I really think revolutionaries massively underestimate how much of society is built on well functioning and enduring institutions, and how much more difficult it is to build them from scratch compared to reforming them (in many, but not all cases).

That being said, the US is a basket case, so perhaps a revolution might be worth it.

Still sceptical, though.

(This is my biggest disagreement with some other socialists I’ve met where I live, which is not the US)

(hyperbole for emphasis) hey guys, they were normal people like you and I. They’re just supporting their families! - You when talking about the workers at Dachau and Auschwitz

They were people, but let’s not pretend they were innocent. Shame is a great motivator, and would influence many ICE agents to stop what they’re doing, or at least behave better, I would argue.

Letting law enforcement conceal their identity is some literal fascist shit - that’s not hyperbole.

The rest of the world (where I’m from) is looking on with extreme concern.

sapient

This is some human supremacist language

On the Australian site too.

It’s purely geo-politics, and I hate it.

You’re out of your mind if you enter into the United States as a foreigner, from where I’m sitting.

I might make a big dish of lasagne, maybe the meat has 3 or 4 teaspoons of salt,

Seems fine to me. That’s about 4 daily doses of salt, depending how many servings that is, probably totally fine. This isn’t medical advice haha

In any case, at least you’re having something delicious 😁

Of course, unless you’re being terribly precise, you don’t know very accurately.

Though, with the exception of pasta water, you can keep track via number of teaspoons as an approximation, or if you have precise scales tare off your container to see how much you’re using.

Packaged foods are much easier.

I personally just try to keep it minimal while keeping the food taste nice. I don’t measure my salt.

I’m not saying change your habits, just be aware that excessive salt can he unhealthy!

This is probably a joke, but do try to limit your salt intake to something healthy: https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/salt

Am I a weirdo to thinks about turning my head to the left, not the back of my head to the right?

This doesn’t seem intuitive

I point out, not even China does this (in the vast majority of cases, I’m not gonna claim it’s never happened)

People who go on holiday to the USA have something wrong in their brains.

The landscapes, food and historical locations would be cool to see, but man, it’s bloody dystopian.

Wtf, I knew this guy was a nutter, but never really knew that much about him.

The USA is so screwed holy balls.

If it makes you feel any better, most pipe standards around the world are based on the American system, as well as bloody valve coefficients.

I am far too aware that 1" is 25.4 mm :(

And I’m in Australia. Grumble

Excel masochists contemplating an attachment to an app from such a shitty company: 👀

Can’t use OpenOffice Calc at work, so, I shall at least enjoy my kinks

Don’t leave late. Lobby your politicians for sensible transport infrastructure (i.e. not just cars)

There is no excuse, but people normalise the hell out of it

“No war but the class war” strikes again

It just hits differently auf deutsch… meine Kerle.

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I’m a big defender of China when the “China Bad” crowd comes out, but this graph is meaningless beyond what people’s perceptions are.

Real trade unions are banned. All must be part of the party, workers rights are routinely not enforced, and given the lattitude the government has to act, there isn’t really much of an excuse.

The CCP enjoy massive support, though, this is undeniable. The reasons for this support is debatable and vary from person to person.

I for one, very much enjoy when the Chinese government does things in line with my socialist ideals. But let’s not pretend like they’re actually keeping the capitalists in check. There are many, many billionaires in China, something that ought not be possible under an actual socialist country.

It doesn’t take a genius to look at their system of voting to quickly conclude that you don’t really have a say, the People’s Congress functions as a rubber stamp for what the inner party has already decided.

Again, my opinions aside, people in China generally are supportive of the government at this present time.

I feel like this is shifting the focus to imperialism, where the US is overwhelmingly and undeniably worse.

However, domestically, if you wanna pretend that someone as a random citizen, has any chance of receiving political representation in China, well you enjoy your fantasy.

The US and China are both deeply undemocratic places. I’m saying this as someone from neither country.

Anyone who’s actually been to China would know this. It is authoritarian. It’s not even something viewed as bad by most people in China. It’s just the way things are there.

There is pretty strong support for the government there, albeit that could be argued as product of censorship, repression and also genuine support. Many see the CCP as having done a lot of good things which they are grateful for, which in addition to the bad things, in fairness, they have done.

I’m getting kinda tired of some leftists knee jerking “China Good”, just as much as I’m getting kinda tired of the “China Bad” crowd, when the truth is neither wholly good nor wholly bad.

We can be leftists and not have a hard-on for any country claiming to be socialist, you know

Old Testament God is a petty asshole

At least old Testament God was straight up about being an arsehole. People are pretending like sending people to hell for eternity because you had the audacity to grow up not in a Christian household, isn’t straight up narcissistic behaviour.

Believe in me with no evidence, otherwise I’m damning you for all time. Even if I’m the one who let you be born into a particular region or family.

If God were a person, he’d have no friends.

(Just me being salty)