Foni

@Foni@lemmy.zip

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does capitalism differ from crony capitalism?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There are two effects you’re not considering.

  First, if you make the best product, everyone else will leave the business, so you become a monopoly. But almost everything has what are called barriers to entry. I can’t open a microchip factory; the investment is absurd. That’s why large companies can easily buy out startups, and that’s why we constantly see market concentration. It didn’t happen before because until the 1970s, antitrust laws were serious; now they’re a joke.

  There’s another important issue: in a 100% free capitalist system, it’s assumed that initial bargaining power isn’t equal, so those with more can pressure those with less, making wealth concentration more and more concentrated. Adequate government regulation can help level the playing field between employer and employee, but that’s another thing that hasn’t been improving in recent decades.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In multiple shots (no pun intended) it is shown him holding a phone to record. Question is what happened to the phone and why not release his video?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I suppose it would be an interesting recommendation to sync data with some cloud service, and not just with Wi-Fi.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Think about it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That would imply that there are different ways to experience sexuality. Good luck if you expect that to save you from heresy and excommunication.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you aware of the amount of free porn on the internet? No matter how weird the weirdest thing you can imagine, there’s at least one website dedicated to it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a mechanism in the USA to undo presidential pardons years later if political corruption has been proven as motivation to give these pardons?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  After that Supreme Court decision, I believe the United States will not be able to recover a full democracy without a massive constitutional overhaul or a completely new constitution.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bargain⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  1. Those sausages look Spanish, not French; they’re Castilian chorizo and Serrano ham.

  2. In some restaurants in Spain, for €60 you’d get something slightly larger, but not much more. You can find cheaper places, but the products are expensive, and if they’re good quality, they don’t give them away.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maybe someday 😌⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you can block the entire instance, not community by community or user by user.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maybe someday 😌⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You can block it for yourself if that works for you. You don’t have to limit other people’s options.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Memers Assemble!⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The rest of the world: oh my god

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Too many non-working holidays in America.⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think any European politician who said anything remotely close to this would see their careers instantly over. How is it possible that saying something like this doesn’t cost them votes in the US?