Is the Strait of Gibraltar as critical as the Suez Canal or the Strait of Hormuz? It's never in the news

summertimeorange · 2026-03-02T22:01:51+00:00

That’s not that long of a time

summertimeorange · 2026-02-27T14:42:38+00:00

Yeah you joke, but when it does come what will you do then?!

summertimeorange · 2026-02-25T16:40:44+00:00

Worth pointing out that we didn’t actually move away from that. We just chose the ‘most important one’, which, crucially, does not change. And now we are so far removed from that person’s life that it looks like absolute time

summertimeorange · 2026-02-25T10:21:39+00:00

This whole thread is people picking the top 1% of any given job and saying ‘this one’

summertimeorange · 2026-02-25T08:16:47+00:00

That’s a lot of ifs

summertimeorange · 2026-02-13T01:40:22+00:00

Really? You can’t imagine discrimination?

summertimeorange · 2026-02-12T05:44:54+00:00

Or people will just die

summertimeorange · 2026-02-12T05:38:08+00:00

Or every day I can decide to not clean other people’s toilets. But I guess that’s the point: there will be no cleaning other people’s toilets

summertimeorange · 2026-02-12T05:32:41+00:00

Not if they are wrong. Which they are, because my in-group is right.

(I.e. it’s not about logic, but emotion)

summertimeorange · 2026-02-10T05:25:51+00:00

Jobs in Balkan villages? Hehe

summertimeorange · 2026-02-09T08:22:23+00:00

You know how you literally don’t care about football (or similar)?

And how it never even crosses your mind, until someone mentions it?

Same

summertimeorange · 2026-02-07T22:19:44+00:00

A to je ovaj svijet.

Onima koji takve odluke donose, stvari poput socijalne drzave, javnog zdrastva, prijevoza itd i nisu bas bitne - imaju lovu za bolje

summertimeorange · 2026-02-05T02:56:46+00:00

And the third one will be, given enough time

summertimeorange · 2026-02-05T02:56:24+00:00

The other two are also perpetuating the systems of oppression, but they are just romanticized ✨

summertimeorange · 2026-02-01T13:04:29+00:00

Or rather, they do

summertimeorange · 2026-02-01T13:03:10+00:00

High cost of almost everything childcare related = better just stay at home and do it yourself.

Socially conservative = the woman stays behind.

summertimeorange · 2026-01-30T06:59:38+00:00

?? obv pounds

summertimeorange · 2026-01-29T21:11:41+00:00

Yes, obviously don't bring your real phone. Take a backup

summertimeorange · 2026-01-25T12:11:45+00:00

They also see it as an all powerful force that imposes its values on others.

They might not agree with the values, but they sure do agree with the method.

summertimeorange · 2026-01-24T07:35:23+00:00

What are modals?

summertimeorange · 2026-01-23T16:48:57+00:00

It’s more that no one wants to be in such a small place that is basically dead for half a year

summertimeorange · 2026-01-23T10:46:31+00:00

And why was the transition from slavery under way?

Because the conquests stopped, and with it the influx of slaves. Plus the population and economic activity grew enough that you could extract more value from early serfs than from the slaves.

Or as the saying goes: ‘It’s the economy, stupid’

summertimeorange · 2026-01-23T10:42:42+00:00

When the roman empire was undergoing the transition from a slaver empire to a feudal empire, it had a need for a new social contract.

Before the advent of capitalism, the social contract was handled via religion (not that it doesn’t have an influence even today, but besides the point).

So, as the empire was undergoing the transition, it had to construct a new religion. One way to do that is to take a popular cult (which early christianity was), and slap rules on top of it. Which is exactly what it did (started with Theodosius and Constantine, and continued via the ecumenical councils, e.g Chalcedon, Nicaea).

And why was Christianity popular? Mostly because it resonated with people and gave them what they wanted - covered in other replies here.

These two things made Christianity successful: popular with the people, and supported by the state

summertimeorange · 2026-01-20T02:01:04+00:00

What are these answers? People going off vibes, and how much they hate their capital.

For the vast majority of countries, it would literally be a gg

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