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If the defense for a NK-style society is that it “at least benefits the working class” I suppose even trickle-down isn’t that bad… whether class exists as a concept or not means nothing if you have to live like in NK…

The truth is that as long as you have a structure that allows a group of people to control and steer society - be it a “Proletarian dictatorship designed to benefit the workers” or otherwise - those people are gonna shape it in a way where it benefits themselves. It’s a reasonable assessment that the main issue of the Soviet Union was Stalin’s insanity and forcing certain policies (collectivisation) too fast, but the truth of the matter is that a new class simply emerged: the political, the ones that might not be traditionally rich but benefit in other ways. The working class was never the main beneficiary of the Soviet Union… at the end of a day a dictatorship is just a dictatorship and it’s never for the people. I’m in no way against socialism or enacting various socialist or socialist-adjacent fiscal policies but that doesn’t mean that all just magically become good when the working class dubiously “benefits”.

And how much has those same parameters improved in capitalist societies? China didn’t become rich and influential until they started transitioning into s capitalist class society. No shit that working class conditions improved compared to (almost) literally being serfs

And at what point is it no longer a “dictatorship of the proletariat”? Do you really think, say, the Soviet leaders were looking out “for the proletariat”? Is Kim Jong-Un doing so because the country’s official name contains the word “people”?

Half of them definitely just making PowerPoints and attending meetings. You’d probably end up with 5 devs actually doing something and a marketing/advertisement department, I guess

Yea, fuck all this AI development and companies pushing it into everything… but I’m not really convinced that AI is gonna be our doom. We’re doing it to ourselves already just fine without them.

I’d imagine inducing stress and manipulation if anything. Pormanove and the fourth guy were and are both mentally challenged and thus more easily manipulated and coerced. Also no way you don’t see the signs coming from your “friend” after streaming together for more than a year and a half

I do find AI useful when I’m debugging a large SQL / Python script though and gotta say I make use of it in that case… other than that it’s useless and relying on it as ones main tool is idiotic

Just like next quarter’s finance numbers for USA will coincidentally just all the great stuff Trump has achieved!

There’s nothing wrong with pressuring your loved ones a bit - especially as a parent. I read it in a loving, paternal tone rather than a demanding, controlling one. Of course, if it was literal it’d be problematic.

The guy is complaining about not being able to find girls - so I wouldn’t read too much into it either.

Well, I don’t see the flags anyway. We don’t know these two people or what their relationship is like.

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So if someone breaks into your home or attempts to murder you… you’re just gonna let it happen because they’re “not a valid target”? In that case you can give me your address!

As a “European” my electricity bill has never been as low as it is this year. I think it really depends where you live

Great invention… Just uses hooorribly wrong. The classic capitalist greed, just gotta get on the wagon and roll it on out so you don’t mias out on a potential paycheck

You and me both. Good luck!

Many places in Europe are wonderful. Generally speaking I think you’re quite fine when it comes to LGBT rights, especially in the Western countries, and metros and public transportation in general are commonplace, but I wouldn’t expect free internet and freedom of expression to be around in a handful years.

I’d expect it to be cracked down entirely within the next 2-3 years. The EU has wet dreams of absolute control

The SVM government as a whole is huge on expanding surveillance and the police force - I don’t see that it’s just a small group of activists within the parties. I’m just glad other EU countries aren’t biting on this bs

Unless you live under a rock you do see some increased support for Palestine even amongst Western governments. A part of that is that it’s very clear that a majority of the common people are in support of Palestine and ending genocide. And no, this is not because Macron or any other politician actually cares, but the more noise you make the more they have to react to it and adapt. If nothing else it shows the world that not every Western citizen is a fan of Apartheid and genocide. The Israeli government doesn’t care about a protest in Australia but if the Australian government starts reacting to it it can work to isolate Israel globally - and unlike Russia, who has other friends, Israel really doesn’t.