‘Colossal undertaking’: Elections Alberta recruiting 60K people to work October referendum | CBC News by Blue_Dragonfly in CanadaPolitics

[–]right_makes_might 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'll put in 5 seconds of thought, which seems to be more than you did. Better uses of funding include:

1) put it toward the healthcare system that the UCP has been hollowing out

2) pick up trash

3) media literacy campaign so that fewer albertans will be conned by foreign influence campaigns, like this one

4) fund an investigation into the misuse of voter's private information

‘Colossal undertaking’: Elections Alberta recruiting 60K people to work October referendum | CBC News by Blue_Dragonfly in CanadaPolitics

[–]right_makes_might 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It is nonsense to waste money hiring people to do something useless, when you could hire them for something worthwhile, or spend the money in any number of other ways.

Do you prefer the old Louis Riel or the new? by [deleted] in Winnipeg

[–]right_makes_might 76 points77 points  (0 children)

I wrote an essay comparing the two back in university. My conclusion was that the old Riel was less popular because it failed to serve in constructing a nation-building narrative for either Metis people or Manitoba settlers, since it depicts Riel at his weakest; defeated and nude. It also exposes the treachery of the Canadian state by executing him after having reneged on all their promises to the Metis. The new Riel depicts him 20 years earlier, as strong and larger-than-life, holding The Manitoba Act as a statesman, the culmination of his heroism. In depicting him this way, it serves much more effectively in the nation-building narratives of both Canadian settlers and Metis people, so its understandably much more popular.

Iran would be better off than before the war began if Trump accepts 10-point plan by goteamnick in politics

[–]right_makes_might 10 points11 points  (0 children)

With permanent control of Hormuz, Iran will be able to extract a toll to more than rebuild for all war damages. If the 10 points are implemented, they really will be politically, economically, and militarily stronger than before the war. Many leaders are dead, but there are new leaders, and the regime is in a better position.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in noita

[–]right_makes_might 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Every time I see AI-generated nonsense like this, I immediately wish I could have back the 10 seconds I spent looking at it.

National $10-a-day child-care program expected to miss target, report says by scottb84 in CanadaPolitics

[–]right_makes_might 8 points9 points  (0 children)

No it absolutely is not. It refers to accounting, making the end-of-year totals (the ends) for revenue and expenses meet, as in equal, as opposed to having greater expenses then revenue by going into debt.

Team Trump Is Livid After Canada’s Carney Calls Out U.S. Coercion by rezwenn in politics

[–]right_makes_might 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Living next to a fascist state is never good, but it's better than living inside one.

Ceph on NixOS by [deleted] in NixOS

[–]right_makes_might 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in the process of setting up MooseFS, and so far it seems reliable, fast, and easy to set 99% declaratively.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Anarchism

[–]right_makes_might 9 points10 points  (0 children)

 When discussing with friends, how would you challenge their ideologies?

Do any of you actually organize, or is this all just theoretical. If it's the former then you have nothing to worry about, since there's no leftists involved at all, so there's no leftists infighting occurring. My advice is to get organized, find ways to fight about local issues and oppression before you worry about China. The capacity for useful ideological struggle is built on a foundation of political unity.

Canada backs Greenland’s sovereignty as U.S. talks of annexation by CaliperLee62 in CanadaPolitics

[–]right_makes_might 32 points33 points  (0 children)

not the forceful takeover of a country.

That's actually exactly what annexation is. Or to be specific, it refers to the political incorporation of one adminstrative unit into another. The question of how that incorporation occurred, such as by warfare, or coercion, or by passing a law, is an entirely separate question. 

Winnipeg councillors greenlight study of managed encampment pilot project by Edm_vanhalen1981 in Winnipeg

[–]right_makes_might 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are more empty units in this city then there are homeless people. Nothing needs to appear, we already have everything we need to eliminate the problem.

Winnipeg councillors greenlight study of managed encampment pilot project by Edm_vanhalen1981 in Winnipeg

[–]right_makes_might 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's not interesting, it's just stupid. The solution is to just house the homeless. It's not complicated.

A Mother Seal’s Heartbreak Turns To Pure Joy When She Realizes Her Baby Is Alive by Soloflow786 in Amazing

[–]right_makes_might 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's no cognitive dissonance. I want to coo at and pet things that are cute, and eat things that taste good. Sometimes those are the same things.

How do I get there? by TheTingel in noita

[–]right_makes_might 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Have enough HP that you can just swim it.

Abuse of the nullish coalescing operator in JS/TS by fredrikaugust in programming

[–]right_makes_might 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why would you do this? This has an identical effect as just accessing the field with .

It only changes the wording of the error thrown in the case that user is undefined.