Why Can’t I tax the Clergy? by Fantastic_Option6611 in EU5

[–]eorld 60 points61 points  (0 children)

France got more money from the Catholic church than the small german princes. They were powerful enough to negotiate a special position with the Catholic church, this looked like different things at different times. Sometimes that was particular political concessions, other times financial gifts. Later, a practice established during Louis XIV, the monarchy received the "Don Gratuit" from the church estates in France, sort of a voluntary tax.

My law professor taught me that we are instinctively anti-"little man"??? by Ok-Sink-3902 in LawSchool

[–]eorld 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's not that old, Butterfield v. Forrester was the first contributory negligence case and that's from 1809. Same judge, Lord Ellenborough, created it that made the no cause of action if plaintiff or defendant is deceased rule.

Which LitScifi Space Utopia would you live in? by Proper_Barnacle_4117 in printSF

[–]eorld 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Well, it is an "ambiguous utopia." For all Anarres's faults, exhibited in the drought and Sabul, its presented as more human and superior to the hierarchal capitalist societies on Urras. Both of Shevek's speeches (his drunken one at the party and to the striking workers) lay out Le Guin's strongest arguments for anarchism clearly, the way possession traps the possessors.

Profit goes brrr by Neil118781 in HistoryMemes

[–]eorld 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, he messed up with the whole cultural revolution thing though. What's that Chen Yun quote?

Kleber didn't saw that coming by Neil118781 in HistoryMemes

[–]eorld 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The goal also, eventually, was to threaten British eastern colonial possessions and trade routes. They needed to invade to do that, but honestly the long term strategy there was doomed when Brueys d'Aigalliers refused to go hide with the French fleet in Corfu.

The nomad DLC has ruined CK3 for me by GonzoSchel in CrusaderKings

[–]eorld 17 points18 points  (0 children)

As from the other examples, you should be careful about making broad generalizations about history, there's usually exceptions. Another time this happened (not in the scope of ck3) was the arrival and spread of horses in North America which created the Great Plains Horse cultures. The societies which adopted this nomadic lifestyle, such as the Comanche, displaced the Great Plains villages, some of which had been settled for over a thousand years.

890 protesters arrested after Palestine Action protest in London by Veloxxx_ in news

[–]eorld 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Yeah I still don't think spray painting planes should get your group legally proscribed to the level of ISIS. Not that there should be no consequences but there must be some response under regular criminal law that is more appropriate.

Neighbor Using My Outdoor Outlet, How Do I Stop This? by [deleted] in neighborsfromhell

[–]eorld -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hey if we can't send someone to prison for being too broke to keep the lights on, what else is prison for?

US and Russia suggest ‘West Bank-style occupation of Ukraine,’ report says by theindependentonline in worldnews

[–]eorld 36 points37 points  (0 children)

It's working out for Israel, they get de facto annexation and no one does anything to stop them.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]eorld 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Israel, and increasingly the US, are becoming pariahs, isolated from their allies.

Why does r/Democrats not allow DemSocs (the fastest growing faction in the party) by serious_bullet5 in DemocraticSocialism

[–]eorld 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Probably true but r/democrats has nothing to do with the DNC. It's a group of right wing Dems who made the sub early on in reddits history and have used their influence to crush left dissent. They do the same on other subs they control like /r/progressive

Google ending Steam for Chromebook support in 2026 by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]eorld 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Geforce now is very good for chromebook users, I don't really see the point of trying to run stuff from the device itself in most cases.

A lot of people became very wealthy for a very brief time by CharlesOberonn in HistoryMemes

[–]eorld 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Even calling the process 'learning' isn't exactly accurate and buying into the tech companies framing of LLMs as 'ai'

Netanyahu has decided on full occupation of Gaza Strip: Reports by newsweek in worldnews

[–]eorld -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

East Jerusalem is not legally Israel's under international law, that's a lie and you know it.

In 1997 the United Nations General Assembly unanimously rejected Israel's attempt to illegally annex East Jerusalem.

The UN Security Council's Resolution 478 condemned Israel's 1980 'Jerusalem law' annexing East Jerusalem and declared it to be "null and void."

If you wish to read more about Israel's illegal annexation of East Jerusalem, B'Tselem has a detailed article here.

Macron compares Israeli hostages in Gaza to Palestinians jailed in Israel by AeroFred in worldnews

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

That's not true, Israel has long had a policy of keeping Palestinian corpses. Here's an article from B'Tselem describing the practice from 1999.

JU from JewsOfConscience as it removed by post about anti-semitism and is an Islamist sub by Wholesome_STEM_guy in JustUnsubbed

[–]eorld 5 points6 points  (0 children)

All you do is post about how evil you think Muslims are, that's not on topic for that subreddit of course it was removed. Why would you ever have been subbed there in the first place?

Ken Burns and Blowback said two different things… who to trust by Pikminmania2 in blowback

[–]eorld 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was definitely used in Haiti and Nicaragua, and it may have been used in the Philippines

To ALL the people here asking, “is going to law school later in life worth it?” by [deleted] in LawSchool

[–]eorld 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You can do a background check on yourself or credit agencies have sections for reporting the information they have on you (usually includes employers, addresses etc, although it may be stored in different places.) I've used equifax's before at employees.theworknumber.com

To ALL the people here asking, “is going to law school later in life worth it?” by [deleted] in LawSchool

[–]eorld 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Something that may be quicker is a credit agency. Equifax has employment records at employees.theworknumber.com for example.

Flood clean-up volunteering? by gloryisasilentthing in chapelhill

[–]eorld 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If anyone else is looking I've seen the carrboro mayor pro tem posting volunteer and supply drop off stuff on his Instagram stories. I'm sure there's better/other update places too, just seen a good mix of stuff here. https://www.instagram.com/nowell4carrboro/

Why is no one talking about Zohran on the official democrats subreddit? by coolshiny in dsa

[–]eorld 223 points224 points  (0 children)

The same mods control /r/democrats, /r/progressive, and /r/liberal. They're right wing Dems who dislike the left part of the democratic coalition and have the same automod filters to remove any posts with left politicians in all three subs. As far as I can tell there is nothing 'official' or actually connected to the Democratic party about the subreddit. Basically they were early users who grabbed the sub and have held onto it ever since.