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  • Yeah I'm gonna need a source there.

  • Generally speaking (because 'Muslim Countries' covers 1/3rd of countries on the planet) as long as you conform to some traditional gender role, even if it wasn't what was assigned at birth, you're going to be okay.

    Are you sure? Where did you get this from?

  • I mean why would they pay taxes if they're not a money-making enterprise?

  • so the added value is only the cost of imported gas or uranium or whatever,

    Except, if I'm not mistaken, wind also doesn't need much labor, meaning there's actually a proportional amount of labor is available to be used elsewhere in the economy, so in effect you're getting (more or less) free energy and free labor. And don't forget the economic value of not being tied to political upheavals in the Middle East or Russian war crimes in Ukraine and the lower bar for economic undertakings due to cheaper energy a la Jevon's paradox. Now I don't know enough about economics to coneifm or deny the €7 number, but you're underselling the impact here.

  • Burn gas to spin fans to make wind. One euro of gas will create seven euros, creating an infinite money machine.

  • They don't; people who don't see hope just don't vote. The people who do vote red are those who (correctly) see the current status quo as hopelessly corrupt but (incorrectly) believe their favorite fascist demagogue is the solution. That's what the "draining the swamp" stuff comes from.

  • Because their lives almost invariably get progressively worse under each administration, with the ruling party deciding the pace more than anything else? No form of government lasts long with only sticks.

  • Not very related but I hate the XINO label and similar ideas. No, they're not "Democrats/Labor/whatever in name only" that's just how your (royal you) favorite influence laundering machine for the capitalist class works.

  • What would your wonderful communism do with this?

    UBI? Reduced working hours? Better social services? Public works? There's no such thing as not enough work; only not enough work that benefits the ruling class.

  • And also, you know, consumers create jobs by their very existence so the whole idea is economically nonsensical.

  • They're not incompetent (well they're that too, but not just incompetent); they're also controlled opposition. What you see here is their job.

  • No, they're just posturing while they can. I'm 100% both are thrilled with everything going on.

  • One of the few good things about this mess is that the US no longer commands respect.

  • Except for all the times you negotiate with terrorists. "Never negotiate with terrorists" is what oppressors do when they don't want to negotiate with the oppressed (who may or may not be terrorists), not a strategy anyone has ever seriously implemented.

  • Leftist democracies (social democracies) perform best on humanitarian and economic charts.

    For now. Most of the world has barely started catching up) or hasn't caught up at all to Europe's colonialism-fueled development. Not so coincidentally Europe's standard of living is also declining. Also,

    imposes regulations on the private sector when needed.

    Except for all the times they don't. Something something housing crisis.

  • That's so surprising, I am shocked. I wonder if anyone could've predicted this.

  • Potato potato, the point still stands: It's impossible to come up with a new, say, car engine design without centuries' worth of thermodynamics and assorted physics, millennia's worth of metallurgy and the labor of hundreds if not thousands of people providing the food, water, electricity, manufactured goods, etc to make the act of innovation possible, and all those people have a claim to a piece of the pie.

  • why shouldn't I get to profit from that idea?

    Why should you exclusively get to profit from that idea? In any case all innovation stands on the shoulders of giants supported by society at large. The idea of owning an idea in the first place is absurd, but setting that aside if someone will assert exclusive rights to an idea they should first repay society for all its indirect contributions to that idea, from past innovators to the workers whose labor makes it all possible. Or course this is impossible, meaning owning an idea automatically becomes absurd. And this is before we get to how pretty much all parents are based on publicly funded research. Government-granted monopolies should stay in the 19th century.

  • That makes a lot more sense.

  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world

    Israeli group sues Canadian human rights museum over 'Nakba' exhibit

    nationalpost.com /news/canada/legal-action-looms-over-nakba-portrayal-at-cmhr-in-winnipeg
  • Flippanarchy @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    No regrets (okay maybe some regrets)

  • Flippanarchy @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    You can't make this shit up

  • Lefty Memes @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    You can't make this shit up

  • Microblog Memes @lemmy.world

    Knowledge is force times velocity dies

  • Flippanarchy @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    Me after hearing yesterday's (today's depending on timezone???) news. Death to America.

  • Lefty Memes @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    Me after hearing yesterday's (today's depending on timezone???) news. Death to America.

  • Lefty Memes @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    Ah, yes, the effect is made of cause (repost, accidentally deleted the original)

  • Flippanarchy @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    Ah, yes, the effect is made of cause

  • Lefty Memes @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    Liberals and discovering morality when their enemies do bad things, name a better duo

  • Flippanarchy @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    Liberals and discovering morality when their enemies do bad things, name a better duo

  • Science Memes @mander.xyz

    Breaking functions down to their constituent parts is nice and all, but this is a step too far.

  • Hollow Knight @lemmy.world

    What's the most stupid way you lost a steel soul run in either game?

  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world

    Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid

    www.theguardian.com /science/2025/oct/07/nobel-committee-unable-to-reach-medicine-prize-winner-hiking-off-grid
  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world

    Israel formally states it did not kill Charlie Kirk

    www.theverge.com /policy/781158/benjamin-netanyahu-charlie-kirk-conspiracy
  • Dad Jokes @lemmy.world

    Which Christian ethnic group is most likely to work in law enforcement?

  • [Dormant] moved to !historymemes@piefed.social @lemmy.world

    The Enrage would be super enraged if they learned about this

  • Lefty Memes @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    The Enrage would be super enraged if they learned about this

  • Lefty Memes @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    We did it, Patrick, we saved democracy!

  • Flippanarchy @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    It's proletarian communist exploitation though, so it's okay