I don’t know how I feel about it. On one hand, it makes for less of an echo chamber. On the other hand, their thoughts are fucking stupid and it hurts my brain to see them.

I mean, I think they’re definitely still in the minority. It seems like there’s a larger proportion of them here than on reddit. I see more of their opinions here. Maybe that’s just how the algo works here regarding upvotes & downvotes and how comments are displayed.

Yeah. I hardcore disagree with conservatives as a libertarian socialist myself, but I always want to hear what people who disagree with me (and people who agree with me) are saying, and engage in civil conversation with people who actually believe what they say.

The problem for me comes when shills (people who don’t believe what they say but get paid to say it) come into the conversation, or when people use outright disingenuous arguments (usually strawmans).

No, but it takes a person to control a company. A Person to direct the goals of a company. So I guess Tim Apple is somewhat involved if there is innovation or not.

Man I am kinda sorry, that I invade your worldview.

But rich people don’t have all their money stored in a vault like Dagobert Duck. It’s all stocks.

And boy, if one of the companies make losses, then their money goes downhill. It’s volatile.

And due to immense concurrence in innovation in the tech sector, every investor has a huge interest in innovation.

And with many investment, the start of a company is ensured.

The current capitalism is the system that works best.

Especially the US capitalism is one hell of a driver in innovation. I live in Germany and many companies wouldn’t be possible here. Even though we have capitalism, it’s much softer than its US counterpart.

The downside of course is poverty for cheaper labour.

And that’s brutal, but it’s the reality we live in.

Though I wouldn’t want to live in the US without healthcare, on the counter side I wouldn’t want to start a company here in Europe.

Anytime someone points to the Saudis as an example to follow…probably don’t need to listen to anything else they say.

I am no troll. I believe that I see the world as it is. I guess so do you.

Doesn’t matter much though. No matter what we do. We will see who is right. Luckily time passes all by itself. For now.

Maybe if you don’t know where to start means that you don’t know where I am actually wrong?

I don’t think you have been reading a single one of the articles. The first one already is a not so fitting response to m claim that European style houses are ore resilient against extreme weather events.

A similar flood happened in 1804 in the same region. Exactly the same region.

The houses were placed in a strategically bad position.

And many had no cellars ( to reinforce the houses in the ground).

Wait. But someone has to bottle the water, right? Or is nestle supposed to do it for free?

Furthermore they have to compete with tap water. So the value of bottled water can only be the water itself + bottle + energy used to fill bottle + interest because their “service” is not for free. There is a justified interest to make a profit from one’s efforts.

Shhh shhh. You gotta use crayons for the big words.

English is not my primary language. I believe it was explosion motor what you have written at first.

And while I am no expert of the workings of a modern combustion engine, I do indeed have an understanding of how a combustion engine works.

I also know what reaction takes place and I know the average fuel consumption of an average European car.