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on Polish twitter gem · c/memes · -1 pts · 198d

This kind of phrasing often refers to EU raising labor and environmental standards. Nobody is labeled a Russian for criticizing flaws in EU governing, like chat control or free trade agreements.

I don't really get the sentiment here - what's happening is the standard development if a public good (that youtube kind of was before google purchased them) gets privatized. It's the same with communications (isn't AT&T great?), water, electricity, rail infrastructure and trains, roads - investors are never good for the public good. They're only good at lining their pockets.

The problem with that concept is that it's not efficient. Sustainable (i.e. car-free) settlements are dense to minimize distances while economies of scale naturally apply to farming. In the mentioned cases, the agriculture is more of a (costly) gimmick that adds to the cost of housing.

It's always sensible to look at ancient solutions that are more often than not better suited to solve the problems to modern solutions. Farming has always happened in concentric rings around the settlements, not interspersed.

However, parks that grow food serve an aesthetic function that might justify the increased cost.

Besides the obvious conclusions, this case also shows how (state sanctioned) racism makes everyone less secure. The real perpetrator has not been caught and operated under conditions that minimized his risks for actual consequences. Maybe he wouldn't have killed Venice Parker if there had been a greater risk of discovery. So racism killed two people in that case.

on They have a point... · c/microblogmemes · 79 pts · 240d

sneering distrust of unions

sneering distrust of science

sneering distrust of socialism

sneering distrust of wikipedia

I'd say their sneering distrust of everything has brought us to where we are now.

That really sucks. I'm sorry for you.

On a different note - how tf could they fire your pregnant wife? Do you not have maternity protection where you live? What kind of colossal injustice is that?

The risk isn't derived from the technology but how it is used. The proprietary technology is used to prevent farmers from creating their own seed (including using copy right laws) while increasing their dependency on matching pesticides. Industrial agriculture is not sustainable - insect populations are dwindling because every square foot of landscape is sprayed with poison. GMO is used to further industrialize agriculture, e.g. by making crops resistant to poison, which in turn can (and will) be used more liberally.