Following subpoenas or warrants is also just theater. The rotating door between military/intelligence and Silicon Valley and sources of funding make it pretty clear that information flows freer than water.
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Flea markets in Berlin can have some good stuff.
I've also found Soviet memorabilia at Swiss second hand stores.
Disgusting but not surprising.
The US perpetuates these myths as projection.
Interestingly enough the EU wants to put spyware or encryption backdoors on every device to check in on what people are sending via private message.
So I guess established military contractors aren't private companies?
AFAIK they kind of do. They don't have nearly as much in terms extractive activities going on in their markets (rents, private debt, etc.) so the GDP numbers are far more reflective of the true societal production
Today is the first day of my apprenticeship. I feel too old to be doing this but I needed to start fresh in terms of work.
I haven't worked 40 hour weeks in years, it just hasn't been feasible for me in terms of mental health. Unfortunately there's no other way to do the apprenticeship. I really worry that I won't have enough time in the day between work, family, household, hobbies, and self-care.
Just declare occupied Korea an overseas US territory and be done with the charade.
The SPD may publicly complain to save face, but they're equally on board with social austerity (and historically equally complicit).
I was like this as a kid and more so as a teenager. It's better now but I still struggle a lot with the societally imposed 9-5 (where I live it's more like 8-5).
I worked with someone a while ago who had this, he was in his forties and had accepted the fact that he'll only be able to work evening jobs.
Having staggered sleeping rhythms was almost certainly very beneficial for early humans. Some stay up late to keep watch, some get up early to take advantage of the daylight.
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The way I look at working people supporting and voting for fascists is this: they're struggling in life, just like the rest of us. Cost of living is going up, quality of goods and services is decreasing, community is breaking apart, people are more individualist and alienated than ever, and the leadership class is doing nothing but enriching themselves. They're looking for answers, just like we are. And then a politician or party comes along who speaks to their struggles, who acknowledges their pain. Since that's more than the other party/parties have done, that's the political party that wins that person's loyalty, or at least begrudging support.
Of course we know that these fascist parties won't solve any of the problems the working class faces, but the mainstream parties often don't even talk about the problems working people face every day, and have had power for a long time and only made things worse. And since the left is systematically excluded from the discourse, only one voice critical of the status quo remains, regardless of how cynical and opportunistic and fake.