huppakee

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[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I agree the west is becoming less democratic and the quality of life in China greatly improved, but there is severe oppression in China and that you choose to mention the quality of life over the influence people have on their government says a lot about your loyalty to the Chinese rulers.

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

The real battle is between the ruling classes.

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

That's mostly because the trustworthy news outlet from those countries don't publish in English whereas the propaganda is. But you're right people don't think there is independent journalism in Russia and China. That is not so much an east/west axis but a capitalist democracy / Communist authoritarianism axis.

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

US agencies might not have much reason, but foreign ones on the other hand definitely do have plenty of reasons.

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't think they'd give him asylum from the goodness of their heart but this man has a lot to offer as long as he's an enemy of the US government.

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

I can't speak for all countries but of the people assuming Europe will be fine, most seem to be rifht wing voters. It's a good thing not everyone is in panic mode, but I agree people should be more aware of the current direction the world is heading in but there are also a lot of people who actually like this direction.

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (6 children)

We could also have given Ukraine so much they won the war 2 years ago, problem is we also want healthcare, education and decent pensions. I mean it's good the German army feels we should help Ukraine win the war but let's not act as if this is a simple feat that doesn't require a lot of money. Without free American weapons it will be a lot harder to defend ourselves against Putins warmongering.

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

He's proven that alright

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

BURN THE HATERS

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

I don't disagree with your point, but except for electronics, and Italian marble America can make a lot of the materials themselves. The biggest problem is in many cases the price of labour in the US. And for complex things like cars you can't even move the entire supply chain even if you wanted to.

There was this guy who had a theory that there was nobody on earth who could make a microwave oven, turns out he was right: there are people who can know how to make a certain part of it and other people who knew about it's assembly nobody can create one start to finish. So imagine with more complex machines how difficult it'd be to bring all those skills and knowledge 'home' to America.

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

it's almost like Trump doesn't know what ~~he's doing~~ damage he's doing while stealing money or something*

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 11 points 10 months ago

I think it also shows they themselves know what they're doing is wrong. They know their current bosses and political leaders agree, they don't have to fear them in any way. They do it because it protects them from hysteric parents or angry mobs, but I think they most of all do it because theyvdont want there to be any evidence (= footage showing them doing this). This is not like people hiding their identity during a protest, this is like people hiding their identity when robbing a bank.

 
 

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/31633640

I started to notice some thing weird while using Reddit, every link post from Condé Nast owned news outlet was getting a high amount of upvotes and awards while other publications had a very normal rate of awards( usually zero, with the exception of the sponsored ones) and upvotes.

That when I started to investigate this matter till I found out about this.

They are boosting their publications on Reddit on the major subreddits. They are trying to give their publications a advantage over all the other news outlets.

They have the ability to kill the other news outlets if they keep doing that. Avoid them as if your freedom is dependent on it.

 
 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/64331850

In this Opinion video, Marci Shore, Timothy Snyder and Jason Stanley, all professors at Yale and experts in authoritarianism, explain why America is especially vulnerable to a democratic backsliding — and why they are leaving the United States to take up positions at the University of Toronto.

In communities like this one there sometimes are comments by Americans who understand and agree with the other people here. In this video, a professor (who has spent two decades writing about the history of authoritarianism in Central and Eastern Europe!) says "the lesson of 1933 is that you want to get out sooner than later".

I am sharing this for the Americans who have the means to go, but are doubting whether they should stay or not. Nobody can make that decision for them, but I think the opinion of the three Yale university professors says a lot.

 

In this Opinion video, Marci Shore, Timothy Snyder and Jason Stanley, all professors at Yale and experts in authoritarianism, explain why America is especially vulnerable to a democratic backsliding — and why they are leaving the United States to take up positions at the University of Toronto.

In communities like this one there sometimes are comments by Americans who understand and agree with the other people here. In this video, a professor (who has spent two decades writing about the history of authoritarianism in Central and Eastern Europe!) says "the lesson of 1933 is that you want to get out sooner than later".

I am sharing this for the Americans who have the means to go, but are doubting whether they should stay or not. Nobody can make that decision for them, but I think the opinion of the three Yale university professors says a lot.

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by huppakee@lemm.ee to c/palestine@lemmy.ml
 

I am not sure where or when this was taken (I guess yesterday in London, but not sure), this man explains so well why you should (also) speak out if you're not islamic or jewish. Felt like his message would be appreciated here too.

Video from the tweet:

 

Massive, sustained protests led to the 2021 downfall of billionaire oligarch Andrej Babiš, dubbed ‘the Czech Trump’

 

The site previously hosted links to resources on long COVID, vaccines, and testing.

 

Sort of cross-posted from https://sh.itjust.works/post/35988607

 
 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60822935

"Trump's America threatens European soveregnity to its core. France has long been strivingt for strategic autonomy and proves that this is possible in Europe in a military, energy and technological sense as well. Here's what we can learn from them."

Also on Nebula (paywall): https://nebula.tv/videos/techaltar-france-shows-how-europe-can-survive-trump

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