Trump would not allow his VP call the Chinese “peasants” if the president is a Chinese asset.

I will be honest, I thought that Trump will continue with his fascist-adjacent/fascist-lite policies from his first term. Looks like in this term, he is out for vengeance and doubled down!

I always see xenophobia and racism as different level in the same category. Like, the former is “milder” and something as I, as an immigrant, could overlook. The latter is far more hateful and intolerant.

The far-right in Europe seems to have lost momentum a bit-- for now. The far-right parties in government in Sweden and Netherlands proved themselves incompetent and lost support. The support on German AfD stagnated. Meloni has shown to be more moderate than expected (well, not quite but that’s a long story). And Le Pen has been prosecuted, but I think this is not enough to actually kill the French far-right movement so long as the French government still practice neoliberal policies. But I think the major factor that made Europeans think twice now about gravitating towards fascism is after witnessing the shit show in America and Musk’s overt election interference in Europe. I should not be laughing, but what a laugh the three months of Trump administration has been!

Okay fascist.

October 23, 2077

It will be the Black Friday before another Great Depression.

…right?

…right???

To add on what @Higgs Boson@dubvee.org said, credit to where it’s due, the privatisation did help the struggling British economy lift itself out of edging bankruptcy caused by the oil crisis. We have to admit that, sometimes, you need to tighten your belt. But, Thatcher went too far with gutting welfare and unions. Even some respectable conservatives at the time agreed that she went too far.

Well, aren’t we all stubborn when it comes to doing new things?

My guess is that it will be younger people who will go to Lemmy (like Reddit before had been).

It takes time, bud.

I am of different opinion that these folks know they are wrong, but are too egotistic to admit it.

I was taught at an early age to accept mistakes, learn from it and move on. Now I have grown older, I realised that not many people know this, and society also stigmatises someone making mistakes. I think some people refuse to admit to be wrong because either they are too egotistic to accept and learn, or doubling down assertively on the wrong belief as a defensive mechanism from potential public humiliation.

Hmm…there is difference between being lonely and alone. Alone is pretty much what you described.

In any case, I agree about having freedom. My friends and family have different taste, or just boring and less adventurous, or became jaded with life to do anything. And as someone with anendophasia, I like to take my time to explore and absorb my surroundings. I can’t exactly do that with someone who could be impatient and cannot appreciate what I see.

I have been around when the bean meme came and I still don’t know how that meme started.

I personally loathe Thatcher, but one has to give credit to where it’s due.

You get different answers depending on who you ask. Of course, those on the left despise her for good reasons, which others have already mentioned.

Then on the one hand, there is argument to be made that her deregulation did save UK from bankruptcy at the time of financial turmoil catalysed by the 1970s oil crisis. The deregulation, of course, made her a darling among the right because it also made businesses more flexible.

Another bit to note is that, whether you are left or right, it is undeniable she handled the Falklands War impressively. That is commendable regardless of one’s political leaning.

most of their pay in stock and benefits.

You have a great point. This is crypto before crypto became a thing.

Could you withold from being taxed from your lottery win until you get a lawyer to put all that money into a tax haven, and then pay the tax in pennies? I mean, if billionaires could get away with stashing their money into offshore and tax havens and pay pennies in taxes, why couldn’t this instant billionaire do the same?

Commenter said that white people are closeted racists.

As a left leaning poc, I see these stupid comments that only white people are racists; men are all mysoginists; cisgenders are hateful, etc. Instead of actually building bridges, these morons engage in the same hateful rhetoric that bigoted individuals from traditionally privileged groups do. You don’t fight fire with fire. No wonder we are seeing right wing counter culture.

This is why the far-right is on the rise because of stupid takes like this.

You would get unsolicited advise for just about anywhere, not just job advise.

My parents thought having a degree alone will land you a job. By the time I graduated, the paradigm had shifted and interviewers are asking if I had any previous work experience to prove that I have good work ethic. Problem is, growing up, my parents never allowed me to work so I never had anything to show for. Even after graduation, they advised me against getting any jobs “underneath” me. It took awhile before I went against my parents advise and finally getting a job related to my degree. The trails of bad advise did not even stop at job-seeking but that will be another long story.

In any case, I realised that my parents are a bunch of insecure nouveau riche (they grew up poor and I can sense they have hint of elitism now that they moved up the socioeconomic ladder) who did not set me up for life well. I told myself I won’t listen to them and rail against them giving me any more advise. I think they realised their mistakes a bit too late now.

Edit: a word