MentalM

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by MentalM 1mo ago
> capitalism ain't built on long term responsibility towards greater topics like future and wellbeing of mankind. I think in those aspects, only monarchy is better than capitalism. Specifically its more unhinged form, where the mona
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by MentalM 1mo ago
> Prices are market-driven in our society, not necessarily a function of labor costs. Yeah, but market itself is a function of labor costs.
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by MentalM 1mo ago
> There are good arguments that the wealth distribution in our country has some serious issues There are good arguments that as a whole the wealth distribution in your country does not have any serious issues, but this article strongly s
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by MentalM 1mo ago
> Did they not ask Ukraine to give the already occupied land and then some? I mean what are the alternatives? Ask Ukraine to give the already occupied land and then some, but later, when several more millions of Ukrainian men would be gr
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by MentalM 1mo ago
> it seems the USA has been supporting Russia in its current war a lot more than China. No way that's true. China is main ally of Russia. China have a huge economic exchange with Russia, China is the sole gateway to technology for R
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by MentalM 1mo ago
Positive feedback loop (or how it called in English, idk). You just want to stay at the top, and the better political instruments you have for that, the worse governor you can allow yourself to be. And the worse governor you are, the more y
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by MentalM 1mo ago
> But wouldn't people just vote for UBI in this case? Why in North Korea people just does not vote for UBI? For UBI government need control over majority of resources generated by the public. But if government has that control, what
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by MentalM 1mo ago
> I think a world of total and complete abundance doesn't incentivize people at the top (who are there because people at the bottom allow it) to mercy kill everyone else with AI drones. They will have one of the strongest incentive:
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by MentalM 1mo ago
> What happens when we aren't needed? Depends on the political system. Under socialism authority will simply improve the environment by reducing your carbon footprint with eight grams of lead. Under capitalism you're already no
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by MentalM 1mo ago
> Interested to see what the EU will do though Will make surveillance mandatory? I mean we definitely should somehow fight terrorism, protect children, and prevent copyright infringement on trillions of dollars per year.
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by MentalM 1mo ago
> Don’t think I was implying I wanted to replace him with another far-right candidate, just someone who is competent in general. Maybe you are not. But what about other 58%? In the end, you have elected him twice, and it's not like
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by MentalM 1mo ago
> we are (rightfully, I believe) far less willing to let children die young or get maimed. I don't think it matters at all. Of course, we are, but there is a huge gap between "not let children die young or get maimed" and
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by MentalM 1mo ago
> Trumps approval rating has fallen to 39% while 58% disapprove. > Hopefully he’ll be replaced with someone who is at least halfway competent That's the point. You've vote for this guy TWICE. So probably when we talk about 5
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by MentalM 1mo ago
> because they largely can't afford to, either in actual resources, or in time spent But that's absolutely not true. People are so wealthy right now that they can afford practically an unlimited amount of children. The avoidanc
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by MentalM 1mo ago
I don't think it's fair to place all the blame on the MAGA and corporations but not on the American working class, which is the main beneficiary of the US government policy and which is electing those government. It would be fair