Skates

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[–] Skates@feddit.nl 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sounds like a them problem. Nintendo are assholes.

[–] Skates@feddit.nl 2 points 4 days ago

I mean, some support of reform in your congress and senate would be a good answer. Allowance from people outside the two anointed parties to come forward and propose good ideas even if they don't affiliate themselves with the oligarchs running things in the republican and democratic parties - fix that First Past The Post bullshit, you all know it's bad for you. Reform of how you count votes, gerrymandering is literally destroying your elections. Reform of how many representatives there are for each state - you're telling me even though California has 17 million more people than Florida, they have the same number of senators? Or maybe it'd be nice if your cops wouldn't be above the law and always getting away with murdering minorities, that would help. Or maybe reform of your education and healthcare systems, which feed all your money in the pockets of the same fucks who then force you into labor for the "luxury" of taking an ambulance to the hospital when you're sick, or earning a higher education. Reform of your for-profit prison system that jails minorities to further increase your class divide. Or reform of your diplomatic relations with countries known for genocide. Reform of so many different things... But I think most of all, it would really have sent a message if instead of making him president, you'd have just jailed the convicted felon that has ties to one of your biggest enemies. Cause otherwise you're just painting the picture that corruption has overtaken you.

And hey, it's not you as a person that is responsible for any of this. But this is how it looks like from the outside. Your majority has decided you're gonna be corrupt fucks for the next few years and that you as a nation are gonna exchange the lives of women for a red hat and a fake tan. If that's what the majority decides, that's the impression your country will leave. I'm truly sorry about it for the many actually reasonable people that are left. Perhaps now is a good time to consider emigration.

[–] Skates@feddit.nl 31 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (6 children)

"Hate never made America great" ? What the fuck are you even talking about? Your hate of commies launched you to the moon and made you a nuclear superpower. Your hate of the religious freedom in Europe caused you to invade another continent and cause genocide upon its inhabitants. Your hate of black people sparked a civil war that almost destroyed you as a country.

Hate is what defines you. As a reminder of the hate you perpetuate, your majority chose hate of women and minorities instead of throwing a known criminal in jail. Trump is the US. Hate is the US.

[–] Skates@feddit.nl 6 points 5 days ago (6 children)

Germans are allowed to shove their fingers in their ears and go "lalalala I can't hear you therefore it's not genocide". In fact, all of us are allowed to. It's just that most of those who aren't a cunt will choose not to. It seems Germans do not pass that particular filter.

[–] Skates@feddit.nl 2 points 1 week ago

It was getting in the way of people voting for the most populist person so they got rid of it. It's now replaced with a combination of pavlovian reward system + "stay in line" reminders, so that voters can go for the simplest campaign promise (eg: make america great again), without struggling to understand if the 'how' can actually accomplish the 'what'.

[–] Skates@feddit.nl 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Decree 770 [...] signed in 1967

Gen X in Romania is actually replaced by "decreței" - loosely translated as children of the decree. About 20 years later, they'd be just old enough to take part in the revolution that brought about Ceaușescu's execution and fast replacement with a former chief of the communist party's propaganda department, who had strong ties to Moscow.

[–] Skates@feddit.nl 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You think they're going to pay when they can just use force?

[–] Skates@feddit.nl 11 points 2 weeks ago

The thing about wrestling in the mud with a pig is that the pig likes it.

Pig tends to not like it as much if the end result is you cook some bacon.

Also, the thing about not wrestling in the mud with a pig is, you're bitch-made.

[–] Skates@feddit.nl 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

privately owned

Nah sorry, conversation ends there.

Cameras on private property don't affect you. Also, they are never because of the kindness of humanity. They're always because someone was a bad neighbor/bad tourist/bad human. You can wish all you want for the state to not have you under surveillance - that's fine. But if you wanna enter private property, you succumb to private rules. And if you don't wanna do that, you can stay out.

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