Yet he opposes the mechanisms that would facilitate this, namely a wealth tax and Universal Basic Income (UBI).
Yes, technology - when democratized - can lead to better lives for people. When It is only capitalized, it tends to do the opposite.
We need countries phasing OUT the death penalty, not new ones starting!
Enraged? Yes. Surprised though?
What a pointless question. There’s literally nothing we could hope to learn from examining his specific DNA.
This is like how some scientist stole Einstein’s brain to see what made him so smart and didn’t find anything. Pointless.
The fact that this is being used as an argument against right to privacy is an ad absurdum strawman.
It’s pretty depressing as an American that most news websites choose to not be available in Europe because they cannot pass basic privacy requirements.
What about one mosquito with six guns?
All these years we’ve been using skeletons for spooky decorations, when the muscular system was right there the whole time!
is this Low Quality Facts?
No, they already have Metapedia for that.
Holy shit. We know that ChatGPT has a propensity to facilitate suicidal ideation, and has led to suicides. It not only fails to direct suicidal individuals to the proper help, but actually advances people toward taking action.
How many people has this killed?
I am a depression survivor. Depression is a disease and it can be deadly, but there is help.
If you are having suicidal thoughts, you can get help by texting or calling 988 in North America, or text ‘SHOUT’ to 85258 in the UK.
Yep, if China is selling of its US bonds, they we have to ask who is going to buy them. Overall weakens the USD.
I think you just made my point, but harder. Debt is actually great for “the lenders,” i.e. whoever buys treasury bonds. If the government wants to spend money on something, they have to issue a bond. The bondholders are paying for it. If you run out of bondholders, you have to increase the interest offered to make it more appealing than other investments.
It’s not just “moving numbers on a ledger.”
That would be essentially the same as printing more money,* which is what leads to hyperinflation and the collapse of economies. The higher the total debt, the more taxes go into paying interest on debt, rather than services (the nurses and water engineers mentioned above). There is a whole other discussion on where that spending on services spending should be prioritized.
Where does that Tax money go? Obviously it’s a payment to bondholders, which are generally wealthy individuals, corporations, or nations, but can also be held by the US Government (maybe that’s what you mean by “moving numbers on a ledger?”).
![Who owns US Debt? [pie chart]](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/37c7db49-fbee-4e2c-98cf-f7c6e9fdb79d.webp)
Edit: source
*The Fed does change the money supply through interest rates, which can generate inflation.
Debt is fine in a strong global economy, but it creates big problems when there is no market for the debt.
Someone is still paying for it - by buying Treasury bonds. The more debt, the more interest has to be paid to make it appealing. That means tax money going to pay (mostly wealthy) bondholders.
Trump gets paid so why should he care?
To the downvotes: this specifically bans religious dress. Don’t you think it’s a little too convenient that the majority religion is one that doesn’t incorporate any type of religious dress? This law is designed to have an outsized effect on people who wear a keffiyeh, yarmulke, hijab, or turban.
For anyone unfamiliar, this is just extending an already contentious, anti-religion law.
Statement from a Muslim civil rights group
By this measure, Putin, Xi, and Maduro are right wing.
Not saying it’s wrong, just extending it to the logical conclusion.