they do more to mobilize the population.

Mobilize the population?

Most of the population doesn’t give a fuck about their country invading Ukraine because they have their heads comfortably in the sand. Those who aren’t ignoring it, either already fully support it or are fully against it.

“This is affecting me now. I don’t like it” is the more likely response you’d see from the majority. They just want things to be how they were, and them going to the front is the exact opposite of it.

This “it could anger and provoke the Russians” rhetoric is not rooted in reality.

Being elected is now “taking power”. Ok, commie.

The overwhelmingly left leaning reddit, which practically never had any even right leaning headline upvoted to /r/all (besides The Donald, when it existed) are mostly Nazis…

If r/politics are Nazis, then Mao must be a centrist by your standards. Just how deluded are you?

Holy shit, right? Is lemmy populated by children?

“Hey let’s give the Taliban 4 billion USD. That will surely fix the country”

Absolute insanity. I feel like I’m in the bizzaro world.

I left Reddit to get away from the constant USA Defaultsm nonsense…

This is possibly the most delusional take in the entire thread. If you thought that reddit, where people take every opportunity to shit on America somehow has constant “USA Defaultism”. You have to be a Stalin worshipping commie to even begin thinking that.

Did you form that opinion from social media? Because there are certainly plenty of Democrats who were upset over masks, but you would never see it on Reddit. Though Republicans are probably more likely than Democrats to be against masking, as I vaguely recall from some polls on covid.

In what non private residence enclosed places are you alone? I can’t think of any. Are you talking about hotels or… Because yea that would be ridiculous. But also, since you’re alone it’s not like anyone can enforce the mandate or even know you’re not following it.

Maybe he should start with himself then?

Berating men for not controlling the behavior of other men is peak “toxic masculinity”. I am not responsible for other men any more than women are responsible for other women, or white/black people responsible for other white/black people.

problem we have collectively created.

I have not created any problems, as I have always treated people equally, the same as I would want to be treated. If you, Mr Minister have been a sexist asshole, don’t project that on me. And I am not a part of a collective. Assigning blame based on belonging to demographic is the core principle of bigotry.

Seriously, just imagine if he said black people in positions of power must take lead in tackling toxic black culture. That would be completely unacceptable, as it should be, and as this should be.

People aren’t talking about absolute value. Being worth 0.01 of one dollar or 300 of one dollar doesn’t say anything.

People are saying it with the context of the previous value.

If there is a headline saying Euro/dollar has reached 1.30, no one should be responding “so what, the Canadian dollar is 1.35”. Because everyone knows the context of Euro/dollar not being near that rate for a long time.

We don’t know the real numbers and likely will not be able to know. When one of the answers has the potential to land you in prison, public polls are pretty useless.

However, if you talk to any anti-war Russians, they will tell you that from their observations the majority support the war and the 70-80% figure is in the right ballpark. Explicit support is just too common. A person who doesn’t support the war will probably say that he doesn’t want to answer the question or discuss the topic. They won’t say that they want Ukraine eradicated.

Every population is susceptible to propaganda. But Russia is on a completely different level. For many, when they see something with their own eyes but the TV says the opposite, they believe the TV. And the TV says blatantly and easily verifiably false things. Such blatant propaganda wouldn’t work in the West.

Ordinary Russians either support the war or have no qualms with it. Maybe if it starts affecting their day to day life, some of them will change their stance.

It was too close to something a vatnik would say. Honestly, without your 2nd comment there was no way to know you’re being ironic.

But that costs money. Selling people pills and self-help books? That makes money.

I am sorry but this is a ridiculous implication.

The vast majority of prescribed antidepressants (I’m assuming this is what you mean by pills) are old drugs with long expired patents, which makes them quite cheap. The profit margins have to be pretty low due to competition from generic formulation manufacturers. This is an area that actually could use more investment into R&D.

Self-help books are usually written by individual authors or small collaborations. It’s profitable but not massive industry. The people profiting from self-help books are not anywhere near to being able to influence people getting homes, job security and work-life balance in either direction.

I will probably get shit for this, since it’s a predominantly left leaning space, but until society starts acknowledging men’s issues it will keep getting worse.

https://afsp.org/suicide-statistics

In 2021, men died by suicide 3.90x more than women.

In 2021, firearms accounted for 54.64% of all suicide deaths.

This article is an excellent example of what I am talking about. It does not even mention the disparity of suicide rates between the sexes despite it obviously being a huge outlier. Instead, they talk about how guns are the problem, even though a gun is just a method.

Taking away the easy methods to commit suicide might reduce the rate, but it does nothing to address to core issues that make people want to kill themselves in the first place. Instead of 5000 dead people you will have 5000 people who wish they were dead. Mission accomplished.

Anyone thinking that Microsoft’s recently found appreciation for open source isn’t a Trojan Horse is a fool.

As long as it’s not being used to target ads at me

It’s Microsoft. They will gather every bit of your data they can and use it for whatever makes the most money. Which is usually personalized ads.

Like, nobody ever says “you people” unless they’re about to commit injustice.

Lmfao what? That’s one of the most ridiculous things I’ve read.

He said “all you people”, referring to the media and the comments. He wasn’t referring to any demographic.

Obviously, when “you people” is used to refer to a demographic, it’s followed by something negative. But it doesn’t mean it can’t be used in normal conversation.

Jail time for what crime? Do you have an example of this happening?

I can find one case in 2014 in Arizona. The man burned a bible in front of a Christian-oriented homeless shelter. He was detained on suspicion of one count of unlawful symbol burning.

That seemed like a very strange law, so I looked it up.

A. It is unlawful for a person to burn or cause to be burned any symbol not addressed by section 13-1707 on the property of another person without that person’s permission or on a highway or any other public place with the intent to intimidate any person or group of persons. The intent to intimidate may not be inferred solely from the act of burning the symbol, but shall be proven by independent evidence.

B. A person who violates this section is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.

If I had to speculate, this law was probably put in place against cross burning by the KKK or similar intimidating acts.

He was arrested on suspicion of unlawful symbol burning, but I can’t find any updates on the case, which likely means he was not prosecuted for it.

I can’t find any more cases besides this and someone being jailed for 11 years for burning a bible. In Egypt.

What ideology did he promote?

Being against Judaism is not the same as being a Nazi whatsoever, so your analogy is just incorrect on a fundamental level. And frankly, it’s so obvious that it feels like a bad faith argument.

And yes, if you had relatives killed by jewish (religion, not ethnicity) people justified by their religion, it would be completely in your right to burn their religious text.

Hell, you’re in your right to go burn any religious texts you want without a reason. (Not recommended in Islamic countries, might lead to a severe case of a death penalty).

How do you know anyone is a verified adult? A 17 year old can look like a 22 year old. Should we ban all porn unless its of verified adults? Should one need a license to use their body in pornography?

Do you verify everyone to be of age in all pornographic material you consume? Unless you do, there is a decent chance you’ve unknowingly seen pornographic content involving someone just not quite of age.

To answer your question more directly, pornography companies where images usually originate obviously don’t hire underage actors. Sites for posting/selling self pornography also require documents, but that’s pretty prone to forgery.

When it comes to self posting on social media, all bets are off. Someone not quite of age can post pornography of themselves on twitter or reddit or they can even post it on self hosted blog.

So you have 2 solutions: Ban all pornography of people who would be asked for a driver’s license when they are buying alcohol. So probably like 30+ years of age. Requires a government license to post pornography of self, which would also require disclosing your legal name and other identifiable information when posting pornography.

Or we can continue being pragmatic and use our best judgement while understanding that our perception can’t tell who is 17 years and 363 days old and who just turned 18.