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  • I get the point but honestly: Why does that matter?

    If we only accept judgement or action by ‘perfect individuals’ aka. ‘heroes’ the world won’t ever get better as influential humans are still humans and often have, by design, flaws and mistakes build within them and their character. Does that mean we shouldn’t judge anyone for their actions? Obviously not.

    But to claim that ones vision or ideas are outright wrong due to ad-hominem argumentation against their personal flaws is also bullshit. You’ll always find something to point out, especially with historical figures. Since, ironically due to their imperfect actionism, our social norms have improved and we often rightfully so critizise things deemed normal during their time.




  • I’d argue that the system is designed or at least indifferent to a majority being uninterested in the politics that influences their daily life.

    When you get to vote every 4 years on all topics at once while the choice you make is afterwards still influenced by corruption, coalition an lobbying that doesn’t further interest into politics at all.

    Imho: Let’s abandon representatives with fixed legislation periods all together and either elect officials only if they can be removed by public vote at any time or skip the corrupt representatives completely and let the public vote on any matter individually. This way ones choice has an actual impact an people have motivation to actually get informed on specific matters.






  • This is the Chinese version of a colonial world order. Build infrastructure payed for by China using chinese workers and companies. In this way, a country generates contracts for its own industry and can channel foreign exchange reserves into its own economic growth, while simultaneously gaining geopolitical influence through the debt incurred by the recipient country. If the country in question cannot repay its debts (which is often the case, as is predictable), China takes ownership or leases the infrastructure that has been built and thus has a double leverage (logistical infrastructure and debt) against the recipient country—in itself a clever strategy.

    Ultimately, it is a less violent form of colonialism than the military colonialism of the Europeans… yet it deliberately places developing countries in a dependency that is disadvantageous to them.



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    7 days ago

    My two cents:

    Yes, that guy could probably habe reached more sustainable success by cooperating with other workers against the system.

    However this fire might shake some workers up that without their consent and cooperation that current system wouldn’t be working. The owner class relies on acceptence of their wealth and belongings by the masses after all… or, differently said: It takes just one unsurveilled angry worker to turn estate into a huge pile of ash. And there are billions of them.








  • Both can be true:

    The US tried to arm protesters via the Kurds to provoke a civil war paving the way for destabilization of Iran in the long run and possible intervention (with the Kurds not being willing to pass on the weapons as they got betrayed by Trump not that long ago).

    And at the same time the peaceful protesters in Iran were murdered by the theocracy fearing for its power… possibly enhanced should the regime have gained knowledge of the planned US weapon deliveries.