tantalizer @ tantalizer @lemmy.world Posts 2Comments 35Joined 3 wk. ago
Regarding the collapse of wealthy countries I was more thinking of the social securities like free healthcare, education, retirement, welfare etc. I don't think the justice system will collapse and agree that that is right-wing propaganda. But I can see the first things I mentioned happening when there is an influx in people that do not immediately pay I to the system to finance it for others. This might not apply to the US where education and healthcare isn't free to begin with, but in countries like Germany where it's the case it might be more severe. On the other hand, the retirement system is already very strained in Germany as there are less and less young people to pay for the old ones that retired...
Why would I watch Fox News, I'm not even in the US...
My proof for "basically" open borders is me. I lived in multiple countries and it was pretty easy to achieve. And I by no means have money, just education.
Not sure what you're going on about truisms and what you did or did not notice.
I stand by the fact that if you have money, education and/or a job that is in demand for the country you chose, you can easily get permanent residency and then citizenship.
I don't get why you get so worked up about this statement. If someone wants to immigrate to Germany, New Zealand, or Canada or whatever first world country, they apply for it, fill out the paperwork and if they fulfill the requirements, which you usually do if you have the education, you eventually get approved. That's literally what hundreds of thousands of people are already doing.
Is this system perfect? Of course not, it takes a while to get the paperwork and it heavily favors highly educated people from first world countries. But that's what I said in the first post.
I think it shouldn't be illegal even if you didn't exhausted all other options. It's my life, and if I want to end it I should be allowed to do so.
If you have money, borders are basically open for you. I haven't seen many upper middle-class and higher people migrate to second or third world countries. So it's safe to assume that that also wouldn't happen when borders are actually open. This leaves less fortunate people from all over the world. If you are telling me they will migrate to a different second or third world country, you are delusional. They will migrate to first world countries. And those cou tries will collapse.
Don't get me wrong, I think open borders are a great concept and people should be free to live wherever they want. But with our current system it just doesn't work. If we have something like a world government and just earth, without individual countries, it's a different story.
Yeah, I'm missing this so hard from Reddit :( It should be possible to group subs I'm not subscribed to too!
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I never said it's a good idea. I was just saying that it's true that that's a thing in Germany.
I think it's good that they lock it but I also think there shouldn't be a way to unlock it apart from race track use.
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That's not true. Cars are normally capped at 250 km/h in Germany. But it's completely legal to pay extra to get it removed.
Chef's Plate started putting stickers on their boxes saying "Produced in Canada" and below it basically says 'from international ingredients'.
When I block an instance, does it also block comments of users of those instances on other instances?
To be fair, it's kinda unusual to all of a sudden be convinced that it's ok to be racist, like exploitation, and be against helping the unfortunate.
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Oh good take. English is my second language so I might have missed that subtext!
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He's 17, so why not?
What irks me though is your first text. So aggressive and accusing...
I've watched a couple of anime in this art style. Is there a name for it? It's super realistic but still distinctly animated. Would love to find more!
You're right, thanks :)
I've watched a couple of anime in this art style. Is there a name for it? It's super realistic but still distinctly animated. Would love to find more!
Kagi is actively funding the Russian government as they use, and pay for, their search provider Yandex. It's not the only one they are using, but it's one of them.
Fastmail is Australia based. They have atrocious privacy laws.
Fastmail is Australia based. Don't they have some of the worst laws regarding government backdoors?
I would set it up like this. Everything you have in Calibre Web, or only on a shared shelf, will show up in your Kobo reader book section and is ready to download.
No plugins or extra software, it just works.
https://brandonjkessler.com/technology/2021/04/26/setup-kobo-sync-in-calibre-web.html
Why does it look like Signal might introduce backdoors?