This is why, in a lot of universities, they’re trying to teach you how to learn, not necessarily how you should think.
We need to be able to examine the claims for ourselves and learn what red flags look like.
And a lot of the time we mix up “facts” with “opinions”. Even when we are looking at facts, most of the time there are lies mixed with truth or conveniently forgotten truths. If we only get our information from a single source, or from biased sources, then we’re going to miss some key information.
That’s why it’s good to make sure that you look at any story (especially politicized ones) from different angles and sources even if you don’t agree with them.
Not only that but it can be enlightening to hear about a story from someone who’s much more intimately familiar with the subject themselves.
For example, whenever it comes to news stories about the Supreme Court, I like to look for commentary from lawyers such as Steve Lehto or Legal Eagle. You’ll find that they typically provide some very important context into why a particular decision was made that cuts through a lot of the outrage material that reporters push for clicks.
When Marisa Fernández lost her husband to cancer a few years ago, her employers at the Eroski hypermarket went, she says, “above and beyond to help me through the dark days afterwards, rejigging my timetable and giving me time off when I couldn’t face coming in.”...
A model where all of the employees own shares in the company.
More than its economic success, though, Mondragón has become a beacon for the co-operative model, as a more humane and egalitarian way of doing business that puts “people over capital”. Every worker has a stake in the company’s fortunes and a say in how it is run, and receives a share of the profits. But the goal is more about creating “rich societies, not rich people”. That means looking after workers during not only the good times but the tough times, too.
State media maintained that rescue efforts were ongoing, but conflicting reports emerged regarding the status of the passengers. Some sources claimed contact had been established with one passenger and a crew member, while others denied this.
The incident also raised questions about the cause of the crash. While initial reports blamed bad weather, the possibility of technical malfunction or even foul play could not be ruled out. The Iranian government remained tight-lipped, further adding to the confusion.
It’s more of a balance between how much is run by companies vs the regulations that the government imposes on those companies.
Pure capitalism doesn’t really exist anywhere.
And what kind of companies are you working for where you feel that your workplace is a dictatorship? If I ever felt that way I would leave and work somewhere else.
Artists have finally had enough with Meta’s predatory AI policies, but Meta’s loss is Cara’s gain. An artist-run, anti-AI social platform, Cara has grown from 40,000 to 650,000 users within the last week, catapulting it to the top of the App Store charts....
No one mentioned an alternative to capitalism and communism is the first that comes to mind.
Realistically what we have throughout the world (economically) is a mixture between capitalism and socialism. Some countries place more restrictions on corporations than other do. We already get that capitalism isn’t perfect, and I don’t think any realistically “perfect” systems exist.
So, if you’re going to make “capitalism is bad” comments, what are you proposing that is better than what most other countries are already using?
I’d be on board with it if we can show that it’s better.
Why does almost every post in Technology have some comment trying to bring up the “capitalism bad” topic in some way?
Are you trying to say that Communism would have done a better job?
We’ve already seen how that has played out a few times already.
New here. Migrated from Reddit. Still trying to figure out Lemmy - what’s everyone’s experiences like coming from Reddit and does Lemmy serve as a good alternative? Pros and cons/differences?...
One important thing to point out, your upvotes and downvotes are mostly public here, so if you want to maintain anonymity with your votes you’ll want to setup a separate account for voting only and no commenting.
I tried a few apps for interacting with Lemmy and Voyager has been my favorite by far.
I still go back to Reddit for very niche communities that can’t be found here, or just don’t have the userbase to churn out content like they can. I use an app like “Stealth” to browse any of the subreddits I still frequent, but I’ve been able to replace a lot of the generic ones with Lemmy communities.
You will find a lot more users here that will take any chance they can get to blame capitalism for all of the worlds problems.
Some opinions are still heavily downvoted here, but you can always join up with an instance that ignores/doesn’t display any downvotes.
You will need to be a lot more active in your own communities if you want to turn it into the kind of place you want to keep coming back to.
As far as moderation goes, there are some Lemmy instances that have stricter mods than others. Just do a little research and pick a main one where you won’t get banned if you decide to voice your opinion about a dictator one way or another.
Just note, if you pick one that’s too small there’s a greater risk of them shutting down for one reason or another.
They are. It’s not shown on Lemmy itself, but anyone who federates with another instance gets to know who voted on what, and sometimes that information is made public to their entire instance (this is the case with kbin).
Ok, but there’s no context for us here and with the premise of your post, you’re expecting us to judge an entire community based off of a single comment that has received practically no engagement in comparison to the community at large.
You might as well be asking for us to explain to you why you are being downvoted.
People can downvote you for any number of reasons, my assumption here is that your comment didn’t carry the discussion forward in any meaningful way.
We’re supposed to be “innocent until proven guilty” but they get around this by saying that they’re essentially accusing the money (or car/home or whatever) of being used for crime. Then they confiscate it and the only way to get it back is to go to court and prove that your money is innocent.
The fact that cash/possessions can be taken away from you at anytime by federal agents (or by police in almost every State) without having to follow it up with any sort of case to prove that a crime occurred is ridiculous. And on top of that you can’t get the money back that you spent on attorney fees, so it’s pointless to spend money on an attorney if what was taken was less than a few thousand dollars.
Most people don’t know that this can happen or don’t seem to care enough because, “it would never happen to me, right?”
Tap for list of Republicans:Barry Moore of Alabama
Andy Biggs of Arizona
Debbie Lesko of Arizona
Eli Crane of Arizona
Paul Gosar of Arizona
French Hill of Arkansas Lauren Boebert of Colorado Aaron Bean of Florida
Anna Paulina Luna of Florida
Bill Posey of Florida
Brian Mast of Florida
Byron Donalds of Florida
Cory Mills of Florida
Greg Steube of Florida
Matt Gaetz of Florida
Michael Waltz of Florida
Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia
Mike Collins of Georgia Mary Miller of Illinois
Mike Bost of Illinois James Comer of Kentucky
Thomas Massie of Kentucky
Andy Harris of Maryland Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota Jason Smith of Missouri Matt Rosendale of Montana Dan Bishop of North Carolina Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma
Kevin Hern of Oklahoma John Joyce of Pennsylvania
Scott Perry of Pennsylvania Ralph Norman of South Carolina
Russell Fry of South Carolina
William Timmons of South Carolina Andy Ogles of Tennessee
Diana Harshbarger of Tennessee
Tim Burchett of Tennessee Chip Roy of Texas
Keith Self of Texas
Michael Cloud of Texas
Wesley Hunt of Texas
Ben Cline of Virginia
Bob Good of Virginia
Alex Mooney of West Virginia Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin Harriet Hageman of Wyoming
Mr Phillips was arrested under new National Security Act powers, which mean people can be detained without a warrant if police “reasonably” suspect they are involved “in foreign power threat activity”.
Police have not disclosed details about the activities he is alleged to have engaged in.
From the article, link to actual study and emphasis:
The study, led by Northwestern University and a team of international researchers, suggests that the magnetic field actually generates 20,000 miles below the surface. This was discovered after the team ran a series of complex calculations on a NASA supercomputer. It’s worth noting that these are just initial findings and more research is required to confirm the data.
It’s definitely going to be interesting to see the additional studies and findings that follow up because of this.
And if you’re interested in a dramatized version of the story about how hard companies fought to cover up their own findings on these chemicals: www.netflix.com/title/81192027
I think you’re misunderstanding what the Forward Party is. You can be a part of any side of the political spectrum and still fall in line with the Forward Party.
The only thing that the Forward Party cares about is overhauling the voting system with something better: RCV, Star, Approval, etc.
They don’t take a stance on much of anything else.
And in terms of priority, any candidate endorsed by the Forward Party has my initial vote. If multiple candidates in the same race are backed by the forward party, then I will start digging in deeper to figure out which one I want to vote for.
Deactivating Facebook for just a few weeks reduces belief in fake news (english.elpais.com)
‘In the US they think we’re communists!’ The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living (www.theguardian.com)
When Marisa Fernández lost her husband to cancer a few years ago, her employers at the Eroski hypermarket went, she says, “above and beyond to help me through the dark days afterwards, rejigging my timetable and giving me time off when I couldn’t face coming in.”...
Brazil counts cost of worst-ever floods with little hope of waters receding soon (www.theguardian.com)
Russian disinformation sites linked to former Florida deputy sheriff, research finds (www.nbcnews.com)
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China is banning ‘wealth-flaunting’ behavior on social media (www.nbcnews.com)
A social app for creatives, Cara grew from 40k to 650k users in a week because artists are fed up with Meta’s AI policies | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Artists have finally had enough with Meta’s predatory AI policies, but Meta’s loss is Cara’s gain. An artist-run, anti-AI social platform, Cara has grown from 40,000 to 650,000 users within the last week, catapulting it to the top of the App Store charts....
Microsoft to spend $3.2B on expanding cloud and AI in green energy-rich Sweden (www.theregister.com)
Michigan man who had seizure on Royal Caribbean cruise forced to pay $2500 bill before evacuating (www.yahoo.com)
Is Lemmy a good alternative?
New here. Migrated from Reddit. Still trying to figure out Lemmy - what’s everyone’s experiences like coming from Reddit and does Lemmy serve as a good alternative? Pros and cons/differences?...
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Do you avoid discussing some topics online even if you have something you'd like to say about them?
I’ve been doing this for some time now. Even if it’s something that I consider important....
What is something that you pay attention to that most other people do not?
On Tuesday these Republicans voted to defund Nato (www.newsweek.com)
30-Year-Old Pro Golfer Grayson Murray Exits PGA Tournament, Then Dies (www.thedailybeast.com)
Man charged with helping Russian intelligence in UK (www.bbc.co.uk)
New research places the sun's magnetic field close to the surface, upending decades of theories (www.engadget.com)
Republican activist with ties to DeSantis and Rubio indicted over January 6 (www.theguardian.com)
Feedback on hexclad cookware?
Hello, would anyone have experience with this brand?...
Americans, what's the plan if Trump wins the election in November? (serious)