Thank you, it can be hard to get across the nuance of the various social systems with some people who are fully against capitalism, even if I by and large agree with their criticisms. There are so many advances that may never have come to fruition in a market-less or feudalistic society, like the abolishment of slavery, LGBTQ rights, marijuana legalization, and the relative calm/peace of our time, not that these are perfect or fully/permanently actualized yet either. By opening up independent paths to sustenance and self-actualization you can empower people who otherwise would’ve been trapped under the thumb of lords or councilors.

The problem is that despite presenting potential opportunities, it can also be corruptible and bring its own injustices to society. I see the administration of capitalism like how the American founders remarked about democracy – it requires the occasional watering with the blood of tyrants (oligarchs) and patriots to thrive. No system is fully uncorruptible, capitalism included, but the systems suggested by staunch anti-capitalists (state markets, anarcho-communism) tend to veer toward authoritarian cruelty and societal regression way faster than countries with free markets.

My personal take is that a heavily socialized society is needed to prop up a more stable and just market system. We need permanent, effective social safety nets, strong union support and deference, free voting and more fair/equal representation, regular monopoly-busting and wealth/inheritance taxes, and depending on the output of our markets, a universal basic income (NOT as a replacement of safety nets).

I miss the days when companies smugly lying to our faces wasn’t the norm (or at least, wasn’t this bad).

Fuck you Ubisoft.

Yup, and there’s some other conditions that would benefit from an immediate recall, too. It’s insane that the consequence for failing to pass a budget or raise the debt ceiling is that our financial system is damaged or collapses. Failure to get it done in a timely manner should result in an automatic extension or raise paired with snap elections on all members involved.

Or hell, even just allow recall petitions at the federal level. Better to have a revolving door than a legislature that’s tempted to see what touching the third rail is like.

I’m honestly more surprised there’s more blood to squeeze from that stone, Texas is already comically disconnected electorally from the people that live there

Bro. AWS can do jack shit, that’s not how it works. You might as well call Toyota next time you see a Camry speeding. All you’re going to do is annoy people who in no way can help you with a problem that is your responsibility. I can guarantee they’ll tell you you should use private VPCs and entrypoints with security groups, which is what every AWS tutorial starts out by telling you to use.

Au contraire, it’s exactly what heroes do

!upliftingnews@lemmy.world

I mean, the article still makes sense, just like all the articles about Bolsonaro revoking protections for the Amazon make sense, it cumulatively affects everyone, even if you’re on the other side of the planet

Agreed. There’s lots of shit in this bill that is awful and will take decades of work to undo, but this is one of those terrible things that can’t be undone. Once the genie is out of the bottle, that’s it, goodbye public lands.

Praise when praise is due. Scorn when scorn is due. Hold on to your anger and give them double hell when they next fuck up, but weakening them while they’re in the swing of doing the right thing hurts us all.

I can’t put my finger on why, but something about that pic looks AI-generated. That said, could definitely be eating crow on that assumption.