So what you’re saying is that life…uh… finds a way.

0. The scaremongering about this is hysterical.

You’ve got four more years of the orange clown and then he’ll finally fuck off.

I hate everything to do with identity politics. All it has done is divide us even more and caused more conflict between ordinary people.

You have other choices, yes, but it’s always going to be either the Democrat or the Republican that wins.

Like here in the UK, smaller parties get media coverage more so than in the US, but it’s still always going to be either Labour or the Conservatives that are forming a government, so they get the most coverage.

Yes, why do you not?

This is a country where COVID originated and with a population of 1.4 billion, yet apparently only 5,272 people have died. They’re not great at telling the truth and are masters at propaganda.

This is an absurd statement that could only be made by someone unfamiliar with Marxism. The presence of markets do not mean that the system isn’t Socialist.

The profits from companies are retained by the companies. Isn’t the idea of socialism that the workers own the means of production and no companies profit? The Chinese economy is set up the exact opposite.

Lol. Firstly, China claims they’ve eradicated absolute poverty. Do you really believe that?

Secondly, China has opened its markets to the world and allowed a ton of private ownership and private companies to take on the global markets.

The only thing that isn’t capitalist about China is the word “Communist” in the ruling party.

The simple fact is that capitalism has lifted more people out of poverty historically than anything else.

Is capitalism a perfect system? Of course it isn’t. But it’s the best one we’ve got.

laughs in British

I find paperbacks more comfortable. Though I have just bought a Kobo so I’ll probably be using that more soon.

I’ve never understood the point of it. So I can send pictures and message people? How is that different from any other messaging app I can use? 🤷

The internet being a “place” you would go to and then leave.

That’s almost impossible to do now because everything is so linked to being online.

The Enemy series by Charlie Higson. Now on book 6 of 7 and it’s a great series.

If you’re already up and running on Mastodon and can interact with people on Threads, there’s literally no reason to swap one for the other.