🎓 Doc Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@qoto.org

@arbocenc

If your argument is "year russia deserves to be attacked and Ukraine defended but we should also therefore attack Israel and defend palestine".. then sure, we agree.. Sadly though it sounds like your just grasping at straws to weakly justify Russia, which is kinda sad on your part if thats what you were trying to do. That would be a rather idiotic stand point to take if thats what you meant.

@EugeneMcParland @guerra

@KimPerales

Agree that our healthcare system is a mess. The problem is as someone who lives in multiple countries and spends 6 mos+ out of the country every year one thing is very obvious, there is no working healthcare system anywhere in the world.

The problem is trying to fix a system when no body in the world actually knows how to make a working healthcare system is a huge huge problem. I dont really have much confidence in our politicians to crack that code.

Decided to try patterned white on white today. It works.. needs a jacket I think or it's too plain.

@pj

I mean except for hte idea that jesus was a communist, which obviously he never said or suggested anything remotely of that nature, this is fairly accurate :)

@customdesigned

Interesting. Only a 4x increase chance of a rare disease among diabetics. Still plays out as a good choice if by the math.

@AlphaKiloPapa

Thats what a .22 is for!

@ThoughtfullObserverFromDownUnder

So a new born child doesnt have a right to be cared for by its mother? Since a mother is required to put in the labour to feed their baby the mother can intentionally starve a child to death because that child has no right to the mothers labor?

Even the act of going to a shelter to give up the baby is labor, so there is no expectation for a moth to do even that much?

While I'd say, as a principle, this is a fairly decent rule to go by it, like all absolutes, fail on the edge cases.

@waltercool

It is only fascism if it comes from the fascisfield region of america, otherwise it is just sparkling liberalism.

Completely false.

For example 19% of all bankruptcies in Canada are illness related just as one very obvious incorrect statement. Sadly most of these countries lack data, but the ones that track this show significant bankruptcies caused by medical illness

Similarly 8.2% of bankruptcies in the UK are caused due to illness.

Seriously these people just make up numbers and then just assume they're true if they fit their prejudices, its hilarious.

@Strandjunker

@Strandjunker

Completely false.

For example 19% of all bankruptcies in Canada are illness related just as one very obvious incorrect statement. Sadly most of these countries lack data, but the ones that track this show significant bankruptcies caused by medical illness

Similarly 8.2% of bankruptcies in the UK are caused due to illness.

I am now officially a full Freemason (3rd degree Master Mason).

#Freemasonry #Freemason

@hkl I think those are legit edits, but id have to check.

@bibliolater

@gilduran

Elon will probably fuck some shit up im sure, but he stands a chance to get lucky an fix something. RFK on the other hand is far more concerning.

What a sick world, how dare you!

@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.