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  • The Gervais Principle, Or The Office According to “The Office”

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  • Same. The idea that organizations create a barrier of clueless acolytes to shield the sociopaths at the top from the workers at the bottom makes a lot of sense. I tried to read the whole book he made out of these essays but it wasn't as great as the main ideas.

  • "China is AuThORItAriAN!" - Liberals

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  • Many far right countries (australia, japan, south korea) use ranked choice voting... it doesn't make a bit of difference. If capitalists control the political system, then they will stack candidates and fund the campaigns that support their interests, and the "democracy" there is nothing but political theatre.

    Outside of Marxists, even the ancient greeks knew that representative government is just another name for plutocracy, because only wealthy / landed family have the money and prestige to fund campaigns to get themselves elected. Liberals still haven't learned this simple lesson.

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  • American values

    The values of the US settler-colonial project, are native eviction, and genocide.

    The values of the indigenous peoples were not considered worthy to the european settlers, so they did their best to wipe out hundreds of peoples/tribes/cultures. You either don't know that history, or worse, you are proud of it.

    I highly suggest reading both An indigenous people's history of the US by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, or her Not a nation of immigrants.

  • "China is AuThORItAriAN!" - Liberals

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  • The PRC would be incredibly naive to let US tech companies in, and take over and hoover up their social media landscape, like so many other countries have done. For example India's most popular communications platform, is facebook. The US effectively controls the social media of a country many times larger than itself, and can influence it whatever way it wants, as well as spy on every person who uses it.

    For those who want to view US-run tech sites in the PRC, they can of course via VPNs which are completely legal, but that friction is very worthwhile for encouraging home-run alternatives, and preventing mass surveillance by an evil empire.

  • "China is AuThORItAriAN!" - Liberals

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  • "China is AuThORItAriAN!" - Liberals

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  • "China is AuThORItAriAN!" - Liberals

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  • libertarian socialist/communist

    When your socialist / communist group arms and starts defending themselves and their class interests, what prevents someone labeling them as authoritarian for doing so?

    Socialist countries like the PRC lived through a hundred years of imperial exploitation by foreign powers (Britain, the US, and Japan), and fought a decades-long civil war against feudal reactionaries to finally liberate themselves from these oppressions. Do you know something they don't, about how to establish socialism, "non-authoritarianly"?

  • "China is AuThORItAriAN!" - Liberals

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  • but people in US finance everything

    Damn I wonder why they do that. Must have nothing to do poverty. /s

  • "China is AuThORItAriAN!" - Liberals

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  • "China is AuThORItAriAN!" - Liberals

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  • Do you have sources for any of these claims?

  • GeorgeClensy/Escape-Launcher: A minimalist android launcher to help you quit your phone addiction

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  • I like kiss launcher a lot, I use it on my android tablet, which is my main work device. Its the only launcher that has great keyboard support... start typing right away, press enter, and it launches.

  • Iran offers Hormuz passage to countries expelling US, Israeli ambassadors

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  • Props, this is like an diplomatic BDS.

  • Lemmy Development Update February 2026

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  • heh, EUR. Must have gotten messed up in the copy somewhere.

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    Thumb-key 5.1.4 Release

    github.com /dessalines/thumb-key/releases/tag/5.1.4

  • Lemmy liberals:

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  • Are iranian children worth less than american children?

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  • "Iran is oppressive. The media from the country bombing them told me so"

  • Two Things Can Be True At Once!

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  • This is gold. Comrades are on their meme game this week. This one was also fire:

  • Looking for recommendations for men's grooming stuff

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  • CeraVe is the only skin-care company afaik whose products are developed by dermatologists, and are consistently highly rated by dermatologists. They have good scentless moisturizers, lotions with sunscreen, retinol, shampoos, conditioners, and wash bar(soap alternative).

  • What are your views on homeschooling?

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  • The strangest person I've ever met was homeschooled, it was a really sad case. He was an only child home-schooled by fundamentalist christian parents, and didn't have much interaction with peers his age until he was in college. Zebulon (yes that was his name) could not hold a simple conversation, and clearly had less education than most grade-schoolers. Talking to him was worse than talking to a child, he would babble or ignore everything you said and change the subject completely. I hope he's overcome that and is doing better now.

  • What are your views on homeschooling?

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  • It should be illegal or heavily restricted, as it is in many countries already.

    1. The kid doesn't get what's easily the most important aspect of school (even more important than the curriculum), socialization.
    2. The kid gets an education from someone who likely has no qualifications whatsoever, and is more than likely homeschooling for fundamentalist religious reasons.

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    Lemmy Development Update February 2026

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    The US is a terrorist state

  • World News @lemmy.ml
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    Iranian state media confirms death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

    www.nbcnews.com /video/iranian-state-media-confirms-death-of-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-258494021599
  • Europe @lemmy.ml
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    Top European officials give standing ovation to a Marco Rubio speech, planning to start a new age of colonialism, and revive the 'great Western empires'

    www.geopoliticaleconomy.report /p/marco-rubio-west-colonialism-munich-security-conference
  • World News @lemmy.ml
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    Top European officials give standing ovation to a Marco Rubio speech, planning to start a new age of colonialism, and revive the 'great Western empires'

    www.geopoliticaleconomy.report /p/marco-rubio-west-colonialism-munich-security-conference
  • Memes @lemmy.ml
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    Sign check

  • United States | News & Politics @lemmy.ml
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    US Democrats: proud of deportations

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    The global elite

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    Jerboa 0.0.85 Release

    github.com /LemmyNet/jerboa/releases/tag/0.0.85
  • Thumb-Key @lemmy.ml
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    Thumb-key 5.1.3 Release

    github.com /dessalines/thumb-key/releases/tag/5.1.3
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    DPRK rule

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    'Peace president' Trump has bombed 10 countries, now plans $1.5 trillion military budget

    www.geopoliticaleconomy.report /p/trump-bombed-10-countries-trillion-military-budget
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    Dishes

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    Thumb-Key 5.1.1 Release

    github.com /dessalines/thumb-key/releases/tag/5.1.1
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    Thumb-key 5.1.0 Release

    github.com /dessalines/thumb-key/releases/tag/5.1.0
  • GenZedong @lemmygrad.ml
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    More than half of US families are one paycheck away from homelessness.

  • Memes @lemmy.ml
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    More than half of US families are one paycheck away from homelessness.

  • Socialism @lemmy.ml
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    Anna Louise Strong on Capitalist "democracy"

  • Open Source @lemmy.ml
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    GeorgeClensy/Escape-Launcher: A minimalist android launcher to help you quit your phone addiction

    github.com /GeorgeClensy/Escape-Launcher