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TiredTiger

@ TiredTiger @lemmy.ml

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  • the US road system mapped by deaths

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  • Rural areas tend to require 4-wheel drive more often, which tends to be offered more often on SUVs and the like (the added clearance doesn't hurt). But cars across the board in the US have been getting larger for the last 30 years, to the point it's even causing problems with road maintenance. The more compact vehicles common in Asian and European cities are often not even sold in the US anymore.

  • Yeah those protests and votes will sure show capitalism! 2nd amendment? whats that? sounds AuThOrITarIAn

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  • Meanwhile they pay a huge portion in premiums only to be denied coverage when they actually need it. Somehow the 'death panels' are a-okay as long as they're the boards of for-profit hospitals or insurance companies. The contradictions are sharpening though (see the doctor shortage) and I think all but the most brainwashed are waking up. You only have to look at the overwhelmingly positive reception Luigi got to see that.

  • Yeah those protests and votes will sure show capitalism! 2nd amendment? whats that? sounds AuThOrITarIAn

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  • The message that this is as good as it can possibly be is hammered into people from all sides. It is, I would argue, one of the key tenets of all forms of idealism, and serves the interests of the powers that be. People who don't believe that better is possible are much less likely to try to rise up and make things better.

  • 60% of PC gamers have no plans to build a new PC in the next two years — AI pricing crunch on RAM and other components paralyze enthusiast market

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  • So long as you're not interested in playing AAA titles on release with max graphics, you can go quite a while between builds. I got over a decade on my last one, and will probably do the same with my current machine.

  • Signal to Ottawa: We'll Leave Canada Before We Help You Spy on Users

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  • You can import the repo into F-Droid.

  • Am I the only one that believe the US has to go through some sort of painful transition/civil war/revolution to fix it? Is reforms from Democrats enough?

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  • The other actually existing socialist states: Cuba, the DPRK, Vietnam, and Laos.

  • the US road system mapped by deaths

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  • Rural areas also have less well-maintained roads, poorer lighting, and more wildlife that may run into the road, in addition to requiring more driving because everything is further apart.

  • Am I the only one that believe the US has to go through some sort of painful transition/civil war/revolution to fix it? Is reforms from Democrats enough?

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  • So it does. The future isn't set in stone, for better or worse. The empire can do its damnedest to try to delay socialism, but it cannot stop it - of that I remain convinced.

  • “Too Dangerous to Release” — Or Just Too Expensive? The Real Reason Anthropic Is Hiding Its Most Powerful AI

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  • This is the one. If all these big companies make it clear that AGI isn't right around the corner, the gravy train is going to derail, and we can't have that, now, can we?

  • Am I the only one that believe the US has to go through some sort of painful transition/civil war/revolution to fix it? Is reforms from Democrats enough?

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  • I have hope for the third world, at least. I'm much more cautious about the fate of the working class in the heart of the imperial core.

  • Am I the only one that believe the US has to go through some sort of painful transition/civil war/revolution to fix it? Is reforms from Democrats enough?

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  • Am I the only one that believe the US has to go through some sort of painful transition/civil war/revolution to fix it? Is reforms from Democrats enough?

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  • The bourgeoisie will not allow their power to be voted away. There's a reason the choices in the voting booth are always so narrow; you're only allowed to vote for a candidate that they've pre-approved and bankrolled. Vote or don't, it doesn't actually matter.

    you could say the same of every democracy that has ever existed, and yet they did (and do) exist.

    I have a feeling we would disagree as to which countries are actually democracies.

  • Am I the only one that believe the US has to go through some sort of painful transition/civil war/revolution to fix it? Is reforms from Democrats enough?

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  • Agreed. The DNC is bought and paid for.

    Edit to add: I think I was unclear. In my previous comment "them" referred to the general public, not the Democrats.

  • Am I the only one that believe the US has to go through some sort of painful transition/civil war/revolution to fix it? Is reforms from Democrats enough?

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  • I think you may be right. I just hope we can get them to move left instead of right. Nate Bear's recent post really gave me pause, because I know a lot of people who want to maintain their treats above all else. I want to have some faith in humanity, but we're definitely going to have our work cut out for us, I think.

  • USA elections be like

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  • Voting helped install people who at least rendered some degree of aid, which again is better than the literally nothing that refusing to vote accomplishes.

    I sure hope you're not referring to USAID here. It was a weapon, not a charity organization.

  • Am I the only one that believe the US has to go through some sort of painful transition/civil war/revolution to fix it? Is reforms from Democrats enough?

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  • While that's true, I do think that neither of those camps is willing to so much as slide back into a welfare state (even with extra imperialism on the side). The DNC doesn't want any more Mamdanis (even though he's a socdem at best), and if they think this'll prevent that, they'll let it happen, no matter how much they claim to oppose it. If there were any possibility of an actual socialist being elected, we'd see way worse than this.

  • Am I the only one that believe the US has to go through some sort of painful transition/civil war/revolution to fix it? Is reforms from Democrats enough?

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  • The US has always been a project of the elite; US democracy was only ever a facade.

  • Am I the only one that believe the US has to go through some sort of painful transition/civil war/revolution to fix it? Is reforms from Democrats enough?

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  • American politics is kayfabe. If it hadn't been Lieberman, it would've just been someone else.

  • Am I the only one that believe the US has to go through some sort of painful transition/civil war/revolution to fix it? Is reforms from Democrats enough?

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  • If they thought we could vote our way into socialism, they wouldn't let us vote.

  • Yeah, well, I'm gonna go build my own lemmy. With blackjack and hookers! In fact forget the lemmy.

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  • Honestly, that's probably even more cringe than being a fed.