[-] speff@disc.0x-ia.moe 50 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Any shithead not paying their taxes is a problem

-someone who actually pays taxes

[-] speff@disc.0x-ia.moe 53 points 7 months ago

True, but the average income / buying power has to be factored in too, right? Caveman googling gives the average Russian's income to be $14k USD / year whereas Swedes are at $47k USD / year. Assuming more caveman math, that'd be like paying $5.23/dozen in Rubles compared to $3.60/dozen in SEK.

Of course you can't just do these sort of comparisons exactly, because money's always more complicated than that, but I think it gives a better context.

[-] speff@disc.0x-ia.moe 100 points 7 months ago

Stop buying it. That's how we slowed down / stopped.

[-] speff@disc.0x-ia.moe 107 points 7 months ago

"Before, I used to buy eggs for 70 rubles ($0.78) a dozen. Now they cost between 130 and 140 rubles ($1.45 to $1.56)—twice as much," Ilia Zaroubine, a 21-year-old student, said.

Near the end

[-] speff@disc.0x-ia.moe 33 points 7 months ago

> The videos are part of at least 30 channels identified by researchers as being part of the "Shadow Play" network promoting pro-China and anti-U.S. narratives, according to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.

> according to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute

> Australian

[-] speff@disc.0x-ia.moe 27 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Sometimes I wonder if there are different "levels" of propaganda nation states put out. Like you have this obviously fake crap get a bunch of surface-knowlege people. Then you have more subtle things put out - like social media accounts pretending that something false is a ground truth. You'll then get people who can catch the fake videos and then believe the fake accounts no problem because it's obviously can't be propaganda - because you know what propaganda looks like. cough gell-mann amnesia cough

Or maybe nation states are really that incompetent and the only level of propaganda they can put out is like the article's videos. Honestly people give way too much credit to how much these folks know/plan out. There's no secret cabal playing 5d chess. They're normal people (ie. dumbfucks) pushing a message.

Who knows.

[-] speff@disc.0x-ia.moe 65 points 7 months ago
  1. It's legal for the public to own guns in Czech Republic
  2. If you're going to try to start a anti gun control circlejerk - try not to do it under an article about a mass shooting, dipshit.
[-] speff@disc.0x-ia.moe 29 points 8 months ago

This thread is the epitome of low information D voters parroting the R=bad line. Romney was one of that last reasonable republicans left.

[-] speff@disc.0x-ia.moe 31 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Just...ignore him. He's an attention-whore - this is what they do to stay relevant. Downvote articles/comments talking about him. Don't give these sites traffic, stop saying his name, and stop mentioning his sites and his stupidness.

Just stop feeding the attention whore.

[-] speff@disc.0x-ia.moe 24 points 10 months ago

What we really need is a small group of Republicans to say the situation plainly. “The GOP is letting fascists take over and is becoming unamerican.

This is literally why Romney is quitting the senate after this term[0]. It’s a long, but pretty sad read. The problem is these articles get no traction so people don’t see it. And then maga keeps getting more powerful

[0] https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/11/mitt-romney-retiring-senate-trump-mcconnell/675306/#

[-] speff@disc.0x-ia.moe 39 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This….sounds…reasonable..? I’m with OP - confused

[-] speff@disc.0x-ia.moe 41 points 10 months ago

Clickbait. Actual reason they were sued -

A few weeks ago, ZUMA Press filed a complaint at a federal court in California, accusing Plex of using a photo of actress Cuca Escribano on its website, without permission. The photo was shot by Jose Perez Gegundez who typically licenses it to third parties for a fee.

Not the reason people would think of with this type of title.

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