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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

Isn't undocumented another word for illegal immigrant? (It's not really a term we have over here so apologies if I got that wrong)

I have nothing whatsoever against people based on their country of origin or skin colour etc, but if you're (or a close loved one is) flagrantly breaking the law and hiding from the authorities by illegally residing in a country, surely you shouldn't be surprised when you vote for the guy that promised to root these criminals out and deport them?

To me, the big news is people who are legally residing in the USA are being gulag'd, not that they're catching illegal immigrants. But yes, this woman was a fool, sadly.

She may be intelligent and capable of learning better, but such is the power of propaganda and brainwashing that it can get us all. None of us are immune.

It's a strong reminder that people can be tricked into working against their own interests, no matter how smart we are. The only thing that will give us a fighting chance are strong Critical Thinking skills. Even then, it's so easy to be fooled and not realise it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

But why? Why make them scared they'll lose their jobs at any moment Vs feeling secure?

If they're scared, they'll be seeking better employment, applying for other jobs whilst working this highly unstable one. Probably reduced productivity too, I wouldn't be as productive under that sort of negative environment.

Make them feel valued and secure though and they won't leave, there'll be less workplace issues for you to have to deal with, and they'll work harder.

Unless you see them as completely disposable because the law won't touch you and there will always be desperate people to fill those positions at any given time, fear is a ridiculous thing to want to instill in your workforce.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

You're right and yet now it's a beloved classic

IT'S BEEN A LAWWNNGG ROAAWWWDDDDD GERRIN FROM DERRRR TOOO EEEEEARRRR

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

commondreams.org is on my PiHole block list for some reason, is it a low quality news source, or some such? It's not a news outlet I've heard of, at least.

Edit: Ah, because it's a shell going to a CDN that scoops up data and such, seemingly.

www.commondreams.org (blocked www.commondreams.org.cdn.rebelmouse.com)

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago

You say they, not including yourself.

You're a member of the rich ruling class, then?

It's an interesting perspective that working class teenagers brought this on themselves.

They generally seem quite restricted in their agency and impact, indeed they are usually the most vocal and proactive age group for bringing about positive change, but the incumbent oppressive system of late stage capitalism (not any one individual, group or organisation, but the collected interests and power of the ruling class put through the lens of capitalism) resists that change with great strength.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (3 children)

You know its reflective surface? Well, uh...

I hate to be the one non-scientist that picks this up, guys....

...What worries me is that it's reflecting everything but us.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago (5 children)

I wonder how big of a crowd you could subdue with drone swarms high above the throngs deploying a high dispersal cloud of something down onto them.

Thousands? Hmm. I wonder when we'll see them try.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Why are you censoring the word kill? Are you a child?

We can use big boy words on the internet, this isn't the classroom.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

hahaha good onion article can you imagine if this really happened haha

r...right?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

If the USA government says it's not involved, that means it's involved, right? Every lie from them is a truth these days.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

Methane is what the majority of natural gas is made up of, and if your generator isn't made to be very efficient (like a real power station is), you'll lose some of your fuel unburnt into the atmosphere.

Kinda like unburnt wood smoke vapour, which could have been burned in a higher quality wood burner, but just goes up the chimney in an open fire.

 

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Apologies if I'm missing something obvious here, 😅 I saved a comment I'd like to go back to the other day but don't recall exactly what it was (darn my poor ADHD memory), and so I wanted to scroll through my saved/favourited comments to find it.

When I go to the "Saved" tab it lets me scroll through saved posts, but I can't find any way to switch to scrolling through saved comments, so I'm not sure how I'd go about finding them?

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