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duckwhistle

@duckwhistle@mastodon.org.uk

Returning Mastodon dabbler.
Interested in: UK politics. Constitutional and Electoral reform. Green energy. Technology being used to improve quality of life, rather than profitability of companies. Psychology of depression and motivation.
Fantasy, sci-fi, horror.
mmorpgs.

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Winstonwells, to random
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I can see why people are afraid of Trump getting elected again (he's a narcissistic psychopath) but USA has looked like a fascist police state for a while now.

You just need to look at how the police shut down black lives matter demonstrations and anti war protests for starters, let alone the military support for apartheid genocide

duckwhistle,
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@freemo @Winstonwells i was under the impression that no 3rd party candidate could get on the ballot in enough States to actually win?

duckwhistle,
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@freemo @Winstonwells
I thought you had to register for each state separately, and the rules were different in each state.
Maps I've seen for past elections have shown 3rd party candidates only being on the ballot in a limited number of States?

DrALJONES, to random
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"wadaboutHamas?"

Report

Blinken understands US protesters’ passion, but questions their silence on Hamas.

Asked about the unfolding pro-Palestine protest movement at US universities, Blinken said he very much understands the students’ frustration & respects their right to demonstrate as a hallmark of our democracy.

"It is notable that there is silence about Hamas”.

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@DrALJONES @Thebratdragon The US system seems a lot more convoluted than the UK one.
I got the impression the Federal Government always ends up paying interest on the money the federal reserve creates for them, but there's a lot of misinformation about the Fed.
It was certainly set up with the intention that the origional "investors" would profit from all government money creation, but I'm not sure that still holds with electronic payments?

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@DrALJONES @Thebratdragon
Yes the idea of a National Debt is a political fiction, but the narrative around that fiction varies depending on the country. I understand the reality, but I'm of the impression in the UK that BS is maintained by convention, and policy changes at the Treasury & BoE could dispense with it. Whereas in the US there are Laws in place requiring the Treasury Dept & Fed to act like it's true, and significant legislation would need to be passed in order to change that.

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@DrALJONES @Thebratdragon
Most of my information comes from history books and a documentary which stated the Fed was set up by a legal instrument that meant it was required to give profits from money creation to its initial investors.
I don't know how much has changed over the years but I know that unlike the BoE which is now publicly owned, the Fed is partially owned by its member banks https://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/section5.HTML and pays them dividends.

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