longwick

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by longwick 3y ago
https://apurva-shukla.me/blog Mostly write book reviews, and whatever comes to mind.
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by longwick 5y ago
Your comment does nothing to talk of the substance of the article.
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by longwick 5y ago
AFAIK I think Terra’s UST is pretty legit
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by longwick 5y ago
I suspect until just recently it was because of the negative gearing policies, but now that Labor has officially scrapped any changes I feel like the differences between the parties gets thinner and thinner.
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by longwick 5y ago
Absolutely agree! Thanks for those links.
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How Media Is Control(apurva-shukla.me)
3 points by longwick 5y ago|4 comments
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by longwick 5y ago
I wrote an article on the propaganda model of media first put forward by Chomsky and Herman’s Manufacturing Consent. Our media is owned by a specific few with their own intentions in mind, I’d love to hear your thoughts!
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by longwick 5y ago
I wrote an article exactly on this and how mass media have their own agenda in their programs https://apurva-shukla.me/blog/media-and-propaganda/
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by longwick 5y ago
That’s just semantics, it means the same thing.
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by longwick 5y ago
But at least the concentration of wealth would not occur, and right now wealth = power, which often means anti competitive practices like simply buying competitors.
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by longwick 5y ago
This is the fundamental issue. If there is a environmentally friendly way to industrially produce something, it is not rewarded by our current system of capitalism. It is a form of green capitalism, still looking for profits to guide us to
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by longwick 5y ago
Love this premise! I’ve created my blog and website on Gatsby and am experimenting with creating small targeted campaigns for each of my posts depending on the topic/theme using a self hosted matomo analytics service and a self hosted
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by longwick 5y ago
Ah another free market neoliberalist. You do know that government intervention during Keynesian’s time was incredibly helpful for the macro economy - providing jobs and investment into long running avenues. Neoliberalism purports that the p