flamingo_pinyata

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

Comparing and ranking peoples suffering is in a really bad taste. By establishing a hierarchy of victimization you're sending a message to some that their problems don't matter because someone else has a bigger problem. Also you're reinforcing the division between groups and reinforcing negative stereotypes, without offering a stable long-term solution for a society without injustice.

The current narrative at least on social media like Lemmy, Reddit, TikTok, etc is of the "equal but separate" variety. Injustices exist and we must protest, we must fight for the underprivileged, but the lines of division between groups are sacred and must not be questioned.

The actual long-term goal should be the merging of groups in which the former out-group becomes part of the in-group. This idea is offensive to many which is why it's so hard to achieve.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago

Men have already long been abused by the patriarchy alongside with women. In the last couple of years the so-called "liberals" claiming to fight against the patriarchy have joined in the abuse by denying men any escape from that situation

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

I suspect US economy is in a much worse state than it's obvious just looking at the numbers. Most of my contact with Americans is with relatively well-off people working in the tech industry. And even they are feeling serious financial constraints. I can't imagine how the rest is doing.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 days ago

Was this written by the mentioned multi-layer perceptron?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Nah, Israel is a loser too even if Netanyahu and his supporters don't understand it. Israel has more enemies than ever.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The system seems to work - voting fraud doesn't seem to be a huge issue in the US.

It's just that it's so counterintuitive to me, making sure that everyone voted only once and only in their own name is essential. But somehow you managed to do it without requiring a formal ID document.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago (4 children)

For me it is the concept of registering to vote. I am citizen so I have the right to vote automatically and only thing I need to provide is some accepted ID.

This but also that in some US states you don't need a valid ID to vote

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Some version of single transferable vote , along with a parliamentary government system.

I believe it's a good starting point for an intelligent species to build on and develop further.

As to how would voting physically work? I guess dolphins can put things in a box. Better not to complicate on the first iteration.

 

Another entry to the non-credible belligerents list. Alongside with general noncredibleness of South American wars

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaco_War

 
 
 

Full story is even wilder and includes an army of gangsta rap fanatics

Source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU9TGhrQnCc

 

There's more on this guy's Instagram page, so inconvenient to share... https://www.instagram.com/aircraft_experiment_amit_rana/reels/

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