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[–] puppy@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] puppy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago
[–] puppy@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Because politicians usually don't bite the corporate hand that feeds them.

[–] puppy@lemmy.world 62 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I reckon Gaza's dystopia is anything but boring.

[–] puppy@lemmy.world 42 points 3 days ago (4 children)

It's pretty pathetic that an "alpha male" cannot pull a girl.

[–] puppy@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Batman is plenty proactive. For example he had collected each of the Justice League member's weakness just in case one of them go rogue.

[–] puppy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Oh ok. Sorry for sounding a bit harsh but it did seem to me the way you mentioned.

[–] puppy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

That's a bad faith argument.

This way of binary thinking also has a Capitalsm equivalent. Some say Capitalsm ALWAYS end up in neo-liberal economies and with late stage Capitalsm with oligarchs and the death of the free market. For example oligarchs control most of the US economy and most economic policies are put forward with lobbying money. Is has become increasingly harder to start a small business in the US, hence US citizens' tendancy to romantacize the Europe. If you say that Socialist movements ALWAYS end up in dictatorships then Capitalist moves should ALWAYS end up in late stage Capitalsm and the death of the free market.

In reality no contry is purely Capitalist or Socialist anymore. Otherwise the US wouldn't put tariffs on Chinese cars to protect GM, Ford and now Tesla. A direct contradiction to free market policies. Meanwhile there isn't a huge tariff especially for US cars in China. China ended up leaning towards Capitalism than before. Scandinavian countries absorbed a lof of leftist policies into their modern day government. Most of Vienna's houses are government owned. Everyone has mixed policies because there are good in both Capitalist and Socialist principles. You just have to be implement whatever is good for the people and economy in a given climate.

[–] puppy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (4 children)

It's an incorrect example. For North Korea to be a Socialist paradise, it has to be Socialist first.

It's like me saying the US would've been a Socialist paradise were it not for Trump's presidency. It doesn't have a base to construct a hypothesis.

[–] puppy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Agree with some if your points but North Korea is not a socialist country. Their self proclamation doesn't make it one in ths same way that I can proclaim to the the smartest person in the world without it being true.

Having democracy (voting rights) is a prerequisite for a socialist society. Some forms of socialism has a proxy government, but that government is elected by the people. The most basic requirement for socialism is a country where its workers decide on its production. North Korea is a dictatorship and has a command economy. Saying North Korea is socialist is akin to saying England in the middle ages were socialist. Both countries were governed by dictators and everything was decided by the kings court. We call that Fuedlism, not Socialism, don't we?

[–] puppy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

"Accuses me of living inside an eco chamber".

"Then links an article from a pro-Israeli propaganda outlet".

LOL.

[–] puppy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Take a map of the Israel given to the Jews by the UN in 1948 and compare it to the modern Israel then let's talk about who's factually incorrect.

 

Now that the Reddit exodus is about a year old and the client apps have matured, what's the latest state of the above question?

What app do you use and why? I'm mainly interested in Android but suggestions for other platforms are also welcome. And if you are using multiple platforms, what's your primary one?

 

When films are adapted from books, more often than not, I tend to find the books a lot more enjoyable. So I have skipped watching a lot of films in the hope of reading the books later.

So what are some great films not adapted from books? Or what are some films that are significantly better than the book they were adapted from?

 
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A political faction cancels a rail project citing,

  1. Costs
  2. Not having enough stops
  3. Noise etc.

Then proposes a worse project or more highways. Does this sound familiar? I urge you to watch this video because there are many parallels between this Canadian tale and the now cancelled Colombo light rail project. There maybe lessons we can learn from Canada.

 

https://www.newsfirst.lk/2023/07/20/health-crisis-expert-committee-begins-research/

Newsfirst reports on recent incident of antibiotic reactions. Is the the result of Keheliya Rambukwella's attempt at removing standards for importing medicine? Does anyone know what happened to that scandal?

 

https://cebcare.ceb.lk/gensum/details shows Sri Lanka's electricity generation for the past 24 hours. For example on yesterday, 42% of power came from renewables and 58% came from non-renewable sources.

 

I am once again baffled how these people end up in the parliament.

 

I think this is from the Cold War era but I could be wrong.

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