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> It's amazing how much leftist discourse is just them pretending not to understand things, thus making discourse impossible. > https://x.com/MillennialWoes/status/1893134391322308…

> they successfully export the social contradictions of mass production Because the West used to have tons of manufacturing and unusually large amounts of social unrest? Shitholes …

> At most, they'll last until the end of Trump's presidency Eh, you don't think Vance will keep them going when he wins in 28? I do agree that the uncertainty is an issue.

We don't want any more immigrants, and we don't care whether they contribute or not.

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Ah, yes, the Orwellian newspeak that is the phrase "Department of Defense" is something worth protecting. What next, the Ministry of Truth? I don't really give any weight to what a…

I - and thankfully, it appears, the current administration - don't accept your definition of who is "my countrymen". > losers and crybabies Luckily, for now, at least, it appears t…

Ah, yes, just like he hates Japan and Italy for being run by women.

> American men feel entitled to women, as from birth they’re told that they are. Outside of lower-class men (who tend to have more machismo/less to lose) and presumably unusually a…

IME, women are overwhelmingly more entitled (in a general sense) than men, sorry. Sure, women having to deal with a few "entitled" "predators" sucks and we should do something abou…

I believe this is touched upon in https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/04/22/right-is-the-new-left/

Female/leftist projection at its finest. There is no single group more entitled than the AWFL.

The simple fact is that values are partially heritable, and if you believe your values to be superior (you should!) then having children and encouraging people who share those valu…

The past is a foreign country. I do not believe "quality of life" in economic terms is a sufficient explanation. The simple Darwinian fact is that, if your culture did not value re…

> unchecked climate change is going to mean for kids born today No amount of climate change today could compare with the threat of war and famine in the past, and yet they still ha…

> The good part is spawning another entity which has to slog through mindless work and consumption cycle, (experience the misery of aging, wither and die) - just so you can feel go…

That article seems a bit misleading. While some sweetener packets , such as equal and splenda contain some sugar, I don't believe this is necessarily true when they are used in oth…

The problem with docker is less the containerization and more the half-baked build system.

"Progress for the tick is not progress for the dog." > These are the same individuals who empower fascists—whether in the US, Germany, Argentina, or Italy Correct, madame.

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Yep, just the age-old trick of creating a problem and then selling an ineffective solution. Unbounded profit!

They know they're being talked about derisively and don't like it. They want to keep doing what they're doing, but they need you to not talk about it, so they can get away with it,…