

Oh, so you guys are doing the stupid thing where you redefine words.
Okay, whatever, have fun with that.


Oh, so you guys are doing the stupid thing where you redefine words.
Okay, whatever, have fun with that.


Scandanavia is pretty much doing just about best in the world. I think they’re largely showing what can be done. Perfect? No. But better than the fascist shithole the US has become.
I don’t see anything besides capitalism working at ALL out there.


Yeah, I just wanted to make my silly joke, but after posting and seeing more comments, I figured I’d better make my actual stance slightly more clear. heh.
I think the glasses are cringe. But I think the violence against women - mostly women because the idiots using these don’t just limit themselves to women but it’s… mostly women that are the victims - is horrible.
I hate that I can’t just make a simple joke without feeling the need to speak out against this problem - not that I have to speak out, that the problem exists and therefore we have to waste time on this bullshit. We shouldn’t have to work against any of this shit, it shouldn’t exist.
Thank you for your kindness in taking my edit to heart - I do know that it can be a pain when you have a serious topic and someone comes in just to be silly like I had. <3


French prosecutors probe secret filming of women with smart glasses
Look, if the women are wearing smart glasses, I’d say they probably consented sufficiently to being filmed!
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edit: considering some of the comments in here, I’d like to say Iw anted to make a silly joke based on the title, but violence against women is not funny.


The best countries that I can point to (Scandanavia) seem to have the highest regulated capitalism.
I don’t see any examples of countries that are not some form of capitalism, but in general, the less regulations, the worse they’re doing.
Also, I’d like to note that I said “sufficiently regulated” as the only qualifiers to capitalism, meaning I consider them pretty damn important. lol


I’ve certainly not seen any working alternatives that have worked at a nation-wide scale.


And where do you think it has worked?


I have yet to see anyone suggest workable practical alternatives, just feel-good masturbation like the above comment.
So go ahead, masturbate furiously to your fantasies, but I’d rather deal with the adults in the room talking about actual workable ways to improve our lives.
This is the type of nonsense that leads to twits saying “I only agree with like 90% of what this progressive politician stands for, so I won’t vote for them!” and the fascists fucking win.
Grow the fuck up, people. Jesus christ.
Work reform? We nede to string our fucking oligarchs up and solve wealth inequality. We need to use things that WORK. Capitalism is fine, just need sufficient regulations. What we don’t need is a useless communist reveolution that throws everything into utter chaos and fails.
We need strong unions, universal health care, universal basic income, human rights protections.
Not to fuck around playing with schemes that won’t work on the countries that already exist.


I’m perfectly fine with sufficiently regulated capitalism. I’ve certainly not seen any working alternatives that have worked at a nation-wide scale.


Screw that.
No, clearly you said 'unscrew" that.


Why do we need ionisation in the first place? Sounds dangerous to me.


And you can fuck off. I don’t mean that personally, just to clarify. :)


My apartment manager doesn’t like the dozen chickens running around, but I told them the Trump administration told me to do it, and what can they say to that? I tell the neighbors the same thing when they complain about the noise and chicken shit everywhere.


I’m all for it. Seriously.
Considering the dialogue happening in many threads, I think it’s important to remember that Democrats and Republicans are still not the same. This is an example of an issue where many Democrats are failing us, yes. Just don’t expand that into “bOtH sIdEs” when that’s not true.
But hells yes. We need to prosecute criminals, and we need to throw out establishment Democrats and get real progressives running and winning. Always support the best candidate running (before/in the primaries, and then whoever makes it to the general).


Link to article: https://archive.ph/FvOhx


That’s actually a lot better than I was expecting.
Not great. Just not as bad.


Middle of the freeway, duh


Thanks for the fascist propaganda. I’ll pass.


The anti-hat people can fuck off, I wear what I like, although most of the timt it’s a Greek fisherman hat, and I own them in about eight different colours. I do have a trillby and occasionally wear it.
Do you think “best” means “perfect”?
I see no point in continuing to discuss this with people who don’t understand language.
You can feel free to same similar about me, don’t care.