HomebrewHedonist

HomebrewHedonist , 5 months ago

I almost did myself, but then I looked up the term,and I realized that Linux is exactly that. For me, it’s because I thought I knew what the term meant. I thought that it advocated for state owned software, because communism is all about state controlled property.

So, I was wrong.

HomebrewHedonist , 6 months ago

This was a good read. Very interesting! I highly recommend it. It gives a compelling account of the conditions Russian soldiers are facing.

HomebrewHedonist , 7 months ago

A large segment of the population don’t understand the difference between a fact, an opinion, and a belief.

HomebrewHedonist , 7 months ago

You’re right. You just proved my point. It’s my opinion. 😁

HomebrewHedonist , 7 months ago

Lol… you just proved my point. I never said it was a fact. It would be hard to quantify, but it could be done.

HomebrewHedonist , 8 months ago

The world is REALLY sick of the USA’s bullshit.

HomebrewHedonist , 8 months ago

Yep… every time.

HomebrewHedonist , 8 months ago

I think the real danger is Trump winning… or getting so close that the election is a toss-up… or very close to that. I worry that the results will be thrown into question and that will tear America apart.

HomebrewHedonist , 8 months ago

Thanks Blackrock and Vanguard.

HomebrewHedonist , 8 months ago

Another example of the rich buying their way out of crimes.

If the penalty for crimes is a fine, the law only applies to the poor.

HomebrewHedonist , 9 months ago

The Americans had better get really serious about saving their democracy because it’s about to run off of a cliff. If Trump gets reelected, he’s going to go after democrats HARD.

HomebrewHedonist , 9 months ago

I don’t believe this for one second. I haven’t heard anything from the Ukraine administration that would suggest in any way that they are interested in peace talks. In fact, their recent choice of putting a Crimean Tatar as the Minister of Defence suggests that they are serious about taking Crimea back from Russia. I hear nothing but absolute resolve by both the Weat and Ukraine to keep fighting until a Ukraine victory.

HomebrewHedonist , 9 months ago

It stands for Real Simple Syndicate. It’s just an XML file that allows people of other websites to propagate indo provided by another.

HomebrewHedonist , 9 months ago

When they start to tell us there’s no problem, there’s a problem. The US dollar is in decline as the world currency. Too much debt by the US is making other countries nervous to hold too much of their dollars.

HomebrewHedonist , 10 months ago

A nuclear attack would surely bring in NATO. I can’t see them getting away with that without some kind of severe retaliation.

HomebrewHedonist , 10 months ago

I love this response. 😀

HomebrewHedonist , 10 months ago

What this planet needs is a Magna Carta of sorts that limits the power of all people, corporations or other entities or groups. Simple as that. We need limits! Extreme inequality will ALWAYS breed civil unrest.

HomebrewHedonist , 10 months ago

Supergovernment? Putting words into people’s mouths, I see.

We limited the power of monarchs, why would it be wrong to do that for all powerful people and entities? I say that we need to do it for exactly the same reasons. Limits to power is healthy for everyone, even the super rich. My logic holds true. Does yours?

But I like your idea of a world government because, you know why?.. we need to work together rather than against each other. Let’s end zero sum game theory.

HomebrewHedonist , 10 months ago

I’m not going to get dragged into creating a new government framework with you. I’ll leave that to the political scientists. What I’m saying is that we need limits on power. Limits on income existed before 1980 and were dismantled in Regan’s trickle-down economic policy. Taxes used to be really high for the ultra rich after WWII to around the late 1970s. Limits existed in other forms too like anti monopoly laws, more regulation and market oversight. What I’m suggesting is simply taking those that once existed and codifying those things into a charter, like the Magna Carta did for kings, so that they can’t be repealed by changing governments. It’s an idea, not naive at all.

Greater equality is essential for well functioning societies and well functioning economies. It’s good for everyone, even the ultra rich… they just forgot it. Read Ray Dalio’s The Changing World Order and he explains this quite well. The man is a billionaire himself, and he advocates for a redistribution of wealth and greater economic equality. His research echos much of what is tough in history: inequality always breads social unrest and political upheaval. It’s what revolutions are made from.

HomebrewHedonist , 10 months ago

That otter make her think twice.

HomebrewHedonist , 10 months ago

They evaded scrutiny of regulators. That is what they’re being charged with.

HomebrewHedonist , 11 months ago

I have good reason to believe that the US government has abused their economic homogeny and taken on way too much debt to the point where other countries are doubtful that they will ever be able to honour that debt. These sovereign nations see the writing on the wall and China smells blood. I believe that the US dollar will collapse altogether and everyone else dollar along with it. At this point, China will come in and offer an alternative that is tied to gold, just like the days of old. Then China will take over this homogeny.

I really hope the western elites have a plan otherwise this is going to be some changing times.

HomebrewHedonist , 11 months ago

What happens is that you become a stateless person, just like the Palestinians once where. I can’t speak for Russian law.