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[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 5 points 17 hours ago

Yep. If money isn't a problem, the answer is 'never'.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 3 points 22 hours ago

Judging by the two-party system and the past Democrat governments, I don't think there's a significant possibility of getting more than one those in the next decade. At least four of them run directly in contradiction to the groups with enough money to systematically sponsor and corrupt politicians (no matter which party), own mass media and control other relevant institutions.

These kind of things only happen when people have the power to pressure the government into supplying them.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Two things can be bad. These are not sports teams where one side wins and the other loses.

Yes. I completely agree. However, it's important to dispel false equivalence. Every country spends money on military, that doesn't imply they're all bad or neglecting their citizens.

Why is the US spending so much on military? Why is China spending so much on military? Why does the US routinely invade countries in other regions? Why does China suppress Uyghur people in the Xinjiang conflict? Like you said, two things can be bad, but it's also negligent to imply the two situations are comparable.

China is #2 in military spending after the USA.

I don't believe they have another option, given the USA's military and aggression.

It's telling how limited their spending is - consider China's disproportionate economy, size and population, and their borders. According to Wikipedia, they only spend 1.7% of their GDP on military - that's alongside the Netherlands, Czechia, Italy and Spain.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Does your local government publish advice? Some have a contact who can tell you what is safe to use in their infrastructure.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Absolutely. This regime has shown how fragile the relationship is, and how untrustworthy the USA is as a partner.

once the democrats are back in power

This little phrase reminded me: I find it interesting how this is just assumed by many people as an eventuality when we've already seen a failed coup attempt last time an election ousted the Republican regime. There is this underlying faith in the liberal democracy of the US, since despite its huge flaws, it hasn't failed in over a century. Similar with all the people who call for impeachment, police arresting ICE and other legal mechanisms.

It's silly to trust government institutions to save one from an openly, brazenly malicious government.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

It depends what you mean by movement, and where you mean.

There are already some direct action movements on the ground, like Subvertisers International, Adbusters and historically B.U.G.A.U.P to name some famous Western ones.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Many years ago, I posted about how horribly written it was, and right on cue, a neo-Nazi pipes in asking which translation it was, because apparently all the faithful translations are a Jewish trick, or something...

No reply when I posted the introduction in original German, of course.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (6 children)

This might not be what you meant, but I've found 90+% of the 'online left' regardless of ideology to be far more ultra-left, alienated and toxic than most people on the ground, even including the drama kiddos on college campuses and split rival organizations. To everyone I highly recommend finding people in real life, if possible.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago

Redlib is an alternate frontend to reddit.com.

I can't find "Ramble" so I'm guessing they might mean Raddle, which is a reddit-like website of its own, similar to Lemmy (without federation)

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, synesthesia counts!

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

An end result of liberalist idealism. (plus what others have said)

 

What is something you can sense that few-if-any people you know can sense? Literal answers only.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

only a few hundred

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