Barabas [he/him] @ Barabas @hexbear.net

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South Korea was a literal military dictatorship until the late 80s under the watchful eye of uncle sam.

They were the less successful US pet project after Japan. There is a reason that a whole lot of their media is about how capitalism sucks and that they are the heaviest drinkers in the world.

The reason online dating sucks isn't because of anything inherent to online dating but because of the profit motive.

I agree, if things were different they'd be different. However, things are like they are.

Retirement savings connected to the stockk market. Gives a perverse incentive for everyone to continue the wealth transfer upwards, since the stock market is largely based on the vibes of a handful of very rich people.

The last sight of many a commie.

https://twitter.com/FilthyHeretic/status/962208974476103686

Same energy.

It shows how neoliberalism has rotted people's brains. The government making things better is bad actually as it is an attempt to gain favour. Anything other than managed decline is unthinkable.

Unless it is bending over backwards to subsidise privately owned business, then it is fine and good to pander actually. Gotta make sure that the same handful of people keep getting obscenely richer.

It is from old coinage of Volodymyr the Great and got adopted in 1917 after a historian suggested it (about 1000 years later).

A lot about Ukrainian identity and symbols is very post-hoc.