Lol I have so many conversations like this. Someone was saying a bunch of people got laid off at their job during covid and they almost lost their house. I said something like “it’s a shame that they didn’t just temporarily decrease everyone’s hours so you all still had work. I mean, the work was going to come back eventually”.

And they of course agreed

I mean, private ownership by those who don’t do the work or consume the product, yet get to make the decisions is to blame, yes. And that is capitalism by definition so… Capitalism is to blame…

I like how the reactionary communities post shit that isn’t thought out. Then you got a couple of… Left communities where they post thought out essays. Too long to read but probably mostly true

I for one think we should continue with the way things are. Obviously the people who own companies like Tesla and Amazon are better than us. We should be happy to have a job tbh. Seriously, why would I want to be burdened with decisions like whether or not I get healthcare, or whether or not food and education is accessible. We are better off letting the market decide. If education was so important, wouldn’t the market find a way to make money off of it?

In terms of ROI this is genius

Good parents teaching their kids what happens when you tell the truth to authority.

Buddy here doesn’t understand that you can support democracy for the workers without simping for some socialist project. Nor can he comprehend that criticism of political economies leads to a better understanding of things .

The liberal mindset of us vs them, as if there are two teams. Though to be fair this is partially true. It is us, the workers of the world, versus them, those who own and control the world. Solidarity among us who must work to survive is the only way to liberate ourselves from those who seek only power and profit.

Criticise every project, and your own beliefs. Learn from the mistakes you and others have made. And act with compassion.

Or regurgitate western propaganda what do I know.

Absolutely right! I cannot believe that the US government tried a colour revolution against the Chinese people. We can’t tolerate a foreign people defending themselves against aggressors, but we can tolerate aggression as long as it comes from the west? Hypocrisy

Ohh good. I was wondering when the US would realize simply surrounding China with military bases wouldn’t be enough.

I don’t know why I find this so funny. Like, human rights abuses are awful. It’s probably hitting me right in what remains of my learned western superiority complex.

Thanks for this reply, definitely giving me things to think about that I never would have thought to ask.

I would be concerned with both sensitive data leaving, and an infection being brought onto it during a file transfer.

Again, I appreciate you, and this all makes a lot of sense.

As someone of Irish descent, I’m so happy I’m considered white now.

Beautiful! The same tactics women used to get the right to vote.

I believe that it states somewhere that it was a case study or a proof of concept. Which is a common approach to interventions (medical or otherwise) that are difficult, expensive, and time consuming. If you can find a way to get it to work then maybe it’s worth expanding and finding more efficient/effective ways of implementing the intervention.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41421-024-00662-3

I think sinophobia may have gotten the best of you. The study is published in Nature, definitely not a Chinese journal (if this is important to you). Which means the scientists, and institutions are readily accessible, and you can read the paper describing how it works.

What sounds sus about it?

Yes, we should let the unbiased and just judicial system remove any potential check on it’s power through the exclusion of a jury. Surely then things will be better. In fact I can’t think of a single situation where allowing a judge and some lawyers to interpret the nuances of law led to anything terrible.

Nope, it’s the stupid idiots who don’t know anything about… What ever I want to make up right now

Tell me they’re going to meet me at like 5pm, and never show.

It’s definitely a marker of healthy discourse lol

I can’t believe anyone would support a rich guy who doesn’t give a shit about you or your interests. He’s a rich asshole who cares about maintaining the power structure and let me tell you, you are nowhere near the top of that. So long as you defend these removed you will remain at the bottom.