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Cubans deserve democracy.

It’s necessary because people develop software with Macs.

macOS just makes you jump through a hoop every time you run an application that’s not notarized.

In practice that means cross platform open source projects don’t want to pay money to join apple’s developer program and set up code singing and deal with certificates.

So after download an unsigned app, macOS refuses to start it until you go to system settings > security > and allow.

You have to do this again after every update.

It’s very annoying and does very little for security.

Everything right wing I like is neither left nor right.

Across Europe it’s the left wing parties that are opposed to increased military spending. Many even want to leave NATO.

Leftists cry when aid money is no longer spent on queer theater plays in Bolivia.

housing myth

Look up scientific studies on rent control. The effects are extremely limited and create bad incentives. Rent control is classic populism that ignores market forces.

Rent control always creates a whole market of illegal subletting. Renters with a cheap apartment will hold onto it and illegally sublet it at an inflated price. So you create a whole new group of mini landlords without affecting rent. There’s also bribes paid to get a rent controlled apartment and similar shenanigans. Those lucky enough to qualify will hold on to their apartment, even if it’s too big for them. Classic examples are elderly after their children have moved out and their spouse has died. That makes the market inefficient and doesn’t allocate according to need. You end up with young families squeezing into tiny places while one old person has excessive space.

Housing built by the state can help. It increases supply after all. However the state has to pay the same costs for construction and upkeep as private investment. That means state run housing has to set rents at a level that covers the construction costs, mortgage interest, upkeep, administration, etc.

I support building housing by state owned companies and privileges for housing unions and coops.

High construction costs are often caused by complex regulations or bad zoning. Construction costs in Germany have skyrocketed over the past 30 years, mainly because of escalating regulations. That results in houses being over-engineered and having to provide lots of certifications and such.

meritocracy

Demanding quotas for supposedly oppressed groups is a leftwing past time. If you go all the way left, there are lots of people who demand the same salary independently of profession or productivity.

Equality of outcome is a common leftist demand.

Not if you’re doing it while traveling.

That depends a lot on the country.

Increasing military capabilities is a good idea for ensuring peace in Europe.

Removing regulations that make building new housing expensive will lead to more construction, more supply, and lower rents. Price controls on rent have very limited effects and hinder new construction.

Trade and foreign investments is more effective in developing poor countries than foreign aid as charity spent on feel good programs.

Entrepreneurship rewards skilled creative and hard work. It’s a path towards freedom and success, that’s possible for more people.

Meritocracy is desirable.

I know it’s hard to imagine to hardened ideologues like yourself, but some people think right and left have good solutions and blind spots for certain problems. They engage with topics and discourse, investigate the scientific evidence, are capable of nuance and compromise, are able to calm their emotions, etc.

The BBC simply cites this human rights report.

It includes names, photos, and the crimes the executed were charged with.

Centrists being ignored again.

This polarization is the problem. It should be possible to talk about actual issues and possible solutions across political lines. Campism fucking sucks.

Hitchhiking and couch surfing is a thing.

I recommend studying Crowley and Osho.

Jesus never asked for wars in his name though. It’s not part of his teachings.

Christianity changed a lot once it became the dominant religion of the Roman Empire.

However Christianity also brought a lot of positive social changes with the focus on forgiveness and helping the unfortunate for example.

It was spread by conquest, but also peaceful friendly missionaries. These missionaries often invented a writing system for the illiterate people they visited.

There are blond people in the Levant.

I don’t like fiddling with configuring a controller. On consoles it typically just works.

Scripts and aliases make this easy to set up.

What do you mean by natural? Do you want stateful APIs?

Leather can last for many decades if treated well. Vegan leather aka plastic lasts a few years tops.

I have lost like two dozen DRM free games because the hard drive they were archived on died. There are also some DVDs filled with DRM free games, that are somewhere in my closet. I don’t even have a DVD drive anymore.

When Steam started getting popular, I resisted it for years. Instead getting DRM free Indie games and lots of Humble Bundles. At some point there was one game I could get on Steam, so I started using it.

My old Steam games are easy and fast to access, install, and play again. Far easier than rummaging through my own archive. I don’t need to configure or install Proton to play games on Linux either.

The lack of DRM on my older games hasn’t provided me any actual real life benefit. The fears pandered about by opponents of Steam haven’t materialized in more than a decade. If anything, the advantages of Steam have become more apparent.