zbyte64 @ zbyte64 @lemmy.blahaj.zone

Neurodivergent Dad. Accepting info dumps on all channels.

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Trading for food to eat is now "profit incentive"? How is there profit if you consume what you take?

Edit: and don't get me started on the violence used in our own market systems. Thankfully Mushrooms learned long ago to eat the rich, because "surplus profit" are just resources that aren't being used.

When politicians are left to their own devices then there is no accountability. Voting doesn't hold them accountable but it does mitigate the damage. If you want accountability, then you organize and shut shit down.

They low key tell you that the reason you're not closer to your family is because you're too close to society. The sort of person that appeals to has a very fearful psyche, perfect for the lead role in a cabin horror film.

In this case I don't think it would hurt to have a popular vote decide (the next president)

It also explains why he treats the GOP the way he does, he's remembering a much older Senate.

For instance, it's impossible to have an apartheid system against another country. Israel is, by definition, not an apartheid state.

What other country has their roads, electricity, water, trade, and police controlled by another?

Like there are words, and then there are facts on the ground. It walks and quacks like an apartheid.

Sorry but living under the pandemic and having a moron POTUS say "we don't need masks cuz lol bleach is the cure" is enough of a difference.

Why would you want to be friends with bibi?

Not all competition is mediated via markets. Mushrooms will compete by injecting themselves into their adversaries using their own internal pressure.

The Abraham Accords is often cited as an escalation towards the situation we are now in that it tried to politically isolate Hamas: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Accords

Maybe the orange man wouldn't make a difference on the arms front, but he is really good at planting seeds for conflict.

Maybe I would receive your arguments with more grace if it wasn't laced with personal judgements.

If we have so little influence over Israel than that undermines your argument that we're getting "power coupons" in return. I'm not even debating you on the morality of Kissinger, I'm meeting you where you stand: if we don't exercise our influence then we are going to lose it (and Kissinger agrees with me on that at least)

Well the fun part about art is it is open to interpretation. If you laugh because "haha trans people are sexual deviants" then that's rather shitty. If you laugh because "haha transphobic people sound like that" then you're probably well adjusted. And if you know the context of Ricky Gervais and don't laugh then you are well informed.

She should setup a GoFundMe and fleece ask other bigots for the money. let them eat each other.

It depends on what they're making fun of in regards to the person. If he's joking about her being trans, that is punching down. If he's joking about her unchecked privileges, that is punching up. Think less about people's identity and more about their needs and then you will get a sense of direction.

wage theft is the largest of all thefts: https://www.tcworkerscenter.org/2018/09/wage-theft-vs-other-forms-of-theft-in-the-u-s/

Even by their own standards they're the biggest thieves.

Happy birthday! I was just telling my therapist how awesome this place is

The argument is that we're not using our strongest influence by virtue of not threatening to withhold arms (even though it would be in US interest to do so to preserve influence in the region). I am not arguing that the US controls Israel like some vassal state.

If the US has no influence over Israel in regards to this conflict than that sounds like a critical policy failure and a huge geopolitical risk.

Edit: I'm curious what potential Israel allies you speak of that are not aligned with the US? Our own allies are distancing themselves from this clusterfuck.

If you don't see how Israel is undermining America's soft power then idk what to say.