An excise tax on non-union shops to promote unionization
I know electoralism is unpopular here, I apologize in advance. Has any party, while campaigning for workers’ votes, ever offered to tax unionized workers’ wages preferentially; like an excise tax against non-union shops?...
Do you think in 20 years that Dems will pretend Trump is not so bad the same way they're doing to Bush?
Assuming America exists in 20 years blah blah blah
Gauging interest in a blog about my life or something
It you’ve followed my posts at all, you know my life is very interesting: I’m a homeless trans/non-binary drug addict with an iPhone 12 Mini and a broken heart. Having been homeless 6 of the last 7 years, and certified, licensed drug addict for 4, I get nose-blind to how fucking wild my life really is....
Why do Liberals consider the Holodomor as a "Genocide" but not the 1990s Russian Federation famine; at the same time they consider the Uyghur Issues as a "Genocide" but not the European Minorities+
Why do Liberals consider the Holodomor as a “Genocide” but not the 1990s Russian Federation famine; at the same time they consider the Uyghur Issues as a “Genocide” but not the European Minorities (Scots, Welsh, Irish, Bretton, Catalonians, Basques, Sami etc) as several genocides?...
Why is Lemmy-world so reactionary, radlib/liberal and religious intolerant?
Yesterday I was banned from Lemmy-world due arguing with Liberals and with religious intolerants (atheistic religious intolerants) there. I am very shocked on how much radlib and new atheist they are. They literally can’t take any left-wing take and or any religious take without mass harassing you and mass brigading you until...
How did India seemingly become so right-wing?
Browsing through comments on youtube videos about India right now is crazy. Full of Islamophobic, racist rhetoric almost indistinguishable from white nationalist ones (example CW: Islamophobia)....
What kind of problems would you like to see technology solve?
It’s so easy shitting on techbro VC nonsense that only separates us from our humanity to sell adspace. What actual problems do you want technology to solve?
Anyone here have psoriasis?
I believe I have it on my scalp and behind my ears. Flaky skin, red splotches, etc. so from what I gather there’s no cure only treatment. What’s worked for you if you have it?
Is any New Trek good? Or is it just all "Pew pew were a prestige TV gritty action show now." stuff?
I’m curious to creck some of the new stuff out but it all looks so not Star Trek...
you are given a one week trip, all expenses paid, with guaranteed paid time off from your job, to one city in Amerikkka. where do you choose? what do you do there?
personally i choose chicago. I’ve heard great things about chinatown there.
Question for the Libs of Lemmy: What do you make of Biden being an incredibly unpopular president?
Don’t you think it’s democratic that he should be allowed to run again, given his approval ratings are so low?...
What was the coolest Spaceship Name and how would you name yours ? (hexbear.net)
What's a book you consider impossible to properly translate out of its original language? Or the opposite.
I recently learned about the debacle that was the Swedish translation of Tolkien, and it got me wondering: “are there books that can only exist within a masterful use of the authors native tongue?”.
Does anyone else nearing their mid 30s or older feel like hangovers and "hangxiety" lay them out more than they did in their 20s?
I was bordering suicidal this morning due to some of the dark feelings I felt. Slowly coming away from that now, but still feel like hangovers just destroy me now
How do I make myself stop being attracted to a person?
My life would be a lot easier if I could answer this on my own.
Do women often worry men will go psycho simply for rejecting a dude? Been reading some stories and shit that is fuckin scary
Seriously the stories I’ve read about dudes threatening to drive to womens house and murder them or something over rejections is insane....
I suffered great violence for over a decade and was brainwashed to never even think about hurting my abusers. Help me not be a lib about violence.
TW: suicide...
[unfunny posting] You're not a real proletariat if you....
finish it
Living in a commercial office?
I just checked the rents in my area and I could rent a large commercial space for only $1k when absolutely tiny studios here are $1.5k minimum. I checked the building has 24hr access and I will be asking if it has a water hookup. Is it too risky?
What do capitalists get right?
I think one depressing example is innovation in weapons and other dangerous fields. “If we don’t build it, someone else will first” is unfortunately historically been shown to be true, has it not?...
Fiction Books that can covertly convert Lib wage slave
My sibling likes to read fiction. They’re a comically basic-ass shit-lib. This person says that they don’t like to talk about politics. They always take the bosses side at work, basically a reincarnation of our Rachel Maddow-parroting boomer capitalist fucboi parent....
Americans: Are you going to vote third party or refuse to vote at all?
I’ve been debating to myself whether or not voting for a third party candidate (Either PSL’s de la Cruz or Green’s West, regardless of my criticisms for both) would be the most “effective” use of my time in election season this year. The argument for “not” is that maybe voting at all is bad because it legitimizes...
Anyone else in the US getting an absurd amount of scam calls?
I usually get a few scam calls every day but in the last week or so it’s increased exponentially. For example: I’ve received 19 in the past 6 hours. Just curious if this is happening to everyone or just me.
Emote material? (hexbear.net)
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