Hi im new here, cause im trans, also a bit into leftism (I like the red vibe and hate capitalism) but not committed mostly because im new to politics in general. This is a burner because the whole subject seems very heated and I don’t want my main account banned....
The Soviet Union and later Russia and China excel at the making people suffer part. But tankies seem to ignore or flat out deny that.
The USA isn’t much better. See their prison system or healthcare.
I think the most successful countries are Norway and Iceland. But they have a free market so they might be called capitalist. But it’s heavily regulated and they have very good social security services. But that might be called socialist or communist. In Germany we call it social market economy.
I hold it like Obi-Wan Kenobi: Only a Sith deals in absolutes. Look beyond labels and see what is actually working the best for everyone.
Not to nitpick but did you just say china and russia are bad because they make people suffer, then say never to deal in absolutes?
Absolutes in the sense of “they’re communist, they can’t be bad”. Ends don’t justify the means. America isn’t good because it’s “free” and “capitalist”. Russia isn’t good because it’s “strong” and “communist”.
People are assholes. Especially when they get the power to be assholes. A dogmatic easy system alone will not prevent that. This is a hard problem going all throughout human history.
You should read Animal Farm. It tackles the topic quite well.
Padmé losing more and more of her clothes in AotC always reminds me of Sigourney Weaver going through the same in Galaxy Quest. I’m convinced GL was subtly referencing that.
I know it’s a joke and all that. But do people really not get the line? I mean, sometimes it’s hard to grasp the lyrics of rap songs, especially when they’re rapping so fast and using obscure metaphors and references. But this one is delivered quite calmly and could be taken quite literally.
Before someone asks why there isn’t insane inflation from banks printing an infinite amount of money for themselves, the Hong Kong dollar is pegged to the US dollar. In order to be allowed to print HKD, banks must have an equivalent amount of USD on deposit.
I was made moderator of the /c/TrueAnon on the lemmy.ml instance a while ago, and none of my actions have ever federated to lemmy.ml, so I gave up. Thought I’d try again after this upgrade and still no dice. The response I’m getting back from the API when I try to add my lemmy.ml account to moderator status is...
www really doesn’t matter and has nothing to do with the quality of a website. It used to be that servers would use the www subdomain so that they could be told apart from their mailservers (which would use smtp) and other servers they might have.
Nowadays this isn’t really needed. Most websites can be accessed with and without the www. The www is usually just used out of tradition and because it makes a domain look more like a web address for the masses.
Strange how perception works. The last time I was really amazed by graphics was with Unreal. I could admire the castle in the intro for hours.
The Doom 3 alpha was astonishing as well. But by the time it was released it felt like just another gradual advancement among all the other games.
Maybe it’s a console vs PC thing where console players would get and incredible leap with each generation whereas PC players saw all the steps to reach the next generation.
Stackoverflow and the associated sites are more or less like that. It sometimes has problems with overzealous users marking tangentially related questions as duplicates but overall it seems to work.
Downvoting costs karma and it’s encouraged to give reasons for a downvote. If an answer is outdated a newer answer often quickly rises to the top and often enough the original answerer will promote the better answer. And you can also edit other people’s answers and you can see an edit history.
But it only works if there are enough knowledgeable people participating. It’s especially bad with new questions because either the question is low quality or the first answer which gets accepted by the questioner right away is bullshit.
Because it’s one of the few true ones? The media and politicians trump up fears of immigrants and poor people while downplaying or ignoring tax evasion, both legal and illegal.
OP’s solution would be getting rid of capital all together and becoming best buds with China and Russia, as shown by other posts. But that is not expressed here.
Ironically, becoming best buds with Russia is something the Left and the Right agree on. At least in Germany.
Hey there people! The Gothic community has been live for a while but never really got “advertised”. So here I am, hoping to get more people interested in this wonderful game series....
Strange. A weird “fact” I heard in my childhood was that the yolk contained more protein (also called eggwhite in German) than the egg white. Meh, too tired to research it.
Not the brightest kyber crystal in the light saber. (lemmy.world)
One can dream (lemmy.world)
whats going on with the 'tankie' thing
Hi im new here, cause im trans, also a bit into leftism (I like the red vibe and hate capitalism) but not committed mostly because im new to politics in general. This is a burner because the whole subject seems very heated and I don’t want my main account banned....
It's called fashion, sweetie, look it up (dmv.social)
Eminem’s mom before he leaves for a rap battle [stock photo] (i.imgur.com)
Banks in Hong Kong can print their own money. There are 8 different designs in circulation. (lemmy.world)
Before someone asks why there isn’t insane inflation from banks printing an infinite amount of money for themselves, the Hong Kong dollar is pegged to the US dollar. In order to be allowed to print HKD, banks must have an equivalent amount of USD on deposit.
The future is here. (lemmy.ml)
diminishing returns but here's day 5 of stock photos memes (lemmy.world)
Remote Moderator actions still do not seem to work after upgrading to 0.18.5
I was made moderator of the /c/TrueAnon on the lemmy.ml instance a while ago, and none of my actions have ever federated to lemmy.ml, so I gave up. Thought I’d try again after this upgrade and still no dice. The response I’m getting back from the API when I try to add my lemmy.ml account to moderator status is...
bert ernie ewoks Xpost (lemmy.world)
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People may suffer ‘long colds’ more than four weeks after infection, study shows | Medical research (www.theguardian.com)
I had a cold last month, but I’m still getting rid of a mild cough. This seems pretty timely for me....
/wai/ and www (lemmy.world)
first time making meme 😩
Truly an advancement (lemmy.world)
Is there any q&a site where answers can be edited collective, as in a wiki, in order to create the best possible reply?
Just like wikipedia, but instead of articles it’s questions....
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Gothic - A community for everything related to the Gothic game series (lemmy.world)
Hey there people! The Gothic community has been live for a while but never really got “advertised”. So here I am, hoping to get more people interested in this wonderful game series....
Harbor Freight charges $1 extra for green extension cords instead of orange (civilloquy.com)
Twins! (i.imgur.com)
Odometer 44444 (i.imgur.com)
My Fiesta’s odometer has reached an interesting milestone!