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- Comment on What should Israel have done in response to October 7th? 2 days ago:
You know what you do? You go “Oh, hating each other has wrought nothing but suffering on both of our people, so we’re going to try to commit to working together now.” Together. Both sides. To create a joint vision of peace and prosperity. And that would mean Israel will have to return some property, address Palestinian poverty, desegregate the schools, etc.
- Comment on What do you think might happen if Luigi Mangione isnt found guilty? 2 days ago:
His mental health declined until he murdered someone. It’s not that he is “batshit”- he had a very serious issue that he could not manage on his own. When you isolate from others, can’t work, and only focus on your own pain and violently hurting others until you do it- you are not a healthy person who can mange your own affairs. To me, it’s no different from saying someone “deliberately” slammed their head into the wall, so they don’t “need” a room with cushioned walls.
- Comment on What do you think might happen if Luigi Mangione isnt found guilty? 2 days ago:
yeah, I know so many mentally healthy people who murder all of the time.
- Comment on What do you think might happen if Luigi Mangione isnt found guilty? 2 days ago:
he’ll probably kill someone again. the judge was wrong to not allow a MH conviction to go forward, but ultimately that puts the jury in the position to let out a seriously mental ill murderer with no consequences or not.
- Comment on Should this be the year we finally try voting for other candidates? 3 days ago:
yeah, hasn’t every administration fired the entire federal government for refusing to tell the president no, coordinated an election fraud campaign, and then pardoned the people who participated? that’s totally normal.
- Comment on Should this be the year we finally try voting for other candidates? 3 days ago:
I prefer to try to primary a candidate within my party, because no offnese people not voting in the primaries is how we got joe biden.
- Comment on Should this be the year we finally try voting for other candidates? 3 days ago:
No, this year more than literally any other year than human history would be the absolute worst time to not vote for a democratic candidate. We are dealing with unprecedented challenges to rule of law, and we need every single person with a functioning soul to scream “NO” as loud as we can. Because if you don’t, you might not goet another chance.
- Comment on Michelle Obama once said when they go low we go high. Meaning the republicans go low. What would be the equivalent of the Democrats going low instead of high ground? 3 days ago:
when we got the ACA passed through the senate via administrative procedures without enough votes (senator Kennedy died and the state lost its seat to a Republican, really unfortunate. senator Kennedy had worked for decades to get healthcare reform through congress and was a co-sponsor of the bill.)
they also dislike that teachers tell children to be kind in schools, for whatever reason.
- Comment on Can a reasonable person genuinely believe in ghosts? 5 days ago:
I mean, it sounds like your friend genuinely doesn’t understand the scientific method. That doesn’t necessarily make them unreasonable. It just means they had a sub-standard science education.
- Comment on Is it rude to go through the car wash with a bunch of snow on your car? 1 week ago:
In my state you’re legally required to remove the snow from your car before driving, because it’s a danger to the people around you. So I think it’s rude.
- Comment on Realistcly how much can be cleaned out of a house, as a child of a hourder? 1 week ago:
Fuck that. You didn’t make that mess, and they will set back any progress you make. Focus on cleaning out your own space that you control and that they can’t ruin. Sneak some trash bags into your bedroom. The day before trash day, bag as much stuff as you can, and try to sneak the bags out early in the morning before the trash comes. If you give them any opportunity to intervene, you’re going to get yelled at for throwing things out, or they’ll try to go through the stuff, or they’ll bring it back in the house. Any bit of their involvement is a no, because they’re not going to help you have a clean and healthy space.
Then do it the next week, and the next week.
Be ruthless with throwing things out. The fact that you don’t have a clear walking path means you have way too much stuff. That the stuff is sitting under piles of clothes and you haven’t touched them for months or years means they aren’t important to you.You can get a job. You can buy more things- things you actually choose for yourself and like. But you can also be intentional about it, fewer things but higher quality things that use actually can use and that make your life feel better.
- Comment on For Americans, what do you really think of Latin Americans? 1 week ago:
in my own life, I’ve only met Chileans and Argentinians with good enough English that I could have conversations with them. we VERY RARELY will get news by Brazilians. with the language barrier, our understanding is pretty heavily influenced by narrative and rumored stereotypes.
- Comment on If someone tells you that communism has led to famines in the USSR and China, that it doesn't have any incentives and that anyone who supports it use products of capitalism, how do you counter this? 1 week ago:
Communism has nothing to do with resource misallocation. That’s a thing that some communist governments did, as did democratic governments and theocratic governments. It’s really not surprising that a populist takeover by mob rule did not instantly create an efficient system of communist government- that doesn’t mean it’s impossible to work out an effective system of communist government. That means they were too impatient to gradually work out a system that would actually improve the circumstance for everyone involved.
- Comment on If someone tells you that communism has led to famines in the USSR and China, that it doesn't have any incentives and that anyone who supports it use products of capitalism, how do you counter this? 1 week ago:
the same thing happened during post-colonial land redistribution in Africa, and that had nothing to do with communism. when you take land from the people who know what they’re doing and give it to people who don’t, then you disrupt supply chains, you’re going to get famine. so don’t do that. get the people who know what they’re doing on your side.
- Comment on What Lemmy/Piefed communities are YOUR personal favourites? 1 week ago:
!historyphotos@piefed.social is pretty active.
- Comment on Other than the method of taking each paragraph and boiling them down into simple terms, what are some easy to study and read socialist theory? 1 week ago:
Maybe a book of excerpts or an anthology might be helpful, so it’s less daunting?
- Comment on If the next pres. is a Democrat and wants to roll back all of Trumps bullshit. How can they do that quickly and efficiently? 1 week ago:
They really will not be able to. He has fired 75-90% of many agencies’ employees. This is going to take decades fix, and every election we lose will extend that.
- Comment on Can people irl be as mean as some people online? 2 weeks ago:
It’s worse in real life, because it’s personal. You will experience the absolute depth of human cruelty from the people you love the most.
- Comment on Do you think people from more "privilaged" backgrounds have a right to complain about the struggle and/or abuse that they went through? (eg: "Middle Class" or "Rich" family) 2 weeks ago:
There are some things that are just wrong regardless of your income bracket. Eg. Let’s say your parents give your brother a vacation to bali for his 16th birthday and they make you stay home by yourself. Even if somebody’s parents could never afford to go to bali, they’d still empathize that the exclusion you experienced was wrong. Whereas complaining that your dream wedding gown designer was booked so you have to get your 2nd favorite is rich person problems territory.
- Comment on [NSQ] What are you actually looking forward to this year? 2 weeks ago:
my year is pretty up in the air at this point. I have a birthday vacation scheduled but I probably will cancel/won’t be able to afford it.
- Comment on When did it become normalized to start passing credit card processing fees to the customer? 2 weeks ago:
That’s been a thing since the beginning of the cards being implemented. In the US they’ve tried to make it illegal, but like, economics doesn’t work that way. The store owner needs to make a profit, so the fee is going to the customer.
- Comment on Has cosmetic surgery gotten a bit out of hand lately? 2 weeks ago:
Sir that is a literal child growing into an adult. Your facial feature change between adolescence and adulthood.
- Comment on I've asked thi sb efore, and I'm pretty much an optimist - that said, how does one manifest revolutionary optimism and also remain optimistic despite what's happening right now? 2 weeks ago:
There’s no real reason to be optimistic about a revolution, but there is reason to be optimistic that you’ll be able to fight for your basic right to vote.
- Comment on How does a person get on the No Gun List without commiting a crime? My brother was diagnosed with BIpolar and others he doesn't even want the option ten year down the road. 2 weeks ago:
In my state, you lose gun rights automatically if you’ve ever been hospitalized for a mental health issue. Even if you’re released and declared healthy.
- Comment on Do you ever feel guilty for trying to sign up for government assistance programs? 2 weeks ago:
You paid your tax benefits before and you’ll pay them for the rest of your life. Get what you paid for.
- Comment on Why does most American's give shit to the French when if not for them we would have lost the revolution? 2 weeks ago:
the entire world gives shit to the French. really they bring it on themselves.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Maybe in some European country that’s the case, but in the American context there’s a strong presumption that the man will approach, to the point where it’s absolutely not realistic to advise men that they don’t need to learn to approach. Yes you also need to not be an asshole, and that’s important, but if you don’t start talking to women in the first place, they can’t know you’re an asshole or not.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Well yeah, men have to approach, so most of the burden of learning to date falls on men. That means you need to figure out which girls are attracted to you and which aren’t, how to approach in a cool and casual way, how to be friendly and funny to keep them interested, how to take care of yourself so they feel attracted to you, etc. It’s tough being a young man out there. Really you should probably be talking to other guys your age about it, as they’ll best be able to critique what you’re doing wrong.
- Comment on What is the best alternative to a "smart" cell phone today? 2 weeks ago:
That depends on what you need it to do. You’re not going to get a 1:1 replacement.
- Comment on What is up with the trend of naming pets after food? 3 weeks ago:
it’s a play on the super bowl (American football championship). it airs every year right before the super bowl. animal shelters send a bunch puppies to play on a mat with toys. the hosts act act like it’s a sports game, and the shelters get some free advertisement.