mr_manager

@mr_manager@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China’s new language law to criminalise advocacy of ethnic minority rights⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You just listed like eight examples of minority languages being protected in Europe. What is the threshold you’re searching for here to prove that minority language and culture are, at least sometimes, treated differently in Europe? I’m in no way suggesting that these issues are being dealt with perfectly anywhere in the world, or that Europe doesn’t have plenty of examples of minority populations being mistreated, but I think it’s kind of strange to argue that China isn’t engaging in some form of ethnic cleansing. Especially when it comes to Tibet and the Uyghur people. The Chinese government is using policies like this to intentionally suppress the culture and language of minority populations.

  Both things can be true; Europe has an imperfect record when it comes to treatment of ethnic minorities, and China is targeting certain ethnic minority populations under the guise of “assimilation”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We got more games and better games when there was less money being made in the industry.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure studio/publisher consolidation is trashing AAA development but I’d argue that the opposite is true of the indie scene - more and better games than ever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ratio of Active U.S. Workers to Retirees (2001-2024)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also, hasn’t public-sector hiring been flat for decades? Not even counting the recent DOGE bullshit? This workforce has been aging out with nobody replacing them, and the remaining folks have to do more and more, pushing more people out to private-sector jobs. Just not sure how useful this data is by itself, except as another indicator of U.S. government in decline

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If Europe and the rest of the worlds response it to make weapons of war, someone will eventually insure they are all used.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Bud, Russia is aggressive because Putin’s entire rise to power was built on manufactured fear. He likely used FSB agents to execute false flag attacks on Russian citizens and blame it on Chechen separatists. He has had to build on that fear to maintain power, developing a mythological Imperial past that was “stolen” by the west. Conquering Ukraine is the first step in “resurrecting” that glorious fiction. Russia will not stop pursuing this fever dream until Putin and his government are gone - they can’t. It’s basically the only thing keeping them in power. I don’t like wars either, but until we can collectively figure out how to stop these authoritarian impulses there just isn’t any alternative. It’s the paradox of tolerance, essentially

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vance eviscerates 'Soviet'-style European censorship in address to Munich Security Conference⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  “But if your democracy can be destroyed with a few hundred thousand dollars of digital advertising from a foreign country, then it wasn’t very strong to begin with."

  I mean, it was more than a couple hundred thousand dollars here in the States, but that’s exactly what has us on the ropes. Propaganda and misinformation delivered via social media is destroying democracy all across the western world.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pineapple trimmings in 1 liter burp or boom tube⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t usually use a brine when I make Tepache, but maybe this is a different recipe.