MiDaBa

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

I lived in Detroit for a brief period and my observation was that the Arab population in Dearborn was comprised mainly of people born into multi-generational wealth. I know that's anecdotal but if my observations were accurate then we're talking about wealthy people who are disconnected from real life struggles who are voting for Trump. Not about immigrants who have seen and experienced hardships.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago

The all-star team works to develop software that works perfectly and will supplant all open source competition. Once they become dominant they can switch focus to monetizing literally every aspect of its functions and through enshitification destroy everything that made it great. But hey, what are ya gonna do?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Apparently, you're not a cyclist.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Political parties are private institutions and should not be in a position to shape American policies at all. Having a two party system allows centralized control over everyone else in the given party. If elected officials feel pressured to fall in line then they're not fighting for the American people, they're fighting for their own political party.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 days ago

The democratic party is absolutely to blame for this damning historic loss. The last time the Republican won the popular vote was over 20 years ago and the fact the candidate that just pulled that off is the ultra divisive Donald Trump says more about the failure of the left than it does about the right. The majority of Americans don't believe the Democrats can or will fight for them anymore and that's a major issue. Joe Biden wasn't able to effectively articulate his policies and the gaslighting us about his obvious mental acuity did nothing to build trust. I'm tired of hearing the Dems should pick a centrist candidate when it's obvious they need to dump big money interests and fight for working people again. They need to run a left wing candidate that has the ability to clearly speak to and defend their well thought out policies. They need someone who we can trust to take action on office and not just give lip service our issues. Until then get ready to fail.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I made this exact argument. All of the sudden they're against excessive police raids. Maybe they'll agree that if police are using this much manpower for squirrels they may be over funded and a correction could be in order. One could argue for some sort of defunding to get police priorities back in order.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Why do people forget that in 2011 you could have bought a used copy for $19 and even less with a trade on of a game you already finished? The digital market is not the same.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (8 children)

I think a bigger component in making this happen is instituting ranked choice voting. Political parties are private institutions that have amassed entirely too much power over our country. Sure, we can vote but electoral college or popular voting and we still are stuck with a candidate selected by one of two private institutions. These private entities are able to control elected officials who stray too far from the party line. As long as large political parties control the candidates our vote holds less power.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We stop the horrors by placing stipulations on the aid we supply the Israelis. We stop turning a blind eye to how their extreme right wing factions like Netanyahu's Likud party use our money and military resources. The United States, Europe and most of Asia are against settlements within Palestinian territories but each year right wing politicians allow or even encourage taking over more and more land. Plenty of Israeli citizens are against the settlements and against the Netanyahu regime so let's work with them to make decisions that aren't so obviously provocative to both their neighbors as well as the minority Israeli citizens who also live there. Let's not pretend Netanyahu's do whatever he pleases policies aren't a big part of the anger and aggression we are seeing year after year. Our aid and financial support should be 100% conditional.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

He had them at "women won't even think..."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

My point was that a transmitter would be easily detectable.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I am fully against this booby trapping war crime regime but the problem with your first options is that pagers don't transmit like phones do. That means there would be no way to remotely aquire the GPS or other saved data undetected.

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