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I have a low opinion of militaries in general, but killing thousands of people to make your opponent look bad is a new low.

This partixular boycott is misaimed and pointless. Science and culture belong to the world, not to any country. By all means boycott research with military applications, or individuals who work alongside the IDF or other violent groups, but what's the point in boycotting research on medicine or water purification?

BRICS is a trading bloc, not a military alliance. The resolution is aimed at promoting peace and international trade, not deciding who's right in a European conflict. Not saying reconciliation and reparations aren't important, but they can be discussed after the killings have stopped.

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Are the emojis part of your username? How do you do that? And how would someone tag you?

Ah, I see. India has the Communist Party of India, the CPI (Marxist), the CPI (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, the Communist Marxist Party, and the CMP-A, the Revolutionary Marxist Party, and an even greater number of socialist parties. They have aligned with and against each other through the ages, but I just posted this combination because I found it while going through last week's election results and found it funny.

Look at the party affiliations of the winner and runner-up.

There are no ads on Lemmy anyway. Why are you being asked to pay for that?

Unless the NDA fall short of a majority, would independents even matter that much? It might send a bad signal regarding violence in politics, but that's about it.

Regional Trends:

North India

• The opposition alliance is projected to win a narrow majority of seats in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state. Previously, the NDA had 64 out of the state's 80 seats.
• The NDA is successfully defending all seats in Delhi, Uttarkhand and Himachal Pradesh, but has lost seats in Haryana.
• The contest in Punjab is between two opposition parties, with the Congress holding a narrow lead over the AAP.
• In Jammu and Kashmir, the NDA and INDIA are leading in two seats each, with an independent candidate taking the final seat. Ladakh, too, has an independent taking the lead.

West India

• The NDA is successfully defending almost all seats in Madhya Pradesh and Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat.
• The opposition is winning Maharashtra from the NDA, and making gains in Rajasthan.

East India

• The NDA has retained most seats in Bihar and Chattisgarh, but is losing some seats in Jharkhand.
• Both the NDA and the INDIA have failed to make inroads into West Bengal, where the Trinamool Congress holds its ground.
• The NDA has swept Odisha, previously ruled by the BJD, a regional party.
• Results in the north-east are mixed, with the NDA holding the plains and regional parties and INDIA making gains in the hill states.
• In particular, the opposition is leading in both seats in Manipur, which went through ethnic violence over the last year.

South India

• The NDA has retained its majority in Karnataka, won Andhra Pradesh from the neutral YSRCP, and made inroads into Telangana (at the expense of the neutral BRS).
• The opposition retained all but one seat in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, and made inroads into Karnataka and Telangana.

Party projections based on current leads

(alliance in brackets - N for NDA (government), U for INDIA (opposition), I for independent)

National Parties:

• The Bharatiya Janata Party (N) is expected to lose around 60 of its 303 seats, finishing with around 240 seats.
• The Indian National Congress (U) is expected to nearly double its current tally of 52, finishing just under 100 seats.
• The Communist Party of India - Marxist (U) is expected to pick up one more seat, going from 3 to 4.
• The Aam Aadmi Party (U) is expected to pick up two more seats, from 1 to 3.
• The Bahujan Samaj Party (I) and the National People's Party (I) are expected to win no seats.

Major Regional Parties

• Samajwadi Party (U) 5 -> 38 (+33)
• Trinamool Congress (I) 22 -> 29 (+7)
• Dravida Munneta Kazhakam (U) 24 -> 22 (-2)
• Telegu Desam Party (N) 3 -> 16 (+13)
• Janata Dal United (N) 16 -> 12 (-4)

Wikipedia defines capitalism as an 'economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit'. In contrast, communism involves 'common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products … based on need'. The 'means of production' here refer to property that can be used to produce goods, and ultimately, wealth. Factories are the usual example.

I must point out, however, that the meanings of these words change over time and place. Also note that it was the Marxists who popularised these two terms; to quote Wikipedia, 'scholars who are uncritical of capitalism rarely actually use the term capitalism'.

Inb4 cars are required to jam phone signal when in use.

Leopards do attack gorillas, and they probably kill babies. But a leopard weighs, on average, about half as much as an adult gorilla, so attacks on adults might not be that common.

Jaguars live in South America. Gorillas live in Africa. Even gorilla vs lion is very unlikely, since (most) gorillas live in the rainforest and African lions live in the savanna.

How does the battery having a short daily life get the user to buy more? If anything, won't it give the company a bad name?

I see, I'll look into it then. Thank you.

I think a good compromise would be the car only reporting you if you cross the speed limit. But then, you'd have to take the manufacturer's word for it.

Right, which is why I prefer to rely on local backups. Much cheaper in the long run.

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I think cars and heavy vehicles should report overspeeding and other reckless behaviour to the traffic police.