The Military Manpower Administration (MMA) has been considering expanding military conscription to orphans and North Korean defectors to compensate for armed forces personnel shortages and the low birthrate, an opposition lawmaker said Saturday.
I can't wait for the extermination of those communist rats. Only good communist is a dead communist. ▄︻̷̿┻̿═━一 ▄︻̷̿┻̿═━一Poor slaves having live under them.
Also "we are not the government". In the words of the states greatest enemy, Murray Rothbard:
With the rise of democracy, the identification of the State with society has been redoubled, until it is common to hear sentiments expressed which violate virtually every tenet of reason and common sense such as, "we are the government." The useful collective term "we" has enabled an ideological camouflage to be thrown over the reality of political life. If "we are the government," then anything a government does to an individual is not only just and untyrannical but also "voluntary" on the part of the individual concerned.
Under this reasoning, any Jews murdered by the Nazi government were not murdered; instead, they must have "committed suicide," since they were the government (which was democratically chosen), and, therefore, anything the government did to them was voluntary on their part. One would not think it necessary to belabor this point, and yet the overwhelming bulk of the people hold this fallacy to a greater or lesser degree.
We must, therefore, emphasize that "we" are not the government; the government is not "us." The government does not in any accurate sense "represent" the majority of the people. But, even if it did, even if 70 percent of the people decided to murder the remaining 30 percent, this would still be murder and would not be voluntary suicide on the part of the slaughtered minority. No organicist metaphor, no irrelevant bromide that "we are all part of one another," must be permitted to obscure this basic fact.**
If “we are the government,” then anything a government does to an individual is not only just and untyrannical but also “voluntary” on the part of the individual concerned.
Since production must always precede predation, the free market is anterior to the State. The State has never been created by a “social contract”; it has always been born in conquest and exploitation.
In this century, the human race faces, once again, the virulent reign of the State—of the State now armed with the fruits of man’s creative powers, confiscated and perverted to its own aims. The last few centuries were times when men tried to place constitutional and other limits on the State, only to find that such limits, as with all other attempts, have failed. Of all the numerous forms that governments have taken over the centuries, of all the concepts and institutions that have been tried, none has succeeded in keeping the State in check. The problem of the State is evidently as far from solution as ever. Perhaps new paths of inquiry must be explored, if the successful, final solution of the State question is ever to be attained.
Spain's far-right party Vox proposed abolishing the current laws allowing abortion and euthanasia, according to its election manifesto published on Friday.
Why the fuck does Europe have so many freedom haters be they on the left or right doesn't matter? It's either a leftist or rightist trying to fuck with my liberty. I don't care on what side you lean on..If it isn't liberty I'm coming for you.
Nazi genocide was a dress rehearsal compared to the world communist genocide. My country was invaded by both. At least the nazis didn't behave like subhumans is what all the old people who lived through those times told me. Nazis had only certain people who they targeted. Bolsheviks were savages killing countries worth of people undiscriminately.
Personally I believe that it'll make people associate the Fediverse with Threads, which is not a good thing. Edit: It'll replace their definition of the Fediverse, with Threads, and people may widely forget about Mastodon, Lemmy, Kbin etc.
Romania. We are in the EU but not in the €urozone. We still use the local currency. For the same amount in € the rate is 6.40%. Total ripoff compared to the Northern/Western parts of the EU which is why I didn't sign shit. They can go fuck themselves.
I ask because I've been doing a lot of research the last few weeks and Google search has really let me down. I've been finding better results on DuckDuckGo and Bing. Is this a recent thing with Google or am I out of the loop? Any other search recommendations?...
I can't be bothered to turn off my VPN and since Google Search is dropping CAPTCHA bombs on me every time I try to access it I dropped it. I Throughout the week I rotate between Startpage, DuckDuckGo and Bing. However lately I'm more inclined to use Bing Chat and ChatGPT.
• You'd think no one would creep out Stalin, the second most evil person in human history after Mao...Well Stalin's daughter found herself alone with Beria. Stalin called to tell her to leave immediately.
• US Space program is founded on Nazi tech. See von Braun.
The European Union is due on Wednesday to publish draft rules that give legal underpinnings for a digital euro, if the European Central Bank decided to issue one in coming years.
I live in Romania and I upgraded to a 10Gbps fiber to home $10/month subscription almost 2 years ago. They pulled the fiber wire in my home around late 2013 when I started with a 1Gbps connection.
There was something that resembled free market anarchy in telecom when internet was brought to Romania, which is why it developed so fast. No big telecom cartels that stifled free enterprise like in the US of A.
LMAO! Do americans realize their country is one of the hardest places in the world to migrate to? The backlog for diversity visa aplicants is over 20 million people. Nothing to be afraid of since most are not let in.
Korea considers drafting orphans, N. Korean defectors amid population decline (www.koreatimes.co.kr)
The Military Manpower Administration (MMA) has been considering expanding military conscription to orphans and North Korean defectors to compensate for armed forces personnel shortages and the low birthrate, an opposition lawmaker said Saturday.
Israeli bestselling author Etgar Keret: "Hamas is not the Palestinian people, and Netanyahu is not Israel."
Etgar Keret is one of the most successful authors in Israel where he has been living his entire life. Currently he resides in Tel Aviv....
Spain's far-right party Vox would abolish law allowing abortion (www.reuters.com)
Spain's far-right party Vox proposed abolishing the current laws allowing abortion and euthanasia, according to its election manifesto published on Friday.
Do you think Meta's Threads app will be beneficial or detrimental to the Fediverse?
Personally I believe that it'll make people associate the Fediverse with Threads, which is not a good thing. Edit: It'll replace their definition of the Fediverse, with Threads, and people may widely forget about Mastodon, Lemmy, Kbin etc.
What's the best consumer internet plan you have acces to? Thinking of upgrading to a 10G subscription. Did a speed test.
The cheapest mortgage rate I can get today is 9.13% which is insane. What's the lowest rate you can get?
Is anyone using Google search less than before?
I ask because I've been doing a lot of research the last few weeks and Google search has really let me down. I've been finding better results on DuckDuckGo and Bing. Is this a recent thing with Google or am I out of the loop? Any other search recommendations?...
What are some events in recorded history that are extremely hard to believe, but without a doubt actually happened?
I've watched the Oversimplified Video and there was a bit about Wilmer McClean....
EU to set out legal underpinnings for a digital euro (www.reuters.com)
The European Union is due on Wednesday to publish draft rules that give legal underpinnings for a digital euro, if the European Central Bank decided to issue one in coming years.
OC Serus m/romania!
Desfacem sampania cu eticheta "Adio Reddit!" ?
White House announces $40 billion in broadband funding (www.theverge.com)
States will receive at least $100 million
What's your favorite movie/serie/TV show opening credit ?
For me, it's the 2000's television news opening from the belgian TV named "La Une". It rocks and brings back memories....
Truckers threaten Florida boycott over immigration law (www.tampabay.com)
Calls for suspension of deliveries to and from the state on July 1 spread on social media.
I made the mistake of checking Reddit (using my last few days of Apollo) and came across a complaint about Lemmy that flabbergasted me (lemmy.world)
Do people actually like all of the overdesigned clutter to the point where it makes them not want to switch sites?...