Famines only stopped after decentralising agricultural production and even liberalising the economy. That being said, China today is communist in name only. The only communist country experiencing food shortages, if not famine, is North Korea.

No need for theory when empirical evidence is clear as day. Stop repeating communist propaganda and see reality without turning a blind eye .

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And yet the Soviet authorities repeated the same mistakes themselves.

So instead of learning from previous mistakes, the communists repeated it themselves.

Climate change has been and always been known more than 100 years ago. https://theconversation.com/for-110-years-climate-change-has-been-in-the-news-are-we-finally-ready-to-listen-188646

Large home ownership with poor quality.

Literacy rates achieved just as in democratic country.

Yes, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is democratic. “It’s in the name.”

Quality of life: you have to wait seven years to receive a car and long bread lines.

Life expectancy: shorter if the centralised authorirty did not artificially create famine and don’t send you to gulag or re-education camp

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_involvement_in_regime_change

And what empirically happened every time communism has been tried?

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“But… but… communism had never been tried!”

“That wasn’t real communism!”

“Read the theory!”

“Communism is the solution to climate change.”— proceeds to industrialise Aral Sea leading to shrinkage; and built the Three Gorges Dam leading to the massive deforestation and loss of biodiversity in flooded lands

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonic_treadmill

Also, from an existentialist point of view, we’re inundated by so many choices that almost nothing could satisfy us. We’re always seeking more. Here is a quote from Soren Kierkegaard:

Marry, and you will regret it; don’t marry, you will also regret it; marry or don’t marry, you will regret it either way. Laugh at the world’s foolishness, you will regret it; weep over it, you will regret that too; laugh at the world’s foolishness or weep over it, you will regret both. Believe a woman, you will regret it; believe her not, you will also regret it… Hang yourself, you will regret it; do not hang yourself, and you will regret that too; hang yourself or don’t hang yourself, you’ll regret it either way; whether you hang yourself or do not hang yourself, you will regret both. This, gentlemen, is the essence of all philosophy.

I wonder if non-Christian people do not mind living in 13th floors. That superstition of number 13 being unlucky is mostly believed by Christians.

I never saw Avowed that way before.

I have pretty high hopes for Obsidian on their next flagship game. Even the worst game of theirs is still pretty good! Alpha Protocol is a janky mess but it’s very fun to play with.

Me hoping that the next Obsidian game isn’t disappointing.

Pretty sure lighter complexion in non-white countries is status symbol in the same way tanning is among white Westerners. You don’t need to work outside means you are affluent enough not to do so. Getting tanned means you are also affluent enough to go on holidays abroad to somewhere exotic.

Before the European colonisation in non-white majority countries, light skin has always been seen as status symbol. The racial aspect came later upon Western colonialism.

Unpopular opinion: I didn’t find it as funny as Cunk on Britain. The humour in Cunk on Earth is less subtle; it doesn’t have the trademark British dry wit and sarcasm. The new show kind of tries to be funny instead of letting the humour flow. I grew up with British TV so I prefer the first series.

Exactly. This would only work in a dry summer.

In pharmaceuticals, AI will not replace workers in manufacturing or laboratory. It’s even far more useful for drug discovery. There is a recent report of AI designing a new and effective antibiotic, in which the research and development for such drugs have basically stopped since the 1990s because bacterial antibiotic-resistance tend too evolve too quickly for antibiotic discovery to keep up.

Edit: i meant bacterial antibiotic resistance