@NotAnotherLemmyUser

NotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.world · 23 days ago

Somewhat similar, this might be a fun thread to ask if anyone has experienced Synesthesia:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia

NotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.world · 28 days ago

Welcome to Lemmy.

Tap for some copy-pasta from wikipedia

Tankie is a pejorative label generally applied to authoritarian communists, especially those who support acts of repression by such regimes or their allies.
More specifically, the term has been applied to those who express support for one-party Marxist–Leninist socialist republics, whether contemporary or historical. It is commonly used by anti-authoritarian leftists, including anarchists, libertarian socialists, left communists, democratic socialists, and reformists to criticise Leninism, although the term has seen increasing use by liberal and right‐wing factions as well.[5][6]

You’ll also see them around here commonly blaming anything negative on “capitalism” as well (while ignoring the fact that pure capitalism doesn’t exist since the economy of almost every country is really a mix of capitalism and socialism).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie

NotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.world · 1 month ago

Civil asset forfeiture in the U.S.

We’re supposed to be “innocent until proven guilty” but they get around this by saying that they’re essentially accusing the money (or car/home or whatever) of being used for crime. Then they confiscate it and the only way to get it back is to go to court and prove that your money is innocent.

The fact that cash/possessions can be taken away from you at anytime by federal agents (or by police in almost every State) without having to follow it up with any sort of case to prove that a crime occurred is ridiculous. And on top of that you can’t get the money back that you spent on attorney fees, so it’s pointless to spend money on an attorney if what was taken was less than a few thousand dollars.

Most people don’t know that this can happen or don’t seem to care enough because, “it would never happen to me, right?”

https://ij.org/issues/private-property/civil-forfeiture/

NotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.world · 1 month ago

It’s more of a balance between how much is run by companies vs the regulations that the government imposes on those companies.

Pure capitalism doesn’t really exist anywhere.

And what kind of companies are you working for where you feel that your workplace is a dictatorship? If I ever felt that way I would leave and work somewhere else.

NotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.world · edit-2 1 month ago

A balance between capitalism and socialism is what most countries are already using and has worked for a long time.

Communism is the one that only works in theory and anywhere it has been tried has quickly led to dictatorships or else it has fallen apart.

Edit: what most countries are using (not every country)

NotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.world · 1 month ago

Communism wouldn’t fix much, and it would only be a temporary fix. It doesn’t work well at a larger scale which is why every country that has tried it has either fallen apart or turned into a dictatorship.

We’re better off finding the proper balance between capitalism and socialism until someone comes up with a better system that actually works.