I don’t understand what No Stupid Questions is for if not to ask something that you don’t know the answer to and might be embarrassed to ask somewhere else.
But, to be honest, I’m with you. I think OP wasn’t asking because he didn’t know.
It was very brave of you to post your question here. It’s OK to be ignorant on some things, and asking questions is how we learn!
I hope you got some good information and that no one tried to use your question to go on some kind of weird political tirade. It can be very controversial on Lemmy to ponder if rich people maybe have too much money.
How about in the form of the Chinese government’s not being able to directly control Taiwan for 76 years?
Since you included the US, up until recently, the US made it clear it would defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion. That has made a significant difference to China’s calculations about its own imperialism.
I can’t tell if the downvotes are against my punching down statement or my follow-up joke about being outnumbered.
I think this is called “punching down” and is no longer an acceptable form of humor.
Although, to be fair, they do actually outnumber us in a 1v1 situation.
Under US law you can now murder that person twice, because of the Judd Act.
If you’re dropping by again, do pop in. But don’t worry too much about the myrrh next time. All right?
Authentic people say, “Look, we need to do more of this thing. But there are consequences for doing it, and it is going to lead to the following problems. We will have to make tradeoffs.”
Voters look at that and the other guy, who promises only good things, and they vote for the other guy.
They fuel election denial when they are sold. Not when they sit in your home. Not when they are reused to pack or ship something else.
What a dumb fucking article. The last thing you want people doing is throwing out or recycling Uline boxes and then forgetting the controversy and buying more down the road.
OR… Populists easily win votes by promising to do things they can’t (lower prices) or by promising that great things will come from things they can do (deport immigrants, raise tariffs). Voters are now waking up for the second time that Trump can’t deliver what he promised, so they are willing to look at alternatives.
The left could also nominate populists who promise everyone two acres and a mule, but is that really what’s good for the country? There are plenty of leftist populists elected in South America, yet those countries stay poor and crime-ridden. Some here use US interference / the World Bank / globalists as a boogeyman excuse, but the truth is that populists are good at getting elected and then fucking everything up.
Is this not just a rule 5 violation? Seems like you already have a bunch of ideas and just want to whip up political comments.
I don’t know what it’s called, but it’s precious.
It’s literally the propaganda arm of a fringe political party. Like, the party runs it. Not just aligns with it to make money like Fox and conservatives.
All of their articles are opinion pieces. But they are open to discussion with other viewpoints, so long as those viewpoints align closely with their own:
The partisanship of the World Socialist Web Site by no means excludes objectivity or honest debate. We welcome a broad exchange of viewpoints with workers, students and intellectuals who are seeking an alternative to bourgeois politics and capitalist economics.
North Korea deserves it, but they won’t win it. North Koreans will all vote for the USA, while Americans will be split on voting for themselves and other countries.
That’s exactly what I was curious about. There’d be no reason to do toxicology for someone coming in with these sorts of symptoms. Foul play is often the last thing people suspect.
Thanks. Another commenter added some context.
If you visit Eastern Europe, you’ll find a lot of museums which reflect on the double disaster of Nazi occupation for years followed by Communist occupation for decades.
There are museums for African American history which have exhibits about slavery and its victims, if you’re interested. https://www.wonderfulmuseums.com/museum/slavery-museums-in-the-united-states/
I think you mean authoritarian.