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Texas Is Coming for 'Woke' Insurance Companies Next

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Re: Texas Is Coming for 'Woke' Insurance Companies Next

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Post by UncleMeat »

rajin444 wrote: post #29
Clubber wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think with a country as diverse as the US, balkanization is preferred. It's really by design, states have autonomy over citizens and the federal government presides over national issues. Unfortunately, the federal government has gained more and more power and tries to pass laws that half the country doesn't want. The next political party gets in power and does the same thing, except for the other half. It's a good…

The civil war was the first instance of this federal overreach. Things haven’t really gotten better since then.

The Confederacy placed enormous control in the centralized government. It was not a contest between a loose collection of states and a centralized federal power.

Re: Texas Is Coming for 'Woke' Insurance Companies Next

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Post by dragonwriter »

LatteLazy wrote: post #32

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> The south has never gotten over losing the civil war. And the north won't either force them to or let them leave.

"The South" and "The North" of the civil war era are even less distinct geographical units than they were at the time of the civil war (and, to an extent, the impression caused by factional control of state governments at the time of the war was misleading even then, many states had substantial factions -- including military units -- supporting both sides.)

Re: Texas Is Coming for 'Woke' Insurance Companies Next

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Post by giraffe_lady »

stuckinhell wrote: post #22
giraffe_lady wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm genuinely kinda curious what you think state power is for if not to serve political agendas. And outside of some abstract unactionable thing like "for the greater good" or "freedom" or whatever. Eventually you have to actually form policies and implement them, a political process driven by political motivations.

State power usage in political agenda's needs to be carefully evaluated, or it can lead to revolutions or disintegration. When state power is used to serve political agendas, it can be easily abused for personal or party gain. This can lead to corruption, nepotism, and favoritism, which undermines the integrity of the government and erodes public trust in the system. Something we already see in many states, Californi…

I know but "the interests of the people" is just as vague as "the greater good." When you get to the point of actually defining those interests and deciding what will further them, you're at political agenda.

Re: Texas Is Coming for 'Woke' Insurance Companies Next

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Post by claytongulick »

UncleMeat wrote: post #31
rajin444 wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The civil war was the first instance of this federal overreach. Things haven’t really gotten better since then.

The Confederacy placed enormous control in the centralized government. It was not a contest between a loose collection of states and a centralized federal power.

Can you describe this more, or link to some materials?

I'm not familiar with it.

Are we talking about temporary war powers, or was this the long term government structure that would have been powerfully centralized?

If accurate, it would certainly change my understanding of the ideals of the confederacy.

Re: Texas Is Coming for 'Woke' Insurance Companies Next

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Post by vuln »

egberts1 wrote: post #19
stuckinhell wrote: post #16

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Balkanization of corporations is a good thing. It enables more competitions to fill in the void and hopefully cheaper prices. But an outright ban is worse for the economy as less competition means higher prices. Apparently, Gov. Gavin didn't or hasn't studied this President Nixon's failed regulation of gas price

Study?

Nepotism doesn't work like that.

Re: Texas Is Coming for 'Woke' Insurance Companies Next

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Post by TechBro8615 »

groot2581 wrote: post #12

> insurance companies: the Texas Legislature is here to protect you... > ...rolling out legislation this year to punish insurance companies I get you want to have a compelling lead but seriously did anyone proof read this? It's contradictory in the same breath.

This is an absurdly biased article that would have been flagged off the front page if it were in the other direction. I don't see any reason to trust the substance of the reporting when the article is adorned with such sanctimoniously juvenile attempts at humor.

Re: Texas Is Coming for 'Woke' Insurance Companies Next

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Post by bdcravens »

mock-possum wrote: post #11
dadjoker wrote: post #9

She complains about what Texas is doing like it's a bad thing.

What do you see here that’s a good thing?

Speaking as a pro-environmental and mostly "woke" Texan, but one who has lived here my entire life and more or less understands the perspective of type typical conservative here:

The destruction of the fossil fuel economy is an existential threat for the Texas economy. Imagine policies that threatened the tech industry in California or the tourism industry in Hawaii.

Re: Texas Is Coming for 'Woke' Insurance Companies Next

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Post by krapp »

fallingfrog wrote: post #24

So they are expanding the definition of "woke" to include caring about the climate now? It's almost like they're trying to create a blanket phrase for "everything we don't like" regardless of whether those things have anything to do with each other.

>So they are expanding the definition of "woke" to include caring about the climate now? It's almost like they're trying to create a blanket phrase for "everything we don't like" regardless of whether those things have anything to do with each other.

Yeah, they've been doing that for years, attempting to poison the well of progressive discourse by redefining its terminology through bad faith usage - it's all but impossible, now, to even use "woke" in its proper context.

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