I thought I was about to see a falcon murder a pigeon. But those eyes say “well it’s not like I have many options…”
- 0 Posts
- 178 Comments
ruuster13@lemmy.zipto Europe@feddit.org•Conor McGregor pulls out of Ireland’s presidential raceEnglish6·22 hours agoWhy? Did the race decide it was enjoying it?
“Egghead neuroscientist grandma” feels like it would disarm me.
ruuster13@lemmy.zipto World News@lemmy.world•BBC News: Larry Ellison briefly tops Elon Musk as world's richest personEnglish32·6 days agoWait… they both topped?
ruuster13@lemmy.zipto World News@lemmy.world•BBC News: Larry Ellison briefly tops Elon Musk as world's richest personEnglish8·6 days agoI lost the ability to read after that line. Was there more to the story?
You’re swimming in circles, buddy. Oligarchy is what you describe. How’s your free press doing in whatever communist country you’re holding up on a pedestal? I don’t want any of the systems currently in place, but arguing for communism is… idk, current GOP bot strategy?
Because capitalism is monetary policy. The power structure is separate. In America, we have (had?) a democratic power structure. After years of the GOP attacking regulation, we have an oligarchy. Socialism is an economic system that can be compared/contrasted to capitalism. Communism implies socialism as its monetary policy but with a centralized power structure. How are the elites/leaders chosen in communism?
The problem isn’t an ism. These arguments are so tiring. Greed is a problem endemic to our species. It’s much larger than an economic system can solve. Although… communism is a power structure and capitalism is a monetary system. People conflating the two are always doing so out of ignorance or bad faith.
ruuster13@lemmy.zipto linuxmemes@lemmy.world•What's your mnemonic for pwd?- OMG it means print working directory. My mind instantly goes to password every time. I had to reach puddle wuv dud levels of autism before thinking otherwise. I shame my81·9 days agoYou “print” to standard output, which is the terminal.
ruuster13@lemmy.zipto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Why do iphone users still see their phones as a status symbol169·10 days agoThey don’t. You do.
ruuster13@lemmy.zipto World News@lemmy.world•Germany's far-right AfD suffers series of candidate deaths ahead of local voteEnglish21·12 days agoMother Nature occasionally votes.
Some bot accounts delete routinely so their behavior cannot be studied as easily.
ruuster13@lemmy.zipto World News@lemmy.world•Xi, Putin, and Kim gather at Beijing landmark for a grand military paradeEnglish9·14 days agoBeijing landmark = Tianmen Square. They’re mocking democracy as our “king” wears orange paint instead of clothes. They’re telling the world that democracy will always devolve into fascism and Nazism. They highlight the nature of man to always seek absolute power while ignoring their role in tipping the USA into madness from afar. It is imperative that we stop the madness in the USA and prove them wrong. The battle has always been democracy vs authoritarianism. They’ve played us as the right is preoccupied with infantile notions of good versus evil and the left doing the same thing with capitalism versus socialism.
ruuster13@lemmy.zipto World News@lemmy.world•U.S. military strikes drug-carrying boat from Venezuela, Rubio saysEnglish5·14 days agoHe needs a war so he can declare martial law so he can cancel elections. Venezuela is just low-hanging fruit.
ruuster13@lemmy.zipto ADHD memes@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Relatable, Daniel Kwan... RelatableEnglish11·14 days agoOP is riffing on the concept of how relatable the story is.
ruuster13@lemmy.zipto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL the US Navy maintains a private forest to supply the wooden ship USS ConstitutionEnglish21·15 days agoThey replace planks often on the USS Constitution of The SE US.
ruuster13@lemmy.zipto cats@lemmy.world•Anybody else have a cat that will just stare at them? What does he want from me?11·15 days agoThis is absolutely the correct answer. The stare sans slow blinks is them wanting you you to do something. The language barrier cuts off the meaning of the request and creates a recurring headache if you can’t figure it out.
ruuster13@lemmy.zipto News@lemmy.world•Car rides and hand holding: Putin, Modi and Xi send Trump a pointed message8·15 days ago“They’re all gonna laugh at US”
ruuster13@lemmy.zipto Technology@lemmy.world•Is Miss England's AI round dangerous or progressive?English5·16 days agoThe models get 0% of the proceeds for one year and then 10% after that. After interviews and photos of the models, they get around to interviewing the CEOs of the companies doing this, and there’s an unchallenged narrative about why it’s fair and not exploitative. Shame on the BBC.
This is the take-home point. They aren’t unaware there’s already a conversation. Their hubris compels them to believe they can answer these questions better than whatever the liberal establishment has come up with.