[-] Grapho@lemmy.ml 6 points 14 hours ago

He was also very concerned about how completely unhinged the CIA was and how it operated with total impunity. No such concerns from any president since, somehow.

[-] Grapho@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

"We should vote for Strasser instead of Hitler because they'll both kill the Jews anyway, but Stresser would be better for us"

Man, Americans really are way too comfortable supporting a genocide as long as they don't have to be reminded too often.

[-] Grapho@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

With the state of western software development and how ingrained the US and Israeli security state seems to be there, plus how much China seems to be prioritizing top-to-bottom self-sufficiency in tech, I wouldn't be surprised if a Chinese fork that welcomes Russian contributors becomes a force unto itself.

An ecosystem where India, Russia, and China based coders take leadership is an ecosystem that has a bigger chance for mass adoption in the biggest manufacturing economies in the world.

[-] Grapho@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Because democrats are deathly afraid of any mildly progressive party getting funding and being on the ballot nationwide, because then their entire blackmail scheme falls apart. You can't go "you fucking better vote for us, or else" anymore.

The democratic party has been suing to take PSL and the Greens off ballots in multiple states (which also serves to cut into their budget, which is almost entirely small contributions). That's the party trying to save democracy apparently.

[-] Grapho@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

Everyone knows that he's a fascist. We also know Kamala and her cabinet is gonna be hardly better, so if you're gonna vote, don't waste it on a genocide enabler.

We already know all the talking points of "pushing her left", we know y'all ain't gonna do shit, because you didn't do it with Biden and you certainly wouldn't have done it with Obama, it's always people who voted third party out there organizing while y'all wait for the next election to come around for you to pretend you're doing something.

[-] Grapho@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 days ago

In fact, the Democrats since the 60's have run campaigns WAY against the threat of late-stage Capitalism.

Bruh what world are you living in lmao. Obama reached to bankers uncaringly tanking the global economy by giving them money to do with as they wished (and, as always, they wished to give themselves a bonus).

[-] Grapho@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago

This. As long as they have a base big and dumb enough to buy any and every excuse to go further right (and blame progressives for it), they'll keep doing it.

[-] Grapho@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 days ago

This is what the democrats have always been, just now they stopped pretending to care about people abroad or the issues that matter to the voters (and not the donors) and surprisingly that's still good enough for the blue no matter who crowd.

[-] Grapho@lemmy.ml 14 points 4 days ago

Whenever you think the government is stupidly wasting money when there's a cheaper and more humane solution, you can bet your neck it's to funnel money toward corporations.

They usually jump through those hoops to obfuscate the trail and pretend there's some economic complexity. There ain't, it's just laundering a corporate subsidy.

[-] Grapho@lemmy.ml 20 points 4 days ago

Donald Trump is a threat to democracy 😭😭😭 now shut up and vote for the candidate, peasant. You'll have a primary when you earn it.

[-] Grapho@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Just because it's not CNN or the NYT saying it (they would never go against the state department unless public opinion has already massively shifted) doesn't mean it's a bad source.

Le monde is one of the most "reputable" sources in Europe and they're corroborating, is a good source only a US source? For a conflict on the other side of the world? There's literally video evidence of the kidnappings.

[-] Grapho@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The funny thing is, there's more of a symbiotic relationship between us and plants.

Those plants that exhibited favorable traits for human consumption were carried far from their native ecosystem and through biome barriers they couldn't have otherwise. In the same way peppers with capsaicin (which allowed birds/reptiles to eat and spread them around while deterring mammals that would otherwise ruin the seed) became more successful, wheat, corn and other grasses became more successful when the kernels got bigger because it encouraged humans to harvest those and maybe keep some for later/spread them around.

Plants may not have any agency but the fact is some of them evolved traits that made this upright monkey eventually toil away to guarantee their reproduction year after year.

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