Yes, it was incredibly short sighted of the neoliberal “free market” Capitalist agenda to conduct their “race to the bottom” by sending vital manufacturing overseas.
That combined with privatisation and globalisation (and lots of unchecked corporate espionage done by China) has given away sold every single technological advantage the western world had been developing since the Industrial Revolution.
sticky wicket
noun
A difficult or embarrassing problem or situation. A pitch that has become wet because of rain and therefore on which the ball bounces unpredictably. A difficult or unpredictable situation.
sticky wicket
noun
A difficult or embarrassing problem or situation.
A pitch that has become wet because of rain and therefore on which the ball bounces unpredictably.
A difficult or unpredictable situation.
sticky wicket
noun
A difficult or embarrassing problem or situation.
A pitch that has become wet because of rain and therefore on which the ball bounces unpredictably.
A difficult or unpredictable situation.
You might want to look up Umberto Eco’s definition and I think it might be called something like “needs served by ur fascism”…
…but basically it’s authoritarian indoctrination into the idea that all individuals are subordinate to the state, and in order for them to be seen as having value they must give themselves entirely to the state’s goals and ideals to the point of happily, willingly, unquestioningly, and mindlessly giving their lives for/to the state.
It’s a kind of religious faith and fervor. It’s designed to replace and subordinate all other values and more often than not, places absolute power and faith in a single individual… And there’s often an irrational “cult of personality” around that individual. That person can “do no wrong” and is sometimes praised as a god or thought of as divine or having elements usually reserved for religion. They’re sometimes cast in the role of a father figure or God Emporer, and are always a “strong man leader”. Protection and veneration of them is the highest Aim in fascism (because everyone’s brainwashed by propaganda to believe he can do no wrong, and followers are sometimes scared to question or admit otherwise).
Fascism is named after the Roman “fascia” which was a bundle of sticks (sometimes with a long axe handle in the middle), that was used to beat unruly crowds and protestors (this goes along with the “strong man dictator imagery”). The internal fascist perspective is that this represents the strength through binding of strict rules into a community that is stronger than the sum of its parts, so the individuals no longer matter, they must move as the collective community of fascist believers demand.
So it’s a sort of radical authoritarian collectivism. It’s very much like a cult, but a cult that grips the whole of political society and the masses, it usually involves propaganda, and religious overtones, meaning the people giving up their rights, freedoms, bodies, and lives believe it’s in their best interests and may even get a substantial power trip from being the purveyors of popular violence in the name of their political religion. It usually involves political purges, and a complete conversion of society.
Fascism always requires enemies, and victims, people to target, blame, and be violent to. This often starts out as being the political opposition, then might also include demographic or ethnic or religious types, and almost always gay and queer people. Anyone different or who doesn’t abide by the group’s convictions around uniformity.
In Nazi Germany it was Gays, Jews, Subversives, and Criminals. In PolPot’s killing fields it was anyone who didn’t look Cambodian enough, or had any health defects, or disagreed or spoke out against the Khmer Rouge. In Hindu systems of Fascism it’s often Muslims.
Each culture and nations fascism has different aspects, but they all have key characteristics, which is what Umberto Eco was trying to define.
So that’s Fascism, named after some Roman shit, and usually has an angry “leather daddy” whose actually a loser at the top. It’s kinda pathetic and usually recruits people who don’t have a good sense of themselves and their own free will. People with low self-esteem who are angry and have grievances, who are upset at society or how it’s treated them, and who don’t question themselves or have a lot of empathy or self awareness of how others might be view things or be effected. Recruits are people who want to feel strong, but can’t for whatever reason. The group fascism makes them feel they’re being strong, and good, have a place in the world and brotherhood.
The best way to avoid fascism is to have a society based on shared community, transparency, justice, and empathy where everyone gets a say, but certain individualist limits are respected (eg. Self-autonomy, intellectual and political freedoms ect…) - and by making fascist movements and elements illegal or difficult to get away with. Also see Karl Popper’s “The Paradox of Tolerance”, or Herbert Marcuse’s essay on “Repressive Tolerance” for more on this.
I dislike the establishment left, but 2016 was one of the most propagandized, misinformation filled, and corrupt elections - in no way can it be considered an “easy election”.
Hindsight is 20/20… The electorate sees no where near that well, and didn’t at the time.
The truth is fascism and pseudo or proto fascism is never an easy thing to defeat, because it breaks the rules and can appeal to forces and parts of human nature that most politicians won’t or can’t run with. This is why most fascists are praised as gifted speakers - even Trump - because they’re appealing to powerful parts of human nature which are usually not spoken about in politics, let alone addressed directly.
Biden should now officially order those judges executed. Put in place a law that the supreme court must contain an even split of representatives from both/all major parties.
Then install judges who will reverse the immunity law… Meaning this problem will not come up again.
The palm tree would seem to indicate the sand of the island is capable of filtering the salt water to some level …best use the turtle world to dog for fresh water.
… possibly building a shade wall with the sand excavated. Then just pray for coconuts and fish…
Actually maybe you can build a cove to lure and catch fish in.
Nope nope, it’s a cartoon, I have to stop thinking about this.
Do you think any of those pictures hold a special or significant meaning for her?
Do you think those particular images are important for her to have at hand?
What if Dutch and Norwegian dykes and canals were combined with Hong Kong style architecture - but everyone had British, Irish and Scottish citizenships
This is definitely a better memory than remembering James Woods was in this scene.
So you’re arguing that misinformation is fair if a campaign has done anything that can be remotely described as damaging (and you refuse to say what they did that was so damaging).
How could Russia harm them by leaking details of things that are not illegal and therefore (purportedly) entirely acceptable?
By including disinformation? It’s a pretty basic concepts, by lying.
From the Guccifer 2.0 Wikipedia page:
Some of the documents “Guccifer 2.0” released to the media appear to be forgeries cobbled together from public information and previous hacks, which had been mixed with disinformation.[9][10][11]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guccifer_2.0
I’m not sure why so many people are reacting like this to my comments. The Republican Senate Committee was able to accept there was a Russian disinfo campaign, not sure why Lemmy thinks that’s all fine and dandy.
What DNC corruption exactly are you referring to?
The corruption of the electronic was done by Russia and the RNC accepting and not reporting foreign election interference. As per:
From the Guccifer 2.0 Wikipedia page:
Some of the documents “Guccifer 2.0” released to the media appear to be forgeries cobbled together from public information and previous hacks, which had been mixed with disinformation.[9][10][11]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guccifer_2.0
Could you show what specifically was fake?
I’m not an intelligence agent, so no, I can’t tell you what was and wasn’t faked. You would have to look into the various reports and intelligence findings yourself for that info.
From the Guccifer 2.0 Wikipedia page:
Some of the documents “Guccifer 2.0” released to the media appear to be forgeries cobbled together from public information and previous hacks, which had been mixed with disinformation.[9][10][11]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guccifer_2.0
I never said anything about the technical details. I said the majority of the content was made up from information already released.
But yeah sure buddy, I’m sure the Senate Intelligence Committee got it wrong /s
Maybe do basic research before you go after someone for something they didn’t discuss. That way you won’t be left looking like an idiot.
There was Russian interference whether you want to believe it or not. I’ll let you go back to your qanon discussion group now.
Me too, I’ve seen far too much gay porn just to keep using Lemmy.
On Lemmy its more 75% chance it will be gay or yiff porn.
Because Russia was funding one side, ask George Bush senior.
It’s a proxy war because the two major powers are fighting in an area neither of them own.
Iraq was a proxy war, even though US troops were there.
I hear he’s saying he doesn’t know who came up with it. Here’s what Wikipedia says: