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by lm28469 9mo ago
> So yes while it technically has self-rule it’s still effectively a colony Being self sufficient or not isn't part of the definition of a colony
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by lm28469 9mo ago
Look into why they have such power, and look into what's happening right now. It's not like these things are god given... All of them are slowly dissolving ~100 years ago the British Empire was the largest empire on earth, now it&
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by lm28469 9mo ago
Ping me when coffee machines ceo ask for 7 trillion dollars
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by lm28469 9mo ago
Compared to supreme leader trump who just strategically fucked up decades of diplomatic relationships, with allies, in a few years? Or compared to Supreme leader putin and his very successful strategic 3 days military operation?
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by lm28469 9mo ago
And the US spent the last 5 years pissing off the EU, China and playing a weird game with Russia while gargling Israel balls (as usual) What's your point?
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by lm28469 9mo ago
These things are never self contained, if the subprime crisis only affected predatory bankers nobody would have cared....
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by lm28469 9mo ago
"People were wrong once and now everyone who says something vaguely similar about a related topic has to be wrong, forever"
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by lm28469 9mo ago
> I don't understand the appeal at all. Renewable energy, one of the cheapest source of heat kwh/$, doesn't require electricity to function, cheap to buy/install if the place was designed for it, &c. I'm buil
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by lm28469 9mo ago
> South America likely has the best beef in the world lol > Good that I might have access to real meat here for once. lmao It's one of the most corrupt part of the world and they 100% definitely use antibiotics and hormones banne
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by lm28469 9mo ago
They burn all kind of shit in very inefficient stoves, modern wood burning stoves are pretty clean
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by lm28469 9mo ago
I mean yeah technically you can buy them pretty much everywhere, but outside of the US there are very few countries where they're above 50% of market share. They're below 30% in the vast majority of countries actually
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by lm28469 9mo ago
Yes of course, and the energy or minerals lobbies don't have any kind of agendas of course. They're obviously working for your well being and not serving their interests Also, one of the most corrupt country in the world will obvi
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by lm28469 9mo ago
Why do we focus on the shit part of the deal? Do I need to explain that really?
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by lm28469 9mo ago
Amazing, we sell them our gadgets and in return we get growth hormone beef and other agricultural products which don't even meet 1980s EU regulations, big win indeed God forbid we subsidize food too, it's only like the #1 priority
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by lm28469 9mo ago
It's still miles ahead of having literal holes in your window frames to let "fresh air" come in when it's -20c outside. All you need to do is design a house with a sensible ventilation system, which costs virtually nothi
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by lm28469 9mo ago
Have you ever heard someone open Word or any other microsoft product and say "wow this is such a good piece of software I'm so happy my corporation forces me to use it and I would pay to get more of that shit in my life" lol
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by lm28469 9mo ago
Yes, it's one of the cheapest way to reduce your energy needs and have clean air, plus it's fairly low tech system
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by lm28469 9mo ago
Solar is still not free or unlimited. A well designed house will be more comfortable and save energy over its whole life while costing a fraction more than a badly designed house. It's better no matter the heat source really. And it al
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by lm28469 9mo ago
Better? It just needs to be cheaper I think. The US tech power is a bit like the US political soft power, it's there because it's huge and has momentum but it's not like it'll be here forever, especially given the curren
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by lm28469 9mo ago
Yep cheap energy and modern building techniques made us lose a lot of the common sense of yesterday. Good thing initiatives like the passive house institute are bringing back some of these principles, you can easily cut a modern home heatin
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by lm28469 9mo ago
Gear fetishism is a serious disease, and the symptoms are obvious
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by lm28469 10mo ago
> AI slop, Human slop - who cares if people are enjoying it. Many people do care in fact.
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by lm28469 10mo ago
Good riddance, De Gaulle was always right about americans, we might finally be able to get out and build our own stuff instead of being a bully's bitch forever. Given the current situation and trends I don't expect there will be a
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by lm28469 10mo ago
Long term it probably even is better if the US just leave, especially if the next president is aligned with the current government, we might as well cut our losses early and restructure before they bully the rest of their allies.
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by lm28469 10mo ago
Do you want the UE to send 200k troops half way to the other side of the world for a hot conflict with the first military power on their own doorstep ? Because that would be 10 times stupid
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by lm28469 10mo ago
When I asked gemini it got it right away and as a source it provided a link to your comment... what a time to be alive, I hope you got the Empire State buildings calculations right because you're now part of the Truth ™ https:/&#
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by lm28469 10mo ago
> is it free of side effects for the nature? What is free of side effects for "nature" ?
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by lm28469 10mo ago
> flat terrain is just so much more practical. Outside of peak summer it's much more optimal to have a south facing slope actually.
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by lm28469 10mo ago
Still much better and lower impact than whatever the fuck we'd been doing for the past 200 years
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by lm28469 10mo ago
Everybody exactly knows where to draw the line... No one gives a shit about car enthusiast forums, everyone is talking about infinite scroll x targeted content x advertising powered by algorithms exclusively designed to extract your time, m

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