Any one party political system can either fail or be maintained through violent oppression. People need to have a say in who represents them and what their values are.

A more sustainable solution than soviet style communism is to have proportional representation and work on instilling socialist virtues such as kindness, social responsibility, and fairness in the population. over time, the people in government will start to reflect those values.

The only correct response is “uh yeah! I’m honestly a little disappointed you’re not a sponge. Would you be open to dressing like a sponge sometimes?”

In Norway your deposit is payed into a special account in your name and both parties have to agree to it’s release or settle in court. If the landlord takes some for repairs to abnormal damage (can’t charge for “normal wear and tear”) they have to provide proof that they used it for that (receipts etc).

Well your kid won’t get citizenship, but you’ll be able to afford to birth them.

But… writing things down is the only reliable way to communicate in Denmark.

I think most instances have de-federated them. An insane group of tankie trolls and bots. Their whole purpose is to put out russian and Chinese propaganda.

What do you think hexbear is?

The gripen is more agile than the f35 and capable of austere landings. Arguably more important traits than the ability to carry American nukes.

We should throw some cash at Saab and see if they can come up with a stealth gripen or something.

Yay, horizon irl!

my favorite example of race relations in new Zealand

Evil has always been there. People have a tendency to turn a blind eye when it isn’t directed at them. Recently it’s very much been directed at Europe and North America. It brings the problems of the world into sharp focus.

I didn’t think minus values were possible on standard IQ tests.

If you find yourself on jury duty in a very specific case (you know which one) you should know about this but pretend like you don’t.

We’ve been living without American security help for a while. We just didn’t realise it until recently. Meanwhile a hostile military force has been camping out in our continent.

Back in the 90s a British doctor called Andrew Wakefield was bribed by a pharmaceutical company that made separate vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella to come up with a study to discredit the combined mmr vaccine. He found a bunch of parents in an antivax society and twisted the results of a very weighted questionnaire to demonstrate a link between MMR and the 'tism. It was quickly discredited, but the damage was done. He was stripped of his medical licence after that.

Agreed. But the window of opportunity to act is closing fast. I’d be shocked if musk doesn’t have a massive fleet of drones to patrol the streets.

Can’t really make it worse, at this point.

Drugs are a distraction. Now is a time for serious action, not chewing your face off.

Israel has a pretty significant domestic arms industry. I’m pretty sure they’d be fine without USAs help.