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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (36 children)

Would Biden break an Occupy like Obama did?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I'm extremely down in Facemeta. But no one is entitled to the services of another person/entity (without a contract/agreement).

You can require payment, that's fine. But you can't require they use or carry your service.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If you don't like them being called capitalist, then your quarrel is with a whole heap of people (and academics).

The question, like I alluded to earlier, isn't whether they are capitalist, but a question of how much. And many, after careful study, have determined them to be capitalist.

Those determinations are based on measurable things and philosophy (somewhat).

Also: you are clearly not my original intended audience. In the referenced thread I was getting low-effort, glib comments that snowballed upvotes.

Not unlike the person who deemed me to be a republican. It's easy to look at my post history.

I'm not a republican. But glib is easy. And glib, low-effort posters were the primary intended audience. Know-it-alls.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Good reply, thank you.

And I'll defer to your categorization and consider the reading recommendation.

I weighed calling them socialist, but it seemed... unhelpful when what i was trying to highlight that the unemployed youth are relying on family, and not the state.

The responses yesterday seemed to think China is just giving away money. They aren't.

Also: all developed nations are socialist. What people argue over is where lines are drawn.

 

A thread yesterday had a variety of people asking if the unemployment is lower because the youth are well cared for.

Please click through and read for additional context. Families are helping. Parents age and are not a long-term plan except for the most unusually wealthy.

Please remember: China is nominally communist. Functionally, they are capitalists with an usual side of excess infrastructure spending. A strong central government doesn't make a country communist.

Their land use rules... that makes them communist-ish. But that's a small part of a far larger picture.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

ITT: a lot of "either/or"

I'm not sure that evolution cares one wit about any of our theories. If it means I'm the dad and I'm the dad more often... then it will be favored.

If I enjoy it more, she enjoys it more or it means that my sperm have increased likelihood of winning... that's all that matters.

And when I say "or" above, it can include any of those things. It need not be exclusive.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

They have no heart or soul, only brief flickers of "try" followed by "squirrel!"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

If everyone who claims that is a loon (and they may be), then the leakers are auto-discredited.

Again and with clear emphasis because it looks like it was missed: I'm not saying UAPs are extraterrestrial. I'm making a meta-point.

If leakers are almost automatically easily classed as loons, then any inquiry isn't an inquiry. They may be off their rockers.

And even "super-advanced tech" need not have extraterrestrial origin. But UAPs happen. We all seem to have forgotten O'Hare. Whatever happened was in passenger jet airspace.

Regardless of what planetary origin, UAPs deserve inquiry.

This is a thought provoking book. The author was even interviewed by Colbert and presented very cogently. Which is why I bought and read it.

Before anyone knee-jerks, it attempts to only use the most credible UAP encounters and looks at them with skepticism and a scientific mind.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

It wouldn't though. I'm not saying UAPs are extraterrestrial. I'm saying as long as each person who leaks is met with plenty of, "no, you're crazy." It would help contain it.

Both with pressure and delegitimization. Now... proof is the thing that's required. Not simply testimony.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No. It was alpha. If Google approves, look for excitement tomorrow.

I can accept a day or two of delay if I get a functional app for lemmy. I miss Sync so much...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Let's see where things are in 3 years. China has been economically and politically stable for some time now. If the others hold, too... we may see a bifurcation, where enemies jump over (e.g Iran).

I'm not sure it would grow to include a global euro, although that currency makes more sense to me than BRICS (for now).

BRICS could make it. But if it does, I will be without the R or with a very weekends one.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

It's set for after Super Tuesday. He'll ask for a further delay. She'll absolutely consider if he's got viable numbers.

I bet it's half of why that date was chosen. And why Trump isn't making too much noise about it. Stay quiet and people don't notice what just happened.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Trump can fuck off to jail. I'd like to see him tried for treason.

DeSantis has shown he's a non-starter.

At this point they're hoping for a dark horse pro-retreat candidate.

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