Upvoted because I'm happy you're right. Biden will lose to the orange criminal if he doesn't stand up and stop money and weapons to Israel. America is fucked if it keeps supporting Israel.
Trump won without the popular vote. He won Michigan by ~10,000 votes in 2016. I'm not the one who decided this system, but this system doesn't give a shit about the majority. It doesn't take much to sway the balance.
The enshittification is very real and is spreading constantly. Companies will leech more from their employees and users until things start to break down. Acceleration is the only way.
Europeans view immigration with increasing suspicion. Seven out of 10 Europeans believe that their country takes in too many migrants, according to a survey carried out by BVA Xsight for ARTE Europe Weekly, a project led by the French-German TV channel ARTE GEIE and which EL PAÍS has participated in, as part of the countdown to...
Immigration is all about cheap labor. In the US there's a reason why so many seasonal workers come in illegally. It's because it's cheaper for the agricultural overlords and they make greater profits needing to pay undocumented workers less. Remember the money, it's always about the money.
The corporations want us to be xenophobic, they want us to hate "illegal aliens" for "stealing our jobs" because it allows them to continue to profit at record levels.
It is fueled by racism, that's what I wrote in my original comment, the agricultural overlords want us to be xenophobic. The wealthy don't want us to recognize the benefits of making temporary work visas easier to obtain because it would cost them more money.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge in Florida presiding over the classified documents prosecution of former President Donald Trump has canceled the May 20 trial date, postponing it indefinitely.
I agree, let's end subsidies for the industries that are fucking up the climate. Fuck all the weak snowflakes who don't want to change their meat consumption. How hard is it to not eat beef? Not hard, people are just weak. So hit them in the wallet then, if that's what it takes.
This isn't anything new, sulfur dioxide has been brought up time and time again, it's horseshit and doesn't solve the problem. We can geoengineer the climate by increasing algae/seaweed production significantly. It's like everyone forgets that algae/seaweed already sequesters the most carbon dioxide out of any carbon sink already. Spraying shit into the air isn't going to lower the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
He should have resigned and endorsed someone who shared the same platform. He's going to be 88 years old when he finishes his next term for fucks sake. We need term limits for congress ASAP (for both sides for whoever thinks this is a partisan issue, just don't bother).
Holy shit, read this title and genuinely thought it was The Onion. I had to read the sublemmy name like 3 times to realize this is Not The Onion. My fucking god what reality do we live in. We split from another universe some time in the 1970s and are living this shit show, LOL.
I'm just making sure everyone knows what the consequence is, whether I like it or not. It's Biden's job to do right by the people who voted for him no matter how bad the alternative may be.
No, wrong. Russia is an authoritarian fascist dictatorship. Russia censors information, lies to its people, and forces them into dying in an unnecessary war. Not even reading the rest of what you have to write.
authoritarianism, in politics and government, the blind submission to authority and the repression of individual freedom of thought and action. Authoritarian regimes are systems of government that have no established mechanism for the transfer of executive power and do not afford their citizens civil liberties or political rights. Power is concentrated in the hands of a single leader or a small elite, whose decisions are taken without regard for the will of the people. The term authoritarianism is often used to denote any form of government that is not democratic, but studies have demonstrated that there is a great deal of variation in authoritarian rule.
No it's not. Russia has a conscription forcing young people to die fighting against Ukraine. The US does not have such a thing. Russia is an authoritarian fascist dictatorship which is rapidly becoming a terrorist state because of their fear of Ukraine joining NATO.
As of 2021, all male citizens aged 18–27 are subject to conscription for 1 year of active duty military service in the armed forces, but the precise number of conscripts for each of the recruitment campaigns, which are usually held twice annually, is prescribed by particular Presidential Decree.
Seen a lot of posts on Lemmy with vegan-adjacent sentiments but the comments are typically very critical of vegan ideas, even when they don't come from vegans themselves. Why is this topic in particular so polarising on the internet? Especially since unlike politics for example, it seems like people don't really get upset by it...
My preferred way to browse here is using All and blocking communities I don't want to see. That way I get exposed to new things I wouldn't seek out on my own (for example: British archaeology)...
Theres no such thing as a corporation without consumers, we are where the buck is created, and where the buck stops.
Absolutely correct, glad to have read your comment. People need to start realizing they play a role in what's to come. It's a terrible mentality to think we don't all have our effect on the future.
I would get them to end all subsidies for the beef industry if I could. Unfortunately I'm not in control of that, all I can do is bring up discussion, and I got you to comment, so I succeeded.
No, they don't. I used to smoke, nicotine is a fucking bitch of a drug, somehow I managed to quit using vaping and nicotine gum over 2 years. Beef is not an addictive chemical. You must never have experienced nicotine drug, what a naive ass comment to make.
We need to stop eating beef. The fact that no one thinks that if they stop eating beef they won't have any effect is disturbing as fuck. If everyone stops eating beef then the industry will collapse.
The fact that I don't see this graph more often is annoying, I hate having to keep bringing this up, someone else share this for fucks sake please.
The fact that you and I got downvotes just speaks massive volumes. We might not make it as a species because we have so many individuals who think it doesn't matter either way. WE ALL PLAY A FUCKING ROLE, TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR DECISIONS IN YOUR LIFE TIME.
AI and robotics are here, more people are seeing their futures stolen. If by "pretty much forever" you mean "about 5-10 years" then I agree. I said the system will break, I didn't say I see them changing course.
The only way things can get better is by acknowledging that things aren't as good as they could be
Biden says US won't supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah, in warning to ally ( apnews.com )
Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT ( www.tomshardware.com )
Seven out of 10 Europeans believe their country takes in too many immigrants ( english.elpais.com )
Europeans view immigration with increasing suspicion. Seven out of 10 Europeans believe that their country takes in too many migrants, according to a survey carried out by BVA Xsight for ARTE Europe Weekly, a project led by the French-German TV channel ARTE GEIE and which EL PAÍS has participated in, as part of the countdown to...
Arrest of journalist Olga Fedorova (Alex Kent, New York, May 8 2024)
Which vibe do you want to ride? ( sh.itjust.works )
Bing/Dalle. Prompt is obvious!
Judge in Trump’s classified documents case cancels May trial date; no new date set ( apnews.com )
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge in Florida presiding over the classified documents prosecution of former President Donald Trump has canceled the May 20 trial date, postponing it indefinitely.
Mean world syndrome has reacted a fever pitch. ( lemmy.world )
World Bank’s climate plan: Pricier red meat and dairy, cheaper chicken and veggies ( www.politico.eu )
“We have to stop destroying the planet as we feed ourselves,” a World Bank official said, as red meat and dairy drive CO2 emissions....
Geoengineers think they can slow climate change. The catch? No more blue skies. ( link.houstonchronicle.com )
Bernie Sanders to run for fourth term in US Senate ( www.theguardian.com )
Independent senator, 82, stresses need to improve healthcare and protect abortion rights – and condemns ‘extremist’ Netanyahu...
RFK Jr. Lands Coveted Kevin Spacey Endorsement ( www.rollingstone.com )
U.S. put a hold on an ammunition shipment to Israel ( www.axios.com )
The Biden administration last week put a hold on a shipment of U.S.-made ammunition to Israel, two Israeli officials told Axios....
The US isn't authoritarian
You're trivializing authoritarianism by focusing on the US. Focus on Iran or Russia instead, then you'd have yourself a fun time.
[Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism?
Seen a lot of posts on Lemmy with vegan-adjacent sentiments but the comments are typically very critical of vegan ideas, even when they don't come from vegans themselves. Why is this topic in particular so polarising on the internet? Especially since unlike politics for example, it seems like people don't really get upset by it...
Netanyahu's Cabinet votes to close Al Jazeera offices in Israel following rising tensions ( apnews.com )
How many communities do you have blocked?
My preferred way to browse here is using All and blocking communities I don't want to see. That way I get exposed to new things I wouldn't seek out on my own (for example: British archaeology)...
Why do people still eat beef when we know it's terrible for Earth?
Clean Energy is not enough ( quotefancy.com )
'Absurd!': US Billionaires Pay Lower Tax Rate Than Working Class for First Time ( www.commondreams.org )
[Community Challenge 33] Cozy Catastrophy ( lemmy.ca )
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