I suspect US economy is in a much worse state than it’s obvious just looking at the numbers. Most of my contact with Americans is with relatively well-off people working in the tech industry. And even they are feeling serious financial constraints. I can’t imagine how the rest is doing.
The whole ‘you don’t hsve to let your husband know how you voted’ was a logical response to conservatives making women afraid their husbands would know who they voted for.
“your husband is secretly your enemy, lie to him”
I like to believe that most people at least like their spouse. And now you have a campaign trying to convince you your husband is an enemy. I understand it was aimed only towards those in abusive relationships, but it didn’t sound like that. Tone deaf at the very least.
The Harris campaign sent a constant message that gender and race are the most important thing about a person and must determine their status in society.
For example black and latino people were told they must vote for Harris because of their race, women were told they must vote because of their gender. And insulted by Harris supporters if they showed any doubt.
Lemmy crowd is extreme in that regard. A lot of people here don’t even see the problem with that train of thought.
An outsider perspective of someone who cares a lot about US politics mostly because of Ukraine war:
Turns out actively insulting potential voters rather than giving a positive plan for the future doesn’t work very well. Somehow in the last months Harris managed to be even more racist and sexist than Trump, which is amazing.
Add to all of that complete denial about real economic problems most middle class people are facing, even going so far to say the country is doing well economically.
As I said, my personal concern is 1. Ukraine, 2. global state of LGBT rights. EU needs to step up it’s military game by a lot. But I completely understand why Harris lost. Her domestic policy is a complete failure.
The system seems to work - voting fraud doesn’t seem to be a huge issue in the US.
It’s just that it’s so counterintuitive to me, making sure that everyone voted only once and only in their own name is essential. But somehow you managed to do it without requiring a formal ID document.
For me it is the concept of registering to vote. I am citizen so I have the right to vote automatically and only thing I need to provide is some accepted ID.
This but also that in some US states you don’t need a valid ID to vote
Some version of single transferable vote , along with a parliamentary government system.
I believe it’s a good starting point for an intelligent species to build on and develop further.
As to how would voting physically work? I guess dolphins can put things in a box. Better not to complicate on the first iteration.
I like to believe I’m pretty good. First, never assume bad intentions automatically. I go through a range of typos it could have been and respond like it was a typo. And then wait for another response to confirm if it was intentional or not.
Note - English is not my native language so that might have something to do with my higher level of tolerance.
In a college lecture, you can gain new information and ask questions. Local government meetings like public consultations about new projects - you can push for a certain outcome.
Political rallies - I reeeally don’t get it. The fact that you even go means that you support the candidate and know their positions. It’s unlikely they will say anything new. It’s usually just a series of soundbites repeating the same ideas that you likely already agree with, otherwise you wouldn’t be there.
Makes sense from manufacturing and business perspective to refresh your offer every year. It doesn’t have to be a huge improvement, but technology slowly advances, there might be a better or cheaper manufacture for some components, etc.
On the other hand there no reason for any individual to be buying a new phone so often. Software support must be a thing - there’s no reason for a phone to become obsolete after 2 years because of the software. It’s a computer, you can update the OS almost indefinitely.
The only thing changed between photos is clothing and pose. Is that gender? Well maybe it is, but it’s useless for classification.
It’s good to have competition. Dropbox has to rethink their plan if they want to keep existing
Retired after 2 terms in office
It’s such a harmful aspect of American culture not just in this case - they treat White and Black people as fundamentally different and separate, and each must have it’s own kind of healthcare.
Quite the contrary if the flaw is built into the base of the system. If you base the economic system around the accumulation of property, you can’t expect people to do things out of abstract ideals. Your idea of capitalism requires selflessness and altruism which are not rewarded in that system.
Technically yes. But there would be a strong incentive to undo any safeguards. Basically you’d have to ban or limit inheritance completely.
The problem with relying on accumulation of money as a measure of success is that money == power. Once you have a critical mass of wealthy people it would be easy to change any laws to allow for nepotism again.
I think it’s not even intentional, or not as much as claimed, but a consequence of the algorithmic bubble .
For example on Meta platforms I only get pro-palestinian content, I still haven’t seen an explicitly pro-israeli publication. But many people complain about pro-palestinian ban, so it leads me to a conclusion that it’s something else.
Mine got better as I got older. Especially after some experiments with psychedelics. I didn’t think I was able to imagine a 3D object in detail, and for most of my life I wasn’t. But then I had a shroom trip in which I was able to freely rotate an imagined 3D object. Even render an object in my mind based solely on touch.
Afterwards I went back almost to normal, but not completely. It’s like I learned to use some previously inactive part of the brain.
Feeling empathy for a person who was an asshole. Crying because of the misfortune that led them to behaving like that, all the while completely disapproving and ready to fight against it. Mdma is wild
Comparing and ranking peoples suffering is in a really bad taste. By establishing a hierarchy of victimization you’re sending a message to some that their problems don’t matter because someone else has a bigger problem. Also you’re reinforcing the division between groups and reinforcing negative stereotypes, without offering a stable long-term solution for a society without injustice.
The current narrative at least on social media like Lemmy, Reddit, TikTok, etc is of the “equal but separate” variety. Injustices exist and we must protest, we must fight for the underprivileged, but the lines of division between groups are sacred and must not be questioned.
The actual long-term goal should be the merging of groups in which the former out-group becomes part of the in-group. This idea is offensive to many which is why it’s so hard to achieve.