JonKramer, CIS-HET @JonKramer@qoto.org

@LaNaehForaday Someone pointed out to them that following the Devil to Hell isn't a great idea. But they were willingly supporting him for decades, so I don't give them a pass.

@LaNaehForaday , maybe... I misspoke, Small pox was ended by a fascist military dictatorship.

@bkm , I preferred it when he was just covering up murders at GITMO.

@lowqualityfacts , I think history shows she only killed 7, and she used a knife...

@PointyFluff @Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social @LaNaehForaday True, communism seems to break down if the population becomes greater than the point where every member knows the name of every other member. This seems to be a pretty firm rule of thumb, but can be overcome with something like the internet, where you CAN learn the name of the person in front of you.

@PointyFluff @Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social @LaNaehForaday , communism works great in small communities. A kubitz in Israel, for example. There are several communist libertarian societies that exist in the USA today, mostly loose communities of libertarians living subsistence lifestyles, without much government, and mutually supporting each other. Disney has a show about one of these, Port Protection Alaska.

@Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social @LaNaehForaday , capitalism works great in some situations. If you want to go to the moon, build an internet, map the world, etc, I doubt there is a better system than capitalism. The problem is it also works to create efficient wars, spread diseases, undercut labor (and don't get me wrong, unions are pure capitalist constructs, I am not talking about them here) and literally incentivise pollution. We don't want to throw the baby out with the bath water. Without capitalism, the Corona Virus would still not have a vaccine. Polio would be spreading. Small pox would still be a thing. There are positive and negatives for every form of economies and government. Even a religious dictatorship has merit, in small ways, with the right conditions.

@Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social @dictvm we can... if you are willing to fight.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Athens_(1946)

@Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social word.

@Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social this meme can be applied to all human constructs. What we need to do is accept the faults of any system, and work to minimize them. We can't do that if we hold any system up as "the best". There are conditions that make a military dictatorship "the best" option. And times when Capitalism, Communism, and Anarchy are the best choices.

@SNerd is this a penis joke?

@wonkothesane @Talia_christine I already saw a quote from one congress critter saying those charges were nothing.

@Talia_christine no, now they have PROOF! Time to double down and try to convict his cat or something...

@t4hiro @MaryAliciaZiff@mastodon.sdf.org @protecttruth , the prices are actually going way up... because the quality is going up too. You can easily spend $20K, and get lithium ion batters that will carry the car 150 miles or so. But, for a city car, you don't need to spend that much.

@t4hiro @MaryAliciaZiff@mastodon.sdf.org @protecttruth it looks like I can do it for about $10K. Out of my price range for what is essentially a toy, but I think doable for most folks.

@gaypharm , paper, but I BUY more e-books, because the piles of books in my house are a fire hazard.

@PamelaBarroway , I mean, is it really fair to cast Nazis in such a bad light??

/s