🎓 Doc Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@qoto.org

@AlphaKiloPapa

My everyday carry carries a bit more of a punch :)

Nice blade though :)

@rchusid Could not have picked a work choice for that seat... my god.

@freeschool

So keep in mind my first response wasnt about "whats the problem and how to fix it" .. it was more about "what is fascism and when is it a problem", I want to be clear even if central banks dont in and of themselves represent fascism that in no way is meant to imply they arent problematic in other ways, nor am I implying there isnt a serious issue when it comes to poverty and how we handle it as a society, there absolutely is.

As for how to solve the problem... well most problems are 90%+ social and can only be solved at home in how we raise our children. We can do some things to give people a better chance at raising their children with the resources they need, but that will only go so far as it isnt the bulk of the problem really. That said, we have to address the problem from the only angle we can as a society, even if that means we can only hope to have a small impact.

The main solutions revolve around providing good welfare, but conditional (none of this UBI crap) where anyone will get generous help to get on their feet but it will be based on the merrit of their participation and not a free ride. So things like, free paid school up to PhD level, and offering better welfare options to people in school working to better themselves. Stuff like that.

@selea

@freeschool @selea

So for starters just so we are all on the same page here, fascism means an ideology that supports a strong authoritarian government. Genrally it equates to a government with a great deal of power to execute their laws harshly and completely. It makes no assertion, however, as to if those laws are just or not, an ethical government can, at least in theory, be a fascist one (the benevolent king). In other words its where the greater good (as defined by the government) is more important than personal freedoms and liberties

By this definition I'd clearly place both democrats and republicans in the "Fascist" category with republicans leaning a bit more towards fascism, but with both being strongly fascist. By comparison Libertarians are the opposite, the least fascist.

That said simply having a central bank or a government controlled currency in and of itself isnt the issue. Its not Fascism simply to run a currency management that people can choose to use. Where it becomes fascism is when laws get enacted that force you to use that monetary system as opposed to having other options. As long as you have an option, even if everyone chooses to use it, then it isnt facism.

So that said a central bank, in and of itself, isnt fascism. However laws that require you to use that currency as a monetary system, or any law that prevents competition with the monetary system start to lead towards fascism, the more harsh those laws are the more it resembles fascism. So when it was illegal to hold gold for fear it would compete with us dollar, that would have been an example of a fascist use of a central bank.

Even the loan system isnt fascism, nor even a bad thing so long as its optional for people to engage with it. Fascism isnt simply anytime something exists within the central government or even something that gives the central government some degree of power. Fascism is only really when that power is used authoritatively to suppress personal freedoms. So long as you are free to choose, even if the system is built so many will have their choice manipulated by propaganda, then that isnt fascism. But again, fascism doesnt mean "good or bad" so something that isnt fascism may still be bad and something that is fascism may still be good. The problem with good fascism is they will often devolve into evil eventually.

@lovelylovely

Ahh right, cause hating republicans isnt enough, someone has to love and excuse the evil things you love too.. shame that.

They really taught you how to hate your fellow neighbor well, congrats, you will do well with the other dems.

@valkyrie We arent in a class war or a culture war. We are at war witht he government, or at least should be. But they have the liberals convinced the upper class are the enemy and have the conservatives convinced trans people are the enemy. The truth is if you think either of these are true then you are the real enemy along with the government.

@lovelylovely

Ironic considering that Biden was literally the one who fought to keep segregation alive and was the reason he started his political career. All so his child wouldn't have to go to school with other minorities (literally his own words).

Dont get me wrong, Republicans are absolutely asshats too, they dont get a pass. But to think this is a republican issue and not equally a democrat issue is laughable.

The delusion is strong with this one.

@KimPerales

It is **very** noticable that his choices the first time were career politicians and this time around he is clearly picking whoever the hell he wants.

@TheOldGuy We should **not** be wasting resources bombing ISIS when there are much more important targets like Russia we should be bombing...

@JoMama87

Huh? I hate trump but this makes no sense. Without birthright melenia and his kids would still be citizens because Trump is a citizen and married to her, which would make both Melania and his kids citizens without birthright.

He is trying to eliminate anchor babies. People who are citizens because a parent or spouse is a citizen is not a path to citizenship he is blocking

@jaykuo

@jaykuo

This post makes no sense.. Trump was married to Milania and Trump is a citizen..

@ServersOnFire

You talking about biden, the guy who literally started his career with the goal to keep segregation alive so his child wouldnt have to go to school with minorities (in his own words)? That upstanding guy?

Yea sorry but while Trump is certainly a POS, biden can go toe to toe with him in POS factor any day of the week.

@unabomber

This was a 2022 letter where CEOs demanded gun controls, it had nothing to do with the recent murder.

Here is the actual article (notice the date):

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/09/business/gun-control-ceos-companies/index.html

@johnabs

It isnt what aboutism, its showing that Trump has a history of cutting back on spending or at least spending less in almost every category. I am not saying I like him, but arguably of the two choices when it comes to the issues listed here, here is by far the better one by a 4x difference.

@QasimRashid

@QasimRashid

> So—cut bloated Defense budget?
> MAGA: NO

Under Biden Harris Israel went from getting 3.4 billion a year to 12.5 billion a year to commit genocide. Under Trump he went the other direction, from 3.7 billion at the start of his reign to 3.4 billion at the end.

To put this more generally to numbers, under Trump the military spending went from 651 billion to 695 billion, an increase of 6.3% over his 4 years in office. By contrast under Biden military spending went from 695 billion to 886 billion, a whopping increase of 21.5%. Put in other terms that is a 191 billion increase under Biden and a 44 billion increase under Trump, in other words a huge 4.34x greater increase by Biden than by Trump.

@freeschool Those thinkers in trouble are in trouble largely because of how everyone else behaves to begin with. So yes, i do entierly blame people for that one.

@freeschool I think for the majority of the people it doesnt matter what a tarrif is. They simply hear "the other side proposed a thing therefore its evil". Thinking is not something americans do anymore.

@freeschool

Depending on what ideas you foster this may be relevant (this non-profit will also wind up as the home for QOTO I suspect):

https://qoto.org/@freemo/113611167748288058