>prices are just a number that represents the solution to an equation which is the ratio of all the stuff divided by the amount of people who want that stuff
It was kind of amazing how long so many "zero demand" jobs in the private sector leached off the system before it collapsed. Corporate communists were always going to be short lived.
>Thy
>thigh
They should sound the same but they don't, and it shows you that th- has two completely different sounds, soft and hard, differing in intensity
@augustus my favorite scene is where the translator tries to explain to one delivery guy why the chinese guy is so angry at him, and he just couldn't understand that when they ordered 100 metal rods they really wanted 100 and not just 'a lot'.
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KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD!
KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD!
KEEP ON ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD!
>Graves claimed that the opportunity for soldiers on both sides to commit "true atrocities" only occurred when escorting prisoners of war to the rear lines. "Nearly every instructor in the mess", he wrote, "could quote specific instances of prisoners having been murdered on the way back. The commonest motives were, it seems, revenge for the death of friends or relatives, jealousy of the prisoner's trip to a comfortable prison camp in England, military enthusiasm, fear of being suddenly overpowered by the prisoners or, more simply, impatience with the escorting job." Similarly, "If a German patrol found a wounded man, they were likely as not to cut his throat." However, if POWs arrived at their destination, they were treated well during interrogations.[4]: 131, 183–184
>In the book, Graves stated that Australian and Canadian troops had the worst reputation for atrocities against German POWs. He recounted two first-hand anecdotes from a Scottish-Canadian and an Australian, who told him how they murdered German prisoners while escorting them using Mills bombs. Canadian soldiers were motivated to commit atrocities against POWs due to the story of "The Crucified Soldier", which Graves and his fellow soldiers also refused to believe. He also added that the use of "semi-civilized coloured troops in Europe was, from the German point of view, we knew, one of the chief Allied atrocities. We sympathized."[4]: 184–185
@augustus@sun idk back than it was even more shady since paying for sex was illegal afaik. So u probably officially just pay an entry fee vor something
>The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of riots[1] that took place from June 3–8, 1943, in Los Angeles, California, United States, involving American servicemen stationed in Southern California and young Latino and Mexican American city residents.[2] It was one of the dozen wartime industrial cities that suffered race-related riots in the summer of 1943, along with Mobile, Alabama; Beaumont, Texas; Detroit, Michigan; and New York City.
>American servicemen and white Angelenos attacked and stripped children, teenagers, and youths who wore zoot suits, ostensibly because they considered the outfits, which were made from large amounts of fabric, to be unpatriotic during World War II. Rationing of fabrics and certain foods was required at the time for the war effort. While most of the violence was directed toward Mexican American youth, African American and Filipino American youths who were wearing zoot suits were also attacked.[3]