[-] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 18 points 3 weeks ago

You should be against genocide and not vote for genociders.

[-] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 month ago

Don't complain about me doing bad things or my buddy over here will do even worse.

[-] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's not really arguable, of course he is a liberal. He supports capitalism and its ideology.

He confuses people by saying that socialism is when you have universal government-funded healthcare and points to places like Norway, which is a capitalist country.

[-] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 month ago

The source for this article does not seem credible. The Zionist Entity's crimes are bad enough, there is no need to use shaky stuff like this. They are currently starving the population of Gaza, for example. Talk to any Palestinian and they will tell you how they have lost family members to bombings and disease in the last year. They go after basic civilian infrastructure with missiles. Hospitals. Bakeries.

[-] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 months ago

Israel just assassinated the person they were supposed to be negotiating with. In Iran. Now they issue a press release "warning" Iran not to respond.

This is just genocide supporters playing a PR game.

[-] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 17 points 4 months ago

The NLRA was a response to militant labor organizing. While it seems like a capitulation at first, in reality it was a coups for ruling class interests and the bosses. Under the new regime, organized labor became much more legalized, entirely under the control of the anti-labor government, and could be robbed of its more radical elements that pushed for escalatory direct action, sympathy strikes, and wider coordination. The NLRA emphasized the worst aspects of trade unionism while weakening the best.

So basically, yeah. And here's hoping to its delegitimization.

[-] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 17 points 4 months ago

They're also not even the same category. Organic vs. non was about what kinds of chemicals amwere allowed to be added. Herbicides, pesticides, that kind of thing. GMOs are about whether a certain technology was used to genetically engineer the plants (artificial selection vs. the techniques of molecular biology). But they get all mixed up together as a result of marketing and a public that does not receive information any other way.

There are dangers with GMOs but they're about farming sustainability and corporate power, particularly the use of IP law. The food itself, so far, is perfectly safe.

Also, organic food is not necessarily safer. You can still put fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides on organic crops, you're just restricted to the use of certain kinds. You still need to wash organic produce to get rid of potential residue.

[-] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 16 points 4 months ago

Yes you can. You just change the license that lives with the code.

What it changes depends on the project, how it's used, who uses it, etc. It's really a social question of how people might interact with your project differently.

[-] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 19 points 4 months ago

Countries like the UK weaponize aid. It's not simple charity, it is another means by which to exert power. You can see it right now with the defunding of UNRWA, the blockade of Gaza, sitting by while Israel blocks aid. It is part of a pressure campaign.

It also acts as PR.

As Thomas Sankara said, "he who feeds you, controls you".

This is why Western powers react negatively when other countries seek food sovereignty.

[-] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 17 points 4 months ago

Is there any chance you'd want to, at least in part, get away from the instant hit of info? It's possible to train your brain out of that habit if you'd rather be doing something else. No judgment if you'd really rather find something Iike you described.

[-] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 16 points 4 months ago

Yes and it's still a non-functional PR pier.

[-] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 18 points 4 months ago

Israel is a Western project.

In terms of who the propaganda is meant for and works on, it's really an internal-facing apparatus handing down false or misleading information and narratives (and censoring true or clarifying information and narratives). The peddlers are ruling class interests that usually span Israel and Western countries, not existing in just one. Large corporations, the military, your local cops, PR firms, think tanks, lobbyists, etc etc.

While Israelis have a pretty fucked up culture and I'm not letting them off the hook, the primary divide in terms of who is creating propaganda vs. consuming it is ruling class vs. everyone else.

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