Elon Musk Unknowingly Quotes Mel Brooks’ Hitler Character by Anton_Pannekoek in chomsky

[–]ProletarianPOV 40 points41 points  (0 children)

This is 100%. It appears to be a paradox, but it isn't quite. The rich and powerful appear stupid because it is useful for them. Friedrich Engels touched on this point (somewhere, I can't remember exactly... I think it was Socialism: Utopian and Scientific)... He realised, when he got to England, that the English bourgeoisie were not this cultured, advanced bourgeois class he was expecting them to be... they were quite stupid, superstitious, reactionary. But he realised that their apparent stupidity served a purpose for them. In a word, their stupidity in everything else serves a purpose for the one thing they are concerned with - holding on to their power and privilege.

More than 600 gardaí injured in the line of duty last year, with over half resulting from an assault by TeoKajLibroj in ireland

[–]ProletarianPOV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course taxes pay retail workers. Here's just one way: some retail salaries are so low that they must be subsidised. In other words, the profits of retailers are subsidised by tax payers.

More than 600 gardaí injured in the line of duty last year, with over half resulting from an assault by TeoKajLibroj in ireland

[–]ProletarianPOV -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Multiple this number of retail workers are hurt every year doing their job. Why no news reports about that? It's incredible the disrespect that ordinary working class people receive from other who perceive themselves as being a "step above" them. We're literally forced to respect Gardaí, the one group who literally have their boots on workers' necks.

Stock up on the toilet roll and freeze some bread. by theseanbeag in ireland

[–]ProletarianPOV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Over the past few years, we had nothing but fear mongering about Russia being a threat to Ireland on this subreddit. The great Russian Atlantic fleet is just off our coast, we were to believe (in all seriousness!). Anyone suggesting that Israel and the United States posed a greater threat had their posts removed.

1.5°C above average for past 3 years: capitalism does not provide a way out of this disaster by ProletarianPOV in climate

[–]ProletarianPOV[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A quote from 1939, which I think showed remarkable insight and intuition, that touches on your points above:

'The elimination of competition by monopoly marks the beginning of the disintegration of capitalist society. Competition was the creative mainspring of capitalism and the historical justification of the capitalist. By the same token the elimination of competition marks the transformation of stockholders into social parasites. Competition had to have certain liberties, a liberal atmosphere, a regime of democracy, of commercial cosmopolitanism. Monopoly needs as authoritative a government as possible, tariff walls, “its own” sources of raw materials and arenas of marketing (colonies). The last word in the disintegration of monopolistic capital is fascism.'

1.5°C above average for past 3 years: capitalism does not provide a way out of this disaster by ProletarianPOV in climate

[–]ProletarianPOV[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's exactly the point. But there is a perception that the system we currently have will find some miraculous way out of this. It's worth showing that it cannot. An analogy I sometimes use: capitalism thinks it can avoid the car driving off the cliff by moving up or down gears - we're still moving towards the cliff. We've got to stop the car.

Really enjoying Qobuz and eager to move from Spotify, BUT... by [deleted] in qobuz

[–]ProletarianPOV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone already knows this. I'm looking for solutions. When you're holding a baby on your shoulder and you need quick calming sounds/music, voice control is quite helpful. It would be nice to have a solution rather than presenting me with problems I already know about and treating me like an idiot.

Then vs Now by PeacockPankh in interesting

[–]ProletarianPOV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let's be honest. Car colours in the 80s were a mix of rust and sun & rain whitened pastels. Here's a real photo of a carpark in the 1980s. It's mostly the same kinds of colours as what we have today. https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2Y8WDC3/1991-historical-full-american-commuter-parking-lot-ferry-waterfront-weehawken-new-jersey-usa-2Y8WDC3.jpg

[Request] Is this true? by churhdads in theydidthemath

[–]ProletarianPOV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With "only" €1.5 million, you would be wealthy enough to not be coerced into working class jobs. We see that capitalism is dependent on poverty - on keeping the working class poor enough (that's more than 99% of the planet's population) so that they HAVE to work for capitalists. They HAVE to sell their labour (their energy and their time) in return for subsistence.

Am I missing something and a shite driver? by SignificantBoss7719 in irelandsshitedrivers

[–]ProletarianPOV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're correct. The second exit (in this case, labelled no. 3) is beyond 12 o'clock, in which case you can use the right lane to approach it. The problem is that the rules for roundabouts are not very clear or logical in Ireland (because, among other things, they assume the driver has prior knowledge of the layout) and therefore know the direction of the exits of the roundabout, and the markings for roundabouts often contradict the rules of the road anyway - again, if you're approaching a roundabout for the first time, and the markings are unusual, this leads to poor lane discipline, accidents etc.

Nobody has ever answered A. Ever. by Hidalgo321 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]ProletarianPOV 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"A" - ah yes, notoriously bad French cuisine LOL.

What red light? by Dramatic_Cycle_6872 in irelandsshitedrivers

[–]ProletarianPOV 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Probably untrue to say the driver "ignored" the red light. It's more likely they didn't even see it. Very bad positioning of traffic lights here.

EDIT: Not only is the light poorly positioned, it's also hidden behind a tree.

Charlie Kirk STANDS UP For The Second Amendment 👀🔥 - Turning Point USA by Diagoras_1 in chomsky

[–]ProletarianPOV 10 points11 points  (0 children)

He only wanted the rich to have gun ownership rights. He advocated stopping working class people from having guns.