duxbellorum

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Time for congress to take up this critical issue…oh wait…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That’s the point of propaganda. It became illegal in the US to work against the war effort and that included protesting the war. Those in power actively fought any majority consensus that would end the war.

I suppose that’s fine in WWII because we had such a clear bad guy, maybe it’s fine in Ukraine, but there are plenty of instances where the opposite was true and a long terrible war was carried on by a state against the wishes of its people. E.g. there were a bunch of reports early on saying a majority of Russians were in support of the war from their side. Clearly, there is a large chunk of Russian citizens who would rather not be involved in this war who get more coverage now, but their voice is still suppressed by Russian state media. .

Not saying it’s happening in Ukraine, but the way we are hearing about it basically eschews us hearing a perspective other than the pro NATO Majority.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Shit like this is why people will leave reddit and never come back.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And people’s age and background has so weirdly much to do with how they internalize nuclear safety risk. My best german friend is very opposed to fossil fuels and believes in much stronger renewable focus, but is absolutely opposed to nuclear and basically laughs about how stupid he thinks that risk is. It’s wild.

Especially when you realize how little impact Chernobyl and Fukushima really had. Even including those two accidents, coal plants have emitted vastly more radioisotopes (which occur naturally at low levels in coal, but since we burn such vast quantities of coal…) and vastly more carcinogens.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

They are using the government to enforce an exclusivity agreement that is explicitly restricting the market.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (10 children)

LDS is just wild and they are growing so fast.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Just think about those industrial meat band saws…they’re optimized for zipping through flesh and bone. Your finger will be gone in an instant.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Vegas at the Venetian…right next to a charming little infosec conference

 
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

New Zealand?

view more: next ›