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Trudge [Comrade]

@ Trudge @lemmygrad.ml

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  • Latvia PM: Let EU countries with no colonial past lead diplomacy with BRICS+

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  • There are a few obvious wrinkles in his plans. Poland, for example, is probably the most significant European country without a past as a colonial power in Africa, Asia or South America but politicians from around the world will not be blind to some of Warsaw’s latest pronouncements on migration. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki recently said he wants to hold a referendum asking citizens whether they support the arrival of “thousands of illegal migrants coming from the Middle East and Africa.”

    So which European country that isn't racist and doesn't have a colonial past?

  • Latvia PM: Let EU countries with no colonial past lead diplomacy with BRICS+

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  • Historical sticklers could also note that Latvia had a brief past as a colonial power. The Duchy of Courland, an antecedent to Latvia, held territory on the island of Tobago in the Caribbean and on the Gambia River in West Africa in the mid-1600s.

    lol

  • Theory vs Practice

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  • Expired food transaction prices are closer to cost. It is the necessity for a profit margin that drives grocery stores to sell at a higher price (or as I call it, cost + profit price). Now, you may say that profit margins are bad for grocery stores, which is true (23%), which cannot account for discount on expired food (1030%). However, The grocery store overall margin does not account for the cost of individual items. In terms of percentages, markup on dry goods (cereals, pasta, etc.) and canned goods are lower while the markup for prepared food, frozen food, and bakery goods are more than twice that of dry goods. Which items actually do go on sale then? The ones with higher margins. . The discounted price for fresh food is absolutely possible when you take profit margins out.

    For the microprocessors example, I'll use the same example as to why that mode of complex production is more likely under communism than capitalism. By your account, ARM designed microprocessors while there wasn't a huge need for it, but the market for smart phones exploded later. Does this make sense? No, it doesn't make sense under capitalism, so let's look at the history of it. ARM (Acorn/Advanced RISC Machine) financially functioned by being funded by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation). ARM's nickname in the UK used to be BBC Micro! I don't think I need to go on about how communists are all about state-funded enterprises, so I rest my case.

  • Greece renews its calls for British Museum to return Parthenon Marbles in wake of priceless thefts

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  • Eternal reminder that Britain mismanaged Parthenon Marbles so they are permanently damaged.

  • Theory vs Practice

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  • Alright, now we have a concrete example of a good transaction in capitalist society. It's buying almost expired food at discounted prices. I remain unconvinced though that it is an example of a good transaction - many others and I have waited until the food is almost expired to buy them at discounted prices. The store is forced to refrigerate and carry the good until it almost expires, and I am forced to wait until the food has gone almost bad to get it. The same transaction could have happened when the food was fresh. The store would be getting the same amount of money, increase their stock rotation and I would be getting fresher food.As a show of good faith to demonstrate that I'm not trying to debatebro you, let me give you an example from a socialist society. Cuba. Cuba imports frozen chicken parts from the United States (Tyson Foods, Inc.) because they determined that the US can more efficiently raise and process poultry than they can. In return, Cuba sells paintings to America as Cuba has a thriving art scene encouraged by the state. The end result is that Cubans can draw art and eat chickens for a cheaper price (labor hours) than they would if they had to raise chickens themselves. This is not a unique transaction - Cuba has been engaging in this type of trade with many countries such as the former USSR and China for almost a century for other products such as sugar which Cuba can grow more efficiently due to their climate.I have to say that I remain unconvinced that the capitalist mode of trade is better for the individual. You demonstrated that it is better for businesses such as ARM, Samsung, and Qualcomm, but the benefit for you or me, individual human beings, seem lacking.

  • Theory vs Practice

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  • Okay, let's talk about transactions then. You mentioned a good B2B example of a good transaction that benefits business entities that engage in it.Can you give me a good B2C example of a good transaction in capitalist societies that benefits consumers?

  • Theory vs Practice

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  • Yes, that's why I mentioned historic as well. Which country in which period of time would you say best exemplified capitalism at its best? 1980s social democratic Sweden? 1990 miracle of Han South Korea? Current Singapore?

  • Theory vs Practice

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  • Which state current or historical shows capitalism at its best in your opinion?The USA? Netherlands? Colonialist Britain?

  • U.S. ambassador to Japan will publicly eat Fukushima fish in a show of support amid radioactive water release outrage

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  • Solidarity for Whom? Japanese fishermen? Consumers? The fish???

  • BRICS announces 6 new members

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  • Nigeria would be a perfect fit, but they are content siding with the West without even getting benefits like South Korea does.

  • Italy detains three boats - for the crime of saving hundreds of refugees' lives

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  • Europe is complicit in this. Frontex is a European effort, not just Italian.

  • Disaster capitalists target Native lands on Maui

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  • On Aug. 15, the Biden Administration announced an inadequate “one time” payment of $700 per household affected by the fires.

    What more could you people possibly want??

  • I found the counter China spell for the first time in fediverse

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  • I'll probably be a smol beans T-70 light tank. What about you comrade?

  • I found the counter China spell for the first time in fediverse

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  • The liberal mastery of sorcery has been well-documented. For example, the simple incantation of "Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact" has been used to turn the Soviet Union into an axis power.As the liberal mantra only gets stronger the more it's repeated, I fear that the day that I turn into an actual tank isn't far off.

  • Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia

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  • If only America knew about this trick before 9/11

  • Western doublespeak compilation

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  • In practice, people from the global south who are working for only a few years in rich countries are never called expats.

  • Western doublespeak compilation

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  • Army vs Horde

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  • I thought you guys didn't have enough freedom to make triple cheeseburgers over there in Finland.I have been lied to by the State Department propaganda.

  • Western doublespeak compilation

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  • Immigrant vs Expat

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  • I'll start the thread.Billionaire vs Oligarch Custom vs Ritual Freedom fighter vs Terrorist Anime vs Cartoon