luddybuddy

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[–] luddybuddy@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oops, sorry. This outlet is worker owned so I wouldn’t want to bypass that.

[–] luddybuddy@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Here's the full text of the indictment: https://hellgatenyc.com/read-the-eric-adams-indictment-here/

Anybody know what's up with this Turkish connection? My assumption is that it's mob and or nepotism stuff rather than political stuff. I don't think Turkey has any real interest in NYC politics. Is it just that well-connected Turkish people own venues in NYC and they get their political patrons to donate to Adams? Is there something more funny/interesting going on?

[–] luddybuddy@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

OT: Slavoj’s shirt is so long he doesn’t need pants. Why he do this??

[–] luddybuddy@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What’s the commie consensus on camera enforcement? It seems to work really well but also surveillance sucks.

[–] luddybuddy@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago

Absolutely. It’s better with WFH as I have started to just browse the polygon mammal site or do laundry when this happens, but I used to really struggle in the office, feeling like I need to look busy.

[–] luddybuddy@hexbear.net 56 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Weirdly I was doing the same to various other texts “stop arming Israel” etc and they didn’t stop until I sent the single word “stop”

[–] luddybuddy@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

Ugh you’re right I clearly don’t read enough r/AITA

[–] luddybuddy@hexbear.net 20 points 3 months ago (3 children)

This guy either does not know binary or has a weird idea of what constitutes a child

[–] luddybuddy@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

Maoist girlfriend probably already owns a film studio

 

Reading Giblin and Doctorow’s Chokepoint Capitalism and they used a term “freedom of contract” I hadn’t heard before, and which I realized that I have over-valued in my brain.

I’ve already broken through in a few spots, for instance employment contracts can obviously be exploitative and workers have little ability to negotiating the terms on their own.

Or bank loans, not because of the negotiation so much as the moral stigma attached to defaulting on loans. I can see that the bank took a risk, they can take the consequences too. Why add moral consequences to an action that already carries financial consequences?

I think this loans issue comes back to an association of business contracts with social promises, which I’ve spent some time breaking down.

The employment issue is another kettle of frogs. That comes back to consent and whether a person who is not entirely free can consent. I guess that’s the whole point of a revolution though. Any attempt to make contract law fairer to respect the fact that some parties are signing under duress will be thorny, because all people are under duress under capitalism.

There’s barely a question in there, but … thoughts?

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