I am not getting involved in the discussion around “boycotting capitalism”, but you can definitely find pretty solid options for smartphones and computers (desktops, desktop components, laptops) if you go second hand. This is true of almost any country in the world (in some places with lower salaries, 2nd hand will still be somewhat expensive, but I digress).
Fascinating stuff. You can’t really fight back against a criminal, oligarch regime if you’re not interested in upholding the rule of law and are open to working with oligarchs.
Economic liberalism did away with the divine right of kings and rule by bloodlines. Replacing it with something ultimately, arguably worse.
Come on, man! The serfs/peasants/slaves had it way worse than anyone living under “economic liberalism”. There is no comparison! Not even close.
I will agree that zero tolerance policies oligarchs (all well as senior associates, propagandists and enablers) does benefit everyone.
Her foreign policy and her statesmanship on the other hand was widely respected.
FWIW, in Ukraine (and many other parts of Europe), her foreign policy w.r.t russia is seen as de-facto enabling russian genocidal imperialism (as a conscious and pre-mediated decision). She nurtured and enabled putin every step of the way.
I am of course not speaking for German public, since I’ve never lived in Germany.
I find it fascinating that there are still regular references to Watergate in American political reporting/commentary. It just doesn’t seem relevant.
From my contacts with Americans, it seems that anti-trump Americans are in a state of shock (understandable), but still clinging to the hope that their institutions will save them (debatable considering global examples with the rise of authoritarian/corporate regimes in democratic environments; generally a “second term” tends to be a make or break period).
The pro-trump group seems to be doubling down on trump and even low key trying to justify statements like the Gaza annexation proposal by claiming “that’s just Trump, he says things.” Some of the stuff I’ve heard honestly made me a bit uncomfortable (these are people I know well for 15+ years) and I don’t discuss internal US matters with the pro-trump camp.
Maybe mbin or piefed? They don’t exactly seem to have 1:1 copies among oligarch run services.
Crypto is all about shilling bags or criminal activity.
I will speculate that for many American companies such activities would be a positive element on a resume.
It may make more sense to have public website listing their names, personal details and their role around working Musk/Trump. This is something they are unlikely to be happy about (even if major American tech companies block the website).
Boycotts don’t really work. Is there a good example from the last ~40 years of a successful boycott?
Don’t post or engage with ML. Problem solved.
That instance is infested with scumbag tankies who white wash genocide, oppose self-determination for independent countries and support imperialism and authoritarianism.
That’s a very good point.
I think that’s a bit too reductionist and negative. Historically there have been rebellions under far worse odds (some successful, some not).
At any rate, it’s probably way too early to make any predictions or conclusions.
That’s the million dollar question.
At any rate I wish you guys luck. A fascist US is not a good thing for global liberal democracy.
I do wonder if there will be any bottom up resistance to the Trump regime. Things like regional refusals to implement at least some of the orders, occupation of federal buildings, detainment of regime thugs, blockade of key infrastructure nodes (airports, major highway nodes, ports etc.), detainment of senior oligarchs and collaborators.
I recognize that in the US context even talking about such things is both controversial and would be seen as a sort of a fever dream, but in the global context this is not unprecedented.
From living in the US, I don’t think there will be any bottom up resistance (at least initially). US is simply too well off (on a relative basis) for most people to care, there is a strong belief in US institutions (for better or worse) and many people are brainwashed by oligarch propaganda.
That being said, these sort of things are by definition unpredictable.
The White House said on Friday that the new tariffs on Canada and Mexico will take effect on Feb. 1, denying a Reuters report that they would be delayed until March 1.
So did the tariffs take effect or not? Or are they supposed to be announced closer to the end of the day US time?
Facebook - Zuckerberg and his role in enabling ethnic cleansing in Myanmar
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/business/facebook-myanmar-zuckerberg.html
How so? And what do you define as “antisemitism” and “antisemitic censorship”?
It depends how you use these platforms. On reddit, I go to a few somewhat niche subs (via a direct bookmark link) so I don’t see any content outside of those specific niches.
On lemmy, I use this account for news/global politics, but I also have an alt where I only access content from subscribed communities and there is minimal politics.
Is Tuberville lying?
It’s been a long time since I lived in the US, but I do remember not being convinced by the sincerity of many senior politicians around things such as abortion, free markets and so on. It felt like a ruse to gain/maintain power and promote the interests of whatever oligarchs they were working for.
One notable example would be local senator Rand Paul promoting the use of ivermectin for COVID a few years ago.
I had several acquaintances who studied to become doctors. From my interactions with them, I got the impression that the US medical education system was rather demanding and did not allow for random degeneracy.
I believe Paul finished a highly competitive US medical school, so it is reasonable to assume that the tantrums around using ivermectin for COVID were driven by political considerations. It seems that Paul knew that it was not a legitimate medicine in context of COVID and he knowingly promoted misinformation (and put people at risk) for political gain.
Is this a similar sort of scheme? i.e. Tuberville’s granddaughter is actually vaccinated and her parents and Tuberville actually support vaccination in private but Tuberville is acting out publicly for political reasons? I am assuming it is not possible to find out whether his granddaughter did or did not get vaccinated (medical privacy).
Or am I overthinking this?
This is some super fucked up shit.
Americans, you’ll need make sacrifices and deal with very difficult and scary choices if you want to deal with this and everything else that is happening in your country. Freedom isn’t a mere polemic.