So, free and fair elections. Well, now we're back to square one, and pretty much describing how Western democracies work.
Consider Australia: all of the major political parties nakedly serve the interests of capital, and decide who can and cannot run in their elections. This is the case in all of the liberal "democracies". They aren't "free and fair" elections by any reasonable definition.
Normally I don't respond to low level comments like this, but the intellectual laziness here is mind boggling. Dictionaries exist for a reason.
...I really, really hope that you are being deliberately obtuse here in refusing to acknowledge that they are asking what you mean by the term to further the conversation. The other option is that you think there's some context where asking a person you disagree with for some kind of objective definition makes sense, and that really, really doesn't speak highly of your reasoning ability. Different people have wildly different understandings of "authoritarian".
False, that is the result of capitalism when it goes unchecked, not the definition. And different countries have different levels of checks on capitalism.
...you don't think that the existence of a capitalist ruling class is part of the definition of capitalism? Why are liberals always so happy to lecture people on the basis of What I Reckon Sounds About Right Probably...
Destroying Israeli universities wouldn't actually advance Iran's cause but could well lose them some of the small amount of international support they're enjoying. I'm not saying they should be any more scrupulous than anyone else, or than they're currently being, but they should, and presumably would prefer to, concentrate their efforts on targets that could actually impact their enemy's ability to harm them.
It's a fantail I think. Expand the photo because I got some gorgeous detail in the wings!
he sleeps in a tree just over the back fence during the day and comes down at night to go and eat. I set up my camera trap after spotting him a couple of times with a torch. Interesting that he's there, they (possums) usually feed on peppermint trees (Agonis flexuosa) but there's none close by! Unfortunately at the same spot I've gotten multiple photos of the neighbour's cat so I hope my little buddy stays safe and sound.
This was my first mammal photo with the trap, so I'm pretty pleased. I also want to try to get some of the fairy wrens that hang out here:)
That's... You're literally describing capitalism though. Capitalism is defined by a capitalist ruling class which means that government can be expected to use its power in the interests of that class... Such as by bailing out corporations.
Russia is fully thirty-five fucking years into its life as a neoliberal hellhole.
The constitution explicitly, openly vests power exclusively in wealthy and/or slave holding men. Are you seriously claiming that wasn't "intentional"?! Your founding fathers overwhelmingly WERE wealthy slave owning white men, they "extracted" those concessions FROM THEMSELVES.
weird how his neck just did that
I'd also point out that countries like Australia don't have a constitution at all and they've lasted longer than that.
Are you... Feeling okay? Did it even occur to you to maybe google this bonkers claim?! Now personally I don't feel like this neoliberal, white supremacist, settler-colonial project which was founded on a continuing genocide is much of a model for anything regardless of how long it's lasted, but it does in fact have a fucking constitution!
What's really depressing and frustrating about all this is that at no point will this experience ever tempt you even for a second to consider you could be wrong about other things, too. 55+ years on this earth and you haven't bothered to learn the critical thinking skills of an eight year old.
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/7714393
Popular cultivar with lovely creamy pink and yellow inflorescence. Adored by honey eaters*. Yim yum
*Honeyeaters are a group of birds
About a month or so ago, I turned two lovely, fresh, full heads of red cabbage, straight from the veggie patch, into a decent sized pile of sauerkraut. Not only does it look like precious stones with a beautiful rich translucent colour, it also tastes amazing and has the most incredible, funky stank going on. One of the better things I've ever made, and only my second try at sauerkraut! Obviously I'm pretty happy with myself, but we have one more cabbage left! I want to do something more interesting with it than sauerkraut, though. Any suggestions for other pickled cabbage based foods? I have a nice big porcelain fermenting/pickling crock which is currently empty so it's the perfect opportunity. One head will only fill it about a quarter or so, so there's plenty of room to fit more stuff in. I would do something kimchi-inspired, but one of the people who'd be eating it Does Not do chili. I also have loads of carrot available so that might be an option (dad has done the pickled cabbage + daikon that's often put in banh mi which turned out really well when I made some baguettes for a banh mi lunch for extended family)
Thoughts?
Common name "pixie mops". This one was quite a bit littler than the picture makes it look. They're a small shrub, up to I think about 1.5m, in the protea family (proteaceae). This one, though, was on just a teeny tiny plant, which is probably why the flower's so little. Look how cute it is!
I don't know a single soldier who served in Afghanistan or Iraq that feels we served any noble purpose by being there
I'm sure this is a great comfort to the people of Afghanistan and Iraq
Red and green kangaroo paw. I don't see them wild very often so it's always a buzz when I do (they're a common garden species but it's not the same!)
Pterostylis recurva. I don't know if I've ever seen one before, certainly not recently! Really cool. Had no idea they grew on campus. There were like five or six plants in a little patch.
A cowslip (Caladenia flava), a very common flower that is pretty much always the first orchid out where present. The other Caladenia spp. are generally bigger, showier and present flowers higher up (around waist level) and I love all of them, but I have a soft spot for this gorgeous, rich yellow flower.
pottery.
Just that everything it says about its geopolitical rivals can be assumed to be true.