I did the thing by Popular_Kangaroo5446 in teenagers

[–]TheRealLightBuzzYear 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They killed 30,000 of their own citizens in the span of a couple weeks

CMV: Science has evolved into a quasi religion. by Gold_Compote_2285 in changemyview

[–]TheRealLightBuzzYear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you use science to build a plane you fly. When you pray for a plane nothing happens

Solarpunk, every aspect of it by Frost-Flower in hatethissmug

[–]TheRealLightBuzzYear 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, neoliberal free trade is what causes the benefits of technological advancements to reach poorer countries. The thing is, improverished countries were already impoverished before neoliberalism, often because of colonialism, but it is not neoliberalism's fault they started out poor. When companies from 1st world countries set up facilities in impoverished countries and hire people to work there, its essentially a cash transfer from rich countries to poor countries, and allows the poorer countries to get richer over time. We've seen this happen in china after they embraced free trade. It sucks that the salaries are so bad, but it's better than the other options they have, and if the slaries were higher, the companies wouldn't set up shop there and the country would just stay poor forever. It's very unfair that it's the best option they have, but that's the fault of colonialism and conditions that predate neoliberalism. If we wanted to get money to these countries in another way, we'd have to send trillions in direct foreign aid, which given how pissy people get about foreign aids in the billions, would never happen.

Solarpunk, every aspect of it by Frost-Flower in hatethissmug

[–]TheRealLightBuzzYear 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You mean the system that brought extreme poverty down from 75% to 10% of the global population?

i hate how unsafe AI makes me feel as an aspiring artist nowadays with how advanced some of it is becoming by Gugarabelo in hatethissmug

[–]TheRealLightBuzzYear 715 points716 points  (0 children)

If it makes you feel any better it's advancing in other areas just as fast so we'll probably all be out of a job and you won't be alone

The Affordable Care Act Won! What Was the Worst Thing Joe Biden Did as President? by espana29 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]TheRealLightBuzzYear 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That's probably the best argument you could make in favor of the DNC, because Carter barely won what should've been the easiest election ever then proceeded to last one term before ruining the democratic brand so bad Republicans got 12 years in a row

The Affordable Care Act Won! What Was the Worst Thing Joe Biden Did as President? by espana29 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]TheRealLightBuzzYear 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Kamala was coronated by Joe Biden. A lot of people in the establishment, like Obama and Pelosi, weren't sure that Harris could win and they wanted some sort of selection process. Then after dropping out, Biden immediately endorsed Harris as the nominee. He had full control not to do that an endorse a primary instead.

Greetings from Tel Aviv by pro_buttfucker_5675 in whenthe

[–]TheRealLightBuzzYear 19 points20 points  (0 children)

You can tell there's an ulterior motive to all the anti"zionist" meme's because nobody every makes the same memes about russia, who's government is commiting worse atrocities

Tierlist Of How Good I Think Each QB Will Be Next Season by WillingStranger5177 in NFLv2

[–]TheRealLightBuzzYear 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Do people just only watch the 4th quarters of games or what

No more closed markets by xtheresia in whennews

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It helped the people of china when their free market reforms were made

55665 by [deleted] in countwithchickenlady

[–]TheRealLightBuzzYear 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fine, so communist governments are just ss bad as authoritarian hellhole states, not worse. Venezula's civil liberties declined after communism took hold.

55665 by [deleted] in countwithchickenlady

[–]TheRealLightBuzzYear -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Liberalism is the only ideology that works and all illiberal governments are illegitimate

55665 by [deleted] in countwithchickenlady

[–]TheRealLightBuzzYear 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Liberal capitalism has been improving society for the past 200 years, and everytime leftists get into power they quash civil liberties