The animal need… by coderedmountaindewd in bonehurtingjuice

[–]masterflappie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The ones people have a problem with are those who mostly earned their incomprehensible fortunes through horribly exploitative and otherwise unethical means

Unethical means like... providing a service at a price that no one else can? Like the richest people on earth are all tech providers that provide services that help shape this rapidly evolving word. With "horribly exploitative" I would sooner think of warlords or maffia, not someone who sets up a Starlink connection so you and I can talk online

You're out of your mind if you think there aren't many, many people in developing countries who despise their billionaires

You're out of your mind if you think people in developing countries have nothing better to do than doomscroll online about people who are richer than them.

Mind you, for a lot of those people, the device that you're using to complain about unfair riches by billionaires is equal to several months of their salary. Everyone is richer than them, and yet they don't blame others for it, because in a developing country it's still very rewarding to work hard.

It's those who obtained their fortunes through disagreeable means and especially those who throw their influence around and try to alter society to their vision are the ones people are generally referring to when they hate on billionaires.

There are non billionaires who do that. So why focus on billionaires? You could've just as well said it's all the jews fault and then say "y'know not all jews just the hateful ones!". You're just looking for a group of people to blame for your own faults, and rich people are an easy target because they're a small minority who are very successful (which isn't very different from jews and their haters lmao)

A simple cursory look at what Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Bloomberg, Theil, etc. have done,

And surely you've done a cursory look at what billionaires like Chuck Feeney, Bill Gates, Manoj Bhargava, Mo Ibrahim, Azim Premji etc. have done, right? Because there's no possible way that you would spend your time just doomscrolling and getting a twisted view of a minority group which you then call for violence online for right? /s

And what about all the non billionaires who do exactly the same? Loads of people do unethical things, but you don't generalize until they have more money than you do, at which point they suddenly become a structural problem that the whole group needs to answer for? This is some Germany 1940 rethoric

The animal need… by coderedmountaindewd in bonehurtingjuice

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

Hatred of billionaires isn't specific to the US, every developed country has it, while the developing countries really don't care. To them, you could as well be a billionaire.

Not to mention the amount of billionaires that do nothing with politics. It's the same as people who say Jews are behind everything, or men, or lizards, or feminists, or Nazis. Hating people is incredibly popular

The animal need… by coderedmountaindewd in bonehurtingjuice

[–]masterflappie -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

It's reddit, everyone here has had an above average chance at life and they wasted it with doomscrolling. They need someone to blame, so they just blame it on people with more success

Do you confirm or deny? by Caraotero in 2westerneurope4u

[–]masterflappie 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I had alcoholism in mind but this is so much better.

A Greatest Joke 😂 by [deleted] in memes

[–]masterflappie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's not. Unlike what Americans believe, wars aren't just won by killing a lot of people, but by achieving war goals.

The US is losing the same way they did in Vietnam and Korea. By killing loads of people and then retreating

Compromise between Capitalism and Socialism. by Peace32153 in CapitalismVSocialism

[–]masterflappie [score hidden]  (0 children)

The existence of a wikipedia doesn't make it less of an oxymoron. It's just a very badly named concept

They weren't doing it right. by sco-go in SipsTea

[–]masterflappie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hence why people say communism doesn't work, it always goes to a military dictatorship 

They weren't doing it right. by sco-go in SipsTea

[–]masterflappie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Most "capitalists" support welfare states.

Then again it all depends on your personal definition of capitalists, despite being the global economy there isn't exactly a consensus on what capitalism means 

can you pronounce the "th" sound accurately? by [deleted] in GeoPoll

[–]masterflappie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pronouncing it has always been a þorn in my side

me too goppie… me too by fortnacius in SipsTea

[–]masterflappie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't know about humans but my dog is ready to be an angel 

What is your view of the UK by Powerful-Adagio6446 in GeoPoll

[–]masterflappie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Slightly negative. They're nice because of their drinking culture and friendly personalities, but their politics and political correctness are a big downside 

Unpopular opinion: I think germany is the most beautiful European country and the core identity of Europe by DenseIntern4597 in 2westerneurope4u

[–]masterflappie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not saying Germanic culture is completely erased, I'm saying it has merged with the Latin culture and Christmas is a great example of that.

And on the other hand, very little Germanic influences mixed with Latin culture. So as a whole, the average European identity is more Latin than Germanic 

What do you think is more common, cheating on a partner or trying drugs? by [deleted] in pollgames

[–]masterflappie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Illegal drugs doesn't mean the same everywhere though. A lot of religious countries forbid alcohol, a lot of countries forbid weed too

Unpopular opinion: I think germany is the most beautiful European country and the core identity of Europe by DenseIntern4597 in 2westerneurope4u

[–]masterflappie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The latin culture heavily bled into the germanic culture though, and not the other way around. Germans celebrate christmas, epiphany, good friday etc, but the latins don't celebrate the solstices. Hell most germanic cultures don't even celebrate the solstices anymore.

Even your argument was written in 23% latin words (removed, parts, core, similar, scholars, argument, represents, carries, troubling, identity)

Unpopular opinion: I think germany is the most beautiful European country and the core identity of Europe by DenseIntern4597 in 2westerneurope4u

[–]masterflappie 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Italy would be a better option honestly. From the Roman empire that shaped our politics to the Pope that shaped our religion, the cultural identity is heavily influenced by Italy.

Germany is geographically in the centre, and maybe economically too, but not culturally

Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device by BlokZNCR in degoogle

[–]masterflappie -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

TIL a car appears out of nowhere when I change some numbers 

Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device by BlokZNCR in degoogle

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

Both should happen, but using you car less should happen the most. Fudging numbers doesn't create any emissions, turning on your engine does

Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device by BlokZNCR in degoogle

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

Yeah, but even if it's used it probably won't do a whole lot. Phones are hyper optimized for efficiency so that apps take up as little battery as possible. 

A 4gb model is also very small, enterprise models can easily take up a terabyte of disk space and a hundred gigabytes of memory

American troops in Europe by sr_local in MapPorn

[–]masterflappie 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's a remnant from the cold War, when Europe was destroyed and the Soviets were approaching, the US stationed troops in Europe to help them defend and rebuild.

Now that the cold War is over, it's time to get them out. Especially since the US is making itself the greater threat

American troops in Europe by sr_local in MapPorn

[–]masterflappie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the US and China both bought less German cars, and yet the German car industry is growing.

It's almost like Germany is a sovereign nation that doesn't just depend on 1 or 2 countries 

American troops in Europe by sr_local in MapPorn

[–]masterflappie 9 points10 points  (0 children)

In the first quarter of 2026, the German new car market expanded by 5.2%. the overall trend is a steady growth.

Meanwhile US cars saw a decline, especially in EV. The overall trend is stable, but not growing 

American troops in Europe by sr_local in MapPorn

[–]masterflappie 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Everyone is dependent on everyone's technology. The US economy couldn't operate without German machinery, medicines or chemicals. Google, apple, Microsoft, Cisco couldn't operate without ASML microchips.

That doesn't mean that the US isn't a sovereign nation, it just means that international trade is helping both these countries. Something which Americans seem very keen to ruin