Lol. Firstly, China claims they’ve eradicated absolute poverty. Do you really believe that?
Secondly, China has opened its markets to the world and allowed a ton of private ownership and private companies to take on the global markets.
The only thing that isn’t capitalist about China is the word “Communist” in the ruling party.
The simple fact is that capitalism has lifted more people out of poverty historically than anything else.
Is capitalism a perfect system? Of course it isn’t. But it’s the best one we’ve got.
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Everything this guy said.
I’ve struggled with anxiety my whole life. But my anxiety is about things that I can control. I don’t worry about climate change, or wars or pandemics or whatever, because it’s pointless worrying about things that you can do literally nothing about.
I find paperbacks more comfortable. Though I have just bought a Kobo so I’ll probably be using that more soon.
I’ll have you know, Rockin’ All Over the World is a fine song.
I’ve never understood the point of it. So I can send pictures and message people? How is that different from any other messaging app I can use? 🤷
MTG thinks it’s a sign from God: https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/1776282144416972941
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Wtf? The state doesn’t own our bodies.
News and the media in general preys on fear. They want you to be terrified because it makes you watch the news and read the papers and their websites. They hype up anything that will scare you.
The whole COVID period proved that.
The internet being a “place” you would go to and then leave.
That’s almost impossible to do now because everything is so linked to being online.
The Enemy series by Charlie Higson. Now on book 6 of 7 and it’s a great series.
People commenting on things that are not aimed at them, or complaining about it.
Like seeing an advert for guitar lessons with a phone number attached, calling the number and telling them how much you really don’t want guitar lessons, when all you had to do was ignore it.
The Ricky Gervais joke about guitar lessons applies.
My time on Reddit has dropped substantially since I can’t use third-party apps for it anymore, but I still login occasionally for the niche communities that don’t exist here, just like you do.
Use whatever website or app you want and don’t worry about what some nerds on the internet might think about it.
You seem to think I support either of them.
Yes.
Biden has been a damp squib of a President, so even if people dislike Trump they’re not going to come out in force to vote for Biden again, whereas Trump supporters certainly will.
In fast food restaurants in the UK, you get your own napkins or they give you them on the tray when you collect your food. Or in some other non-fast food restaurants, they will bring napkins with your cutlery after you’ve ordered your food.
This is how it has always been and it’s a slightly strange thing to get upset about.
I’m not religious or spiritual at all, but the Buddhist way of thinking, viewing the world and how to improve yourself is always interesting.
This is a country where COVID originated and with a population of 1.4 billion, yet apparently only 5,272 people have died. They’re not great at telling the truth and are masters at propaganda.
The profits from companies are retained by the companies. Isn’t the idea of socialism that the workers own the means of production and no companies profit? The Chinese economy is set up the exact opposite.