serve....

On long trips abroad, EVs need to charge about three times more often, but you just plug in, go to the restroom or restaurant, and then unplug. With a petrol car, you stand at a smelly pump for five-plus minutes filling the tank, and then stand in a queue to pay

I"m guessing you're not familiar with how it works in the US.

I can't rambler last time (decades ago) that I paid for gas inside....everyone pays at the pump with a credit card.

And on a long trip....or say a mildly long trip of 400 or so miles. I stop half way for about 5-10 minutes total to gas up and hit the restroom.

Most of the time that is my ONLY stop....I want to get to my destination I'm not out to hang out at truck stops, pee, leisurely eat or drink while recharging a car....

At most I might pull off and pee one other time on that trip but that's only 5 minutes max.....

I've never met people like you EV'ers that seem to just stop 4 or so times on a trip and spend 30-45 minutes to lounge around, rest, eat, refuel....when I'm on the road...I'm trying to make the BEST time I possibly can at all times.....I'm all about the destination, not the journey....

Can you point to the place that I wrote that you must tip at 100 percent? I wrote that my tipping level - which I use as a way to get some-money in the hands of those who might not be as fortunate, results in some element of gratitude.

But since we're here, does your Your esteemed Japanese restaurant - which you seem to believe gives you the same level of service I get at 100 percent tipping Do they watch for you, and have your drinks and table ready before you get there?

Do they do extra for you? It really isn't the same thing. Regular tippers get regular service.

Almost as sad as you turning this into yet another anti American screed, that you seem to think that you get the same level of service as I do by my being generous. then again, your narrative of anti Americanism is showing. Anyhow, move to Japan, where you don't have to tip. If that is what makes you happy, then I might even spring for the airfare.

Oh grow up. Can you tell me where and who said that you get shitty service if you don't tip enough? You're having arguments with me in your head.

But here's the thing comrade, I really do not care that every other country has. They are sovereign countries, they have their own laws. This is what we have here, and our waitstaff are actually doing okay.

Wanna know what I would do if I was eating in Japan? I'd give the waiter/waitress a minimum 100 percent of the bill tip - Bastard that I am.

You're so bitter and full of hate that you actually get spun up about a person that tips well. Or maybe you aren't but you are acting like a person who is bitter and full of hate acts.

As I noted, I have done well in life monetarily, and I enjoy spreading the money around. If I spend 200 dollars on a meal, the server gets 200 minimum from me. Often more. Funny how that pisses some of you generous, loving, and nice people off.

As I wrote to another person here, Be Nice, be kind. You apparently aren't capable of that, giving

I watched the golden globes for a few years when Ricky Gervais skewered the crowd. It was surreal, them clapping for a man who was straight out roasting them with truth. Telling them just how useless they were, how they had no right to lecture anyone on anything.

Otherwise, these award shows are just mutual masturbation.

And in practice, they are struggling to get half of people's money.

The really strange takeover of places like Disney by people who hated anyone with a penis, placed politics over storytelling and production competence missed one important fact - people go to movies to be entertained, not lectured. Fan bases are fan bases for a reason. Abandon them at your own risk. What they did to Star Wars should be in a textbook on how to destroy a brand. Taking a golden goose mark that had a lot of males in the fanbase - and make no mistake, a fair number of females loved Star Wars - and ending up making dreary movies, culminating in a "expectation defying" piece of crap about lesbian space witches. Destroying a fan base while replacing it with... nothing.

Movies are entertainment, nothing more. That the crowd making them skews liberal is true. And you can put liberal or conservative elements into movies. Just don't lecture people. Just don't wreck things that already work.