I just realized: When i told the one wannabe nazi that his compatriot had sent a pic of himself shitting himself, that was not even questioned. It seems to be par for the course? Normal? They just... do that? Ok, no reason to raise a stink, just shit yourself, i guess. Who am i to stop diversity.
@thatguyoverthere@jeffcliff I suggest using alkali metals for pipes then. Especially when they get into contact with water, they actively go away from the fire, as can be seen in many nice videos.
@thatguyoverthere@jeffcliff Ah, before i forget, it seems that it would be prudent to install the prototypes in musks mansion so he can evaluate the improved technology.
@thatguyoverthere Yes, if said outright it would be illegal. It is a shorthand used here to describe that the AFD is eliciting hate against immigrants. A large part of their election campaign is hate-based, but just shy of openly illegal statements. Please excuse the shorthand.
So what's new in german politics? Nothing fundamental i would say.
We had CDU (neoliberals purporting to be conservative) mostly, and when they mess up too much, the SPD (neoliberals purporting to have social values) took over. They then proceed to mess up even more (biggest blow to our social system was by them + green party) to get the CDU back on track.
Now, the AFD (neonazi party which is rather silent about also being neoliberal) won a local election, and our minister of the interior Nancy Faeser (SPD) is worried about the economy. Good job, telling people they don't matter, exactly what will drive more to vote AFD.
So, in conclusion, the SPD still works hard at passing the scepter, just this time to neoliberals that are also neonazis instead of the usual.
@thatguyoverthere I'd rather wish that causing suffering on a grand scale had negative personal consequences. Those responsible would not have the time to indulge in torturing those that bring their evil to light.
@thatguyoverthere I agree that it is a hard problem. Not only is change hard to actually start, to formulate rules to actually be fair is near impossible, since there is always more context to be had. Maybe only the extremes can be formalized, like "one person cannot have 1.000.000 times as much as another, since it is unrealistic to deliver that much value".
@thatguyoverthere Well, in moderation, profit is not bad. Only when it becomes the main focus. I think in this way, we can agree.
Not the main focus: profit means taking care of yourself insofar that you don't just give everything away (everything = the value you created by investing your time) on some hope of reciprocation. It means setting boundaries with others.
Main focus: the value produced will suffer, since actual value (and what good it does for others) cannot be in focus if profit is exclusively.
@thatguyoverthere Oh, but if you harvest berries, you take what was already there in nature. This is a benign example, of course we should take reasonable amounts of stuff from nature, otherwise we can only starve. Your mention of fiat money is a valid point, but what i was trying to say is that the view is important too: focus on the profit, you will get bad results, even without fiat money. Like in the berry example, if you loose sight of the use of berries, you might deliver mushed or spoiled berries. If the recipient does not have an alternative (like price-gouging, i think companies do quality-gouging: if everyone delivers subpar stuff, people cannot just go to the competition), they'll have to deal with it. So the actual service needs to be in focus, not the profit.
@thatguyoverthere Eh, they are lackeys of the actual rich. Kind of separating the eggs between yolk and egg white, aristocracy is gone but it's still all there.
@thatguyoverthere Yeah, "industry" being a key word. Make profit the benchmark, people will forego delivering the service that was thought to be rendered for the money if they can. And the centralization helps with entrenching this.
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