artoghrul

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by artoghrul 22d ago
Calling something that kills people but just does it less as "saving lives" is batshit crazy. Looks like people in the US got so brainwashed by the toxic car culture that not killing feels the same as saving lives. It's like
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Commons News – Progressive Link Aggregator(commons.news)
1 points by artoghrul 29d ago|0 comments
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by artoghrul 4mo ago
Here is a better algorithm to edify the masses: if someone is such a massive billionaire as to have the boldness to teach the public basic 5th-grade math, their wealth tax rate should be set at 10%. From that point on, the rate goes in prop
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Detained journalist interviews detained presidential candidate in Turkey [video](youtube.com)
1 points by artoghrul 1y ago|1 comments
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by artoghrul 1y ago
The latest political crackdown in Turkey has created a situation where a lot of journalists and politicians found themselves under the same roof. The journalist (Fatih Altayli), who has been running his show from the detention center for mo
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by artoghrul 1y ago
Trying to deduce general principles from many particular instances is not "learned helplessness". If one wants to understand a system, it's best not to delude oneself with myths, but to spell out the pattern that is confirmed
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by artoghrul 1y ago
The military industrial complex always wins in the US, even if the whole reason why you get elected is because you were against it. A majestic mockery of democracy.
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by artoghrul 2y ago
The two-party system is not really a coalition system, is it? For one, there is no way for minority factions within parties to exert effective control over the other factions, no? A prime example being how the centrist majority of the Democ
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A United States of Europe(aeon.co)
27 points by artoghrul 2y ago|24 comments