orrk

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[–] orrk@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

but the BILD owned magazine so nicely spread the propaganda

[–] orrk@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Apparently, this is a country of hatred, selfishness, and stupidity.

describes my time in the south well

[–] orrk@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

the American was not ready to hear what he heard

[–] orrk@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (4 children)

why would market electricity prices have any relation to what you pay on your power bill? turns out that companies will charge whatever they know they can, regardless of the cost of acquiring something to sell, should the cost of something be more than they know they can sell it for, they just won't sell it.

The idea that market prices influence what you pay for something is basically one of the main lies of supply side economics.

[–] orrk@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago

Capitalism was the one main force pushing for the end of slavery at the Contemporaneous Age. It’s basically the reason most of the world doesn’t have it anymore.

nope, ironically it wasn't the capitalist institutions, but rather religious institutions that called for an end to slavery

[–] orrk@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

an easy election victory over a deeply unpopular racist, sexist, homophobic oligarchically unapologetic candidate.

hate to be the one to break it too you, but that candidate is far from deeply unpopular, it's just factually not true.

[–] orrk@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

even less so,

"According to Young, though, the ultra-wealthy traditionally haven't migrated in droves following such tax hikes. Only %2.4 of U.S.-based millionaires move across state lines each year, roughly %15 of whom apparently do so for tax reasons. 'So it's like a small l fraction of a small fraction,' Young said.

https://sociology.cornell.edu/news/final-reading-flight-myth

[–] orrk@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Under current economic conditions, economic wealth is necessary for the functioning of the economy

is it required? to an extent, yes. but do we need 60% of everything to be owned by 10% of the population?

As for the Capital flight, that is a myth, even the implementation of straight wealth taxes don't see great multimillionaire migrations, because taxation isn't a very strong factor, in fact a golf course or tow is a stronger pull, example Scotland vs Ireland when the UK was still part of the EU saw more ultra wealthy live in Scotland, a region with a higher tax rate, than Ireland, primarily for golf courses.

[–] orrk@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (5 children)

ok, why should I care about the well off not getting to be quite the leaches they are now?

[–] orrk@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Opensuse has Mold on it because someone forgot it in an office locker.

IDK, you want to run by your statement again and get back to me?

[–] orrk@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

in a technical sense? yes.

in a practical sense? it's superficial, generally without any actual actions to address anything about it. they will praise a company for plopping rainbows on everything ONLY during the exact days of pride month while funding Christian gay conversion camps

[–] orrk@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

we were talking about OpenSuse

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