Never forget that conservatives think when push comes to shove, they will be exempt from following the rules of suffering they created. As long as it is not themselves or a loved one suffering, they will never care.
Also important: A lot of conservatives see women like pets, whose reproductive freedom is something they decide for them. You would never consult your dog if you bring them to vet for a sterilisation after all, and why would you? Objections of your pet would just get in the way of your decision. For republicans, the only difference between a dog and a women is that one cant, the other shouldnt allowed to vote.
In the end, like always, conservatism is antithetical to happiness and progression of the human race.
I never understood why it’s looked down upon to purchase goods from online retailers and big department stores, especially if it’s significantly cheaper. Local businesses up charge their goods like crazy to stay afloat, but I’m not a rich man. Why in the world should I pay more from my own pocket to help support your local...
There is a pretty good reasons why shopping local is better in the long run:
The money you put in stays local in large parts or entirely and keeps the comminuty alive, paying peoples jobs, who in turn pay other people once they buy local.
Large companies siphon the communities wealth away until there is nothing left, before closing shop and running of to the next victim, leaving empoverisht people behind.
The effect is compounding. The more local shops close, the more other jobs dissappear and the less people have. Then they are forced to move away or buy less in general. Other firms cant hold their workers and have to cut down wages, or let people go due to reduced business operstion because no one can afford their services, continuing the spiral.
At the end of that process, all you will find are dollar-stores and junkfood-chains in your area. It happened a few times already and the effect is well understood.
TLDR: Shopping local is good for the community, buying everything online is siphoning money away from it instead.
US lawmakers have voted for fresh assistance for Taiwan, allowing the island to upgrade its military hardware. Taiwan’s president-elect says it will “safeguard peace,” but China says it raises the risk of war....
In China, real-estate and owning a home is a big show or success in life and therefore highly desirable.
Over the years the construction sector ran rampant, building homes faster then they could be sold by banks to bidders. A lot of these homes are so shoddy, they are starting to fall appart while people are living inaide them (google “tofu-buildings” and see for yourself, its horrific).
With high ammounts of corruption and in-party dealings, China continued to overbuild, using up massive ammounts of concrete on buildings with the lifespan of an average laptop. If they would build highly efficient buildings to house the massive population with high quality and affordable rooms, that would probably justity the high us of concrete and material.
But they are not…
And here we are now, locked in a perpetual cycle of building and breaking stuff, because a lot of finances and political positions are entwined with constructionnand lland-dealings.
The CCP could intervene, they are the fake-communist authoritarian rulers after all and their word is law. Im just not sure they want to. Or know how.
German teenagers and young adults find themselves increasingly unsatisfied and likely to vote for the far right, according to a survey. Fears about prosperity are highlighted as a possible cause....
There is currently a massive movement against the far-right in Germany
Revently a meeting was leaked, where the AfD went just mask-out-the-window and openly talked about deportation (They call it “Remigration”) of German Citicens who are the children of immigrants.
After that the vague threats to society have become tangible for a lot of people. Now an ever increasing ammount of the general public is turning against the AfD, who is further slipping into fascism as a reaction, prompting usuql fascist infighting and splitting.
Unlike in the US our judicial system is not quite as bad, but, with all things German, burocratic processes are quite slow. Also a lot of parties dont want to cooperate with the AfD in any regard, even the center-right (CDU) is having issues.
From the outside it looks bleaker then it is in reality, but the danger is still very real
Forcing someone other than yourself to suffer because of your morals is sociopathic.
An accurate description of conservatives who will, Im very sure of that, fight to never make this a reality in other parts of the world.
Just look at abortion or trans-rights to get peek into the right-wings barely functional mind on these topics. This will be all the same again, because they just hate you.
For a time now I heard that the UK is a dying empire, desperatly clinging on to a version long gone and being stuck in the past.
In wake of recent anti-trans legislation, Brexit, migration-panics and general declining lifestile, I tend to agree with the statement. The UK is falling behind rapidly, but instead of combating that with progressive policy, the embrace of conservtaive ideas like this will just accelerate the decay.
I just hope Scotland and northern Ireland can get out before its too late.
MAPs are NOT and have never been part of the LGBTQI+ Community
Thats like you putting on a lab-coat and strolling into an operating room, claiming to be there to do a surgery. To the confused look of everyone involved.
Its deliberately dishonest and a repeated argument to discredit the movement. It should be common knowledge at this point, but the right-wing never bothered with the truth.
Remember: Its always projection! The most pedo stuff is going on in the church and religious / conservative homes
Wenn Scholz zum wichtigsten Handelspartner Deutschlands reist (2023 wurden Waren im Wert von über einer Viertelbillion Euro gehandelt), lässt er sich, wie schon seine Vorgängerin Angela Merkel, von einer großen Wirtschaftsdelegation begleiten. Nach Informationen von Reuters sollen unter anderem die Chefs von Siemens, Bayer,...
The Idaho Freedom Foundation has gone beyond the education culture wars by targeting local bond and levy elections, which districts rely on heavily to build and repair schools....
For years it has shown the way on how to deal with these things, just look at statistics, measurable tests and their results.
But conservatives, who again just hate other humans for being living proof that their antics need to finally die out. Your queer existence is a danger to their paper-thin ego, so you need to die. Because being wrong is just not an option to them.
To say that research failed is simply wrong and always has been.
Er baute eine Bombe und drohte Passanten: Die Staatsanwaltschaft geht davon aus, dass ein 36-Jähriger mit einem Sprengsatz gezielt Menschen töten wollte. In seiner Wohnung wurden demnach rechtsextreme Schriftstücke gefunden....
By sheer statistical coincidence, something has to stick eventually. Maybe its this one at last.
Also please do a live broadcast of the trial, that would be great. Love to see him spewing more incriminating statements when he cant help himself be Hitler again…
Es ist ein Urteil mit Signalwirkung: Eine Gruppe Schweizer Seniorinnen erringt vor dem Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte einen Sieg. Das Land habe nicht genug für den Klimaschutz getan. Zwei weitere Klagen blieben erfolglos....
Ab jetzt könnte sich jeder Staat nun strafbar machen, wenn er nicht genug fürs Klima tut, sogar mit einem Verstoß gegen die Menschenrechte.
Schnerzhafte Konsequenzen und Strafen sind ein gutes Mittel, um Oragnisationen (und vor allem vielleicht bald große Unternehmen…) dazu anzuhalten dieses Problem ernst zu nehmen.
Mit etwas Glück können wir so auch einigen der schlimmsten Umweltsündern unter den Staaten etwas Feuer ans Haus legen, damit wir nicht alle verbrennen.
Die digitale Vernetzung ist noch nicht Teil des Alltags vieler Menschen geworden und das sollte dringend geändert werden. Mich überrascht es jedenfalls nicht, das wir noch so viel mit Papier hantieren wenn ich sowas lese.
Das Ganze klingt sehr nach einem dringenden Apell die Digitalisierung weiter voranzubringrn und Menschen den Umgang mit dem Ijternet beizubringen. Und nicht weiter an staubigen Papierakten festzuhalten “weil das schon immer so war.”
Bisher gelten Schwangerschaftsabbrüche in Deutschland laut Strafgesetzbuch grundsätzlich als rechtswidrig. Eine Kommission empfiehlt nach SPIEGEL-Informationen der Ampel nun eine Änderung, ebenso bei Leihmutterschaften und Eizellspenden....
Finanzminister Lindner zeigt sich überzeugt: Die Wirtschaft benötigt neue Impulse, um wieder zu wachsen. Dazu gehört für ihn auch die Arbeitseinstellung der Deutschen....
Wird Zeit dass er und die ganzen anderen neoliberalen Deppen seiner Partei an der 5%-Hürde kleben bleiben. Ich kann diese politischen Saboteure nicht mehr sehen, wie sie dauernd was blockieren und den Menschen schaden.
Im tipping my hat to the creator for predicting the near future if a beloved character who is now open for public use. They saw the opportunity and grabbed it firmly
Conservatives Weave Anti-Abortion Fantasyland To Allow Emergency Room Abortion Bans (talkingpointsmemo.com)
Supporting local businesses by paying more is incredibly stupid
I never understood why it’s looked down upon to purchase goods from online retailers and big department stores, especially if it’s significantly cheaper. Local businesses up charge their goods like crazy to stay afloat, but I’m not a rich man. Why in the world should I pay more from my own pocket to help support your local...
China decries fresh US military aid for Taiwan (www.dw.com)
US lawmakers have voted for fresh assistance for Taiwan, allowing the island to upgrade its military hardware. Taiwan’s president-elect says it will “safeguard peace,” but China says it raises the risk of war....
The environmental cost of China's addiction to cement (www.bbc.com)
The use of concrete exploded to fuel China’s rise. Now the costs of this weighty material are being counted....
Pessimistic young Germans turning to far right, says study (www.dw.com)
German teenagers and young adults find themselves increasingly unsatisfied and likely to vote for the far right, according to a survey. Fears about prosperity are highlighted as a possible cause....
Psychologist becomes first person in Peru to die by euthanasia after yearslong court fight (www.nbcnews.com)
Ana Estrada fought successfully in court to obtain the right to decide when to end her life with the help of medical professionals....
UK passes bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda (www.theguardian.com)
Lawyers prepare for legal battles on behalf of individual asylum seekers challenging removal to east Africa...
Horseshoe (lemmy.ml)
Anti-LGBTQ+ bills keep failing. Could the tide be turning? (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Amazon builds AI model to optimize packaging (chainstoreage.com)
Left Unity (lemmy.world)
Am Samstag reist der Bundeskanzler mit einer Wirtschaftsdelegation nach Peking. Können ökonomische Argumente Xi Jingping überzeugen, Putin fallen zu lassen? (taz.de) German
Wenn Scholz zum wichtigsten Handelspartner Deutschlands reist (2023 wurden Waren im Wert von über einer Viertelbillion Euro gehandelt), lässt er sich, wie schon seine Vorgängerin Angela Merkel, von einer großen Wirtschaftsdelegation begleiten. Nach Informationen von Reuters sollen unter anderem die Chefs von Siemens, Bayer,...
The influential conservative group making it harder for Idaho districts to fix their schools (www.propublica.org)
The Idaho Freedom Foundation has gone beyond the education culture wars by targeting local bond and levy elections, which districts rely on heavily to build and repair schools....
Children failed by NHS amid toxic debate on gender identity, major review finds (www.independent.co.uk)
Major report warns ‘polarisation and stifling of debate’ has not only let children down but hampered medical and scientific progress in the area...
Bombenfund in Halle an der Saale: Verdächtiger plante offenbar terroristischen Anschlag (www.spiegel.de) German
Er baute eine Bombe und drohte Passanten: Die Staatsanwaltschaft geht davon aus, dass ein 36-Jähriger mit einem Sprengsatz gezielt Menschen töten wollte. In seiner Wohnung wurden demnach rechtsextreme Schriftstücke gefunden....
Analysis: Trump is just days from his first criminal trial after latest legal gambit fails | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Ken Buck knocks ‘Moscow Marjorie’ Taylor Greene (thehill.com)
Arrests Expose Rift Between N.Y.P.D. and ‘Violence Interrupters’ (www.nytimes.com)
Archived at ghostarchive.org/archive/F5lre
Menschenrechtsgerichtshof: Erste Klimaklage in Straßburg erfolgreich (www.tagesschau.de) German
Es ist ein Urteil mit Signalwirkung: Eine Gruppe Schweizer Seniorinnen erringt vor dem Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte einen Sieg. Das Land habe nicht genug für den Klimaschutz getan. Zwei weitere Klagen blieben erfolglos....
Mehr als drei Millionen Menschen in Deutschland offline (www.tagesschau.de) German
Paragraf 218: Kommission empfiehlt Legalisierung von Schwangerschaftsabbrüchen (www.spiegel.de) German
Bisher gelten Schwangerschaftsabbrüche in Deutschland laut Strafgesetzbuch grundsätzlich als rechtswidrig. Eine Kommission empfiehlt nach SPIEGEL-Informationen der Ampel nun eine Änderung, ebenso bei Leihmutterschaften und Eizellspenden....
"a feminist community for men" doesn't sound very liberating
Why are we continuing to use biased language?
Lindner will »Lust machen auf die Überstunde« (www.spiegel.de) German
Finanzminister Lindner zeigt sich überzeugt: Die Wirtschaft benötigt neue Impulse, um wieder zu wachsen. Dazu gehört für ihn auch die Arbeitseinstellung der Deutschen....
That remains to be seen (sopuli.xyz)