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by mantas 4y ago
Looking at youtube farmers I follow... They reduced usage of fertilizer in exchange for lower yield. In the bottom line, they made as much profit due to higher prices and less expense. But for consumers it means raised prices. Food processi
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by mantas 4y ago
And winter was mild.
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by mantas 4y ago
> I've been to Eastern Europe and my experience with it makes me feel like this is a European chauvinism mentality bit and a patting thyselves on the back. Eastern european anti-Russian stance is chauvinism, but Russian imperialism
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by mantas 4y ago
Yes, nobody wants it. But it doesn't change a fact that Muscovites have more questionable lands than they try to claim themselves.
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by mantas 4y ago
That's why I said „Baltic states, Poland and Finland“. As in, Baltic states + Poland + Finland. Although historically Finland was considered one of 4 Baltic states. The 4 states that escaped Russian empire after WW1. It shrunk to 3 aft
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by mantas 4y ago
Why do we have to put up with Russia's expansions due to „grievances“ that some other expansions were denied or questioned? It's funny how Russia always pretend to be a victim when it's the aggressor. God forbid someone endan
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by mantas 4y ago
Mind to expand on „retaking its Baltic states“? I'd rather say a big portion of nowadays so-called „Russian federation“ is rightful territory of Baltic states, Poland and Finland.
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by mantas 4y ago
It is secured through force of arms though. As a Lithuanian... If we weren't in NATO, we'd either have a very very serious problems now. Or be a vassal state like Belarus.
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by mantas 4y ago
Then Australian highway is an entirely different thing than highways in europe and our discussion is meaningless. I stand corrected that German highways with unlimited speed are better driving experience than eastern european counterparts w
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by mantas 4y ago
Drills at least give you an action to do and a hope it will work out. Meanwhile global warming propaganda does neither. There's no easy to do action and no realistic hope it will be fixed.
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by mantas 4y ago
Eh. With all the „green“ stuff making euro food production expensive... All of that import shall be taxed through the roof.
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by mantas 4y ago
What's next, don't block your highly productive industry with CO2 import taxes?
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by mantas 4y ago
> These are mostly single lane either direction highways .. It does not sound lik a highway. Around here, highways are opposite lanes separated (and usually multiple, with very very few exceptions), banned slow traffic, no single-level i
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by mantas 4y ago
If that area is unlimited „outside of towns“, it’s rather different from unlimited-in-proper-highways. Unlimited on a regular road is stupid. Unlimited in an isolated highway with no crossings or same level intersections is nice. Driving cu
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by mantas 4y ago
Cannonball shitheads do shithead stuff regardless of speed limit.
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by mantas 4y ago
While private horse transport did exist for hundreds of years before that. Yes, it was slow and going longer distances was expensive. Yet the idea of personal transit is very natural.
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by mantas 4y ago
I remember there was a test run Australia and no speed limit didn't increase casualties. Whenever I come over to Germany, driving on autobans feels like a pleasure compared to eastern european highways with a speed limit :/
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by mantas 4y ago
They had announced that with ID.3. Yet the result was slightly different.
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by mantas 4y ago
China is a betrayal to open internet. And West's BigTech oligopoly. TikTok ban would be a tiny fix for both. Maybe a good starting step...?
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by mantas 4y ago
On top of that, maybe we shouldn't put tolerance itself as a goal? It's a tool. And a tool that can be greatly abused. But nowadays it seems to be a goal by itself. Which both opens up a lot of abuse and seems a wee meaningless as
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by mantas 4y ago
Are we still talking Amish or General population with cancel culture, overreaching codes-of-conduct, „positive“ discrimination etc?
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by mantas 4y ago
„Coded“ is relatively easy. How about maintaining a project for a decade?
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by mantas 4y ago
Exactly
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by mantas 4y ago
OP tried to make an example of europe how supposedly it's different here. Just saying that it's not :)
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by mantas 4y ago
... and in Europe employers leave for cheaper countries with less unionification. With governments happily supporting that with free trade agreements.
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by mantas 4y ago
More self sufficient in what sense?
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by mantas 4y ago
Elite is the same in any system. Be it feudal of the old or ruling class in socialismus-comunismus implementations. That’s just a part of any group of animals.
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by mantas 4y ago
Coming from the other side of the globe… I’d rather talk about USSR gulags, genocides by various Russian empires, Ottoman eastern-Europe-sourced slaves trade, slave sourcing themes in Africa lead by locals, crusades targeting Eastern Europe
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by mantas 4y ago
No import duties inside EU. Here in north-east our farmers have a hard time competing with Holland farmers. Mostly because our farms still didn’t catch up after Soviet era. Differentiated EU subsidies discriminating East don’t help either.
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by mantas 4y ago
Cultures shall be analyzed as a whole, advantages, weakness and not skip infamous parts. Cherry picking is a direct way to indoctrination.

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