ComradePenguin

joined 3 weeks ago
[–] ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml 21 points 16 hours ago

I grew up with The Legend of Zelda. "Well excuuuuuuse me, princess"

[–] ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

People sometimes cheat, not okay, but it happens. Most likely the marriage wasn't going so well, and he got some attention he wanted from someone else. Your mother is hurt and angry. But she does not have the right to deny your continued contact and bond with your dad.

There is no good reason mentioned in your post to end your relationship with your dad to end.

However, how the divorce is handled is more important in my opinion. If he in some major way makes sure she gets a bad unfair deal, then things are different. If he not only cheats, but also does not share in a fair manner, then he is really hurting your mother in a way that is harder to accept.

[–] ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Most importantly, consenting adults. She is not even just barely an adult anymore. Not letting a 30 year old woman decide for herself is infantilizing.

Have fun and enjoy yourselves!

[–] ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It depends as most things. I think ultimately a divorce should make sure things are fair. Unless there was attempts to hide funds or something like that, the wealth acquired throughout the marriage should be split 50/50. A cheating spouse or anything like that is no reason for an uneven split. There should not be any additional financial pressure to stay in a marriage, than losing the advantage of having twice the wealth. (Bigger house etc)

If one party made more money than the other, still 50/50. That's what is actually fair. A socialist/communist approach. Everyone knows deep in their heart, what is fair. Capitalism and wage differences already sucks, don't bring it into the marriage and the divorce, especially if kids are involved.

If there is kids involved, then It is also extremely petty to try to cheat your spouse out of a fair deal during divorce. It's the parent of your children for fucks sake!

Cheating sucks, but is not a reason to retaliate financially.

Edit: Alimony / Spousal support is one of the many ways to make things continue to be fair afterwards. I am positive if children is involved

[–] ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml 45 points 3 days ago

To not support USA financially

[–] ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago

I am cishet white male, so I am probably ignorant. In my opinion you have no bigger obligation to be an activist than me.

However, I do believe all people have a certain obligation to participate unless the cost is too severe.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.

  • Desmond Tutu

I have a lower cost of participating due to my privileges, so I do. If you consider it probable that you will get significant consequences for activism, then it's just judgement call only you and your family can make.

[–] ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 days ago

I use Private Lock. It uses gyro to detect sudden movements and lock the phone based on that.

[–] ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 days ago

Remind people to seek help, when someone is "joking" about ending it all. There is help out there, and it's worth an attempt, before doing something final and irreversible.

In many countries simply telling your doctor what you are considering will get you help.

If talking to a doctor might be a bad idea due to your profession or other reasons. Then talking with friends or family also might help.

[–] ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago

I see many people have asked about monatization. I want to use peertube more, but feel kinda guilty for wasting bandwidth, without contributing. So I haven't started watching creators that are both on YouTube and Peertube on Peertube yet. I also use Grayjay with Chromecast, so I guess I don't seed the content either

Do you have any plans for a donation model that shares the donations with multiple instances based on views or settings from the user?

In a perfect world I would just pay 10€ or another amount per month, and that would be distributed based on traffic to both instances and creators.

[–] ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Isn't it good to walk around with communist propaganda, so that it becomes normalized?

[–] ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

I guess I should have posted in on world instead

 

Reminder: If this is unpopular, then upvote!

Every argument against socialism can be dismantled and solved somehow. It just requires that you dream, imagine a better world. That you are a little idealistic and optimistic.

If you think it would reduce innovation: State funded startups, requirement is that the company is democratically controlled by the employees, and that the employees own the company, or that the state owns 49% of it. Or some other split between state, founder and employees.

If you think this is a bad idea, then maybe you can imagine something else? Or some middle ground between today's brutal capitalist solution and the thing I proposed?

People would just use up all the resources even if they don't need it. Okay, then we limit the consumption per person. Or we still have some money, and you buy the luxuries with that money. So that people still have to prioritize.

Also, if you think a planned economy is bad, what would you call the logistics and planning of Amazon, or even Temu (Just the logistics and planning part, not quality)? It is possible to plan for needs. You just start with making the basic services free, and gradually adds more options of products and services. You track trends in consumption and increase or decrease based on demand.

Socialism or communism isn't a finished ideology, we don't have a template. Establishing systems would take creativity and thorough planning. So yours and everyone else's imagination would shape that future.

[–] ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Even if you gain citizenship, pay taxes, contribute and live there for many years? Then it's not just their business, then it's also my business?

 

As fascism is rising in parts of the world, I have begun to wonder how China considers socialists/communists from other countries, as a contingency plan if all else fails.

Communism is barely within the overton window in many western capitalist countries, this can change in the future.

I am from a northern european country, so the country is a social democracy, but slowly becoming more right leaning and economically libertarian.

Edit:I highly doubt I would have any reason to move in the future, but I am kinda curious by nature. I also have it really comfortable, and do not fear any political prosecution.

 
 

I have always been a leftie, and sympathetic to socialism.

I live in a social democratic nordic country. Capitalism is the economic system.

I have thought that I should act like an economically rational entity, and make good financial decisions. Regardless of my beliefs.

I have bought an apartment with my wife, and we have started invested a significant portion in index funds to prepare for retirement in the future.

We both work ethical jobs that contribute positively to society. This was a requirement for the both of us.

Our rationalisation is that we should not sacrifice our own lives that significantly, but instead be politically active, donate a significant amount of money to the socialist party and educate people. We can contribute to change, but by not participating in the capitalist economy, we will hurt ourselves in the long run, without actually changing anything.

We have no plans of becoming "rich" by our country's standard. But the end goal is living off the pension from the government and our investments in the future.

I just feel that it is a contradictory way of living life, but we at least try to support socialist causes a lot more financially.

 
 
 

Yes, I know there is no ethical consumption under capitalism.

I still need material gods and services. How can I make the necessary purchases more ethical?

Edit: I live in Northern Europe, if that matters

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