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@ringo

Its a great hobby, plus has the added advantage of keeping you single :)

@Science

@TheCzar 73

Finally got my station back on the air!

@Science #Ham #HamRadio #RF #radio #amateurradio #EE #electronics #kenwood #yeasu

@lupyuen China is a disgrace when it comes to civil rights, seriously :(

@josias@theres.life

QOTO's is also at the server level if you wish, or can be at the individual level, or a combination of both. For example I can pull up just theres.life timeline as its own feed on QOTO, or I can combine multiple servers.

Basically same idea as your neighboorhood (by the sound of it) except more flexible.

@realcaseyrollins @QOTO @jwinnie@theres.life @life

@popolon

China is probably one of the biggest violator of human rights today.. The only people who live there and feel strong support for their government are those who want extreme conformity. Even just being a muslim and a chinese citizen can get you put in a reeducation camp. You will have a real hard time painting them as the "good guys" after the things some people I know have went through at the hands of the chinese government.

@lupyuen

@lupyuen

Anytime the government says or does anything to make their own citizens scared always be suspicious of their motives. Fear is how governments get popular support for otherwise unpopular things and they know it.

@popolon

@Zest Thank you.

Well let me start by saying that governments can only go so far. In the end if you want a eutopian society where everyone lifts up everyone else, that is a social change not a government one.

That said, my own theory of an ideal government doesnt really exist in any proposals I ever heard. The idea would be that instead of people voting for representatives directly they would vote for outcomes (for example people might vote to make unemployment the most important factor). Then the politician that has the best history of achieving that in their jurisdiction would be elected. Likewise when reelection comes up we would look directly at how well they achieved their goal and that would determine if they get another term or not

Obviously the details are way more complex than all that, but thats the general gist of it.

@Zest indeed, economic theory is one of my interests, and even did some novel contributions to the field that are still used by some.

@lupyuen I <3 1984 (also a decent movie). I can see the comparison also.

@popolon

@bespectacled239

Well if you know german, by all means, read the original in german. I think the main ideas are pretty common knowledge. I think it might help by reading up on what "the means of production" means as that is a central theme.

@CrosshairElephant

@bespectacled239

The communist manifesto would be the start of it all yea.

Just keep in mind as with all debunked theories they may sound good on paper but there is a reason they dont work in practice. So its equally important to read economic theory and why communism inevitably has always and will always cause mass starvations and ultimately collapse.

Balance your reading on both sides. But by all means, start with the theory as proposed and go from there. for that you've picked a decent enough starting point.

@CrosshairElephant

@hoakelenli

Socialism always refers to places like soviet russia... As several prime ministers of europe have already went public stating multiple times, the EU and its member countries are not a socialism, they are all capitalist nations

@Zest

@icedquinn Xeolololigist

@digital_carver Does ASL count as a culture? They obviously have one :)

@lucifargundam Good PSA!

@lucifargundam Everything is healthy, its what you do with it that isnt... for example pineapples are healthy, sticking one up your ass, not so healthy.

@lucifargundam If everything with a hole in it was a bagel then your head is a bagel too :)