mgrthrow

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by mgrthrow 4y ago
The soviets also had the problem that they were an autocracy who had little regard for the conditions of their people. They were also huge . Community level programs like this can be much more functionally democratic and uplifting.
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by mgrthrow 4y ago
This is the classic answer to the classic question about anarchy: "who will do the unpleasant, demeaning work?" "We only think it's unpleasant because we make it unpleasant. We can have clean, well lit factories. We just
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by mgrthrow 4y ago
Of course queer as "unusual" predates "queer" as gay. :D It's a reclaimed slur. It was a negative label applied to people who ultimately decided to make that negative label a part of their identity.
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by mgrthrow 4y ago
Funding is a huge part, for sure, but also getting incorporated. Talk to a lawyer and your state about founding an LLC or sole proprietorship. Ezpz. Done in an hour. Talk about founding a workers co-op that's democratically run? With s
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by mgrthrow 4y ago
Would the author say, "I am a ..." and end with any of the above? If so, they identify as that group. That's what identity is , it's the set of things you consider yourself to be. "I am" and "I consider m
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by mgrthrow 4y ago
Well, queer encompasses more than just gay and lesbian people. Non-binary people can be queer, heterosexual trans people can be queer, asexual people can be queer. Same with polyamorous people.
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by mgrthrow 4y ago
I think you've both got the right answer and explained it with a very negative framing. Gender and Sexual Minority, LGBTQ+, and queer all describe a largely similar set of folks. Queer arose not from "woke-leftist" spaces, bu
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by mgrthrow 4y ago
I use the label queer as a self selected one. (Not self imposed, it's not an impression.) Queer is not the same as LGBTQ+ (queer is more overly political). My identity is both given and self selected.
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by mgrthrow 4y ago
A hundred percent this. I'm not a lesbian, but I'm going to the mat if needed to protect lesbians. We protect us.
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by mgrthrow 4y ago
Everyone is labeled by default. Unless you weren't assigned a gender at birth, don't have a skin color, don't have sexual preferences, didn't have an economic situation you grew up in, didn't have a family with eith
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by mgrthrow 4y ago
Doesn't land for me. I'm queer, my identity isn't huge, but it does include queer. That alone is enough to make some folks want to do violence to me (I have first hand experience with this). Telling me to "stop being x&q
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by mgrthrow 4y ago
It is orders of magnitude more challenging to found a co-op. Let alone get enough capital to get started. We've set up our society to make it difficult for worker owned businesses.
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by mgrthrow 4y ago
Good news then, because many of his ideas have been demonstrated!
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by mgrthrow 4y ago
^ case in point.
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by mgrthrow 4y ago
I'd encourage you to read The Conquest of Bread for some high level thoughts on other ways we could arrange things that a) aren't primitive and b) aren't capitalism.
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by mgrthrow 4y ago
Slavery means lots of things. Chattel slavery, yes, but also forced labor like in us prisons. Indentured labor, child soldiers, forced marriage, etc etc. The concept of "wage slavery" is basically, "you are not free to not ea
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by mgrthrow 4y ago
I love how many comments here are, "I have no domain expertise, but these seem like nitpicks". If a user provides feedback like this, listen. Getting this sort of detail from a user about design decisions is invaluable . They kno
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by mgrthrow 4y ago
Amazon is running out of engineers too. The way that company treats workers is finally catching up to them (hopefully).
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by mgrthrow 4y ago
I would argue that Soviet states were autocracies (and some would argue they were capitalist, just state capitalist.) Stalin sucks, flat out. Any socialist or communist who thinks Stalin was good should not be listened to.
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by mgrthrow 4y ago
Karl Marx talks a lot about alienation as capitalism advances. Alienation from our labor, alienation from our society, and eventually alienation from the self. Independent of how you think of the rest of Marx's work, I think it's
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by mgrthrow 4y ago
The latter. I make something like 750k a year, people in my income range can afford more and still live very comfortably.
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by mgrthrow 4y ago
The third option is that it genuinely makes me happy, because it implies we're taking care of everyone more. My money going to charity is fine. My money going to taxes implies other wealthy people like me are also chipping in for schoo
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by mgrthrow 4y ago
The number of times I've been told I don't believe my beliefs because they don't make rational economic sense is innumerable. I'm happy when my tax rate goes up. This apparently really bothers people. (Me being happy abo
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by mgrthrow 4y ago
I found it the opposite. I felt touched, it was very human and raw and real. It's not an essay about a problem, it's an essay about experiencing a problem. The former can be solved with a lawyer, the latter with... Well nothing re
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by mgrthrow 4y ago
I use mine in the rain, is there a reason not to?
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by mgrthrow 4y ago
If the city won't provide infrastructure, take the whole lane.
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by mgrthrow 4y ago
It was developed as a weapon. I guess the parent is saying IQ tests are also a weapon that has found some not weapon uses?
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by mgrthrow 4y ago
Electric bikes are an order of magnitude more efficient than cars and several times more efficient than bikes. (Measured as calories/electrical power). People who ride electric bikes still get the benefits of exercise (elevated heart r
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by mgrthrow 4y ago
It's also one of the most poisoned by history. It has, for instance, been used in eugenics movements and forced sterilizations in the US. It is influenced by all sorts of factors, from parental income to nutrition. My family has folks
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by mgrthrow 4y ago
Give everyone a ubi, sorting out the geniuses will never actually identify only the geniuses. And less smart people deserve basic human dignity. Just give it to everyone. I guarantee you people will still want to work. That work might end

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