+bonifartius 𒂼𒄄 @bonifartius@qoto.org

Remember what they took away from you

@bajax @dave @graf

>they've been a "pariah state" for decades. They should have reached some kind of equilibrium in their supply chain by now

They have. That's the marvel of Juche. They haven't had food shortages for almost two decades.

>Pony you simply aren't a credible interlocutor. If you think you "won" our debates it's only through sophistry, taking overly simplified views when it's convenient and shitting out "you just don't understand the full context of the situation!" otherwise.

But you don't understand. You didn't know the difference between the proletariat and the peasantry. You don't know what happened with regard to the kulaks. You don't know how sanctions work. You are too stupid to take part in any of these threads and you just ruin them.

>Trying to act like NK would have its shit together "if it only weren't for those damned western imperialists!" is just a bridge too far.

It has it's shit together and it has all in spite of being on a constant war footing, being under sanctions and having had all of it's infrastructure destroyed in the war.
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Men will literally dig a tunnel in the ground instead of going to therapy

@bonifartius @Sunliver @kaia @mangeurdenuage
The other thing that's sus is how it was handled in Europe. In America it wasn't much, it "supposedly" killed diesel cars except the problem is everyone else didn't fucking market theirs that were compliant, and then when the complaint modified TDIs were resold, the competition in terms of diesel cars was 1-2 new models that had to be special ordered and cost far more than $12k at a used car lot. Other diesels in America were big rigs/large pickups and most emission crackdowns from then on were targeted at corporations/fleets and "coal rollers". It didn't help that 30-50 cents a gallon more is a bad sticker shock to many in the "looking at a new car" phase. More just bought gas hybrids to begin with because nobody sold a diesel hybrid that wasn't a bus or big rig.

Europe on the other hand fucked over everyone who was told they were more fuel efficient and that they'd save money at the pump, and then only to get fucked with city bans, high taxes, and more new laws conveniently fucking over anyone who wanted to save money at the pump. Of course they also have more brainwashed people who don't yet know voting won't remove those fucking them over or who think it's a good thing. Or even better they fetishize 15 minute cities.

#Vegan Burger costs the same at the heavily subsidized cantine in the university as a bigger meat burger at the private shop next to it.

Meat is so heavily subsidized it is cheap af.

German agriculture either needs a extremely green or an extremely capitalistic revolution. Sadly the green party is just talk and no actions. Farmers currently only make a profit because it is subsidized.

The state could just give the money to poor people instead and let them buy food at its real price.

The current state just sucks.

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The Art of War.

( just personally holding your own line is probably good enough practise and a good start, no need join any organisation or think you can't stand up for yourself or others in the many ways possible )

It’s always weird when you can smell what laundry detergent somewhat uses and then you remember everyone else you met who uses the same one

This is so cute 🤍

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@amerika @wjmaggos @samuraikid @Someguy

> I do not think "agree to not agree" allows you to have culture. That's sort of the point: to make choices.

There's a line, though. You don't seem worried about stagnation.

The Lady watched some camera crew bother a 14th-or-something wasabi farmer threaten to go full Killdozer (or the local equivalent: waving a sword around and shouting about his family business) against the local city council when some factory started dumping something in the water supply. She says that the guy's father and his father and his father (etc.) were buried by the house, in a row by the footpath, so this dude walked past the graves of his predecessors every day on the way to the field. This sort of thing naturally inspires some work ethic. You do not need enforcement or to hang anyone from a helicopter to make that kind of cultural depth to happen. You leave people to their own business and they will do things like that.

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@Sunliver @kaia @mangeurdenuage
When you look into it the whole Diesel scandal was half real and half manufactured. Real in the sense VW was lying about emissions and caught with a PR campaign, manufactured because EVs greenwash even harder and everyone in academia can't see the double standard.

@Shadowman311 I simultaneously feel like 2019 was 200 years ago, and that the 90s were 10 years ago