Mohamed

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[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago

But, houses would probably become a lot cheaper if 1 million was the limit.

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 hours ago

Yep I remember seeing this too. You can probably quickly find it in jmail.

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago

While probably not self-medication, SSRI's are one the most successful drug treatments for OCD, I believe. I know this doesn't really answer your question.

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not relevant to whats being discussed. I wish rather than delete the comment, mods are able to flag it as AI and users can choose whether to see AI posts or not.

Random thought.

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Duke3D - would recommend eduke32 port. The High-Resolution Pack is quite nice, butperhaps some prefer the retro feel of sprites.

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Im gonna give the poster the benefit of the doubt and say they were trying to make a joke: You're a coward for asking to join the mob, instead of just becoming one.

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

"The White House says the president is 'not involved' in running his businesses."

That really doesn't change anything, at all. I assume Trump has some ownership stake in his businesses. That's the conflict of interest. Whether you run the business, or have someone do it for you, doesn't change anything.

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 days ago (5 children)

I heard à bit of it. Epstein talked about finance and about how no one really understands finance. I must admit, he's well-spoken.

Steve Bannon is just an idiot.

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago
[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My theory is that more Republicans care mainly because he was a gun holder.

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Basically: you are getting those F-35's whether you want them or not.

 

This survey is nuts. Here are some quotes:

  1. Pierre Poilievre will lock up the worst criminals for life. Do you want safer streets?* Yes – Jail, not bail! No – I want dangerous criminals terrorizing my streets
  1. The Carney Trudeau Liberals have FAILED our military. Pierre Poilievre and Canada First Conservatives will strengthen it. Do you want a stronger military?* Yes - Warrior culture—NOT woke culture. No – Woke culture is more important

The * just means its a required field, if you are wondering.

 

I am genuinely curious. Some of my passing thoughts are below, if some context is needed.

I strongly believe that PR is a much better and fairer system than FPTP, and I hope it passes in Canada at least at the federal level.

The question. Are there any real disadvantages to PR compared to FPTP?

PR is obviously not a peefect system, and it has downsides compared to other forms of representation, such as Direct Democracy. But i cant find any real downsides when compared to FPTP.

I heard about:

  1. PR allows extremist ideas to be represented. This is maybe true, but I think it is blown out of proportion It is also probably not a negative. Allowing their representation means that these ideas can be challenged in public, rather than simply censored. It also could reduce feelings of not being represented among the public, feelings which might be a strong contributing force to the rise of authoritarianism.

  2. PR could effectively freeze government by not allowing anything to pass. This could be a negative, but in many cases it isn't. In case the majority is the extremist party, PR allows a sort of damage control.

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