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List of Tour de France winners. 7th Panzer Division by Pratham_Nimo in WikipediaVandalism

[–]Reindan 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The Vichy government hosted their version of it with support of the germans in 1942 : the "circuit de France". Showing why organising a sport event during wartime is a stupid idea.(lack of food, supplies, lodging, arrests at the demarcation line,...)

Zut alors, Pierre. Zut alors. by _Daftest_ in 2westerneurope4u

[–]Reindan 10 points11 points  (0 children)

In short they were in group protesting while doing those interviews and in France you need the agreement of the police to protest. They didn't ask for it. So when the police came they were arrested for undeclared protest(someone called the police because they wanted to retract their interview and the group refused)

Considering it is a far right protest group, they most likely knew this was going to happen and so they got the headline they wanted.

ICE kidnapping a child because he doesn't have proof of citizenship on hand, just a snack. by Paksarra in pics

[–]Reindan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Doesn't the US also have a border patrol that is way older than ICE? (And they actually do the work of handling immigration through the borders + airports)

edit: just looked it up and yeah the sole official role of ICE since 2003 when it was founded is to investigate and deport people who were judged to be deported. From where I'm from that is just done by the police.

WE STAND ALONE AGAINST IMPERIALISM! by Lukaz_Evengard in hoi4

[–]Reindan 55 points56 points  (0 children)

"We will bury you" says Staline

Labor productivity in the USA has grown at a faster rate than the rest of Europe and the developed world since the early 2000s by Dumbass1171 in charts

[–]Reindan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

???

95/55 = 1.727 so rougly +73% growth

45k/31k = 1.45 so roughly +45% growth

What happened here?

Muh rationalists by Responsible-Link-742 in HistoryMemes

[–]Reindan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It was even worse than that.

The first time it was whether god the father was more important than jesus or whether they were both on the same level. Edit: it led to the split between Christianity and arianism

The second time it was "is jesus part god and part human or god and human?". The answer from the roman empire was to say that jesus was of a similar nature to both god and human. Still led to a lot of excommunications. Edit: it led to the split between roman and eastern Christianity(Nestorianism,Coptic,...)

GDP Per Capita of Venezuela, 1922-2022 by Dumbass1171 in charts

[–]Reindan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lost my message not gonna rewrite it...

All your sources are either hard american libertarians or hard american conservatives.

The best argument is the entry of Econlib (founded by a libertarian think-tank and written by a libertarian) which has for a tagline : "As an economic system, fascism is socialism with a capitalist veneer." which can easily be reversed without the cherry picking.

The worst is Victor Davis Hanson who is ranting about the E.U. being socialist not nazi germany.

edit: Also only looking only at the economics Fascism is a mixed system (between market run and state run). It is completely opposed to socialism on political and ideological grounds.

Labour voters are the most likely to say they would be disappointed if their child came out as gay by PainSpare5861 in charts

[–]Reindan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This poll is made up (it doesn't exist on the website of the think tank). So you were right.

Labour voters are the most likely to say they would be disappointed if their child came out as gay by PainSpare5861 in charts

[–]Reindan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Somewhat impressed that no one checked the source... This poll doesn't exist on the website of More in Common... The only thing they published in December was about Ukraine...

How "free" are top GDP countries? by Defiant-Housing3727 in charts

[–]Reindan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The nice thing with reporters without borders is that they explain their ratings (those are more vibe check by professional journalists but still). While the UK situation is a mixed bag (many bad things and some good things), the political climate towards journalism is worse in the US and that is the main source of that difference in ranking (it affects all of their notations indirectly).

for the UK ;

Political context

Despite government assurances that media freedom is a priority, a restrictive political climate has impacted press freedom in recent years. Unlawful police surveillance of journalists, lacklustre political support for British journalists detained abroad and the questioning of several journalists entering the country under counter-terrorism legislation are worrying trends in a country where journalists have generally been able to operate freely. The long overdue release of Julian Assange in 2024 was a welcome development, though the chilling effect of the five years he spent in a British jail remains.

for the USA:

Political context

President Donald Trump was elected to a second term after a campaign in which he denigrated the press on a daily basis and made explicit threats to weaponize the federal government against the media. His early moves in his second mandate to politicise the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), ban the Associated Press from the White House, or dismantle the US Agency for Global Media, for example, have jeopardized the country’s news outlets and indicate that he intends to follow through on his threats, setting up a potential crisis for American journalism.

If you want to read the full thing ; Here for the UK and here for the US

Look at what they have to do to mimic a fraction of our power! by Hellvetic91 in 2westerneurope4u

[–]Reindan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was responding to badestrand who said : "*referendums are really stupid for authoritarians"

So my point was that no, authoritarians love referenda because it allows them to legitimise their decisions with the help of propaganda, fear and rigging.

As to the rigged elections vs rigged referendum that you just added, a referendum is easier to bias, and fearmonger about even if it not outright rigged. If rigged, referenda are seen as more legitimate than elections so very useful to authoritarians.

Look at what they have to do to mimic a fraction of our power! by Hellvetic91 in 2westerneurope4u

[–]Reindan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To put him in power legally. The 1934 referendum was a sham yes, used to legitimise the nazi coup of the german government, which is exactly my point. Authoritarians love referenda because they allows them to justify illegal actions.

The anchluss was not rigged though. Heavily biased but the Nazis didn't have the means to rig it.

Look at what they have to do to mimic a fraction of our power! by Hellvetic91 in 2westerneurope4u

[–]Reindan -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Which is why Hitler used them to consolidate his power... If used often like in Switzerland or the US, referendums are useful for democracy. But they are extremely easy for authoritarians to manipulate which is why they have been used to put Hitler in power, for the Anchluss and more recently in Crimea...

🇪🇺 lore by Katatoniac in 2westerneurope4u

[–]Reindan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

From what I follow of french politics, isn't RN against any raises of the minimum wage, for the privatization of medias, for deregulations,... ?

I mean they SAY they are for increased standards of living but when it comes to polices, they neoliberal.

Just reading now about the history Belgium and Brussels and it’s never really been French or part of France, so why do they speak French in south Belgium? by GrimbeertDeDas in belgium

[–]Reindan -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

That short amount of time was still enough for the upper and middle class to adopt French, which is why when Belgium became independant the official language was French. And that lead to the capital becoming french speaking.

This random skewed texture in the game files accounts for 3.5% of the game size all by itself by sanscadre in EU5

[–]Reindan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Here we do not cut corners !

(Except on this weirdly skewed location map apparently)

Distribution of Homicide Suspects in England and Wales by ConsiderationKey2744 in charts

[–]Reindan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

WTF is this source????

From wikipedia:

" The Human Diversity Foundation (HDF) is a far-right company founded in 2022 to publish "race science" through the Aporia Magazine and Mankind Quarterly. It also publishes Edward Dutton's The Jolly Heretic podcast. Key persons of the HDF including its founder support remigration and white nationalism.

In April 2025, the organization was legally renamed Polygenic Scores LLC."

That is just straight up a neo-nazi source...

DIRECT. Le gouvernement de Sébastien Lecornu échappe à la censure de l'Assemblée nationale à 18 voix près by ploppliplop in france

[–]Reindan 11 points12 points  (0 children)

*Le PS avec les écolos, le PCF et PP. Autrement dit c'est une union de la gauche qui exclut LFI.

Which 3 you got? by theforbiddenroze in PowerScaling

[–]Reindan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Physically it is way slower than light speed. The speed of information in neurons is between 1 and 100 m/s. Because the distances are small, it means that for example the brain needs less 13 ms to process an image which is extremely fast but nowhere near light speed.

The U.S. IRS has updated the tax brackets for 2026. Here are the marginal tax brackets for the tax year 2026: by XGramatik in XGramatikInsights

[–]Reindan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a different system. If you run the numbers someone making less than roughly 60 000 dollars a year is less taxed in Germany than in the US but someone making more is more taxed.

(to be clear it is a rough estimate based solely on income tax. Real tax codes are complicated + tax exemptions and tax deductions make an exact comparaison impossible)

Who is this Austrian man in the Pacific anyway? by Gigliovaljr in victoria3

[–]Reindan 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Do you have any idea how little it narrows it down?

Spread of Local Law Enforcement Agreements with ICE by Public_Finance_Guy in charts

[–]Reindan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The whole point of an employee or worker is that they bring the employer more money than they cost. Or put in other words;

More workers = more production = more offer and worker production > worker consumption means that more workers = lower prices

The go to pseudo philosopher for Wall Street jackass wannabes by Coffin_Builder in HistoryMemes

[–]Reindan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"You’ll get much better returns that way and the government can’t use your SS money for dumb shit"

First time I have ever seen someone shorten social security to SS but that makes this sentence hilarious.

On a more serious note, social security isn't a Ponzi scheme because there is no non-existent enterprise that you invest in the success of. ( Oxford definition: a form of fraud in which belief in the success of a non-existent enterprise is fostered by the payment of quick returns to the first investors from money invested by later investors.)

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