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Everyone has also seen daily footage coming out of the region of the horrible events. Are you surprised that people have an opinion on that? Moreover, political
by ramisallyouneed 3mo ago
Everyone has also seen daily footage coming out of the region of the horrible events. Are you surprised that people have an opinion on that? Moreover, political, financial and military ties between NL and Israel have been well-documented. So it's a bit silly to just discredit it all by saying it's not on the same continent (and therefore irrelevant?). It's also not that far and the country has been trying hard to align with the western world. Also, don't forget this has been going on for a long time (3y for the current iteration) already.
I think some people are fed up with growth because it seems that growth will not bring the average person so much anymore. It'll definitely bring more and longer extreme heat in the future though. Are you excited about that?
Here the usage of GenAI has already been adopted by so many people. I see the ChatGPT app all around me. I work in an office and all my colleagues use it. I also see a lot of people skeptical about it. Reasons to be skeptical about it are readily available online. So is it weird that some people hold that position to you?
I'm indeed sure that people in third word countries are focused on basic human needs instead of protesting ChatGPT. Seems obvious. Why mention it?
- simianwords 3mo agoA party that has ~20% vote share (amongst educated) is legitimately considering degrowth. https://www.wetenschappelijkbureaugroenlinks.nl/artikelen/groene-groei-ontgroeien https://www.wetenschappelijkbureaugroenlinks.nl/artikelen/gr... They also advice Post Growth which is degrowth-lite, read the document yourself. > In fact, the degrowth movement, which is rapidly gaining popularity among activists and scientists, advocates the deliberate scaling back of overproduction and overconsumption to bring the economy back into balance with the living world, in a way that reduces inequality and improves human well-being https://www.wetenschappelijkbureaugroenlinks.nl/geopolitics-post-growth https://www.wetenschappelijkbureaugroenlinks.nl/geopolitics-...
- robocat 3mo agoHigh on the political agenda of degrowthers is radical redistribution of wealth. Consuming less should be especially true for the 10 percent richest in the world, because they are responsible for half of CO2 emissions Tht dutch have about 1% of world wealth, so the above is just empty posturing since they don't have jurisdiction. Why not sabotage the world to fix the issue? Create some new diseases because that is definitely degrowth: diseases to kill the rich like gout ;) Perhaps say yes to war with the US?
- simianwords 3mo agoWhy would they want to sabotage the world? They want to sabotage themselves. They don't want people to use AC in their homes.
- ramisallyouneed 3mo agoThat article talks about a panel discussion. The only actual representative of the party (Diederik Samson) is advocating for green growth (and NOT degrowth). So your conclusion is a stretch into the void. Also, they only have 20% of votes because they merged with another party... You're really trying to push your observations as facts, but based on quicksand.