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Japan: Can anything be done to stop population decline?
  • Overall it isn't a bad thing, but on a societal level it makes life harder for the working population supporting the elderly. From what I've read on working culture in Japan it's hard enough to begin with.

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    Japan: Can anything be done to stop population decline?
  • It's been becoming like how they describe in Northern Europe over the last 15 years though. Things are better than the US in terms of statutory rights and work culture, but people are worse off in real terms than pre-2008. Especially so in the UK, which has become a low-wage high-CoL country for the overall majority of people.

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    Tesla exaggerated EV range so much that drivers thought cars were broken
  • Toyota hybrids are the most common taxis in urban areas of the UK, they absolutely eat up miles with no issues. If "every hybrid has super pricey transmission/clutch issues" then cab companies with razor thin margins wouldn't be using them, pretty simple logic

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    A group wants to form a new party to 'transform' politics after Keir Starmer's betrayal of the left
  • And they all fell into line when Starmer's leadership forbade Labour MPs from visiting strikers on the picket lines... something Labour MPs have done since the party's formation. No longer the party of working people.

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    A group wants to form a new party to 'transform' politics after Keir Starmer's betrayal of the left
  • Would rather have 5 years of centre left government than another term of Tory leadership.

    We won't, though. Starmer has rejected centre left policy and allowed Labour to be pulled right, he won't even commit to public spending reform.

    Let the Overington window move slowly, but it’s easier to advocate for left wing policies if the right of labour is in charge

    Who is left in the party, with any power or influence at all, to advocate for left wing policy? Who in the party leadership will actually listen to left wing voices at party conferences? Why will the incredibly mercenary Labour right take left wing policy on board after spending the last 6+ years actively working against the Labour left?

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    Why is technology not making us more productive?
  • The UK has a poor investment culture. Funds are concentrated into unproductive areas like landbanking and housing development because they have the largest return in our ridiculous property market, while investment into actual emerging technology development is neglected and the UK ends up as a client nation to the US.

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    How journalist view modern gamers
  • I went straight into it from playing a lot of BF4 recently and it really took me aback. Weapon balancing is pretty awful as well, SMGs are much too powerful- the Vector has no recoil and a high fire rate so people can kill you in less than a second with it.

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    How are you accessing Lemmy now? Browser or app?
  • Browser. I've tried Connect and Liftoff on android but I couldn't find a way to browse communities I hadn't subscribed to, probably because I'm dumb

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    How journalist view modern gamers
  • They're right though. I'm into Battlebit Advanced at the moment and while it's a refreshing take on the Battlefield formula of combined arms gameplay, its also so much sweatier than the old Battlefields I came up on were.

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