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by libertine 1y ago
> They are definitely incorrect. One pop culture way of looking at this is fairy tales. Not too long ago we used to tell children that if they went into the woods they could get eaten by people who lived there and lured children into the
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by libertine 1y ago
The current administration wants the EU to collapse, so we're very far away from that reality.
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by libertine 1y ago
But if no one enforces the law on the rulling power, the law doesn't work.
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by libertine 1y ago
No, separation of power isn't in great shape unfortunately. But I don't think it has collapsed yet, or you think it has? Mine is probably free speech, it's also not in a great shape either. But without separation of powers, f
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by libertine 1y ago
In the end the question is: will democratic institutions hold? I think we won't know the answer until they don't. I think it would be unprecedented in the US, and over the years the red flags have been increasing, so the signs are
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by libertine 1y ago
Also people are just lazy and will choose the path of least resistance. I'll bet that Wikipedia and other websites are affected and don't fit in that list of legitimate grievances.
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by libertine 1y ago
I'm not sure what you're trying to imply. Didn't the Twitter algorithm change in July 2024 after Elon endorsed Trump, to increase his reach and the reach of other individuals?[0] > Every freaking machine learning model has
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by libertine 1y ago
Everyone knows that naming fallacies doesn't show it happened. It only shows you can name fallacies. But you're resorting to: - fallacy‑fallacy by assuming my argument is wrong just because you claim to see a fallacy. - and to gis
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by libertine 1y ago
Well, you're taking what I said out of context, because it was YOU who brought the conspiracy theory stating that France/EU illegitimately serves the interests of billionaires, whereas I compared it to countries such as Russia&#x2
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by libertine 1y ago
I think it's more of a problem of how you perceive these statements. I can't speak for the other people, but in my statement, there was no gotcha or hidden meaning. But I can rephrase it: there are more costs to break into a marke
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by libertine 1y ago
As I said: these decisions are made by elected officials. If there's a conspiracy of corruption/lobbying/interests behind those countries' decisions, it's a completely different problem that is for those countries&#
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by libertine 1y ago
There are plenty of investigations regarding this, for example: https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-l...
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by libertine 1y ago
TV, Radio, Press, Outdoors, and every other media have laws and regulations - laws and regulations set by elected officials, that go through a transparent process, and for which people might disagree and vote out those elected officials. Th
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by libertine 1y ago
This might be a controversial take, but here it goes: the vast majority of Chinese brands are really bad at marketing to Western audiences. There are a few good ones, but they had to do what was necessary. For example, to increase the appea
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by libertine 1y ago
That's a political decision that needs to be applied to the alternative protein industry. However, given the current political climate and the acceptance of disinformation, that's going to be challenging.
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by libertine 1y ago
> I could buy a free range, organic and grass fed beef burger for the price of their ultra processed burger. In many countries, it's a heavily subsidized industry. Even if you have VC funds, it's not the same as being backed by
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by libertine 1y ago
Russia has been the main sponsor of fascism. They have full networks pushing content promoting and platforming it, and nothing is done about this.
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by libertine 1y ago
It's challenging to comprehend this administration's "Strong with the weak, weak with the strong" approach to geopolitics. What's the end game here?
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by libertine 1y ago
I didn't say "Russians" I said the Regime and a lot of Russians (extreme nationalist ones), which are the ones running the propaganda machine. It has been used has a derogatory term, like other ethnic slurs. > And ethnic s
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by libertine 1y ago
Russia had a military coup 2 years ago, the regime can collapse at any moment, they're in no position to force anything on anyone.
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by libertine 1y ago
> The peace deal will very likely force Ukraine and consequently its allies to recognize acquisitions at least de facto Who is forcing it, Russia? lmao
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by libertine 1y ago
You still failed to address the question: "little russians", "kholkhols" are ethnic slurs being used by Russian nationalists as terms of endearment? > It says that some Ukrainians consider this word offensive which is
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by libertine 1y ago
What does it mean in the current Russian political environment? > The term Little Russia is now anachronistic when used to refer to the country Ukraine and the modern Ukrainian nation, its language, culture, etc. Such usage is typically
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by libertine 1y ago
> Higher energy prices, and increased defence spending Energy prices are going down, and have been going down consistently ( https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/crude-oil ) and the new US Admin wants them even lo
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by libertine 1y ago
If you think Europe is the biggest loser, you need to dig a bit deeper on the state of Russia... I might be wrong, but there's no recovery from this blunder for many, many years - if it manages to stay a Federation, that's yet to
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by libertine 1y ago
The point is trying to claim something without any evidence that supports it.
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by libertine 1y ago
You don't need much of a historical deep dive to see how it's currently being used: > The term Little Russia is now anachronistic when used to refer to the country Ukraine and the modern Ukrainian nation, its language, culture,
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by libertine 1y ago
No, it clearly says Ukraine. Do you have any evidence that it was foreign intelligence services?
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by libertine 1y ago
Not really, the point being made goes deeper. The Russian regime (and apparently a lot of Russians) deem Ukrainians as an inferior ethnic group - they call them "little Russians". Ukrainian authorship would mean: - Ukrainians are
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by libertine 1y ago
Russia has been deploying so many bots on Twitter one has to wonder if they were invited.

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