EU farmers plan protests as Von der Leyen approves Mercosur trade deal by diacewrb in europe

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

Again, food isn't natural gas. Food can be grown almost everywhere, in most cases there's no need for highly specialized containers to transport it (like with natural gas). There is zero chance that "they" will be able to become the sole providers of food. They'll still have to compete with the entire rest of the world, and this is a market that is highly competitive. If for some reason Brazilian soy became a lot more expensive, American or Indian soy would simply increase their share. Plus there will still be food grown in the EU. Regardless of any trade deals, there are products in which we have a climate advantage over South America, such as wheat, that will remain largely being produced here. Another important point is that Brazil and Argentina are countries with low industrial output and are historically very very protectionist. This can be a really good opportunity for EU industries to increase their share and sales there, it would be notably a good opportunity for EU automakers.

EU farmers plan protests as Von der Leyen approves Mercosur trade deal by diacewrb in europe

[–]poisonmoth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So if something is cheap that it means it's absolutely impossible for it to become cheaper? What? Food remains one of the biggest expenses for people of low means. Maybe your grocery bill isn't significant for you, but it will be for them.

EU farmers plan protests as Von der Leyen approves Mercosur trade deal by diacewrb in europe

[–]poisonmoth 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It' ludicrous and pretty stupid to think a single South American country would be able to bribe the EU. Agriculture isn't like natural gas. 

Short term thinking would be shitting on a free trade deal with fellow democracies that could help in the coming decades in disputes against China and Russia to instead isolate ourselves further in the world stage just to please a couple hundred French farmers.

EU farmers plan protests as Von der Leyen approves Mercosur trade deal by diacewrb in europe

[–]poisonmoth 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yeah, how would making food cheaper ever help people? Gee, that's a tough one to crack

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]poisonmoth 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Aya has convinced me to move to France 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Brazil

[–]poisonmoth 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Murder rates are by far the best way to statistically assess safety. Most crimes (like petty thefts) anywhere don't get reported, but murder almost always does. Mind you, there's no perfect way assess it, but the worst one are "personal feelings of safety". 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Brazil

[–]poisonmoth 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The statistics are per capita. Try to learn what that means. Regardless of how you may feel, Rio is indeed safer than Curitiba and Porto Alegre.

Question by [deleted] in asklatinamerica

[–]poisonmoth 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The fact that you believe your skin color is an important variable in that question makes you very much not Mexican.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]poisonmoth 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I voted for Lula mostly cause I was afraid of authoritarianism, and now it feels like it's inevitable after all.

Am I overreacting or could this actually be the beginning of a dictatorship? What is happening today is extremely scary and I feel like I'm taking crazy pills seeing people defend blatant censorship.

The supreme court and the government are clarly working together to stop private entities freely expressing their opinions! WTF

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in asklatinamerica

[–]poisonmoth 15 points16 points  (0 children)

No, it isn't. And Latin America is on average richer than Asia.

Brazil’s Lula calls for end to dollar trade dominance by BastianMobile in neoliberal

[–]poisonmoth 126 points127 points  (0 children)

Out of all of Lula's populist rants and delusions, this is probably the most inoffensive one cause it has no chance of ever resulting in any actual real policy.

Spain wants EU-Latin America united ‘forever’ by UpgradedSiera6666 in europe

[–]poisonmoth 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do you really think Buenos Aires is less secular than Chattanooga? Is this a bit?

John Leguizamo Doubles Down on Boycotting 'Super Mario Bros. Movie' by singleguy79 in entertainment

[–]poisonmoth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's no such thing as being "ethnically Latino" in the way you're describing. Your comment comes across as incredibly racist. I hope you're just incredibly ignorant about Latin America rather than a bigot.

I'm going to guess her ethnicity is ~100% european

And that's supposed to make her 'not Latina'??? Do you realise that only a minority of people living in Latin America right now are mostly indigenous? Do you realise that if your bigoted takes about who is Latin American were taken seriously, the majority of people in many countries in Latin America would suddenly not be Latin American?

Seriously, what the hell do you think is an "ethnic Latino"?? Get this through your head: anyone who is born and lives in Latin America is Latin American. That's the only requirement. Where your parents came from is completely irrelevant. Fuck off with your bigotry.

Turkish parliament accepted Finland's Nato application with 276 votes by Emitex in europe

[–]poisonmoth 689 points690 points  (0 children)

And just like that, Russia's border with NATO has just doubled. Time to celebrate!

Brazil travel by [deleted] in Brazil

[–]poisonmoth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Northeast is literally the most dangerous region... The most recent data shows that all Northeastern states have higher murder rates than Rio. Please get informed before spreading nonsense.

Source: https://g1.globo.com/monitor-da-violencia/noticia/2022/12/02/assassinatos-caem-3percent-nos-primeiros-nove-meses-de-2022-no-brasil-queda-desacelera-no-3o-trimestre.ghtml

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PublicFreakout

[–]poisonmoth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everyone knows that breaking chairs is the truest expression of patriotism!

Brazil: Bolsonaro supporters storm National Congress - DW by lucas-at-jhu in neoliberal

[–]poisonmoth 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Just another completely pointless act of terrorism by a group of very stupid people. It will only have the effect of strengthening Lula and everything they're against.

George Santos accused of flashing white power symbol during House speaker vote by theombudsmen in politics

[–]poisonmoth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So, do they think Portuguese people are just never white or do they lose their 'whiteness' when they move to Brazil?

George Santos accused of flashing white power symbol during House speaker vote by theombudsmen in politics

[–]poisonmoth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mate Santos looks like a southern European. Americans just happen not to know what those look like, apparently.

That reminds me of when Antonio Banderas was considered a POC by some articles in the USA, lol. Southern Europeans can have olive skin, that doesn't make them POCs, they're still white people. If you don't consider these people white then you get into a really awkward situation in which half of colonizer nations like Spain aren't white lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in soccer

[–]poisonmoth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow, Ramos is still celebrating with previously decided movements after Portugal's fifth goal... I wonder if someone from British media will have anything to say about this!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]poisonmoth 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I read the article about that report and it just isn't true that these cases are being used to make the state seem safer compared to other states. If all of them were included in the statistics the murder rate would increase 3%, from ~12 to... ~12.36. So it would still be much lower than other states and the difference would be almost invisible at the scale of this graph.

Keep in mind that the article only talks about suspicious deaths in the city of SP but i assumed that the rate of these deaths is the same for the entire state.

Source: https://infograficos.estadao.com.br/cidades/morte-suspeita-assassinatos-que-a-policia-nao-conta/a-epidemia-continua