dubs bodine

Should billionaires be allowed to exist?

I'm 27, I bought my first crypto in 2020 with $300 from a retail job, and I have watched people I grew up with build five and six figure portfolios from a phone. Nobody needed a broker, a pedigree, or permission. Crypto is volatile and full of scams, sure, but it's the first asset class where a kid in a small town had the same entry ticket as a hedge fund. The whole 'billionaires shouldn't exist' energy treats wealth like a fixed pie guarded by gatekeepers, when the last decade proved the gates are leakier than ever. Why close the door right when regular people finally got a key?

Should families set shared screen-free hours rather than individual limits?

Equal rules are not always fair. A parent answering a work emergency, a teen doing homework, and a child watching cartoons have different purposes and responsibilities. The [screen-time census](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/press-releases/two-years-into-the-pandemic-media-use-has-increased-17-among-tweens-and-teens) excludes schoolwork for exactly that reason. Set individual goals around sleep, behavior, and obligations instead of treating every illuminated rectangle alike.

Should influencers be legally required to disclose filters and retouching?

My kids know filters exist. They learned it the same way they learned wrestling is staged: from adults talking to them, not from a government label. The CDC's 2023 youth survey found teen girls' persistent sadness at record highs, and social media is part of that story, but slapping a disclaimer on selfies will not fix what is fundamentally a parenting and education gap. [CDC](https://www.cdc.gov/yrbs). France passed its law in 2023, and French teens still live on TikTok. Labels become wallpaper; we have all learned to ignore cookie banners and terms of service. If we want resilient kids, fund counselors, teach them how images are made, and model better habits at home. A law that outsources parenting to a caption is how you get the appearance of action with none of the results.

My dad drove a truck for 30 years and always said the system is rigged but you play anyway. Reading this thread I think he was half right. The rigging is real, but so is the playing.

Politics · Oct 6, 2026 · Should billionaires be allowed to exist?