assaultpotato

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[–] assaultpotato 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

You know if these single issue voters could read, they're be really mad at you.

You're completely right, and I find the fact that this needs to be explained very funny. Ancaps and ancoms are so wild to me conceptually - they want someone to enforce their will on others but hate the idea of a government. Both get really whiny when they realize that democracy doesn't mean "we get what we want" but instead means "we get what the plurality of people around me want". Sucks when you're a minority opinion, even if it's the "right" opinion.

[–] assaultpotato 21 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Majority of lemmy users are US based, and the overwhelming majority are western. Similarly, the majority of lemmy users are pretty leftist compared to the average citizen.

It shouldn't be surprising that we're not hearing much about bad stuff happening in China. And that's not even accounting for the difficulty in getting trustworthy information out of China.

If you want examples of semi-recent stuff from China that largely got passed over, take a look at the civil unrest regarding the apartment fires during China's COVID lockdown, the forcible repatriation of Chinese citizens abroad, suicide rates in major manufacturing hubs, the huge economic hits in real estate and public/private transportation infrastructure, etc.

There's a lot going on that we simply don't hear about because people tend to share what relates to them.

[–] assaultpotato 19 points 7 months ago

Incredibly based scientist

[–] assaultpotato 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Ok, I make this comment in complete good faith as an urban cyclist from NA who desperately hates the modern car industry...

Why not storm the VW plant or an ICE car manufacturer? Going after car manufacturers is kinda based, but from what I can tell the main problem with Teslas is build quality and the scam of FSD, not anything particularly environmental. Is it because they sell their carbon credits to other auto manufacturers, bypassing the point of them? Or is it because they're cars and encourage unsustainable growth patterns inherently?

Wouldn't shuttering an ICE factory be better than shuttering an EV factory, even if neither are good?

[–] assaultpotato 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Eh, its like how love of the US/"patriotism" is kinda culturally baked into the US... Turks are very similar. My partner and I only ever had one fight, caused by a friend of mine who brought up Armenia early in our relationship. My partner is more liberal than I am, like almost Fox News strawman liberal, but having left Turkey a couple years prior was still deeply entrenched in "Turkey has never done anything wrong". Complete genocide denial, which caused a bit of a blowout hearing a very liberal, freedom-to-the-people person say "what were we supposed to do?". North occupied Cyprus, occupied Syria, Kurdistan are all deeply sensitive topics, even for the most western/liberal Turks. Luckily she chose to educate herself on Armenia, etc. and it's not a problem anymore, but it was a journey.

The whole history of democracy essentially being gifted to Turks by Ataturk, the creation and assignment of last names, etc. really results in some interesting cultural quirks. Amazing people, great food, but man do they hold onto grudges and history!

[–] assaultpotato 20 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Eh... my partner is Turkish and I gotta say, there's some truth to the meme. From a psychological perspective it's tough to critique your tribe with an outsider, so not exclusively Turkish, but outside of Americans, Brazilians and Turks I've never met someone so willing to wave their own flag. Considering many expat Turks continue to vote for the parties that are causing the inflation, corruption, etc. the post is somewhat accurate (especially given the explicit callout to German Turks).

Not every critique of a demographic's behavior comes from ignorant western superiority.

[–] assaultpotato 5 points 7 months ago

Isn't that the problem, though? That cities are built such that the only feasible way to do things in them is to drive?

[–] assaultpotato 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I agree. Sadly, I think it's poorly implemented right now.

I'd have to find the news article about it, but I'm pretty sure this program exists already. I think an external study on the program shows that the Northwest Company is pocketing something like 60% of the subsidy for Northern grocers and only passing on 40% of the value to lower consumer prices. I saw this article perhaps 6 months ago? Let me go looking.

E: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/rising-food-prices-canada-north-1.7122481

From this article, I got the numbers backward: 60% goes to consumers but 40% goes missing.

[–] assaultpotato 23 points 7 months ago

Igor Shushko should not be trusted for OSINT. He has claimed repeatedly that the FSB was going to stage a coup, etc. since the beginning of the invasion. He also just makes stuff up pretty frequently.

He's in the "completely ignore" category in the OSINT community.

[–] assaultpotato 24 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Revenue was up 4.5% and profit was up 10%... so they cranked up their margin, nice. Greedflation indeed.

Would love to see the same figures for Sobeys/Safeway and others, cause I swear their veg has doubled in price in 3 years.

[–] assaultpotato 1 points 7 months ago

Sit's docs are good. Trust them.

[–] assaultpotato 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes I started running a Stay in Tarkov server last night for my friends. Pretty easy setup and while there are some minor bugs, it's pretty good!

Bye bye BSG, I held off on SPT for a long time to support you... but no more.

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