So given that revolution is not currently possible, then maybe voting for the dem soc candidate is the right thing to do with what little power we have?

Fake and gay

I married an Indian woman and have been getting into Bollywood music, and honestly there’s so many good songs!

Two of my favorites are:

Qaafirana

Khuda Jaane

You haven’t said anything about your intended use for the new or old house. Are you planning to live in one and have the other for vacations? Would you intend to rent one out some or all of the time?

Spheres can only be sliced one way?? Is that some geometrical definition previously unknown to maths? It’s quite obvious what is meant when western hemisphere is said, you’re either stupid or being deliberately obtuse.

You can define half spheres any way you want https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Hemisphere

So, uh, did communism work for them?

So you’re ok using more water to clean your dishes? On what basis do you declare dishwashers to be environmentally unfriendly?

Remind me who ran against Xi in his very democratic last election?

You said “the working class is in control of the state”, and I was looking for some argument to support that. I think Xi is in charge of the state, and I don’t think the working class gets much say in that.

OK but you said public ownership as a part of how “the working class” is in control of the state, and this sounds like not that.

What does “public ownership” mean? They’re not paying dividends to every Chinese citizen, right? I assume you mean “the state”, in which case I’m not seeing your point.

I’m sorry, the working class is in control of the state? I’d love to hear something to back up such a strong statement.

Oh so you googled it now? Back down from having heard of people doing it?

Spoiler alert, hasn’t happened! And you haven’t heard of anybody for whom it has! So I stand by my statement.

It’s theoretical nonsense, and credit scores are not the same as creditors, but keep talking nonsense about this “one weird trick” you heard on Facebook!

Then like…what? You have massive debt and can never return? Or we’re pretending Europe is a different planet and you can just “start new”?

“You’ve heard of people”. No, you haven’t.

Not if you want support from the vendor :p

I think many companies don’t actively maintain a large portion of their code base at all. So any amount of work, no matter how small, involves a “project” and “budget” and “approvals” to even assign somebody to the task of upgrading.

Then you have the testing and due diligence from whomever actually uses the thing.