rdm_blackhole

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by rdm_blackhole 6d ago
> misinformation Who decides what is misinformation? The state? The ministry of truth? That is the problem with this sort of wishful thinking. > used to manipulate the population The media industry manipulates opinions via TV channels
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by rdm_blackhole 7d ago
It's the same in other countries like the UK for example. You can get stopped at the border, forced to talk to the border agents, you do not have the right to have a lawyer in the room during the interrogation (although you can have on
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by rdm_blackhole 8d ago
> the concept of strategic autonomy is getting traction in the rest of Europe. I think you may have missed the part where Sweden just joined NATO recently. As long as the EU countries are in NATO which is de facto under American leaders
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by rdm_blackhole 8d ago
It will not be China as it doesn't have a floating currency. That is one of the prerequisites for becoming a reserve currency, that and removing capital controls. Finally there has to be a certain willingness from other countries to ac
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by rdm_blackhole 9d ago
Its funny to read all the comments and finding both sides arguing that either is this is terrible thing or the best thing since slice bread and that basically no one has any ideas of what this new "associate membership" would enta
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by rdm_blackhole 9d ago
> None of these deals would involve taxes, EU "laws" (whatever that means) or border agreements. It's a bit rich to say this when nothing yet is known. If Carney or the EU did not want the oppositions to start speculating
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by rdm_blackhole 9d ago
> So if Canada tries to make friends with anyone other than the US, it's a hostile act? I don't think anyone really says it's an hostile act but both countries, Canada and the US will have to decide what it means for their
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by rdm_blackhole 10d ago
Unfortunately I fail to empathise with gamblers not because I think they deserve to be afflicted by this disease but simply because I have never found gambling appealing as an activity. I bought a few lottery tickets when the prize reaches
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by rdm_blackhole 11d ago
It can try but it could also be toppled by doing so. Last year the government had something to trade with the socialists (postponing the increase of the retirement age) so without the support of the socialists, the motion to topple the gove
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by rdm_blackhole 11d ago
> they cannot compete against the 'populists' You have to consider the fact that the populists are only popular because all the other parties in the last 20 years have made endless promises to the voters and failed to accomplis
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by rdm_blackhole 11d ago
The eurozone countries' bond rates are distorted by the Euro.
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by rdm_blackhole 11d ago
I am not expecting anything. I left France a long while ago and I am not planning on coming back anytime soon except for holidays. > the order of magnitude that's needed to put the country back on its feet The amount of reforms need
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by rdm_blackhole 11d ago
> Maybe we should vote for people who are financially literate, can think long term, and can "conserve" rather than politicians who promise endlessly? These people do not exists. If a politician ran on such a platform, they wou
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by rdm_blackhole 11d ago
France is in a dire situation right now. 10y OAT are at 4.5% and rising with almost 100bps difference with Germany and no budget for 2027 since there is no majority in the parliament. There is also a 6% deficit expected and growth has been
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by rdm_blackhole 11d ago
> Social media has influenced at least one Presidential Election and the Brexit Campaign to the point where educated adults were manipulated into voting against their own interests. The people voted wrong so we must censor or put a gate
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by rdm_blackhole 13d ago
> signing away sovereignty is not reversible Signing away sovereignty is exactly what happens when you get in bed with the EU. That's even the prerequisite to become a member as EU laws take precedence over your own laws by default.
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by rdm_blackhole 13d ago
You can't treat models like drugs. One is physical and the other is digital. To your point, the war on drugs is a colossal failure which has achieved none of the objectives it set out to do. You can now order drugs from your mobile pho
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by rdm_blackhole 14d ago
> Therefore any agreement must either have ironclad verifiability, or must be limited enough that defection would not be militarily existential. How does he propose that such a thing will work? Are we going to have US AI inspectors in Ch
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by rdm_blackhole 14d ago
Teen reading slumps because the students are no longer forced to read enough to break through to the other side where reading becomes a pleasure. It's like anything hard really. If you start learning how to play music, well the first f
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by rdm_blackhole 15d ago
The EU and Macron welcomed the new Syrian president who is a former ISIS fighter in Europe. So much about morals when hundreds of French citizens were killed by ISIS in France. The EU is like the US, it does business with vile and despicabl
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by rdm_blackhole 15d ago
> Geopolitics is way too complicated for such black and white thinking. Your comment reeks of western superiority and exceptionalism. Its not black and white thinking. It just hypocrisy at the highest level. The EU does not spend a singl
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by rdm_blackhole 15d ago
> communists I was talking about France Unbowed (LFI) in France which is radical left parti (and allies of the French communists parti) that wants to burn the debt owned by the French state (their own words not mine) and could be in the
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by rdm_blackhole 15d ago
> Europe and the rest of the world will try to coup with the shock The two major economies in the EU (France and Germany) are both facing severe recessions and a parliamentary deadlock + soon to be elections would will be most certainly
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by rdm_blackhole 15d ago
> Unless they're full puppets for foreign interests, The European parliament has been bought 10 times over by the lobbies. See https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/08/lobbyists-euro... &quo
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by rdm_blackhole 17d ago
I don't see the appeal of this or the Phone 18 for the matter. I have an (old) iPhone 15 Pro that just works so the upgrade just doesnt seem worth it. Also I think it would be quite bulky to carry the Duo in a pocket all day long.
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by rdm_blackhole 18d ago
Your framing is no better: Don't look at how much you are paying in taxes because somehow in the end you are getting more out of it. Of course you should look at what you are getting out of it and scrutinize every euro spent by the sta
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by rdm_blackhole 18d ago
> Let's be real: this "issue" is a strawman. It doesn't really exist, especially in that part of Germany. Just like pretty much everywhere else, the German anti-immigrant far right is strongest in the areas with the f
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by rdm_blackhole 18d ago
> to them, the "illegal immigration issue" is just a vehicle to gain power. Nothing more. If what you said made any sense whatsoever, then the parties currently in charge would have stopped it along time ago. Because if accordi
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by rdm_blackhole 19d ago
> Reddit The problem with Reddit is that all the news subs and all the politics subs are just massive echo chambers and there is simply no way to interact with them unless you follow the agreed upon views espoused by the mods. If you go
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by rdm_blackhole 24d ago
I could technically vote in 3 countries but I vote in none. My preferred voting system is the ranked choice one in Australia but Australia also has compulsory voting which I disagree with. I think in a democracy, it is up to the voter to de

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