By that token, America should have bullet trains everywhere
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It’s our second amendment right! It’s in the Constitution! I demand bullet trains
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Democrats suck at branding.
Private companies do not, though: https://www.sempersolaris.com/
Veteran owned, uses made in America parts, offers military discounts and they have a program where they do free installs for struggling vets.
Their tagine is "declare your independence from the power company"
I interviewed for a job with them once and they actually sounded very competent too
Maybe they're good at branding, but they suck at marketing.
If your product exists, fills a niche, solves a problem, and is the right price, but no one is buying it, then you suck at marketing.
Or the niche is too small
Immigrants don't want you to have solar power. Especially brown people. I bet you can't even fit a solar panel on your emotional support vehicle.
Solar power makes you indepenent. Obama can't shut off your electricity during jade helm 2 if you produce it yourself.
Plus, coal plants are putting chemicals into the air to feminize and chemically lobotomize alpha males.
Has anyone noticed how the total population of trans people tracks almost perfectly with adoption of industrialized economies? There must be a connection.
And we can call wind farms, "Jesus Farms!"
It’s those libtards and their hot air. Let’s use that nonsense to power good old ‘Murican homes and factories
minecraft 1.20.1 java edition vanilla Jesus farm (75 jesus/h)
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You just have to tell them oil is dug up by brown people and solar is made by white people.
I'm sure they can think up a new name for it themselves...
White po--
Almost got me there...
We can take it further... Light comes from the heavens, the domain of the lord almighty. Oil comes from the depths of hell on earth, domain of the devil. Do the right thing Christians, just like you always have, support the anti-devil white people solar power alliance.
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They already kinda do that, at least in my area. There's a company that advertises on AM radio called Semper Solaris and they go hard on the support the troops/vets angle with their sales pitch. It's pretty cringe, but it must work because they keep their advertisements running pretty much every commercial break. Not that you need to try very hard to convince a Californian to get solar panels installed on their roof. "Make the sun pay your entire electric bill" is also pretty effective advertising.
Seriously though, the German liberal party (FDP) has dubbed renewable energy “freedom energy”.
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Would absolutely work in USA.
The word patriot is like a button for mind control.
Or....stop defining everything as left/right and make things for people. Stop the divide, it's what 'they' want.
Yes. I was amazed that anyone was able to make a vaccine political.
And some of the other kookiness from Qanon and similar really makes me wonder about the mental health of the general public.
I was in Barnes and noble today and there’s a whole bookshelf in the new non-fiction section from a bunch of conservative personalities with crazy books about trusting Q, knowing how to believe in Q, how Biden has ruined America but trump will return and save us, all sorts of delusional shit.
The mental capacity of the general public has always been poor because there are some extremely dumb and gullible skewing it from just basic people, these grifters selling these delusional books and ideas is what’s making this worse. Being allowed to call your political opponents demons and saying your leaders are all chosen by god on high should be banned in political discourse
It’s when I started looking for answers on mass psychosis. I’m still unclear on the how.
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Well the unfortunate part of that is it isn't working and a solid 30% of the population will just call you 'woke' and ignore you for saying it.
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Do the same for wind power, tell em the blades only kill immigrant birds or something.
It's true. I hear those geese didn't get a visa when they came here from Canada.
I'm pretty sure I've seen "Patriot" type branding for massive battery backups targeting preppers.
For sure, I got one from a family member, the solar panel only put out 15W with no load drawn. The battery was pinched in the casing as well. I was surprised to see it did have proper voltage protection, though.
Call it the MAPA
Make America Powerful Again
Tbf, thats actually not a bad idea.
Democrats desperately need better marketing, they should hire that dude. Anyone could be doing a better job than whomever they are using.
Gimme some freedom fries with my patriot panels.
Solar is like Brawndo, it's what plants crave
Smartphone? Patriot Connection Device
Why do people have to be like this? Why can't they just accept something without it having to be labeled in terms that appeal to their sensibilities? Why can't they just be honest?
Everyone has priorities somewhere, so for some it's a matter of "looking after one's own first", truly believing that other countries/people aren't doing their part and not being willing to give their own (people's) means up when they would still suffer consequences either way.
I think a lot of it is the "fake news" thing, where the people they respect are telling them that everyone else is lying, and they believe it. Once you're in that mentality, it's almost impossible to get out of it because anyone trying to get you to leave is one of the liars. People have to try to convince themselves they are wrong, try to convince themselves the other side has the right of it and to understand the other position, but they also have to choose that path for themselves in those worst cases.
And people are 100% willing to put that childish need to defend their own ego over everything else, even their own lives and the people they claim to love.
They are willing to let themselves and other people suffer just so they can feel they are right about something.
That's what you're telling me. Right?
No hate, no vitriol, serious question.
They are willing to let themselves and other people suffer just so they can feel they are right about something.
Some don't think anyone's going to suffer (or suffer more from one choice vs the other). They believe the people that say things like the ipcc are not just wrong but lying. And they often lack the tools to verify for themselves. This is worrying because they really have good reasons to think the things they do. Giving them more information doesn't help because they have an internally good reason to think you're lying (or being lied to, at least).
The people up top, who are saying the wrong things in the first place, who do have the tools to investigate their truth and are continuing to repeat them... I can't understand their motivations as other than monumentally selfish.
The people on the top have a variety of internal justifications for what they're doing. Some say that the world is "dog eat dog" and that they are the only ones looking out for themselves. Others say that what they're doing is for some grander good that will come once they acquire enough wealth and power. Some are deluded enough they have convinced themselves they are telling the truth. That and many more justifications fly through the heads of the ultra-wealthy and powerful as they continue spreading misinformation and enriching themselves.
Freedom power, you can just walk outside and get bathed in freedom.
This, we need a Democrat who wears a baseball cap and "Totally gets you bro"
The smug holier than that routine is not going to work
Call it Reagan Power
Modern repubs consider his form of conservatism outdated. It's not nearly hateful enough.
"We should change things so those assholes will be better" boy do I have news for you!
You give them too much power.
Call it Portable Patriot Power so people don't have to repay their loan for them.
reddit tier humor
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