@lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca expressed an opinion and I have the same opinion. The authors should focus the article on quality of life; longevity is secondary. Are you telling people what personal preferences to have?
If you're talking about Aqua's comment I'm only seeing it right now. (Look for yourself at who's replying to who.)
Have there been any petitions about this to get MPs' attention? There would need to be a good awareness campaign first so the petition doesn't fail, but it could be a good candidate for government review.
I meant before elections come (and that's assuming they don't find a way to undermine those as well). All I can think of is how Michelle Obama quoted MLK Jr. and said to honour his legacy by getting involved in local community, honouring the other important day of the year that it was, rather than commenting on the inauguration directly.
😢 I'd guess trans women and all unhoused people could be the first casualties, potentially involving cheap prison labour within the US to replace externally detained migrants. Why is it so easy to think of worst case scenarios but so hard to think of ways to stop this?
I've been watching increasingly austere policies come up (and voted against them) since before 2008. This guy has been pro-regulation, remember. Not something big business tends to favour. Austerity policies tend to come from politicians listening to dedicated neoliberal economists, touting the usual free market garbage. When it comes to a banker, you have to research/watch them and discern what outcome they're going for. The best clue for that is probably their past actions. Thankfully there are old and new articles about both potential party leaders, along with the other party leaders. I've just read a couple about him so far (as well as seeing that interview you mentioned when it got posted online).
Nah, he's not Musk. He can come off as wooden but he's still more politically savvy than that. Even if he wholeheartedly agrees with the ideology, he'll hide it. He'll probably have other subtler slips though.
I'm also considering alternatives to Proton myself. I've seen the privacy-oriented communities give a bunch of options. Search "Privacy" and you'll see them listed. Tuta probably isn't bad as a paid account but the free app left a lot to be desired the last time I checked (no message search or sorting like Proton).
Bizarrely enough, he's actually probably less in favour of slashing everything than Freeland and obviously Poilievre... if his rhetoric and past actions are indicative. Yes, heads of banks can often do evil, but some have still spoken up about inequality in recent years because they're more aware of what's happening in markets than a lot of economists are. (Here's a kind of shocking video by an economist and public educator who went to the private sector for a while after doing his Master's at Oxford discussing why, for those interested.)*
If Carney is at least somewhat on our side, we would at least stave off another fascist or fascist-supporting government in the world.
*TLDW: The vid happens to be about why highly ranked economists often get predictions wrong. One of the reasons he goes into is private sector money drawing promising students away from universities unless they're wealthy enough not to need the money. Wealthy PhD students are typically too out of touch to realize the models they use leave out crucial data on inequality.
You're making a lot of unnecessary assumptions. No one said anything supporting eating meat.