mostly inactive, lemmy.ca is now too tainted with trolls from big instances we’re not willing to defederate
These people see themselves as destined to be upper class so they imagine their future as covered by good insurance plus investments that would easily absorb any emergency. So they vote for the interests of the rich, because in their fantasy that’s also their long term best interests.
Tragically, this lack of class consciousness makes them vote for narrowing the path of social mobility that they’re counting on.
I do, because I’m from Brazil and lots of my friends worked for Ambev, so they revere this man as a living god just like the average Amazon manager does for Jeff Bezos.
This obsession? Which obsession?
ABC Vancouver?
Blessed day, Commander
The room contains a TV with Fox News on, and Fox News shows that Trump is winning
I agree but we don’t even have to get that far. No institution should rely on SIN secrecy. It’s as simple as that. It should be treated as semi-publicly available information like birthdates and important stuff like opening a bank account should require more factors of authentication.
Several countries don’t create these secret numbers that “no one should have but you” without having to rely on revoke-able tokens and whatnot. Like many things, crypto has a clever solution for this but the current status quo is so bad that a not-stupid approach would already be quite the improvement.
Not voting doesn’t signal that people are happy either way, it could as easily signal that people are sad either way.
Being “sad either way” is equally stupid. Feel free to argue that both options are bad but anyone with two braincells should be able to understand that one option is worse. Choosing to abstain is choosing to enable the worse option. Vote independent if you want, but fucking vote.
One in three Americans voted for Trump
Or in more effective terms, only one third of Americans voted against Trump. Counting votes against eligible voters instead of votes cast isn’t the win you think it is.
No one here needs a reminder that 2/3 isn’t 3/3, thanks.
So smart. Lots of big words
Is that sillier than forcing people who are not interested in owning a car to get a place with parking spots anyway? Because that’s where we are today. It is hard to find a building like this, and I’d love it.
If only we could decide whether having a place for people to live was more important than dedicating public spaces for storing private vehicles
I would be an embarrassment in one of these interviews. First of all I’m not a very musical person. Secondly I have terrible memory and I don’t even remember much about pre-college life. Being a charismatic politician really requires a different type of being.
Those of us who didn’t vote for trump were supposed to be your brother’s and sisters, but you all are weak little traitorous bitches.
Ahhh there it is, I was wondering what’s the source of that anger. You’re butthurt that Canadians are holding you accountable for your governments aggression towards us.
Yeah, fuck off. We don’t owe you anything. And by the looks of it, we were right all along that you’re not really an ally.
If I could vote, idk. If no one can take a principled stance on what should be an extremely obvious issue, then nobody.
See, that’s the kind of thinking that makes me say that “strategic voting” should have its taboo status removed…
Because of this one issue, you’d be washing your hands on taking a stance for all other issues that humankind face?
If you say yes, I guess I have to respect that. Principles are principles. But well, it’s so not how I would go about this.
The technology is not at peril here, Starlink the company is. Competitors exist, and they’ll take Starlink’s place, and the technology will live on. Competition is what’s to like about capitalism, isn’t it?
Funding might be a misleading word here. The title is technically correct, but within context.
Government has funding for increasing internet connectivity in remote areas. Some of that funding is spent on Starlink contracts. So the ask is more like to stop considering Starlink for contracts that consume government funding.
can absolutely be a super power, our landmass, resources and technical know-how can allow us to prosper and lead on the global stage
I mean, sure we “can”, just like many others can like Argentina or Norway… but this superpower thing is a bit tired. Let’s just worry about not being pushed around instead of aiming for pushing others around - because that’s what being a superpower means, really.
I get your point but Alberta’s government, chosen by Albertans, are putting unity at stake. So while I agree that public support isn’t favourable to this ones specific decision, the people in power are testing the waters and this also matters a lot, so the article isn’t suddenly invalidated just because it’s the wishes of a minority. It can still be dangerous.