Jiggle_Physics @ Jiggle_Physics @sh.itjust.works

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Yeah, they claim to be ardent supporters of minorities, but when something bad is happening, to a country they don't like, that will make life even more dangerous for them, they cheer it on. If its a country claiming communism they will look the other way too. They would be absolutely fine with getting their authoritarian, socialist, regime even if it meant the genocide of every vulnerable demographic of people they claim to support the rights of. It will simply be justified by the ends.

bar's in hell

that poll says 23% not 10. Now about that poll.

It was conducted by the victims of communism memorial fund, which is a US government organization created specifically to shift the public opinion away from communism. This is also the place that came up with the infamous "communism killed 100 million people" stat. A stat that required them using the dead nazis, german citizens, etc. from WW2, and not even just the ones killed by the USSR. Basically saying that when the USSR killed enemy combatants, and civilians, it was result of communism causing mass death, and completely ignored everyone else's contributions to those number, even pinning their contributions on the soviets as well.

The write-up on the poll describes how they compared the changes in statistics over time by comparing groups that matched frames like age, ethnicity, sex, etc. They tell you how many people they surveyed. They give the general subject of the questions, and their answer numbers. They do not describe how they contacted these people to take the survey, where they conducted the survey, or provide the actual, verbatim, questions asked by the survey. They also have answer options that seem to be generally wrong, or loaded, or in some way just poor. For instance, when it asks what socialism, and marxism are, the following are the answer options they provided:

When the government owns all property and controls nearly 100% of the national economy and makes all important decisions about prices, wages, and job placements, as in the Soviet Union

Means a free market economy with private property, but one where the government provides ample social welfare benefits, as in many Scandinavian and Western European countries.

Means a free market economy with private property where the government intervenes when necessary to create an even playing field for all citizens and businesses.

Just a vague new name for more or less what the Democratic Party in the US supports today

Refers to a new system that has not yet been created.

As you can see, none of these answers are good possible answers to define marxism, or socialism, for a large number of reasons. They also state the percentage of people "incorrectly" said communism killed less than 100 million people. Again, this number is BS that is inflated with deaths from combat in WW2 when the USSR didn't start the war, etc.

The only people taking this poll seriously are right wing organizations like the cato institute, and it's million branch organizations it funds, right wing media, etc. Even moderate right wing sources cast doubt on the veracity of the poll.

John cutting their lawn instead of Juan

oh yes def true. I have watched people I know have memes, jokes, etc on 4chan and other online spaces slowly twist them into racist right wingers over the course of 5ish years

a couple have since been deprogramming, but a couple are like flat-earther level lost

oh, nice. Great little design

yeah, i have no idea, on the granular level like that i would image it is quite a complicated thing, as it is anywhere

it started as a farce, but those who actually thought that way didn't understand it was a joke on them, and soon it was just people who unironically believed this way. If you act like something stupid, even in a manner to make fun of them, you will attract them. If you don't cut that shit out like a malignant tumor, it won't be long until that tumor takes over.

take this as you will, it is copy pasted from a site. most other sources i saw up to reading this said the same shit, so it is probably fairly accurate

The Punishment for Marijuana in China

        Possession & Use: Individuals caught with marijuana or using marijuana will face administrative detention between 10 to 15 days, as well as fines of up to 2,000 yuan ($280 USD).

    Trafficking and Distribution: Selling or distributing marijuana is a crime. Punishment for those found guilty of handling over 50 grams includes a minimum three-year prison sentence, with life incarceration or death being possible penalties for larger weights (or in special cases).

    Marijuana Cultivation: Growing cannabis is another criminal offense, no matter how many plants. People arrested for growing marijuana could spend five years in jail and pay a hefty fine. For larger amounts, the punishment is even steeper.
  

I have seen people much more informed than myself argue about how true this is, with neither side saying it would be unrealistically expensive. The big issue is that it will take years to develop the infrastructure and labor pool to adequately accomplish the task. In the mean time these companies, that are going to be the ones needing to pay, at least in significant portion of, this move of industry, will be suffering losses while trying to do it. Which seems to be what the Tim Cook quote is saying.

Heh, redskull bemoaning joker's misplaced patriotism is pretty good.

All well and good until mom's retirement accounts tank and you can no longer live in her basement.

He quit lying to himself, and accepted what he is

that is, if it wasn't fake.

Bunch of people around here are out-right admitting they didn't really pay any attention to what anyone running was saying. They heard trump say he would bring down prices/kick out immigrants/guns/no abortion/whatever single issue, and just checked the box. The manufacturing workers here are especially loud about how they feel deceived because they didn't listen to anything he actually said, or just didn't know what tariffs are, like at all.

Will any of them vote otherwise next time? I guess we will see. Bunch of them are honestly holding to the "short term pain, long term greatness" cope.

Yes, commissar

From what I am to understand it will be finally requiring the Real ID be implemented everywhere, and everyone needs to carry that, or a passport.

I too am at the point where if I had ruined a batch of cookies I would cry.

ohhh, yeah the media bias apps, and services, are not really, truly reliable either. When you dig into any of them they become more and more suspect. From being owned by questionable entities, to just being incompetently run.

To put some emphasis on something aow said, Falun Gong is a cult. This publication is literally owned by a cult.

82, born April 1st. Life has been a joke, that's for sure.