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Why do they say "there's no true Left in the US"?
  • On that point I'm with you! It's painfully obvious in today's wealth disparity in the US.

    Where it breaks down for me is your argument that it's only possible to have a dominating dynamic in a right wing regime. Would you really argue that the CCP does not impose a dominating dynamic over the people of China?

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    Why do they say "there's no true Left in the US"?
  • They are related (in practice) but I disagree that they're one "and" the same. Freedom from domination can exist in the left or the right.

    Demonizing the views that you don't hold as inherently opposed to freedom is how the US got to this point in this awful no spectrum of views two party system in the first place.

    (By the way, just noticed your username. How're'ya'now bud?)

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    Why do they say "there's no true Left in the US"?
  • I didn't say that you did?

    I respectfully disagree that "the left is concerned with freedom from domination" is "undeniably true". I think there's a lot of room for debate here that you're frankly not interested in.

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    Why do they say "there's no true Left in the US"?
  • I agree. In my opinion there are two huge dominating factors.

    First is the almost ubiquitous winner-takes-all election structure in the US, leading to the two party system. There is, bar none, no fair competition in US government at a level high enough to matter.

    Second, the lack of term limits allows certain people in certain positions to perpetuate momentum. In part this happens by hand picking successors through brute-force out funding the competition (in part due to the economic disparity that others in this thread have mentioned).

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    Why do they say "there's no true Left in the US"?
  • I think there's value in what you're calling attention to.

    "Freedom" vs "domination" though has nothing to do with the left or right of a government (in theory). You're actually referring to libertarianism vs authoritarianism, which is (again, in theory) independent from economic structure.

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    This was the first result on Google
  • This argument is equivalent to saying you can run a fridge off of gravitational potential. Sure, energy is energy. That doesn't make it remotely practical for the average person to use that form of stored energy, you absolute wet paper bag of an overly confrontational putz.

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    Tips for living an advertising free/minimal life?
  • Cool! Thanks for finding that article. I keep hearing good things about Burlington but wouldn't know from experience. My understanding is the rest of the state is pretty rural but at least somewhat affordable and small business friendly.

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    What lesser known free and open source software do you use daily to improve your life?
  • I'll try to keep this to lesser known apps:

    • Catima (saves barcodes for gift cards, gym memberships, etc so you don't have to worry about the physical card)

    • Cofi (nice timer for active guidance through coffee brewing recipes)

    • 10,000 Sentences (a language practicing app that doesn't have a mildly threatening owl 😉)

    • OSMAnd+ Mapillary, Overlay Maps, and 3D Features (seriously, the best. I only use Google maps to get around traffic these days since, unfortunately, Magic Earth doesn't work very well in my area)

    • Obtanium (as a gateway to lesser known software, no shipping to an app store required!)

    • RethinkDNS (an absolutely amazing piece of software that gives you fine-grained control of the domains your apps are talking to. A bit of a battery sync but it's been a game changer for me. On my GrapheneOS setup I use it in the Google sandbox to reduce the amount of data scraping servers my Google apps can talk to)

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    Should I learn Docker or Podman?
  • This is a bit of a Pokemon starter question. Just pick one and see where it takes you! They do roughly the same job, especially now that docker has a rootless mode. At the end of the day you're learning a new technology and that's a positive thing.

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    We've all just got to do our part!
  • Genuine question -- how does it "use" that water? Isn't it primarily utilized for plain old water cooling, where in mind it just evaporates at worst?

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  • Hi Everyone!

    I recently broke my Ray-Bans and was curious about recommendations for sunglasses. I understand they're commonly considered a consumable item, but was hoping to find some solid and/or sustainable options.

    Thanks for weighing in :)

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