aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them] @ aaaaaaadjsf @hexbear.net

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I just said this in long form lmao

Me saying a market regulated by an uncorrupt government can generate wealth for many and generate a middle class.

Okay I know people might hate me for saying this, but isn't this just modern day China? Think about it:

• While the government is definitely not uncorrupt and has many problems with corruption, Xi has introduced many corruption purges, and billionaires in China have actually faced legal consequences up to the death penalty. When is the last time a billionaire in the west actually faced legal consequences? (Just to be clear I am not pro death penalty, just illustrating a point).
• China introduced markets with Deng and they are regulated by the government. Though this one is controversial among the left (quite a few Maoists think China could have achieved the same or even better results without the introduction of markets to the point it was done in the 80s and 90s).
• China has generated wealth for many to the point they likely have the largest middle class on the planet in terms of sheer numbers, and in quality of life indicators such as average life expectancy, China has overtaken the US. They also achieved the largest poverty alleviation campaign in modern history.

This is not to say that China is a perfect country with a spotless human rights record or anything like that, it's to say that we can learn from what they've achieved and take our blinders off. And it's pretty ironic that your meme lines up with that in certain aspects.

There's a cheap dark joke in there somewhere about Germans and Nazis

It's a messaging app where you message other people, including close family and friends. Emojis are one of the most used features. If the emojis look trash compared to the competition, that's one more barrier to entry for the average user. Me and you most probably don't care about that at all and prioritise other features way above emojis, but for other users it matters a ton.

Because an instant messaging platform is only useful if there are people to, well, message on it. WhatsApp has the userbase worldwide, telegram does not.

In a lot of irl spaces where I live, women can enter on discounted prices or for free, and this is done by the ownership to prevent the bar or club from becoming a sausage fest. Online dating doesn't have that, so it ends up with 80% of the userbase being guys, and all the issues that causes.

I'm not saying that online dating needs to copy that model and start getting gross/sleazy promoters, I'm just saying there's a reason why it's used at clubs and bars. A more equal gender split would do a lot to improve the online dating experience.

It's definitely getting worse across the board with everything lately, that's true. 5-10 years ago online dating was probably a ton better.

Yeah I hate the commodification of every aspect of our lives. I'll hold out from using the dating apps for as long as possible

Same, I agree mostly. Though I find being able to date offline and in real life, for lack of better terms, to be worth it. It also puts you ahead of all the people who just use online dating in a way, because you have a real connection with the person you are talking to.

But the profit motive is inherent to all the online dating apps. It's what decides how the algorithms work. There is no app for just meeting people seperate from that.

Are they though? Isn't loneliness at an all time high among young people in industrialised nations? Could the commodification of relationships though apps be a possible reason for that?

Because I find the idea of letting some profit driven algorithm decide who you date, and the commodification of dating, a bit sad.

You can adjust the age filter in tinder I think. Never used the app though, but my friends say there is a setting for that.

That is super depressing

That's exactly what I said. I'll just quote myself here:

Selling sex is legal, buying is not.

Gross. How can you even enjoy sex when you essentially bought someone's consent?

If you like them but not their clients how is that supposed to work economically?

The Nordic or neo-abolitionist model exists. Sweden was the first nation to implement it I think. Selling sex is legal, buying is not. Seems to work for them

I'd give most of it away or start some kind of foundation. Having that much money, amongst all the poverty here in South Africa, it would just feel immoral.

The money I'd spend on myself would be to own an average middle class home, a normal car, and maybe a project car if I could get some utility from it. And on paying off medical debt and spending it on medical treatments to minimise my chronic back pain. And to set up a fund that pays me enough every month so I never have to worry about hunger or not having enough money by the end of the month to do stuff.

He's still going on about this? He still believes the elections were rigged? Wow, this would be a comedy if it wasn't real. For added irony, in the one election he actually "won", he was the candidate with less votes and only won because of some undemocratic electoral college nonsense lol.

Johannesburg lmao. The disorganization and urban sprawl there, that also connects Joburg to Pretoria should be a crime against urban planning. The East Rand, Midrand, Wits, all of it. Apartheid spacial planning and our failure to address it has really messed us up.