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@kravemir @m It's a glib social media toot, so there's that.
I think the biggest problems currently facing humans (specifically in the general region I call home; there are others elsewhere) are hollowing of democratic society, and the climate disaster. In any society where money can be used to buy influence (which is effectively any society that has money at all - the buying of influence can range from running influence campaigns, to outright trying to buy an election, to buying a major medium like eg. what Musk did with Twitter), billionaires are almost definitionally an anti-democratic force: They have enormously more power than any other individual, but they have no democratic mandate behind that power. They can (and often do) make decisions that have huge impacts on many other people's lives, with the affected people having zero influence - this is *the opposite* of democratic governance, and people subjected to seemingly random whims of billionaires understandably become disillusioned in democratic norms. (This is one, but not the only, cause of the rise of modern fascism.)
Billionaires generally lead disproportionately energy- (and emissions-) intensive lives - by 2024, the emissions caused by a single billionaire in 90 minutes was about equal to the lifetime emissions of an average person (see oxfam.org/en/press-releases/bi…). Many of them have fortunes directly tied up in the fossil fuel economy (or in activities that are powered by fossil fuels) and actively resist legislative action that tries to curb emissions. Furthermore, the enormous fortunes commanded by billionaires will *only* be used to combat said problems if a billionaire chooses to - which they often won't, because both are directly against their current financial interest. If all those resources were directly available for eg. climate change mitigation, decarbonization and economic aid for the global south (rather than eg. funding private jets, recreational space tourism and renting an entire city centre for a wedding), we'd all be in a lot less dire situation than we are, I think.
- power being in wrong hangs (who doesn't (need to) care), - wealth and consumption unevenly distributed (to the point of wasteful vanity by very privileged people).
This is present in capitalism. However, I don't think, or at least not persuaded that any (sustainable) political system is immune to these issues.
I maybe reply more later. This is interesting topic, food for though.
@kravemir @m Those problems have been present in every political system ever practiced, and I'm not sure they can ever be *eliminated* - this is my main beef with "utopian" schools of left-wing politics, in fact. Even in an anarchist commune, you'd very likely see informal power (and luxury excess) accruing to the most charismatic anarchists. You have to build specific mechanisms to mitigate these problems, and pretending they don't exist is an effective way to make sure they don't get mitigated.
(I think anyone who has spent significant time in an actual anarchist activist community has probably seen a variation of this play out. I certainly have. "We don't have any leader, and we all agree exactly who our leader isn't!", to riff off Terry Pratchett.)
But I do think they can be substantially reduced (and yes, capitalism is an obstacle to that). At present, a lower-hanging fruit for doing this (lower-hanging than The Glorious Revolution That Fixes Everything, at least) would be some form of income or wealth cap that effectively makes it impossible for any individual to become a billionaire.
The level of wealth and income inequality in the United States today surpasses the then-absurd extremes of the Gilded Age of a century ago. Sure, unevan distribution happens, but this particular neoliberal political system effects a wealth pump upwards into the hands of a very few individuals at an unprecedented rate and scale that cannot be sustained. Billionaires are a visible symptom of the pathology. According to Peter Turchin, this wealth pump will almost surely result in a catastrophe of some kind that could end up being bloody; even if you don't believe Turchin's theories, it'll certainly result in unacceptable mass immiseration (and arguably already has). A smarter system would employ government power and resources to distribute wealth more evenly and fairly, something we used to do in the United States but stopped doing from the 1970s onward.
As for power being in the wrong hands, there are no right hands for power to be in. There are no special anointed ones who are immune to the corrupting influence of power. Power too should be distributed, to reduce this risk.
Lest anyone accuse me of things I don't actually mean: I'm not advocating we eat the rich - I'm vegetarian, and also I'm pretty sure they're full of heavy metals and other horrible environmental toxins.
Our woke-lefty politicians, in their grand crusade against overtourism — oh that smells like some eco-friendly suit-and-tie spiel, all neat and tidy — are actually just throwing class contempt right in our faces.
Their dream? That Bob, Ginette, and Roger stay quietly in their living rooms watching slideshows like back in the ’70s, not a hair out of place, no wild adventures.
Planes? They should remain a private club: for those who know how to behave, who know how to spend taxpayers’ money without causing a fuss.
They don’t want to see those yokels in Crocs, those savages clapping like clowns when the plane lands in Tokyo or Mexico.
And above all, absolutely no ugly selfies in front of the Mona Lisa — it degrades art, it embarrasses the Louvre.
In short, the high society of political correctness wants to keep tourism for their well-born friends, while the rest… well, they can watch their slideshows and stay well-behaved.
Nos politicailleux woke-gauchistes, dans leur grande croisade contre le surtourisme — oh ça, ça sent le truc écolo en costard, bien propre sur lui — en réalité, ils nous balancent un mépris de classe à la face.
Leur rêve ? Que Bob, Ginette et Roger restent bien sagement dans leur salon à mater des diapos comme dans les années 70, pas un poil qui dépasse, pas une aventure qui dérape.
L’avion, ça doit rester un club privé : pour ceux qui savent se tenir, qui savent claquer le pognon du contribuable sans faire de vagues.
Faut pas voir ces bouseux en Crocs, ces sauvages qui applaudissent comme des clowns quand l’avion se pose à Tokyo ou Mexico.
Et surtout, surtout, pas question de selfies moches devant la Mona Lisa, ça dégrade l’art, ça fout la honte au Louvre.
Bref, la haute société du politiquement correct veut garder le tourisme pour ses copains bien nés, pendant que les autres, ben… qu’ils regardent leurs diapos et qu’ils restent bien sages.
Donald Trump, a guy with about as much culture as a pickle stuck in a jar, a dude who would make the president from the movie Idiocracy look good, has struck again.
He complimented Liberian President Joseph Boakai on his "excellent English"... without seeming to realize that English has been the official language of Liberia since its founding in 1847! It’s like me congratulating a goldfish for knowing how to swim.
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Gesucht: eine Plattform, wo ich eingeben kann, wann ich fertig war, mit Schule, und mir dann – sinnvollerweise sortiert nach Themenbereichen – gezeigt wird, welche Sachen, die ich damals als Stand der Wissenschaft gelernt habe, längst überholt sind. Und mir dann die Gelegenheit gibt zu lernen, was heute der wissenschaftliche Konsens dazu ist Wie ich darauf komme? Die Große macht nächstes Jahr Abi, und es gibt Fächer wie Bio, wo das, was ich gelernt habe, mittlerweile völlig überholt ist.
uh das klingt nach einer richtig guten Idee und unterstützt wunderbar den Ansatz des lebenslangen Lernens. Mensch lernt ja bekanntermaßen niemals aus; zu überprüfen was sich denn geändert hat reicht die Zeit meistens nicht... kann man das nicht mit ein bisschen KI irgendwie lustig gestalten... so als "daily dose of science update" quasi á la "hallo leisefuxX. wusstest du eigentlich schon, dass es mittlerweile .... gibt und sich dementsprechend .... geändert hat?" wäre großartig!
@_tillwe_ @leisefuxx Schon versucht zu finden. Unglaublich, wie viele Click-Bait-Strecken (und auch Artikel von halbwegs seriösen Publikationen) es dazu gibt, aber das sind dann immer nur so sieben bis 15 Beispiele und nicht nach Jahrgängen filterbar.
@_tillwe_ @HeptaSean @leisefuxx Aus den Beispielen etwas, das mich skeptisch macht: "Vaccines cause autism" - War das wirklich jemals "Stand der Forschung"? Und Original 2010? Wakefields Paper war von 1998 und wurde 2004 teilweise sowie 2010 vollständig von "The Lancet" zurückgezogen.
@rostbot @_tillwe_ @leisefuxx Kann mir auch nicht wirklich vorstellen, dass Wakefield je so etabliert war, dass das auch nur in die Nähe von Schulstoff gekommen wäre (was “since graduation” im Seiten-Titel ja irgendwie nahelegt). Wahrscheinlich einfach nur ein *so* prominentes Beispiel von einer zerstörerischen Widerlegung, dass sie es unbedingt drin haben wollten.
Ich habe damals in UK studiert und schon die unmittelbare Berichterstattung über das 1998 Paper mitbekommen. In Wissenschaftskreisen war das vom Start weg eine Lachnummer und hat praktisch vom nächsten Tag an als Paradebeispiel für statistische Denkfehler gedient. Noch vor 2000 gab es dann schon eine ‘offizielle' Review von Dutzenden von Experten, die eine komplette Abwesenheit irgendeiner Evidenz für die Sache festgehalten hat. Also dass das Wakefield Paper keinerlei wissenschaftliche Qualität hat, war schon klar, lange, lange bevor dann rauskam, dass es sogar ein Fake war.
You know I’m fucked already. But I heard from multiple people leaning on things is an American thing. Read somewhere that apparently intelligence agencies make spies unlearn leaning to not get exposed as American.
Multiple people also I heard say eating while walking is an American thing. Or at least not continental European.
I do both of those things almost daily.
As with anything I post the fake American thing is a bit but also it’s not.
Pope Leo XIV has once again emphasized the need for sustainable peace in Ukraine, announcing the Vatican's readiness to facilitate negotiations between Ukraine and Russia.
Una empresa cumple la ley; la otra no. La empresa que cumple la ley denuncia a la que no lo cumple y el juez desestima la demanda porque la ley no le gusta.
En #España🇪🇸, quien determina lo que es la ley son las Cortes Generales. Un juez que no acepta ese principio tan básico (que está en el artículo primero del Código Civil) no puede ocupar su posición. Y quienes le permitan esta arbitrariedad no merecen la responsabilidad de vigilarle.
El juez carga contra “algún iluminado y omnisciente burócrata que parece gozar de un privilegiado acceso a la Verdad” para validar el modelo ‘riders’ falsos autónomos
Lo malo de esto es que a estas alturas lo único que me queda por pensar es que "alguien" (guiño,guiño) e está llevando un sobrecito de colores. A mi cada día lo de la "justicia y los jueces" me da hasta pena.
Après avoir fait couler beaucoup d’encre sur la justesse ou non de son prix, le voilà enfin devenu disponible sur notre console hybride préférée. Red Dead
In fact, a whopping 36.5% of the agency’s activities were done to “protect #agriculture including #livestock, row #crops, #aquaculture, and #timber “, and a large portion of their $286 million budget
Silly little children with no experience int he wild like to think of wolves as if they are family pets. Watch a pack of wolves surround, corner, and take down a moose, elk, caribou, etc. They will eat them before they are dead. Wolves will also move on without finishing the carcass. As we share this world together we realize there are some who feed on the human world. Killing them is appropriate. Regretfully many silly little city dwellers cannot understand.
Depressing to see agriculture valued over nature. Went to watch Utah’s Division of Natural Resources head speak decades ago. She was wear a camo skirt.
Making #vegan sausages myself again! Should do that more often given how much better this is on various levels compared to processed stuff from the stores. And a rather easy recipe: itdoesnttastelikechicken.com/v…
Homemade vegan baloney is easy to make and tastes better than store-bought! Make this bologna ahead of time and enjoy as a snack, fried, or in sandwiches!
Donald Trump a complimenté le président libérien Joseph Boakai sur son « excellent anglais »... sans sembler réaliser que l'anglais est la langue officielle du Liberia depuis sa création en 1847 !
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@Richard I can’t say, because I don’t want to encourage the degeneracy of the individual in question by validating that the constant repetition is having the desired effect of irritating others.
On Wednesday, the US revealed concerns about expanding the scope of Yemeni operations at sea.Exclusive – Al-Khabar Al-Yemeni:The United States Central Command published photos of the process of loading ammunitions for F-18 fighter jets, which are sp
According to our dear bobo-leftist-woke politicians, we’re supposed to weep for the “good old days” when only the rich could afford to travel and broaden their horizons. Oh yes, it was so much better back then… for the rich, of course!
Because honestly, it’s unbearable to find yourself stuck right in the middle of a herd of tourists in Florence, between selfie-stick mania and croissants sold on the sly.
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Selon nos chers politiciens bobo-gauchistes-woke, il faudrait qu’on pleure sur le « bon vieux temps » où seuls les riches pouvaient se payer le droit de voir du pays et d’élargir leurs horizons. Ah oui, c’était tellement mieux avant… pour les riches, bien sûr !
Parce que, franchement, c’est insupportable de se retrouver au beau milieu d’un troupeau de touristes à Florence, entre la selfie-stick mania et les croissants à la sauvette.
Mushahid Hussain Syed, Pakistan's former Minister of Information and Broadcasting and ex-Senator, now a Co-Chairman of International Conference of Asian Political Parties reveals how the Israeli Prime...
Et il y as de plus en plus de personnes qui se retrouve à la rue... Et durant ce temps des politiciens nous fait la morale que c'est de notre faute si ont arrive pas à absorber ces hausses brutales de loyers...
sans parler que ces même politiciens en plus d'interdire la construction de nouveau logement, éléphant dans la pièces, on permit à des milliers, des millions de venir ici illégalement occuper nos logements à même nos impôts un autre aspect que les médias veulent pas trop souligner
Mayor Plante, aka Madam Disaster of Montreal. On the big day of the housing crisis, she’s back in town, filming herself handing out Timbits to new tenants all smiles like it’s a kids’ party.
In the middle of a housing crisis? No, no, it’s more like a scene from a bad sci-fi movie where the mayor thinks a few donuts will fix the city’s roof problems.
Surreal, pathetic, and above all, completely out of touch with the real life of Montrealers.
La mairesse Plante, alias Madame Désastre de Montréal. Le jour J de la crise du logement, la voilà de retour en ville, se filmant en train de distribuer des Timbits à des nouveaux locataires tout sourire comme si c’était un party d’enfants.
En pleine crise du logement? Non, non, c’est plutôt la scène d’un mauvais film de science-fiction, où la maire croit que quelques beignets vont résoudre des problèmes de toit.
Surréaliste, pitoyable, et surtout, complètement déconnecté de la vraie vie des Montréalais.
Au Québec, on se demande bien sur quelle planète ou dans quel château en sucre vie France-Élaine Duranceau, cette ministre de l’Habitation qu’on se demande encore à quoi elle sert, tellement elle est inutile.
La reine du mépris envers les locataires, voilà son titre non officiel. En pleine pire crise du logement qu’on ait vue depuis que le Québec existe, elle a eu le génie – tenez-vous bien – de leur suggérer d’aller chercher du « coaching » pour se trouver un toit. Oui, du coaching! Comme si les locataires n’étaient pas déjà assez démunis, voilà qu’on leur conseille de prendre rendez-vous avec un gourou du logement, comme si ça allait arranger leurs affaires.
C’est pitoyable, c’est grotesque, et surtout, ça prouve qu’elle comprend autant à l’habitation que moi au concours de beauté.
Conseils venant d'une personne bien nantie avec un gros salaire et plein d'avantages sociaux... Facile de faire la morale dans sa situation enviable...
Der Spiegel nennt es einen "radikalen Emigrationsplan", so viel zur journalistischen Lauterkeit und zum politischen Mut der Journalist:innen, die beim ehemaligen "Sturmgeschütz für die Demokratie" Lohnarbeit verrichten. Dabei könnten sie sich auf das Vorbild einer der wichtigsten Tageszeitungen Israels berufen, um zur Abwechslung Klartext zu schreiben.
In einem bitterböse Kommentar nimmt Zvi Bar'el in Haaretz das Wort "Konzentrationslager" in den Mund und fordert, dass es auch ein Lagerorchester gibt, das die internationalen Beobachter:innen unterhält, wenn sie den humanen Charakter des Lagers absegnen.
Gideon Levy spricht - ebenfalls in Haaretz (Opinion | The Jewish State Is Building a Ghetto) - von der "letzten Phase vor einem Genozid". Selbstverständlich werden derartige Worte in den Presseschauen deutscher Medien eher nicht erwähnt, sie könnten ja die Festungsmentalität der deutschen Staatsräson durchlöchern.
Vor einer Woche schrieb Levy in Haaretz:
»Gaza ist ein Paralleluniversum«, sagte ein Offizier gegenüber Haaretz. Das ist der Kern der Sache, die Frage des Völkermords. Gaza ist kein Paralleluniversum. Gaza ist das Gesicht der IDF und des Staates Israel. Was in Gaza geschieht, wird nicht in Gaza bleiben, auch wenn die meisten israelischen Medien dies wünschen. Was in Gaza geschieht, definiert Israel in der Welt, und was in Gaza geschieht, wird die israelische Gesellschaft für viele Jahre prägen. Wenn Israel zum Völkermordstaat erklärt wird, dann ist es Israel, das zu einem Paralleluniversum." (Übersetzung junge Welt)
Wären deutsche Politiker:innen und Journalist:innen wirkliche Freund:innen Israels, wie sie ein ums andere Mal behaupten, dann würden sie dafür sorgen, dass es nicht so weit kommt. Statt dessen unterstützen sie den Prozess, der Israel zu einem Pariah in der Staatenwelt machen könnte. Auch eine Form des "israelbezogenen Antisemitismus" ...
And the orchestra: there must be one to welcome Red Cross reps and other guests coming to marvel at Israel's one-of-a-kind 'humanitarian' project for all of Gaza, built on Rafah's ruins
In 2024, 17 million electric vehicles were sold worldwide. Of those, 11 million came from the same country: China. The only serious non-Chinese competitor in electric cars is Tesla. Tesla’s sales have taken a big hit due to Elon Musk’s political ties with Trump. And now, the company risks suffering further from the political war between Musk and the not-so-democratic President Trump.
Il s’est vendu 17 millions de véhicules électriques dans le monde en 2024. De ce nombre, 11 millions provenaient du même pays: la Chine. Le seul concurrent sérieux non chinois dans l’électrique, c’est Tesla. Les ventes de Tesla ont grandement souffert de l’affiliation politique d’Elon Musk avec Trump. Et maintenant, la compagnie risque de souffrir de la guerre politique entre Musk et le peu démocratique président Trump.
La Chine domine sur à peu près tous les fronts. C’est tellement gros, nul besoin d’être un expert du Guide de l’auto pour constater l’évidence. Ils produisent des autos technologiquement avancées, avec des autonomies et des temps de recharge plus avantageux et, ma foi, un look séduisant dans plusieurs cas. Ils les mettent sur le marché pour 33% à 50% moins cher qu’un équivalent occidental.
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While Trump is yelling “Buy American!”, the boss of Ford has been cruising around for months in a Chinese electric car. Last week, on a podcast, he even admitted he loves his Xiaomi and wouldn’t want to give it up. Funny how patriotism is always for other people.
Pendant que Trump gueule “achetez américain !”, le boss de Ford, lui, ça fait des mois qu’il se promène peinard dans une bagnole électrique… chinoise. La semaine dernière, dans un balado, il a même avoué qu’il adore sa Xiaomi et qu’il voudrait plus la lâcher. Comme quoi, le patriotisme, c’est toujours pour les autres.
Byline Times: Patel, Braverman and Jenrick Immigration Scheme Led to Unexpected and Unregulated Influx of 1.2 Million Foreign Workers bylinetimes.com/2025/07/04/pat…
Brigitte Macron déboutée en appel dans son procès en diffamation contre Natacha #Rey
Ce jeudi 10 juillet, la cour d’appel de Paris a relaxé Natacha Rey et Amandine #Roy, les deux femmes accusées de diffamation par Brigitte Macron. Une très mauvaise surprise pour l’Elysée.
Ce jeudi 10 juillet, la cour d’appel de Paris a relaxé Natacha Rey et Amandine Roy, les deux femmes accusées de diffamation par Brigitte Macron. Une très mauvaise surprise pour l’Elysée.
c'est juste des footeuses qui sont de la même race que la boxeuse algérienne qui massacrait toutes les femmes sur le ring pendant le JO parce qu'en fait c'est un homme...
la même chose qui m'a permis de savoir instantanément qu'Imane Khelif est un homme, ce qui a pris plusieurs mois pour les gens comme toi, les analystes scientifiques et autorités partisanes. Sans parler de ceux dont le déni persiste....
@mishal@diaspora.psyco.fr le fait qu'Imane Khelif est un homme est connu depuis assez longtemps et par tous les gens qui ne prennent pas les vessies pour des lanternes. Par contre dans le cas de cette équipe de foot je ne vois pas la moindre source, le moindre indice. Juste des accusations dégueulasses.
"Two-thirds of those surveyed want Britain to have a closer relationship with the European Union. Crucially, this is a stance, which is popular, not only among all parties, but also among Leave voters"
Canada, after waves of car thefts worthy of a free auto show that required a nationwide mobilization… now it’s cases of extortion – especially targeting restaurant owners and old folks – making headlines. At this rate, we might as well install ATMs directly in people’s pockets… and let the scammers help themselves, it’ll be faster.
Le Canada, après des vagues de vols de voitures dignes d’un salon de l’auto gratuit qui ont nécessité une mobilisation pancanadienne… voilà maintenant que ce sont les cas d’extorsion – surtout chez les restaurateurs et les p’tits vieux – qui font la une. À ce rythme-là, on va finir par installer un guichet automatique directement dans les poches des gens… et les crosseurs, ça ira plus vite.
François Martin, géopoliticien, journaliste et essayiste, dernier livre : Le temps des fractures, L’Occident contre le reste du monde aux éditions Jean-Cyril...
Pour le tramway c'est stupide, suffit de faire une simple voie réservé avec des autobus articulés et coûteras pas mal moins cher et serait aussi efficace... Mais non, pas assez de corruption avec ça...
c'est que les enveloppe brune on déjà été donné par Bombardier-Alstom ... faut pas les décevoir d'autant plus que les p'tits namis du gouvernement on des part et que Alstom est dans le trouble.
en plus les travaux ont déjà détruit des millieurs d'arbres ce que le 3ie lien ne faisait pas au moins et pourtant nos médias montréalais woke écolo en parle pas
Et je parle d'une simple voie réservée avec de simple lignes et des pancartes et surtout pas imité ce que as été fait à Montréal avec le boulevard Pie-IX qui as coûté une fortune et duré des années... (le SRB)
malheureusement si c'est pas notre débile de maire qui entre au prochaine élection l'autre propose un SRB, les enveloppe brune faut que ça trouve son retour en argent
Announcement from Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins: “I have ordered an immediate shutdown of live cattle, bison, and horse trade through the southern U.S.–Mexico border. This decisive action comes after Mexico confirmed another case of New World…
To mark its third year of highly productive science, astronomers used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to scratch beyond the surface of the Cat’s Paw Nebula (NGC 6334), a massive, local star-forming region.
Bei @spiegel macht man wieder #Kriegspropaganda. Ethnische Säuberungen werden umgedichtet in "Radikaler Emigrationplan", um Zustimmung für die von #CDU / #CSU, #SPD und #Grüne genehmigten Rüstungsexporte und deutschen #Imperialismus zu erzeugen.
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Our useful idiots in politics and their opportunistic little eco-woke bureaucrats keep lecturing us: “Buy local! Within 15 minutes of your home!” … Meanwhile, they’re flying around in private jets and treating themselves to the best of everything, of course. Except their absurd taxes, anti-business policies, and “zero parking” rules here in Quebec have killed off all the small shops. No more bakeries, no more butchers… Luckily, in my area, a fruit shop that had closed down recently reopened. But even on foot, all you find are big chain stores – and even those are vanishing. So in the end, you’re forced to shop online. Amazon sends them a big thank you, by the way.
Nos idiots utiles de politiciens et leurs petits fonctionnaires opportunistes du wokisme écolo à deux balles nous font la morale : “Faut acheter local ! À moins de 15 minutes de chez vous !” … Pendant qu’eux se baladent en jet privé et se payent le meilleur de tout, évidemment. Sauf qu’à force de nous pondre des taxes absurdes, des politiques anti-commerce et du “zéro parking” à Québec, ils ont réussi à faire crever tous les petits commerces. Plus de boulangerie, plus de boucher… Heureusement, dans mon coin, une fruiterie a rouvert après avoir fermé. Mais bon, même à pied, tu tombes juste sur des grandes bannières – quand elles sont encore là. Résultat : t’es obligé de commander en ligne. Amazon leur dit merci, au passage.
I guess one thing about the recent Grok changes stuff that's really sticking with me is how little difference there seems to be from the mental space of an "anti-woke mindset" to "MechaHitler" (how Grok described itself) npr.org/2025/07/09/nx-s1-54626…
Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-ytElon Musk was born in 1971 in Johannesburg, South Africa, and raised in a wealthy family under th...
being "anti woke" is basically that dril post about turning that big dial that says "racism" and looking back at the audience like a contestant on the price is right but a machine doesn't have the sense to check the audience reaction
i would call him washed up but nobody every cared about him
liebach has moved
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in reply to liebach has moved • • •@m A society without billionaires won't necessarily solve every big problem we have.
But a society with billionaires effectively prevents them from being solved.
Miroslav Kravec
in reply to datarama • • •@m could you please elaborate and be concrete?
This sounds pretty much vague, generic, without clear problem statement.
(sincerely asking out of curiosity)
datarama
in reply to Miroslav Kravec • • •@kravemir @m It's a glib social media toot, so there's that.
I think the biggest problems currently facing humans (specifically in the general region I call home; there are others elsewhere) are hollowing of democratic society, and the climate disaster. In any society where money can be used to buy influence (which is effectively any society that has money at all - the buying of influence can range from running influence campaigns, to outright trying to buy an election, to buying a major medium like eg. what Musk did with Twitter), billionaires are almost definitionally an anti-democratic force: They have enormously more power than any other individual, but they have no democratic mandate behind that power. They can (and often do) make decisions that have huge impacts on many other people's lives, with the affected people having zero influence - this is *the opposite* of democratic governance, and people subjected to seemingly random whims of billionaires understandably become disillusioned in democratic norms. (This is one, but not the only, cause of the rise of modern fascism.)
Billionaires generally lead disproportionately energy- (and emissions-) intensive lives - by 2024, the emissions caused by a single billionaire in 90 minutes was about equal to the lifetime emissions of an average person (see oxfam.org/en/press-releases/bi…). Many of them have fortunes directly tied up in the fossil fuel economy (or in activities that are powered by fossil fuels) and actively resist legislative action that tries to curb emissions. Furthermore, the enormous fortunes commanded by billionaires will *only* be used to combat said problems if a billionaire chooses to - which they often won't, because both are directly against their current financial interest. If all those resources were directly available for eg. climate change mitigation, decarbonization and economic aid for the global south (rather than eg. funding private jets, recreational space tourism and renting an entire city centre for a wedding), we'd all be in a lot less dire situation than we are, I think.
Billionaires emit more carbon pollution in 90 minutes than the average person does in a lifetime | Oxfam International
Oxfam InternationalMiroslav Kravec
in reply to datarama • • •@m thanks for the elaborate reply.
However, basically it boils to two core problems:
- power being in wrong hangs (who doesn't (need to) care),
- wealth and consumption unevenly distributed (to the point of wasteful vanity by very privileged people).
This is present in capitalism. However, I don't think, or at least not persuaded that any (sustainable) political system is immune to these issues.
I maybe reply more later. This is interesting topic, food for though.
datarama
in reply to Miroslav Kravec • • •@kravemir @m Those problems have been present in every political system ever practiced, and I'm not sure they can ever be *eliminated* - this is my main beef with "utopian" schools of left-wing politics, in fact. Even in an anarchist commune, you'd very likely see informal power (and luxury excess) accruing to the most charismatic anarchists. You have to build specific mechanisms to mitigate these problems, and pretending they don't exist is an effective way to make sure they don't get mitigated.
(I think anyone who has spent significant time in an actual anarchist activist community has probably seen a variation of this play out. I certainly have. "We don't have any leader, and we all agree exactly who our leader isn't!", to riff off Terry Pratchett.)
But I do think they can be substantially reduced (and yes, capitalism is an obstacle to that). At present, a lower-hanging fruit for doing this (lower-hanging than The Glorious Revolution That Fixes Everything, at least) would be some form of income or wealth cap that effectively makes it impossible for any individual to become a billionaire.
Anthony
in reply to datarama • • •The level of wealth and income inequality in the United States today surpasses the then-absurd extremes of the Gilded Age of a century ago. Sure, unevan distribution happens, but this particular neoliberal political system effects a wealth pump upwards into the hands of a very few individuals at an unprecedented rate and scale that cannot be sustained. Billionaires are a visible symptom of the pathology. According to Peter Turchin, this wealth pump will almost surely result in a catastrophe of some kind that could end up being bloody; even if you don't believe Turchin's theories, it'll certainly result in unacceptable mass immiseration (and arguably already has). A smarter system would employ government power and resources to distribute wealth more evenly and fairly, something we used to do in the United States but stopped doing from the 1970s onward.
As for power being in the wrong hands, there are no right hands for power to be in. There are no special anointed ones who are immune to the corrupting influence of power. Power too should be distributed, to reduce this risk.
datarama
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