JasSmith @ JasSmith @kbin.social

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Europeans will be able to take advantage of the DMA early next year. Google will have to allow us to install competing app stores without extra steps. No special security warnings or restrictions. I expect some solid competition soon.

Reverse proxy is the typical advice, but I think they're a huge pain in the ass to set up.

which implies it was engineered

It was engineered. They have admitted that. Coronavirus was manipulated in the Wuhan Institute of Virology to become more infectious. The contention is around the term "gain of function." Fauci changed the definition some years ago to skirt the funding bans imposed by Obama. His new definition requires intent to make a virus more communicable or virulent for humans. Since the WIV didn't intend to make it more communicable or virulent for humans, Fauci maintains it is not "gain of function" research.

I don't see why this is so hard for some people to accept. Chinese laboratory standards are among the worst in the world. Article after article after article details their abysmal safety standards. Why on Earth should we believe that this specific lab were somehow better? Of course it wasn't. Of course some unqualified technician made a mistake. This was always the concern about gain of function research, which was why Obama banned it.

The DoE has a national security and safety mandate, and includes biotech laboratories and covid-19 technical assistance program. Additionally, the DoE has a very well funded and competent intelligence and counter-intelligence agency, responsible for assessing both domestic and foreign national security threats.

Two sides of the same coin. Socialists all understand that socialism is the transitionary stage between capitalism and communism.

We continue to agree: they are not the same. Particularly democratic socialism.

Prove it. I cited research that shows you are wrong, you’re simply ignoring the facts.

The cited research relied on national reported statistics in its methodology. North Korea just isn't a reliable source. Neither is China; which, by the way, is also classified as a socialist country. Further, the researchers normalised income, which radically altered the conclusion. Without doing that, the capitalist countries win by a country mile. You would have known that had you actually read the study you cited.

To defend my premise, I would like like to cite all former and current communist countries, including:

Korea, Democratic Peoples Rep. (North Korea)
Armenia
Azerbaijan
China
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Laos, Peoples Democratic Republic
Mongolia
Nepal
Tajikistan
Tibet
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Armenia
Azerbaijan
China
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Laos, Peoples Democratic Republic
Mongolia
Nepal
Russia
Tajikistan
Tibet
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Europe
Albania
Belarus
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Yugoslavia)
Bulgaria
Croatia (Yugoslavia)
Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia)
Estonia
Finland
Germany (German Democratic Republic)
Greece
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia, FYR (Yugoslavia)
Moldova
Montenegro (Yugoslavia)
Poland
Romania
Serbia (Yugoslavia)
Slovakia (Czechoslovakia)
Slovenia (Yugoslavia)
Spain
Ukraine
Angola
Ethiopia
Mozambique
Colombia
Cuba
Nicaragua
Peru

Most of these countries are doing much better since eliminating communism. The data is irrefutable.

Wow one data point! Incredible. Now do deaths from starvation, lack of clean water and curable disease. 20million die per year.

I literally cited global hunger rates. I encourage you to read my comments above to refresh your memory.

Global access to clean water has been trending up for more than a century.

Child deaths from pneumonia.

Diarrheal deaths in children.

Disease burden from communicable, maternal, neonatal & nutritional diseases.

I could do this all day, but you made the claim. Let's see some evidence that capitalist nations do worse than communist nations.

Holy shit your argument is “I don’t want these people to live so it’s ok”. Colonial brained monster.

Once again, creating straw men. No one argued for killing anyone. Do you do his because your argument is weak? Does that normally work for you?

Thank you!

I am writing !mensmentalhealth and it is not turning into a hyperlink. I understand “as written” to mean “written as this.”

Thanks. I wrote !mensmentalhealth but it doesn’t turn into a hyperlink. I’m accessing this from kbin so perhaps my instance doesn’t auto format those links.

This is ideological illiteracy. Socialism is the transitionary stage between capitalism and communism. All communist states have been socialist states because no society has progressed far enough to reach communism.

You claim me to be “ideologically illiterate,” then go on to agree with me that socialism isn’t communism. That doesn’t speak well of your reading comprehension or intentions.

The implication was that it is worse in communist countries.

I didn’t make any claims about corruption. My claims are with outcomes, which I maintain are worse under communism.

Take China out of that data and it practically flatlines. It has not improved in capitalist countries, China is responsible for almost all of it.

Child mortality has trended down over the last century in almost every capitalist nation, not just China. Even the really corrupt African nations.

If that were fucking possible under capitalism it would ALREADY BE HAPPENING.

No, and this is the central argumentative failure under this dogma. Maybe people just don’t want mass redistribution? Maybe what you want isn’t what everyone else wants? Is that really so hard to accept as a possible reality? The Frankfurt School accepted this in the 1930s under the premise that “people’s lives are just too good under capitalism to ever want to move to communism.”

Under communism, no. Marx explicitly prescribed violent revolution to overthrow democracy. He prescribes implementing democracy after the glorious revolution, but previous attempts never progressed to that point. Communism is authoritarian in nature, as it seeks to disempower the individual and strip them of their property rights, in favour of the collective.

As for socialism, it depends what you mean. Democratic socialism, which is what Western countries practise, is democratic. Socialism is:

a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

This is incompatible with democracy. Democracy requires rule of law and property rights as a foundation. Stripping people of their property rights is authoritarian. It cannot be maintained under a democracy as individuals in the West would vote for their liberty, as they do today. This necessitates authoritarian control.

How do you do this? Just write !mensmentalhealth ?

You’re wrong. Socialism objectively provides a higher physical quality of life to its citizens when compared to capitalism at an equal level of development.

That’s a pretty big switcheroo there. Communism isn’t socialism, and the socialism as described in the link is called democratic socialism. I.e. democracy with redistribution. Which all Western countries practise. Your link reinforces my premise.

The notion that there are no corruption issues in capitalist countries is also bizarre.

Nobody claimed that. You keep making up straw men. We’d have a more productive discussion if you just replied to what I wrote.

20million people die to easily preventable things under capitalism around the world every single year.

That the rate of hunger has dropped precipitously while population has exploded in the most impoverished regions is testament to the incredible achievement of capitalism. Child mortality is at an all time low. You’re arguing that because things aren’t perfect, capitalism is bad. Clearly the world isn’t so black and white. No system of resource allocation is perfect, least of all communism.

But really this isn’t about capitalism. It’s about politics. We can choose to tax people more and redistribute locally and abroad. We choose that when we vote. Capitalism just ensures we have lots of resources and products and services.

Keep the loan. It’s the best deal you’ll see in your lifetime.

Most likely. It’s silly though because it doesn’t really hurt Ukraine, just starving people in Africa. Russia is trying desperately to save face and it just makes them look even weaker.

That might be the stated intent, but it seems plain that once the leaders are in positions of power and authority, they abuse their power. This is why, as fallible as is democracy, it is superior.

I would also contend that the outcomes for those living under communism are vastly inferior to those living under capitalism. I’ve always been bemused by arguments that all the repeated attempts “don’t count,” as though seventh time is the charm and suddenly the major issues will be worked out.

I live in similar conditions. I think this depends mostly on design and placement. I’ve got an older Civic with a reverse camera which almost never has this problem because it’s located under an overhang. I think at worst it might require a quick wipe if dirty/covered by snow, but the same is true of a rear window.

I agree. Too many benefits. It’s basically a permanent reverse camera.

1. Wider FOV.
2. Muted maximum brightness (no more being blinded by headlights).
3. Night vision and other darkness assisted vision.
4. No issues with rear window size, design, luggage, and passengers.
5. If positioned well, camera is much less likely to ice over than rear window, and won’t suffer from being fogged up like a rear view window.

I have a plan for what I consider to be my happy place: retirement. Whenever I feel down I look at my plan and consider what small step I could take to get even closer. It helps me step back from the immediate feelings and focus on the longer term goal. No one is going to help me reach my goals. Only I can do that. Accepting this and seeing progress is so satisfyingly empowering.

I stay away from the politics related communities. A bunch of people from r/Politics migrated to Lemmy and I’ve received death threats for having the wrong political opinions.

I hate the CLI and every time I had an issue every manual or forum or user would give me the solution using the CLI.

Also gaming. There is lots that runs fine on Linux now, but there is also lots which does not. Especially gaming peripherals like my Fanatec wheel and pedals.