Jaytreeman

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[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

There's been a bunch of cultures that refute that idea, but they have a hard time fighting off moooaaaar types of cultures. Humans can be almost anything. Good or bad

[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Communism is literally workers owning the means of production.
Worker co-ops have the workers owning the means of production.
Richard Wolf is a professor of economics. He talks a lot about the different ways a state can be communist. I'd recommend checking him out. (Misspelled his name in the above comment)
The main way he advocates is with democracy at work.

[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

You might want to check out Robert Wolf. He's a big advocate for worker co-ops, which are a type of communism. Of the cooperative principles, #6 is cooperation between Co-ops. It doesn't get much more mutualist than that.

[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm optimistic about the protests as well.

What's the difference between what's going on now and carpet bombing? 60% of buildings in the strip have been damaged by bombs. Sources from december are saying that it's the most destructive bombing campaign since the second world war. Gaza is already being carpet bombed.

[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago (4 children)

That's despicable for sure.
That's not any different from the Palestinian point of view though

[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Wow.
Can't put any criticism against Biden here...
We're clear that every Republican candidate is worse than the last. Voting biden in 2024 will help the short term. You're going from crisis to crisis. It's by design. Can't put the neighborhood fire out if you're always worried about your house.

[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago (10 children)

How would Trump be worse for the Palestinians?
Would Bibi bomb even harder? Because he seems to be ignoring international pressure now. Would Trump give even more bombs to Bibi? Because there doesn't seem to be a handle on the throttle now.
Trump moved the embassy. Did biden move it back?
Trumps despicable. There's lots of reasons to prefer biden come November, but how is biden better on this issue?

[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 12 points 10 months ago

Purely speculating here:

The patriot act made it so that the US government had ownership of any data that passed through US land. Is this just a way for the US to monitor all traffic going through into and out of Russia?

It's actually a big deal inside any privacy space outside of the US. For instance, any healthcare data in Canada can't go through the US. Same thing for EU countries. Bigger corporations like MS know this and have data centers available for those countries to access within their own borders.

[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago

Saving isn't the same as profit. Saving is much more beneficial, but our society is focused on profit.

[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 15 points 10 months ago

It actually is monorail. It looks like the stabilizing arm is for when the vehicle is off and not moving. It uses a gyroscope while moving for stabilization

[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 6 points 10 months ago

You've got some good points. Keep up the good fight

[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

As others have said, the analogy is wrong, but for different reasons than what I've seen.

A better analogy is an abusive relationship. There's your partner who beats you regularly. You're often left bruised. You talk about leaving and the response is 'the other guy will break your arms, and unless you agree to stay with me, they're moving in and they will break your arms. I'm still punching you, and there's no chance I'll stop, but I'm better than that person.'

There is a cycle of abuse. Look it up. There's no way to make an abusive relationship better. There's very little chance that a person will change while they have power over a victim. Power gives up nothing without a fight.

The abuser might change, but only after reflection and a loss of power.

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