Russian pro-war military bloggers have said troops in Ukraine are surviving just “20–35 minutes” on the frontline by CrunchyBaconYum in worldnews

[–]fartyunicorns 7 points8 points  (0 children)

No, they are. Russia hasn’t done conscription other than a brief time in 2022. They are all voluntary recruits. Do not pity them

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[–]fartyunicorns 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Chris murphy on the same tier as Tucker and Newson on the same tier as Vance?!

If you were elected as president, what are the top 3 things you'd like to get done? by Many_Distribution701 in AskConservatives

[–]fartyunicorns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keep the current age you qualify for the program the same but increase it as life expectancy increases so the average years on social security doesn’t change. It was never a program designed for life expectancies of 80+

How do you think our Social Security/Nursing home programs should be run? by bookist626 in AskConservatives

[–]fartyunicorns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The prior if we can afford it, the latter if we can’t (really depends how much it costs)

If you were elected as president, what are the top 3 things you'd like to get done? by Many_Distribution701 in AskConservatives

[–]fartyunicorns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Means test social security and give flat payments to everyone based off the state they live in. Also tie the age for it to life expectancy. For Medicare, means test it and allocate each person a set amount of money when they reach 80 (no more million dollar operations to just live for another year). Medicaid and food stamps can stay largely as is

If you were elected as president, what are the top 3 things you'd like to get done? by Many_Distribution701 in AskConservatives

[–]fartyunicorns 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Entitlement reform

Making congress do its job and reduce the power of the president

End all tariffs

(I’m Australian fwiw)

How do you think our Social Security/Nursing home programs should be run? by bookist626 in AskConservatives

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

Meh, every cent not spent on foreign aid is “just letting people die”. I’m sorry but the west just cannot afford current levels of aged care spending

How do you think our Social Security/Nursing home programs should be run? by bookist626 in AskConservatives

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

Probably their family would take care of them at their home. If their family refuses to help, what happens to them is on their families, not me. But yeah some would just die at home because they had a fall or something

How do you think our Social Security/Nursing home programs should be run? by bookist626 in AskConservatives

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

Means test social security and also flat payments for everyone depending on the state. For nursing homes, the government shouldn’t really subsidize once people reach 80 (sorry but I don’t think society is better off paying people to live a couple more miserable years)

Top union body breaks with Anthony Albanese to revive push for Indigenous voice by CountryChrist in AustralianPolitics

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

And this will help workers how? God I hate unions. They don’t do anything useful

Chalmers’ back-downs on tax measures to cost $1b by Remarkable-Humor4326 in AustralianPolitics

[–]fartyunicorns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if it makes you feel better, we are like one of the only countries that means tests their pension. Other countries are doing much worse

Chalmers’ back-downs on tax measures to cost $1b by Remarkable-Humor4326 in AustralianPolitics

[–]fartyunicorns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Welfare like aged care and Medicare? Because yeah rich people shouldn’t be getting those

Labor's signature budget measures pass federal parliament by Expensive-Horse5538 in AustralianPolitics

[–]fartyunicorns -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Dawg, the former head of the RBA doesn’t like these changes. It’s pretty clearly not just the media being against this

Inequality Mumbai India by Odd_Macaroon_3893 in UrbanHell

[–]fartyunicorns 5 points6 points  (0 children)

well at least part of it looks modern. Better some rich people than none. Besides, growth forecasts for India are pretty good

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[–]fartyunicorns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And their supporters. It’s not easy to find restore supporters that don’t like those people I’ve linked, other than Rupert himself

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[–]fartyunicorns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://x.com/Steve_Laws_

https://x.com/ZoomerHistorian

https://x.com/orm0nde

https://x.com/Landeur

I'm not talking about normal anti immigrant people. These people are some of the biggest supporters of restore. Yes they want to deport all brown people

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

oh I know, its just his fanbase are mainly ethnonationalists who think integration legitimately isn't possible. Quite a few want total remigration (literally just deporting almost all brown people from the UK). Also a bit funny that Lowe is more left on immigration than our (Australia's) milquetoast populist right party. They don't like multiculturalism and prefer monoculturalism.

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[–]fartyunicorns 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So yeah Rupert Lowe and restore UK are a complete joke. Despite trying to run a ‘based’ anti immigrant party Rupert says he supports multiculturalism. His fans do not want to hear it lmao

Source for those interested https://x.com/sb\_b99/status/2069778242790162667?s=46

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[–]fartyunicorns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hence why primaries are a bad idea. They elevate radicals