Zompist Bboard Again

They have turned against science and/or technology because of Elon Musk and the tech industry. Have they? Many people have certainly become more skeptical of technology but relatively few have turned their backs on the tech industry in any substantive way. Computers continue to dominate the world a...

xxx: On another note, can you write, well, like the rest of us here? Your posts are very difficult to read, and I know you probably are not a native English-speaker, but there are a good number of non-native English speakers here, and they (other than you) don't write in such a cryptic style, and t...

I do not think that it is a question of racism but of calamitous management of Europe and its absence of international vision and ambition, if not ultra liberalist oligarchy, it is not surprising that this translates into a asks citizens for a return from the states in its management... We should n...

I don't believe tales about supposedly 'lost' left-wingers desperately turning for the RN. Everybody knows what the RN is; if they vote for them they're racist and not a little fascist either. People should know but, in my experience, many don't because they don't have enough general knowledge in g...

Also, The Sunday People is pro-Labour, and the Morning Star is further left.

it's just that they fortunately are not in the position to do so much outwith their borders. I'm not so sure about that. I don't know exactly how effective the troll farms and propaganda are, but given the popularity of regressive authoritarianism they're evidently accomplishing something. You make...

the us, by contrast, already *is* the one pole that dominates everything and crushes all dissent (or tries to) This is an inaccurate representation because, while the US is strong economically, culturally, diplomatically and militarily, it is more soft power than hard. Xi and Putin make much more e...

PS There are other explanations for preferring a fascist or similar: being misguided, misinformed, short-sighted, opportunistic among others.

As far as I can tell, there are still no major (i.e. 1%+ vote) far right political parties in Ireland. The far right seems to still be a riot footnote in Ireland.

@Torco: The main point is not whether the US is a hegemon or an empire, the main point is what are the policies and what are the consequences? You mentioned trade unions. Biden supports trade unions more than any US president ever has while Trump opposes them. Those policies would influence those of...

it's common for people to think they're rulers are good: a lot of being a ruler is convincing the ruled that you're good, after all. A multipolar world would be one with an increased amount of violence as the various poles jockey for position with one another. I really hope I don't have to convince...

I think Travis's point, which I agree with, is about which way to vote, not about discrediting protests.

Exactly, we need to consider what the alternative is. Realistically the only remotely probable alternatives to the US presidential election are Trump being president and Biden being president, the latter being clearly better on not just foreign policy but also environment, democracy, and more or les...

In any case, social security does not take from the old to give to the young, notably retirement. I argue that a good role of a state: improves the conditions of the citizens and inhabitants, notably the most vulnerable, while encouraging virtue i.e. positive behaviour and discouraging vice i.e. ne...

It's now been about ten years since I bought the first handful of DVDs that eventually grew into a fairly large de facto DVD collection. I say "de facto" because I never set out to collect DVDs, the way people set out to collect sports cards or action figures. I just thought it would be n...

No. Socialism, like welfare, is when you take money from the old and the rich to give it to the young and the poor, which is a ghastly inversion of the true purpose of government: taking money from the young and the poor to give it to the old and the rich. I got a check in the mail from the governo...

The Democratic Party is run by crypt-keepers (Pelosi), cops (Harris), and cowards (Pelosi and Harris). As far as their West-Wing-soaked brains are concerned, Biden is doing a great job. If Trump wins again, they'll be the last ones to see it coming. If Trump wins again, it'll be like the first time...

Are Americans that interested in socialism? No. Socialism, like welfare, is when you take money from the old and the rich to give it to the young and the poor, which is a ghastly inversion of the true purpose of government: taking money from the young and the poor to give it to the old and the rich...

I as member of LFI went to a Glucksmann meeting and prefer his position on Ukraine, more coherently in favour of human rights and not blaming NATO for Putin.

Finally, how clean we should be is deeply affected by culture and climate. You can keep pretty clean with just water and no soap, but your fellow sedentary apes may screw up their noses at you. Another interesting issue in its own right. Everyone here presumably agrees that body odor stinks whereas...