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FlapKap, in What songs do you like that are in a language which you don't speak?

Anything by stromae really. In some of his songs you can even hear the emotion he conveys without understanding any French

intensely_human, in What are the best steps to reduce the wealth of billionaires?

Focus on making the poor people richer instead. Then you’ll realize things are going pretty good.

jaek,

Hard to make the poor people richer when the rich are taking an increasingly large share of the pie.

intensely_human,

Actually with the wonders of math it’s not. Because if the pie gets bigger faster than their portion increases, we all win.

And, as it turns out, the poorest people in the world are indeed getting richer.

Urist,
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Resources are ultimately finite, regardless of method of extraction. The poor people would get richer faster with better distribution and research supports basic reasoning that the pie would get bigger if distribution was better.

intensely_human,

Not sure which resources you’re referring to that would be at their limit such that poor people can’t get any richer.

Also no, all the times the economic system has been built around optimizing distribution, production has dropped to almost zero. Under redistribution schemes, the poor tend to die horribly.

Urist,
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I reiterate: All resources are ultimately finite. There is however more than enough for all if extracted sustainably and shared somewhat equally. Under redistribution schemes, the poor stop being poor because having basic needs met increases social mobility. Also production increases because it is in many cases artificially restricted due to the consumers being too poor to buy the things they want and/or need.

LemmyKnowsBest,

Money is infinite though. The wealthy people know how to tap into all the manipulative ways of increasing their own wealth. What we need is education for everyone to know how to do this. But of course a problem with that is that if everyone is wealthy, no one is wealthy because wealth doesn’t exist without something to contrast it with, which are the poor financially-illiterate people who do all the hard labor which generates wealth for their CEOs. Which is why the wealthy people don’t want to educate poor people on financial literacy.

randomaccount43543, in What songs do you like that are in a language which you don't speak?
SubArcticTundra,
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I was just gonna say this. I’m learning German and it felt cool being anle to losten to it in the original

BuddyTheBeefalo, (edited )

“99 Red Balloons”'es Nena officially outs herself as QAnon, “Reichsbürger”

reddit.com/…/tldr_please_dont_promote_nenas_old_s…

Mojave,

Lmao, don’t care, good song

taldennz, in What songs do you like that are in a language which you don't speak?

Taikatalvi by Nightwish

HipsterTenZero, in What songs do you like that are in a language which you don't speak?
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The entirety of NieR and NieR Automata’s vocal tracks. Most of them are actually just gibberish.

taldennz, in What songs do you like that are in a language which you don't speak?

Ruina Imperii by Sabaton

mojofrododojo, in What are the best steps to reduce the wealth of billionaires?

You know what’s free?

SHAME. Shame these selfish fucks every fucking second they are in the public. I want to see a 4 year old give musk the finger. I want to hear a 7 year old shout “SELFISH CUNT” at bezos. I want everyone they interact with who’s not on their payroll to roll their eyes and say “oh no everyone watch out, mr “I need to horde billions” is here. What do you fucking want?”

invective has always been a valuable tool against the arsehole polity.

hark,
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They feel no shame. If they even acknowledge, they just call it “jealousy” from “haters”.

mojofrododojo,

so? if they feel no shame, treat them like the greedy assholes they are. at least everyone else will see the object lesson.

hark,
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They will not stop if they determine that the cost is outweighed by the benefit, that’s what makes them greedy. They need to be suitably punished or they’re just going to continue their ways.

blunderworld, in How are you all making it right now with grocery store prices?

I buy staples as cheaply as I can, and most other things I only buy on sale. Plan my cooking for the week around that.

agent_flounder, in Have you ever seen coal burn? If yes, why?
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No, but this topic sent me down a rabbit hole briefly.

You may have heard of the Marshall Fire in Boulder, Colorado that burned 1000 homes and killed two people within the city in 2021.

In the area of the point of ignition of this wildfire, an underground coal fire has been known to be burning for the past 150 years. As far as I know they still haven’t ruled it out as a possible cause.

CaptainBlagbird,
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They didn’t start the fire, it was always burning 🎶

fedev, in What songs do you like that are in a language which you don't speak?
SinningStromgald, in What songs do you like that are in a language which you don't speak?

All of Warduna and Heilung. Don’t understand a single word but love the music.

Raineacha,

Yes!! I absolutely adore all of their stuff! Heilung has been on repeat the past few years.

cerement, in What songs do you like that are in a language which you don't speak?
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I think that would describe half my catalog :-/

  • Finnish Iskelmä
    • Stig - Puumaa mä metsästä
    • Arttu Wiskari - Sirpa
    • Lemon - Nainen Tummissa (cover of Lady in Black)
  • Thai
    • จ๊อบ บรรจบ - ดูเธอทำ (Job 2 Do - Doo doo doo)
    • Soreng Santi (สรวง สันติ) - Kuen Kuen Lueng Lueng (cover of Iron Man … sort of)
  • most versions of Bella Ciao (except La Casa de Papel for some reason)
    • Bella ciao cantata dal coro R’Esistente del Pratello
  • the “fun” stuff coming out of Ukraine
    • О.Пономарьов М.Хома Т.Тополя Є.Кошовий Ю.Ткач П.Чорний - УКРАЇНА ПЕРЕМОЖЕ
    • Andriy Khlyvnyuk x The Kiffness - Ukrainian Folk Song ARMY REMIX
    • Cвітоглядець - Bayraktar
MicrowavedTea, in What songs do you like that are in a language which you don't speak?

I like most songs by Carla’s Dreams (Romanian/Moldovan + Russian). From eurovision, Shum (Ukrainian) and My sister’s crown (English+Ukrainian+Czech+Bulgarian) are pretty good. Slavic languages just sound nice in songs.

Also most pop in catalan (eg. La sortida, escriurem, Ara!).

For something rarer check out Pat Boy who sings in Mayan.

Klanky, (edited ) in What songs do you like that are in a language which you don't speak?
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Kasa no Hone - Anathallo

Pretty much anything by Sigur Ros

MonkeyBoyLX, in Have you ever seen coal burn? If yes, why?

Yep. Grew up in a house with a wood stove as the only source of heat, and my parents would occasionally use some coal in it. Dad also had a coal forge for hobby blacksmithing.

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