Its a fuckin nightmare, but gotta eat

¡El problema es al capitalismo!

I looked at the real paper (linked in the article) and I am interpreting it a bit different. What I’m seeing is that the ‘right’ didnt move much further to the right because they’ve always supported racist, patriarchal fascism - they just have the means to actually do it now rather than just think about it and make incremental moves toward it. The movement towards the left coincides pretty well with smartphones + high speed internet, which allowed many people to see the rest of the world in real-time for the first time. This more ‘global conciousness’ can shift attitudes to the left because it peers through the veil of US propaganda. These are just my first interpretations though - I could be wrong. I try to give the benefit of the doubt to those who do the work to write peer reviewed papers (i don’t give a shit about the website article though).

you’re right. i was just letting my doomerism run rampant on lemmy for a minute.

and what are the odds that whatever company that is contracted to do the work does not use recycled plastic and instead shreds new plastic, because it is cheaper.

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may or may not be true. the source is ‘four sources involved at high levels’, which does not inspire confidence, especially if those are americans with a vested interest in the Venezuelan people turning on Rodriguez so that they can easily install their own person if need be.

Barbary Wars - 1801

Constitution of the Republic of China (Taiwan) : Constitution of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

i never even considered this. ugh.

nicotine+ is fantastic

no vpns, no antivirus software, just downloading pirated music that may or may not take 217846127841 days to download.

oh woops i just dropped my family size roll of MENTOS in the jungle juice

you should email the author of the nature paper! https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02964-0

also: field-test new weaponry

also Breakfast of Champions

When you say ‘Taiwan is the original government’, what year are we talking here? [I am actually interested in a history discussion, I’m not trying to just be contentious] My understanding is that the current gov is only ~70 yrs old and is the remnants of the RoC. The RoC fled the mainland after losing the civil war to the commies, and then they took over the island and instituted martial law for like decades and tried to erase the indigenous peoples culture. Before that it was ruled by Japan at one point, mainland China at one point, and the Dutch at another point, i think Portugeuse were there for awhile. I dont think there was ever a united, one island government formed by the indigenous peoples. I’m not saying that Taiwan should welcome China with open arms - not at all- I’m questioning the support of their current government. As i finish writing this paragraph, I’m thinking I need to do some reading on the socioeconomics of modern Taiwan…

Let the Leftist infighting commence!

Zelda is classically open world though - since the og nintendo