Being an outsider I thought non credible defence was just memes about military things, are they specifically pro US imperialism?

The difference is locks on doors truly are just security theatre in most cases.

Unless you’re the BiLock and it takes the LockPickingLawyer 3 minutes to pick it open.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f5uk6C1iDkQ

Yaaaaaaaaas queeeeen

😬

The state. It’s literally how this works in other countries. (Victoria, Australia, anyway)

Wait, this ISN’T how it works where you live?

Where I live (in Victoria, Australia), the bond is held in trust by the residential tenancies bond authority. At the end of the lease the landlord can try make a claim, but you can take them to VCAT (a small claims tribunal) to argue against it, and until either all parties agree, or the court orders it, the bond doesn’t get paid out to anyone.

Our laws are far from good, and still favour owners too much, but damn. Just trusting them to pay you out of their own pocket?

I’m waiting for my ban because they’ve been handing out some bans for “calls for violence” when people have talked about wishing there was more Luigi’s (in stronger language than this). Though depends on the mod.

Lemmy.ml probably isn’t my vibe either though, because while I’m way more favourable than the average person in the US or Australia towards China, and while I don’t think everyone on Lemmy.ml is a tankie, there is some serious rose tinted glasses being worn by some folk simply because the USSR and China have carried the communist banner.

Ridiculous, given how terribly inequitable Chinese society is. And how they’re not exactly models for others to follow. They’re in practically the same boat as us now, in this capitalist hellscape. In my case, I’d argue Australia has achieved more socialism than China has (thanks to the union movement, though, that’s waning these days…)

I’ll probably still move to Lemmy.ml at some point, if and when I’m banned on world 😅 just hope me calling people out when they’re engaging in “USA bad therefore China and Russia good” stupidity doesn’t get me banned.

I’ve viewed modlogs from lemmy.ml before, getting banned for being a reactionary is some wild shit. If not having a hard-on just because something claims to be socialist is being a reactionary, then damn

Yes, American propaganda is propaganda, but also: They’re both hugely powerful countries. It’s a bit naive to view either without healthy scepticism.

Just my perspective from a smaller country. I wish we weren’t the US’ little bitch (Australia) and think I do view China quite a lot more favourably than the average US or Australian citizen, but I think the first sentence in your meme is the healthy view here with practically any country.

The dude has responded to nazi accounts agreeing numerous times.

If it walks and talks like a Nazi, it probably thinks of itself as such.

I’ve tried to imagine how I would gesture ‘my heart goes out to you’ vibes. In no world can I imagine a down-turned, flat palm, fingers straight and all together at about 45° (Nazi salute).

Like, if you were to give some one something (your metaphorical heart) you’d hand it over palm up. Or if you’re metaphorically distributing it like sewing seeds you would again, throw it out, palm up, hands slightly closed. Or if you’re throwing it like sand, you would have your fingers apart by the end of the throw.

In no world, does this make any sense other being a Nazi salute.

Or he’s the most awkward, weird dude in history. That is also, true, but given his other behaviour, I dunno how this could be read in any other way.

Despite the unhappy circumstances, it’s kinda nice Chinese and Americans interacting on social media.

The fact this isn’t typically possible because of bans in China is not so nice. Neither is the fact the US is going down the same road instead of proper privacy laws.

But still, kinda nice

Not in isolation, no. We have it in Australia, but we’re not socialist.

But I’d say first past the post voting is antithetical to democracy and one ought to fight to remove it.

A stupid design in that case too, though. Make people need to sit in specific seats for their handedness… Smort

My work laptop’s graphics card maxes out at 4. I’m pretty sad about it.

I didn’t make any decision at all, since I don’t vote in US elections. But yeah, this is the trolley problem, and most people agree doing nothing to switch the track to the fewer people being affected is the worse option.

If you can point to an area where Kamala and the Democrats could be viewed as overall worse than Trump in a leftist’s point of view, by all means, do tell.

If not, you’re saying standing there and not switching the lever makes you righteous.

Which, in my opinion, is a stupid take.

Calling someon a Nazi for advocating pulling the lever, is an even more stupid take. You’re high on your own righteousness.

Yikes, I hope the weather is good there up on your moral high horse, where everyone who is a realist is a Nazi, where you prefer to do nothing over voting against a clearly worse candidate.

Calling Republican and Democratic policies the exact same is delusion.

I do not like or support the Democrats. They are supporting genocide in the middle east. No doubt about that.

I just think people, such as yourself, are deluded if you think not voting against Trump is somehow a logical decision, and makes you smart or morally superior. I hold those who had the chance to act to prevent Trump getting into power responsible for whatever more fucked up shit he does compared to the Democrats.

Again, luckily in my country, I don’t need to tactically vote, but the people in the US do.

If they don’t, they get Trump.

The actual Nazis are the ones who scapegoat groups of people as the cause of economic woes, crack down on “different” people, punish their political enemies, and make it even harder to vote them out. You can bet you ass that’s going to become more now under this next administration.

I will edit this comment later because I’m about to hop on my bike. Please recall you called me a fascist first, and in my opinion, very unreasonably.

On the bright side the democrats lost

This is why I’m saying you’re happy Trump won. This is functionally the same, because of first past the post voting system.

So, I will get back to your strange comments calling me a fascist because I dare be sad the democrats lost over Trump (if you’re not, yeah, as a leftist, that’s weird. When the choice is pretty right, and far right. There’s only one logical choice).

I live in Australia, where at least I have preferential voting (unfortunately single member electorates, which trends towards two parties), but if you live in the US, there was only one rational choice as a leftist, and it was the bloody democrats.

Just have to get home from work, so hang tight.

Firstly, I’m not in the US. Secondly, while I think the democrats are right-wing dipshits who’s climate action is way too little, it is at least barely something.

Trump is actively against any climate action whatsoever.

The democrats (the people in control, not lovely people like Bernie Sanders), have enabled Israel. But they can be somewhat, barely, reasoned with.

Trump is actively wants Palestinians dead.

This choice was 100% a case of lesser of two evils, and the US chose the greater.

You calling me a fascist is bizarre when you are happy Trump won over Kamala. (Again, not from the US, and I think everything there is super, duper right wing from my point of view)

I feel justified in commenting, because the US holds so much power over the rest of the world.

Fear is the path to the dark side.

I feared because of all the .world vs .ml rhetoric, and it lead me to the darkside to assume.

Thanks Master.

If you live in the US, and are left leaning (by international, no US standards) then I’m really not sure how this logic tracks.

You’re happy the racist got elected? The one who said Israel must “finish the problem”.

Yeah, what a win for Palestine 👍

And what a win for the world on climate. Woooowee