without using it in the way recently popularized by US fascists.
It was a campaign slogan for the Canadian Conservative Party too, as well as used heavily by Conservatives in my province during the last election. “Common sense” has always been a fig leaf for somebody wanting to believe they hold a majority view when that is not supported by polls.
I’d add to that list anybody who uses the term “common sense”.
the followers [of fascism] must be convinced that they can overwhelm the enemies. Thus, by a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak. Fascist governments are condemned to lose wars because they are constitutionally incapable of objectively evaluating the force of the enemy.
– Umberto Eco, Ur-Fascism https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umberto-eco-ur-fascism
You may also like Martin Gurri’s “The Revolt of the People”. It’s about a dozen years old now but accurately predicted so much.
Your comment just sounds like a high schooler upset that people like other types of music.
Yes, that’s definitely it, rather than the multiple lawsuits and claims of plagiarism she has faced over the years.
Pretty funny that Dua Lipa is so opposed to this when her entire catalogue sounds like blatant ripoffs of other people’s music.
It really is. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve visited the US and the massive class divide and disparity, plus the general state of despair, hits me every time
I think so, because this is too pants-on-head crazy to make any sense otherwise. I wonder how many shares these people own and when they bought them.
China is facing a huge demographic crisis in the next 10-15 years, so I don’t think so. More likely the EU steps up but the world becomes more multipolar in general.
Distrobox and Flatpak are more than enough at this stage for most programs
Maybe for you, but personally I could never get by with only that. I have zero interest in atomic distros. To me they look like an inferior version of NixOS, which I have yet to fully wrap my head around. Until then I’ll stick to Arch (BTW)
Remarkable how that happens, isn’t it? The company was fine while they received a paycheque but the very next day they are despicable.
Carney does like that word a lot, although not nearly as much as “if I may”
That keyboard layout gave me a stroke. I’d rather relocate Enter than the apostrophe. I suppose that could be remapped…
Carney also called him a “transformational president” who “revitalized international security” and Trump nodded “it’s true!” because he’s too stupid to realize it wasn’t a compliment.
Nothing says socialism like a lifetime spent in banking and asset management.
And his nominations to the banks of Canada and England were by the radical socialists Stephen Harper and David Cameron, respectively.
I’m increasingly convinced that the US will never escape this pit of anti-intellectualism they’ve dug.
Easy decision to make when they are nowhere near ever turning a profit.
Yeah, it’s good practice to avoid US food in general, especially meat, which is truly horrid. Produce can be hit-and-miss. Dry goods aren’t so bad, but I still prefer to buy from any other country.
What’s this from again? The Mummy? Love this scene.