saubeidl

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by saubeidl 7mo ago
There is no apolitical. You think tech is neutral when one of its titans buys elections? The only one ideologically complicit is you if you choose to close your eyes to that reality.
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by saubeidl 7mo ago
> Have you even ever visited Hungary? Do you speak Hungarian? Do you live there and are culturally invested through generations of ancestors there? Why do you care so much about what Hungarians do in Hungary? What happened to democracy?
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Turns Out There Was Voter Fraud in Georgia – By Elon Musk(newrepublic.com)
42 points by saubeidl 7mo ago|6 comments
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by saubeidl 7mo ago
I see you created an account just to... publicly sympathise with the Nazis?
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by saubeidl 7mo ago
The Red Tape is the super power. From India to Mercosur, from Canada to Japan, the world follows rules we write . You gave up the ability to dictate the rules. You'll still have to follow them.
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by saubeidl 7mo ago
>separate, unique, district, and sovereign countries that can push back against horrible ideas and actions, you end up like us. The separate, unique sovereign countries are the ones with the horrible ideas and actions. See Victor Orban
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by saubeidl 7mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITV_plc > ITV plc is a British media company that holds 13 of the 15 regional television licences that make up the ITV network (Channel 3), the oldest and largest commercial terrestria
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by saubeidl 7mo ago
One could also say people get more conservative as their mental acuity decreases with age , but that too, would be an uncalled for judgement and projection of one's own political views.
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by saubeidl 7mo ago
Help me understand your thinking. I was very against Brexit (and still am). What is there to be gained, in your opinion? In my view, you traded being one of the leading voices in what is increasingly shaping up to be one of the world's
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by saubeidl 7mo ago
It's only self-healing if they actually manage to rejoin...
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by saubeidl 7mo ago
Which is probably the gold standard for polling the UK Public. Not sure what you're trying to say?
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Over 80% of 16 to 24-year-olds would vote to rejoin the EU(itv.com)
134 points by saubeidl 7mo ago|213 comments
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by saubeidl 7mo ago
Yup. EU institutional slowness working out in our favour once again heh.
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by saubeidl 7mo ago
We never actually ratified that deal. Parliament froze it when Trump started threatening Greenland.
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by saubeidl 7mo ago
https://archive.ph/OJBM7
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That irritating feeling France was right – US makes Gaullism respectable again(economist.com)
30 points by saubeidl 7mo ago|6 comments
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by saubeidl 7mo ago
Europe is taking over America's back yard as we speak. Power isn't just raw numbers. It's bureaucracy and shaping the rules of engagement. https://apnews.com/article/mercosur-european-union-trade-agr...
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by saubeidl 7mo ago
An intricate plan designed to further US interests, wrecked by an ignoramus who didn't understand it.
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Without America to rely on, EU gearing up to be a global power in its own right(theatlantic.com)
45 points by saubeidl 7mo ago|34 comments
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'No red lines': Spain reveals EU supergroup's plan to challenge US and China(politico.eu)
5 points by saubeidl 7mo ago|0 comments
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by saubeidl 7mo ago
You might not be living in the same reality as me if you believe any of those claims.
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by saubeidl 7mo ago
Wealth is intently relative . Absolute growth of wealth is just inflation.
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by saubeidl 7mo ago
Capitalism working as intended, shifting more and more resources to the already-rich. A handful of people doesn't own most of the country by accident.
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by saubeidl 7mo ago
Remember how they were spreading propaganda about a supposed Chinese "social credit score" dystopia? It was aspirational projection. That is what the American oligarchy is trying to build. 1984 is coming to the west.
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by saubeidl 7mo ago
As a socialist, I would argue those are both inevitable outcomes of capitalism. First market forces incentivize consolidation (which imo killed off the vibrant early internet...), then a few players got really powerful. Once you have that m
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France's 'French Response' uses memes and sarcasm to fight disinformation on X(euronews.com)
18 points by saubeidl 7mo ago|2 comments
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by saubeidl 7mo ago
Which is why you write regulations to ban that. Hence, this thread.
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by saubeidl 7mo ago
If the shareholders are rich because the poor are not clothed then fuck the shareholders and the system that made them rich.
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by saubeidl 7mo ago
I would hope that that will also be a policy area the EU addresses as part of this regulatory push.
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by saubeidl 7mo ago
What about the poor in their own countries that might not be able to afford clothes?

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