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Glide
joined 2 years ago
Played the entire thing start to finish last night. The new content is incredible, as expected.
Come for the quirky, one-button rhythm game. Stay for the character driven story about the weight of the expectations we place on ourselves and each other, and the way that effects our mental health, physical health, relationships, and worldview.
Maduro is widely considered a dictator, leading an authoritarian government characterized by electoral fraud, serious human rights abuses, rampant corruption, and severe economic hardship.
The UN Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela concluded that the country's justice system independence has been deeply eroded; the mission also identified frequent due process violations, including political external interference and the admission of evidence through torture. Most Venezuelan television channels are controlled by the state, and information unfavourable to the government is not covered completely.
C'mon, man. If you want to play some "the facts available about him are lies" angle, I'd still think you're full of shit and move on with my life, but at least our disagreement would be a matter of belief rather than fact. You're going to read that and argue that it doesn't describe a fascist? While saying that my history degree leaves me unread on the subject?
Go fuck yourself, dude.
Between 2013 and 2023, Venezuela dropped 42 places in the Press Freedom Index. According to estimations by the United Nations (UN) and Human Rights Watch, under Maduro's administration, more than 20,000 people have been subject to extrajudicial killings and seven million Venezuelans have been forced to flee the country.
If you don't describe that as fascism, you are the problem.
Beginning his working life as a bus driver, Maduro rose to become a trade union leader before being elected to the National Assembly in 2000.
Finally, a grass roots, socialist, politician.
Between 2013 and 2023, Venezuela dropped 42 places in the Press Freedom Index. According to estimations by the United Nations (UN) and Human Rights Watch, under Maduro's administration, more than 20,000 people have been subject to extrajudicial killings and seven million Venezuelans have been forced to flee the country.
...well, nevermind then.
I was unfamiliar with him before now. God damn.
Yeah, interesting article, but in the context of being posted on Lemmy, I'm immediately left asking questions on the intent here. "Zelensky did a bad thing" is the kind of domino started that some people in these parts would use to start the "and this is why Russia has to murder civilians" discussion.
Confirmation bias can be a hell of a drug.
Dude's 79. Waking up and getting out of bed is a major medical crisis.
Then I believe you I missed the comparison.
I'm not suggesting that in both cases, a government is doing things to make "bad choices" harder. I'm suggesting that in both cases a government is disproportionately punishing the less wealthy to get what it wants. In neither case does the government gives a shit if you, individually, lead a healthier life or have a child. It wants you to generate more wealth for the country, whether that be by demanding less for health care costs or by producing the next worker drone.
The point in the sugar tax comparison, a real thing that happened in parts of Canada by the way, is that the government should be reducing the costs of the healthy choices, not making the unhealthy choices more expensive, as people were largely turning to unhealthy choices because they were cheaper and do not have the wealth to make better choices. Likewise, if the Chinese government wants to improve the birth rate of its population, they should make childcare more affordable and look to give parents more wealth/time, not attempt to punish them financially for preventing a pregnancy. Punishing a population that is making the choice you don't want them to make out of necessity isn't the solution to get them to make the choice you want. "Poor tax" is never a good solution, and that's what the comparison is: two versions of "poor tax."
I know it's funny to insinuate that brain damage caused people to become conservatives, but I think we should accept that the culture around aggressive, full-contact sports tends to be conservative to start with. Surround yourself with that culture day-in, day-out, and before long you find yourself ingrained in more than just their favorite sports.
But I mean, that doesn't mean it's not the brain damage. A thing can be more than one thing.
This is some "people aren't choosing healthy food, so raise the taxes on sugar" shit.
How about building a society and economy where having children doesn't feel like an overwhelming detriment to the parent's and child's well-being?
I got curious and started Googling. Apparently China has VERY recently created a subsidy for parents, and finally begun creating support for early childhood care centers, which have traditionally been apparently prohibitively expensive due to privatization (In MY "Communist" China?). It's good to see there is some actual social progress being implement alongside the hair-brained capitalist schemes that only serve to do harm to the poorest classes. But hey, fuck the points if it keeps the economy going, right?
The only war is class war.
I really hope this is some kind of poorly thought out gag.
So that's, what, 4/7 at a quick glance? If I had less to do I'd dig in a little and see if he fits the other three. Unfortunately, a spat on Lemmy isn't really worth the time.
It's not my job to teach you what words mean, and yet here I am. This will be my last good-faith response. If you're just here to troll, do it elsewhere.