RareGodzilla

This reminds me—there was a political debate on our Slovene national TV, and the super pro-capitalist stage orange guy complained that the state has grown so big that it's way bigger than it was douring socialism. Of course that's a nice perk of letting people manage themselves. Hell, we might be able to get Elon Musk to like the idea if we package it the right way.

That's a really good question. I'm sure that the answer is complex, but here are my thoughts as somebody who distantly dealt with unions. I feel that in a way blue collar work has some aspects that foster unions. Working a phsyical job tends to build up a feeling of unity really fast. Often times these jobs are super vital for the function of society. The state will literally shut down if the railways, roads, power, water etc stops working. The collective bargening power can give them a very strong leverage. The traditional success of such actions is what helped to build them up in the first place. The existing union tradition goes a long way. There's plenty of conservative minded people who are proud of their union history, having it as part of your culture helps alot. Especially as selling leftist ideas to conservetive minded folks is something the left really sucks at today. Programers and such tend to be much more individualistic. They traditionally had relatively good benefits and standard of living. These jobs flourished at the time of prosperity when unions tended to be in slow decline. There's no union legacy to lean on here, and it's also not possible to copy blue collar union strategy to unionize these kinds of workers. When I talk to these kinds of workers about the prospect of unions it's usually something that they never even thought about as a possibilty.

America seems like such a mess to me. I have a family memeber who studied IT there and coudn't get a job after graduation. They even moved back to europe because of that. Seems unthinkable to me, america was always the land of opportunity where people went to get rich. It's crazy that a person with a degree from such a perspective sector would move from there to an ex-socialist state. If Trump was smart I'd asume that he's already starting to distract people from the fact that the economy will get worse. Politically it's pretty smart to blame foreing countries for your economic problems and impoverished people are easy to rile up with nationalism. The poorer the place is the more nationalistic they are. However considering it's Trump he's probably going the Biden way and is slowly losing his grip on reality.

To me this seems like a conflict of interest. No matter how intelegent Musk is, it's a fact that he is an owner of capital. It's in his direct interest to cut any regulations that stifen his company's profit. It's not smart to have such a strong and direct conflict of interest on such an importnat position.

I don't think it's inherently the nomads who are at fault. The problem is that the neoliberal system does not invest the extra tax revenue from rich nomads into the local community. In the end only a small circle of landlords and business owners (often foreing owned) make huge profits, from them, while all the locals get are low wage hospotality jobs and higher rents and food prices.

They actually made a state sponored dating app to help young poeple get to know their potential spouses. https://daoinsights.com/news/china-launches-state-sponsored-dating-app-to-boost-marriage-rate/ I wonder if this is a good Idea. Problem with tinder is that it's not actually in the companies interest to make good couples, it's better for it if we keep coming back. Hence the app ignores personality traits and focuses on looks. I honestly have no Idea what my generation will do. It's obvius that we won't have affordable housing. Landlords don't want pets in their units, letalone a child. And then there's preassure at the workplace to not have childern since the employer wants you to commit full time to your work.

Inflation will hit us hard, but other than that us lucky 1st worlders have little to fear in terms of being killed. I've meet a couple of Ukranians in 2023 since Slovenia is pretty close to Ukraine and the women and some lucky men are allowed to leave the country. We are so fucking lucky that we don't have to deal with the brutal reality of war.

I used to be of a similar opinion as you. Drinking, after all is very unhealthy so there is some logic behind your thinking. However, going through life, I learned that drinking in the proper amounts at the proper time has social value. It helps you relax, it makes you talk faster and more, and the fact that you're drinking and allowing yourself to be vulnerable shows that you trust the person you drink with. That's important for bonding with others. You can say things that would normally not be acceptable, and if you make a mistake, alcohol will soften that mistake. It's understandable that people say silly things when drunk, after all. That being said, you can have just as much fun sober, and even more if you're developed enough. Especially pshychodelic users will learn this as they experience alternative states without the numbness that alcholol brings. But you probably won't be able to be this kind of person if you judge the people you're trying to have fun with. Pull the stick out of your ass and have fun

Imagine going from a billionare life with the most luxorius lifestlyle and as much pussy as money can buy to living in a romanian prision that has not even been repainted since the communist era.

obvious troll post.

I'm not an economist, but consider the implications of thousands and thousands of young Americans starting their lives with debt. It makes it much harder to start their own families or open up their own businesses.

This is actually a bit of popular misconception. While the fins fought really well they did in the end give up all the teritiories that the USSR wanted them too.

I got 36 points. I'm a bit proud of myself, if I took this test 6 years ago I would have gotten "marked anxiety" no doubt. Pretty good growth, but there's still some way to go.

Individuals can. You're an individual so that's good news for you. But the masses can never do that. The system depends on an army of poor wageslaves working overtime for penauts. If everyone did this actualized thing with not spending money on stupid shit, eating healthy home cooked food, and doing their best to get ahead in life and the system would colapse. There would be a huge recession since the economy depends on you spending your money on stupid shit and wageslaving your life away. You can improve your situation with working hard, but that should not be a valid excuse for the system not growing and improving itself. In fact you should strive for being part of the solution once you manage to get ahead and get some power and influence.

Mede me full of energy, I would dance for hours and with all the girls that were there. Later had the best sleep in a long time. Next day I felt the need to do more of it, that shit is addictive as fuck even after doing just two lines. That was the moment I decided never to touch that shit again.