Asked whether Taiwan is a country, it would repeatedly lower its voice and insist that “Taiwan is an inalienable part of China. That is an established fact” or a variation of that sentiment. Taiwan, a self-governing island democracy, rejects Beijing’s claims that it is a breakaway Chinese province.

Did it also refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America?

“CCP talking points”? Get the fuck out of here with this “China == bad” horseshit. This article isn’t journalism, just scaremongering.

It told a child how to safely sharpen a knife. Oh no.

It told a child how to safely light a match. Oh no.

I’m in Virginia. I’ll go for the water one. Get all that Atlantic up in me. Between the microplastics and bioluminescent life- I think that’s the right choice for me.

I think my comment, and the person I responded to, were being a bit … light hearted (not sure if that’s the right term) about it.

Speaking for myself, don’t let use dissuade you in any way at all. More Americans need to be:

1. aware of how shitty the for profit medical system is. It’s the most expensive healthcare in the world and not even close to the top in healthcare outcomes.
2. Aware that countries much poorer that it dignify all of their citizenry with healthcare. (And zero countries that have done so have ever gone back on that choice)
3. Much more vocal, including in deciding who to vote for, about ending the predatory, immoral profit imperative in healthcare.

Personally I don’t think America can vote its way out of a damn thing, but the corporate propaganda seems to be so terrifically good at getting people I know and care for who I believe have fully functioning brains to believe that somehow this shitty healthcare system is the best in the world.

Thank you for posting the video.

I’ve had a certain person accused of a certain thing as my lock screen for about a year because of how much I hate it. Maybe we’re already maxed out and not the target audience for this.

Hail you!

A whole lot of Hava Nagila from the grassy knoll right after.

Anyway, I’m downvoting OP. Stupid post about a serious topic.

If they were real Christian’s they’d know about Proverbs 26:11.

I’m sure it is. My point is - what do Lemmy users expect out of a for-profit company operating inside of a capitalistic economic system? Saying “no” to China’s LGBT hating demands is impossible in this situation.

I’d love to give this a simple upvote. What is Tim Cook’s choice here? Operate illegally in China until the government shuts down their entire source of revenue in an entire market which, also, is the one that produces nearly all of its hardware?

If he doesn’t do it - shareholders will remove him in the blink of an eye and replace him with someone who will.

Where I’m agreeing though is - my current phone is my last Apple phone. I’ll be going with Graphene after this. I don’t want corporations telling me what software I can and can’t run on my decides while surveilling me.

Public funds spent on anything that generates something that could be considered “intellectual property” should be public domain. Beyond software my first thought is pharmaceutical and general medical research.

Fair point! I’d’ve liked something about the whole “market place of ideas” illusion that the ruling class says exists, but I guess your perspective gets right to the quick of things.

More of the same.

because it presents a slippery slope that could end with conservatives facing government censorship down the road

Silencing speech in “the Land of the Free” isn’t really the problem to him. The problem is that the sword swings both ways.

Turd continues to be turd.

This is the important take.

The other poster that claims that “this will never pass”, hopefully is thinking of this. Without this consideration - I believe it would. Right wing has been trying any method to impose their sense of morality onto a free society since before I was born. I grew up in a household that actively worked to suppress pornography through local, state, and federal law. I saw this at work.

The game begins with a tutorial.

Why would I be remiss to be confused as to why there is a tutorial, but not include any mention of the existence, let alone the use, of a basic weapon?

Further, yes, I expect all products to tell me about their features.

I’d encourage you to look into Chris Green, a cop in East Liverpool, Ohio, United States. This horseshit seems to be traced back to this guy.

Hahaha here I thought I’d just missed something in the beginning of the game. Turns out the game just doesn’t bother to teach its players how to play it.

No. Your argument is for fools. The argument that a country with a population of 345 million produces less carbon dioxide to pollute the planet’s atmosphere with than a country of 1.42 billion people is nonsense and contributes nothing to any conversation at all. The per capita comparison is what matters, but it’s not used by the people that just really want us to believe “China == bad”. Seems like they’re successful at it based on this interaction, sadly.

Correct and correct.

As always - well under what USA is putting into the atmosphere. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/co-emissions-per-capita