In theory - sure. In practice - all countries in the world have to agree to raise taxes, even though individually they are better off betraying this agreement and lowering them, thereby attracting the rich and ending up with more, not less, money.
And if all countries agree to tax the rich the way they should, we might as well go and build socialism everywhere, because not having everyone onboard is a main issue there too.
As someone born in 2000, I’ve personally seen it and I think most people around me did. Maybe someone didn’t, though.
The question is: how are they gonna get back on track?
One thing to remember is that Democrats, just like Republicans, are sponsored by the rich, and have their hands tied against taking drastic measures that would actually improve lives of common people against the interest of businesses. This is primarily why key economic points they rallied with never came to fruition.
Cyberpunk is more about finding something normal among a clear dystopia rather than finding dystopia among normality :D
But it is immersive and emotional indeed.
Interesting, never heard of it! Thanks
Having read them all at some time in the past, I feel like, while they capture a lot of modern problems and are scaringly accurate in many of the predictions they make, they still don’t create this “everyday” feeling.
Brave New World is probably closest to capturing what I’m looking for, even though it too opens immediately with a dystopian picture.
The thing is, it would be interesting to explore, in any form of art really, this progression from feeling completely normal about what happens to figuring out what everything actually means, which could lead to people questioning and investigating things in real life.
Thanks, will look into it!
Fair enough! But won’t they flip again to start the program?
The most beautiful thing about this program is that it would work.
Various bit flips will once lead to all numbers being in the correct order. No guarantee the numbers will be the same, though…
I already do, and it’s great!
It’s just that this post evaded all my filters anyway thanks to phrasing :D
Me: unsubbing every single politics community
Showerthoughts:
I’d argue plenty of people are simply not aware such alternatives even exist, and don’t bother researching.
Internet could be a different place if more people cared.
With that said, even then we’d probably be in a minority.
Congratulations! Hope it goes better and better for you two!
Yes, congratulations!
in the background Those pesky speedrunners…
I don’t like cats, mainly for two reasons:
I, however, love people, and am far from being selfish or narcissistic. People around me often find me warm, comforting, and supportive.
It’s alright! We don’t all have to host our own instance. Existing ones can easily accommodate hundreds of users.
The docs are not only often difficult for an inexperienced user, they commonly omit points of failure.
Various prerequisites, problematic settings, possibility of the user choosing the wrong menu etc. etc. should always be considered.
How about all the Russians getting forced in to a war just to die?
Just to clarify: do you suggest to murder everyone who was forced to get onto the battlefield, or do you mean Putin does this to them?
Yes, because at the same time they offer a better business environment. US, for example, can do pretty much anything, being de facto commercial center of the world, with highest scale operations historically based there and interconnected to the point they can’t just “leave”.
Should you run this “experiment” in aforementioned Venezuela instead, you’re unlikely to enjoy the result. Although it wouldn’t benefit the US in the long run either.