MarxMadness

@MarxMadness@lemmygrad.ml

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China has stopped exporting rare earths to everyone, not just the U.S., cutting off critical materials for tech, autos, aerospace, and defense⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  China has no more than what every other sovereign nation is entitled to: control over the resources in their territory.

  The only requirement for trading with them is to play nice, which the U.S. isn’t doing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump announces new US tariffs on Mexican... beer⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “My prefered flavor of treat is the only real one and all other treat preferences are wrong”

  We’re still doing this?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Russian forces walked inside a gas pipeline to strike Ukrainian troops from the rear in Kursk⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  that’s still an excessive number of tanks per person to haul

  Could have used a cart for the people, the oxygen, or both.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tusk: 500 million Europeans ask 300 million Americans to protect them from 140 million Russians⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  …the U.S.?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨smort⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I like the comparison to measuring physical attributes, but I think a better analogy for IQ testing would be “trying to measure athleticism by trying to measure who’s best at playing basketball.”

  Defining “athleticism” itself is hard. It might include reaction time, coordination, strength, speed, flexibility, etc. There are some naturally occurring differences in those attributes, but to a degree they are also changeable. Any bottom-line, all-in measure is going to include some arbitrary decisions about the relative value of each attribute.

  Trying to measure athleticism by who’s best at basketball adds another layer of problems. Basketball (analogous to test taking, cultural context, etc.) involves skills that are separate from whatever you’re calling athleticism. It’s also a game where a big factor in success – height – is also probably something a lot of people would consider separate from athleticism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US freezes almost all aid except for Israel, Egypt arms: memo⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  haaretz.com/…/00000194-615c-d4d0-a1f4-fbfdce85000…

  The people claiming Trump was somehow going to do even more genocide in Palestine have been immediately proven wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Magnus Carlsen: Chess champion quits FIDE tournament after being told to change jeans⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Eh, a lot of school dress codes are (partly) intended to keep rich kids from wearing all the newest shit, which causes everyone else to try and keep up or feel shabby. All-black dress codes in bars or kitchens don’t make things any harder for poor people, either.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Swiss court recognises obesity as a disability under certain conditions⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Go back to reddit