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4·2 months agoHerman&Chomsky provide some good insights, but there are major shortcomings and points where they are outright false. Among others, it is often cited by anti-democratic propagandists. China uses this book, it’s among the very view Western books that are not censored in China, there is even a Chinese translation. They use Chomsky&Herman to criticize democracy and human rights (China’s criticism of capitalism is sort of a pretext).
Tankies and other communities use it as some sort of ultimate truth. This is rubbish.
Chomsky is even conveying pro-Russian, anti-Ukrainian viewpoints in the meantime (here is an older article, I am sure you know Chomsky’s hypotheses).
Don’t get me wrong, but sometimes I am wondering how many of those citing the book have really read it.
As someone already wrote in another thread, the moderation in this community seems to follow personal preferences rather than justifyable rules.
That’s perfectly alright. As I asked above in this threat, I don’t understand why this has been just deleted. But, again, it’s on you. That’s your server. No two people agree on everything.
Why has this been deleted then if I may ask?
As I said, I fully support that this is an issue, and it’s a good article. I wouldn’t have expected to be in this commmunity. When I see a comm called ‘Socialism’ I wouldn’t expext an analysis on the Haji in Saudi Arabia. But it’s a big problem for all of us, and especially for countries like SA where it’s already been hot even before the climate change, of course.
Addition: Global coal demand is on the rise as you might have read, just posted something. Why has that been deleted?
Let me say that this is on you and Beehaw, I just think it is an article about the Haji. The solution here is to just provide enough cooling methods I would say. I feel putting this in a wider ‘capitalist and climate’ frame is a bit overdone.
Climate change is our all issue, and it’s caused by self-defined capitalist and socialist countries alike. Similar things happen in Brazil’s Amazon region, in Asia, almost across China’s BRI, and across the globe. It’s not unique to socialism.
But, again, it’s on you and I don’t want to make that a big issue. Sometimes it’s better to agree to disagree :-)
Saudi authorities have installed air-conditioned shelters and other cooling methods. But these are only available to pilgrims with official permits. Most of those who died did not have permits, meaning they could not access cool relief.
This is absolutely devastating, there’s absolutely no doubt. When reading the article, though, I didn’t understand why this is an article in this particular community. Maybe Saudi Arabia should provide more cooling methods, or not let too many people in?
Although climate change is, of course, caused by Western-style capitalism, it is by far not the only reason. China, a socialist country, is the world’s largest coal producer and importer, and coal likely remains the bedrock of China’s energy system for at least another decade.
I feel this is a well-researched article, but maybe the wrong community?
Read his research, it’ll be illuminating.
2·3 months agoI thought you might be familiar with Australia’s threats to ban tiktok whilst ignoring the crimes other tech companies commit and making no effort to protect Australians from them.
Are you sure you read the thelucky8’s comment?
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Your answer has nothing to do with my question.
Isn’t it somewhat strange that Tiktok, whose parent company is forced to closely surveill and censor each politically undesired content in its home country, while it is at the same time not only unable to suppress but reportedly even promotes obviously harmful content on its platforms outside China?
Isn’t it somewhat strange that Tiktok, whose parent company is forced to closely surveill and censor each politically undesired content in its home country, while it is at the same time not only unable to suppress but reportedly even promotes obviously harmful content on its platforms outside China?
As AP reports on the same issue:
There has been increasing concern from Albanian parents after reports of children taking knives and other objects to school to use in quarrels or cases of bullying promoted by stories they see on TikTok.
Isn’t it somewhat strange that Tiktok, whose parent company is forced to closely surveill and censor each politically undesired content in its home country, while it is at the same time not only unable to suppress but reportedly even promotes obviously harmful content on its platforms outside China?
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… the 14-year-old student was killed and another injured …
As AP reports on the same issue:
There has been increasing concern from Albanian parents after reports of children taking knives and other objects to school to use in quarrels or cases of bullying promoted by stories they see on TikTok.
Isn’t it somewhat strange that Tiktok, whose parent company is forced to closely surveill and censor each politically undesired content in its home country, while it is at the same time not only unable to suppress but reportedly even promotes obviously harmful content on its platforms outside China?
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7·3 months agoLimesurvey appears to be good (among other sites, Switching Software is good to find alternatives).
Money corrupts; bitcoin corrupts absolutely. Disregarding all of bitcoin’s shortcomings, a financial instrument that brings out the worst in people—greed—won’t change the world for the better.
I disagree with this statement. Blockchain is only a technology, good or bad is what we humans are doing. It depends how we use BTC and other coins, but that’s a human issue rather than a technological one.
There aren’t a lot of Chinese citizenry here. But there are a lot of Americans. It so follows that it makes sense to criticize the U.S. more, because many people on Beehaw can actually do something about it, especially in aggregate.
I agree that there are most likely more Americans (or other ‘Westerners’) here than Chinese, yet there are many tankies here with alt accounts on Beehaw. It is them who spread the Chinese propaganda, criticizing the West in general while being silent on China.
Because another countries takes away freedom and eliminates the free market, makes it a non argument if the US does the same? The US is doing the same what China does.
If so, why then haven’t you long been criticizing China the same way you do now the US? Where are these posts?
(Just to say that: The US, China, EU, and all the others can ban Tiktok, Twitter, FB, and all the centralized data collectors. I wouldn’t miss any of them, and I think it would be better for the world. But the hypocrisy here in this thread is very telling.)
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