bampop

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[–] bampop@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

It works both ways. Governments are bending over backwards to silence opposition to Israel, and that means abandoning the rule of law and supressing free speech. The rot was there, but the open corruption and the sheer quantity of lies puts it into overdrive. If not for Israel, Trump would not have been reelected.

[–] bampop@lemmy.world 23 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I see so many comments saying "voting won't work", "protesting won't work" etc. Anything that has any visible result, works. Because the majority of people follow the herd to a greater or lesser extent. You need to mobilise that majority in order to make a difference. The more you have a movement, the bigger, louder and more visible that is, the more people will join you. People need to feel which way the wind is blowing.

[–] bampop@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

You'll also live better. It's a sad indictment of society that people incapable of forming meaningful relationships, but able to buy some shiny crap they don't need, are considered successful.

[–] bampop@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Seems to me we're past that. The problem with the "fuck you, I've got mine" principle was the "I've got mine" bit, which requires holding something back from the ultra wealthy. If you can distill it down to a simple "fuck you", you've got yourself a much more low-maintenance philosophy. By turning human suffering into a desired commodity, you can appease your voter base without giving them anything of value.

[–] bampop@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Nobody is born an umpire, you become an umpire if you get bitten by one but umpire parents always have electrical babies

[–] bampop@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Never mind that, what does "07% per 100K" even mean? As far as I can tell that evaluates to 0.0000007 or 7 per 10 million

[–] bampop@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

What happens is they eat the cheese and expect to pay for it, but they can't find any means of paying so they die while waiting for a member of staff to turn up. That's because capitalism is nature's way and anything else is against God.

[–] bampop@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm sure you can get frozen spring rolls

[–] bampop@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

They know perfectly well who they work for

[–] bampop@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

or less likely than one-in-a-million

[–] bampop@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Any man who has to say, 'I am the king' is no true king.

[–] bampop@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh yeah the community is 1000% better and healthier, I don't miss Reddit at all. Plus I'm a child of the 70s, I grew up with limited content. It's good for you.

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