prospect.org Neoliberalism: Political Success, Economic Failure
The invisible hand is more like a thumb on the scale for the world’s elites. That’s why market fundamentalism has been unmasked as bogus economics but keeps winning politically.
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Yes, wasn't it studied that psychopathy is the #1 trait to get to the top in a capitalist setting?
Aren't you describing a coop?
One of the aspects of socialism is that production is undertaken to fulfill a social need, not to generate profit. But yes, I think you can have markets under a socialist system of production... but I'm no expert.
Free education and universal healthcare are not socialist in themselves.
Sure they are: production is undertaken to fulfill a social need.
That's right, “socialism for the rich, rugged individualism for the poor.” as MLK Jr. said.
Good point. So why do we have wage slavery instead of everyone being involved in coops?
Do you think this is true about socialism?
Socialism will never work because it’s founded on emancipation, and you can’t force people to emancipate themselves. That would be the opposite of emancipation.
I’m not sure if this is a quote, I can’t remember where I heard it.
"Emancipation" in this case meaning emancipation from wage slavery.
Belgium: "Best I can do is continue both-sidesing a genocide"
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Narrator: it does not work on Lemmy
So they are going to change their electoral tactics, right?
Right????
Does !remindme work on Lemmy?
How do you appreciate something before it's gone?
I don't mean in an intellectual or logical sense.
Ok thanks, I'll check it out.
The incognito with no extensions. That should produce a pretty unique fingerprint.
Thanks. Extensions like CanvasBlocker probably mess with the JS, could that be what's making me get blocked?
Good idea but doesn't that expose you to tracking via browser fingerprint?
Yes! This works, thanks!
Would it be possible to host all the terabytes of DIY videos that are on YouTube currently or would it be more of a "start from scratch" situation? And as an aside- is it legal to do so or is there an issue with copyright and ownership? I doubt that the videos on YouTube belong to the creators but hopefully I'm wrong.
What's your browser setup if you don't mind sharing?
Great, thank you.
That's a good strategy if you're into movies but I'm looking for more DIY/repair videos, mostly about tech.
Nearly all the media I consume is text based and works without JS.
Yea, well, I bet you still jerk off manually
How can one consume media these days with any sort of privacy?
With a privacy protecting setup, the mainstream internet is almost unusable. To sign up for social media or even a gmail account, one has to provide a phone number for verification. Youtube doesn’t work when not signed into a Google account, or if one is connected to a VPN. Even downloader programs like yt-dlp and freyr have been rendered useless by the strict access controls of the major platforms. There is a vast amount of community, DIY, and educational material of all sorts behind these platform walls, so how can someone who doesn’t want to be tracked access any of it these days?
There are alternatives like archive.org and peertube which are wonderful but have nowhere near the amount of content that people have been uploading to YouTube over the years. For example, if I need to fix a washing machine and there is a tutorial on YouTube, how can I see it while still preserving a modicum of privacy online?
How can one consume media these days with any sort of privacy?
With a privacy protecting setup, the mainstream internet is almost unusable. To sign up for social media or even a gmail account, one has to provide a phone number for verification. Youtube doesn't work when not signed into a Google account, or if one is connected to a VPN. Even downloader programs like yt-dlp and freyr have been rendered useless by the strict access controls of the major platforms. There is a vast amount of community, DIY, and educational material of all sorts behind these platform walls, so how can someone who doesn't want to be tracked access any of it these days?
There are alternatives like archive.org and peertube which are wonderful but have nowhere near the amount of content that people have been uploading to YouTube over the years. For example, if I need to fix a washing machine and there is a tutorial on YouTube, how can I see it while still preserving a modicum of privacy online?
Great primer on neoliberalism that explains a lot about how we got to where we are.
prospect.org Neoliberalism: Political Success, Economic Failure
The invisible hand is more like a thumb on the scale for the world’s elites. That’s why market fundamentalism has been unmasked as bogus economics but keeps winning politically.
But the era of depressed wages has actually seen a decline in rates of productivity growth. Conversely, does any serious person think that the inflated pay of the financial moguls who crashed the economy accurately reflects their contribution to economic activity?
and other such bangers.