fosforus

@fosforus@sopuli.xyz

politics: green/libertarian

geo: anti-r***ia, anti-religious extremism, anti-fascist, anti-trump

gaming since 1986

linuxing since 1996

psych: drinking too much coffee, wasting too much time and energy in here

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fosforus,

Of course it’s good to help a child, but this smells like a propaganda piece.

Even if it’s 100% true and happened exactly like it’s described in the article, it’s obviously propaganda.

fosforus,

Yep, it’s obvious that that’s how many people here see all their problems.

fosforus, (edited )

What were you promised? Like, owning a home? Home ownership rates in the US have been in the 63-70% range during all of 1966-2023, almost completely stable. Local purchasing power is #5 in the world for americans. What exactly is the problem over there?

We in Europe are having it much worse if you look at the data, especially now when Russia is being fucking Russia.

fosforus,

Or perhaps we know history and economics.

fosforus, (edited )

So 30% of people can’t afford their own house and that doesn’t seem like inequality to you?

Income inequality is a completely different thing from home ownership. Also, some of those 30% choose to not own a house. Also further, the average home ownership rate in EU is almost exactly the same as in the US, but our local purchasing power tends to be quite a lot worse.

USA is doing pretty fine economically.

fosforus, (edited )

You’re implying that the meme “capitalism bad” has amazing amounts of nuance.

fosforus, (edited )

Perhaps things are different where you live, but where I live, there’s always a significant additional bureaucratic cost when selling a house and buying another one. Because of that, renting has at least a single clear benefit beyond just being able to afford it: greater flexibility. Also, the financial risk is almost zero when you rent.

fosforus, (edited )

Well, you’re not wrong, but what I replied to (“don’t know what capitalism is” and “are rent seekers”) wasn’t exactly filled with nuance, either.

fosforus, (edited )

And by the way - what do you think causes the financial risk of home ownership

Accidents, subpar maintenance, market changes, divorce.

fosforus, (edited )

That’s cute, but also not how any of this works.

I suggest www.amazon.com/…/0465060730 – it’s 700 pages but I’m sure you can do it if you put some effort in.

fosforus, (edited )

Ok, so which multiple award-winning, widely respected PhD of Economics would you suggest instead? Or you just against things instead of having any positions of your own, like most other deep-end socialists are?

fosforus,

Reality seems to again be more like Aldous Huxley than George Orwell. We will pay to get these things in our heads eventually.

fosforus, (edited )

Generally speaking: not these days, and not for a long long time. Mauro, for instance, worked for Red Hat at the time. It’s of course possible to be unpaid and work for Linux, but I believe it’s much more likely that one is employed by a big tech corpo and they maintain the kernel as part of their work.

fosforus,

Israel is not apartheid, and it’s obviously not committing genocide. Hamas is for genocide.

fosforus, (edited )

They are bombing Hamas terrorists, their enemy, not refugees. You must remember that Hamas fighters and civilians look exactly the same, and they deliberately lurk among the civilians. This is obviously not genocide.

I’ll give you a hint in form of a question that may lead you towards the truth: What happens to the amount of population in a genocide?

fosforus, (edited )

Consider the question, dude. What happens to the population in a genocide?

fosforus, (edited )

I’m guessing you’re gonna say that there is no genocide if not all or most of the people are killed, because then their people have survived. But, genocide also incorporates cultural genocide.

No, I’m saying that population doesn’t grow during a genocide.

That’s the fate the Israeli state wants for Palestine. It is still technically genocide.

But… Palestinian Arabs are >20% of the population of Israel. You’re making absolutely no sense.

fosforus,

Does it really sound like that? Should you perhaps try to steelman my argument in your head?

fosforus,

I feel like there’s some weird context here. Why does Stefanik want to get that “yes” and why are they reluctant to say it? Would it be a declaration of some university policy that would lead to suppressing the demonstrations or what?

fosforus,

Yup, head in the sand. That works.

fosforus,

The Left is right. This doesn’t make sense.

fosforus,

I don’t get all the Apple hate from the Linux community.

Being poor hurts. Distributing hurt makes it feel better.

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