We’re on Lemmy. No conversation on here or on any social media is likely going to “further society” in any way.

The point when it gets dark at 4pm in December is the worst.

You have other choices, yes, but it’s always going to be either the Democrat or the Republican that wins.

Like here in the UK, smaller parties get media coverage more so than in the US, but it’s still always going to be either Labour or the Conservatives that are forming a government, so they get the most coverage.

I think I blocked a bot once, if that counts.

But I don’t block people on any sites unless they start spamming me in DMs or whatever. I don’t see the point of blocking people otherwise.

Most political issues are a waste of time even trying to talk about on social media, because people on all sides love their echo chambers, and any reasonable argument from a different viewpoint is met with consternation, rather than a healthy debate.

The problem with the death penalty is largely down to potential miscarriages of justice.

What if they get the wrong person and some innocent is put to death? Do you really want the state to have that sort of power over its citizens?

Yes, why do you not?

This is a country where COVID originated and with a population of 1.4 billion, yet apparently only 5,272 people have died. They’re not great at telling the truth and are masters at propaganda.

This is an absurd statement that could only be made by someone unfamiliar with Marxism. The presence of markets do not mean that the system isn’t Socialist.

The profits from companies are retained by the companies. Isn’t the idea of socialism that the workers own the means of production and no companies profit? The Chinese economy is set up the exact opposite.

Lol. Firstly, China claims they’ve eradicated absolute poverty. Do you really believe that?

Secondly, China has opened its markets to the world and allowed a ton of private ownership and private companies to take on the global markets.

The only thing that isn’t capitalist about China is the word “Communist” in the ruling party.

The simple fact is that capitalism has lifted more people out of poverty historically than anything else.

Is capitalism a perfect system? Of course it isn’t. But it’s the best one we’ve got.

laughs in British

Everything this guy said.

I’ve struggled with anxiety my whole life. But my anxiety is about things that I can control. I don’t worry about climate change, or wars or pandemics or whatever, because it’s pointless worrying about things that you can do literally nothing about.

I find paperbacks more comfortable. Though I have just bought a Kobo so I’ll probably be using that more soon.

I’ll have you know, Rockin’ All Over the World is a fine song.

I’ve never understood the point of it. So I can send pictures and message people? How is that different from any other messaging app I can use? 🤷

MTG thinks it’s a sign from God: https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/1776282144416972941

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Wtf? The state doesn’t own our bodies.

News and the media in general preys on fear. They want you to be terrified because it makes you watch the news and read the papers and their websites. They hype up anything that will scare you.

The whole COVID period proved that.

The internet being a “place” you would go to and then leave.

That’s almost impossible to do now because everything is so linked to being online.

People commenting on things that are not aimed at them, or complaining about it.

Like seeing an advert for guitar lessons with a phone number attached, calling the number and telling them how much you really don’t want guitar lessons, when all you had to do was ignore it.

The Ricky Gervais joke about guitar lessons applies.