[-] Givesomefucks@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Not to mention they forgot the leaders of those African countries who make deals that give them personal wealth at the expense of their people.

In some cases 1st world countries have installed those leaders, but that's not really that common.

And the citizens can't overthrow them their selves, and the other countries who are benefitting have no incentive to "spread democracy" even if they actually mean it this time.

[-] Givesomefucks@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

You should read that

If you actually think England would have honored those treaties to stop expanding tho...

Surprise! They'd have broken them just like America made and broke them.

[-] Givesomefucks@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Do you think the country got together to workshop this meme?

Or do you think a teenager who's still in highschool and might even know less than you made it?

[-] Givesomefucks@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

No, America got their independence because the wealthiest didn't want to pay tax to England.

And I seriously doubt the Crown wanted them to stop expanding or treat the natives better before that.

[-] Givesomefucks@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Except their hydro isn't working so they're mining, importing, and using record levels of coal....

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/beset-by-drought-china-turned-coal-keep-lights-kemp-2023-07-21/

[-] Givesomefucks@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it was really buggy recently, so lots of people just switched instances

[-] Givesomefucks@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Apparently they kept a lot out of early access.

Like, I was disappointed every character was treated the same by npcs, but that was because they wanted to keep some part of act 1 fresh for release.

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[-] Givesomefucks@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

So...

You think the national party decided to lie about Manchin so that he could obstruct them...

And the goal was to make sure Manchin gets elected again, so he can continue not supporting the party?

[-] Givesomefucks@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Lemmy is better on web than kbin.

But kbin lets you block entire instances as a user, which is worth the tradeoff for me.

There was a couple instances I just didn't want to see and blocking them by community was like whack a mole

[-] Givesomefucks@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

The issue is turnout.

I always vote, because I'm lucky enough to get paid time off work for it and little to no wait time.

Some people have to take a day off work and wait 4-8 hours in line.

We could sit around and complain about nonvoters, or we can try to increase voter engagement. But the party needs to make that choice too, and they're not really great at the second option.

[-] Givesomefucks@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I've been on 3 Lemmy instances and now kbin in like 3 weeks

Finding out kbin let you block a whole instances instead of just communities was enough to warrant a new account

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