Immigrant Dr. Humbug
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- Berlin, London, Athens
German, left Brexit island after more than a decade, now living in sunny Athens/Greece
#politics #privacy #healthcare #CoSoDailyArt
Joined Apr 2022
@Museek Well, one example that most people can relate to is the housewife often doubling as a carer, nurse, and kindergartener - hard work with no chance of even being renumerated. But people are conditioned to ignore this. And the fact that people like Trump pay less tax than their cleaners is widely known but also widely ignored. @CinnamonGirlE
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Many people believe that working hard will lead to success but there are barriers that make it hard for many to reach that goal.
It isn’t only about how hard you work; it’s also about having access to opportunities and resources. The system often benefits those who are already at the top.
Sharing stories of people who have worked very hard but still struggle financially can help change this way of thinking. We love to share success stories but need to be realistic
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It's interesting to watch Big Media vaguely link a drone attack on Bibi's empty house as justification for more genocide in Gaza
@Museek How? People play against all odds in the lottery because there are bigly winners from time to time. @CinnamonGirlE
@CinnamonGirlE @Museek You will not easily overcome the deeply ingrained thought "If I work hard, one day I will be a millionaire and benefit from these tax regulations".
@AntBit I rate them for myself - mainly to see how my perception has changed over time. Thoughts on a film are always more informative than a simple summary rating - I often like a well-written text on the other end of the rating scale way more than those in the same rating range as mine.
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@AntBit Okeydokey. Followed there, although I mainly use it nowadays as a rating grave. But who knows - times might change.
@AskTheDevil You must be so pleased with your disciples. At least I am.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/19/satanic-temple-fight-against-religious-right
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Thanks to the magic of social media, large numbers of Americans have come completely untethered from consensus reality.
THE MAGIC OF THE INTERNET, oof.
@AntBit This you on letterboxd?
@AntBit On the plus side - it is good to know that even in a time of ubiquitously accessible information secret treasures can be found.
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How Republican Billionaires Learned to Love Trump Again
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Basically, they still don't like Trump, but they like his policies and political access and they're dumping money into getting him elected.
#Politics /Nosanitize
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"a film that travels in slow, inexorable circles, presenting its paranoid nightmare of entrapment as Kafka down under": Ted Kotcheff's WAKE IN FRIGHT (1971) is Australian cinema's finest, most ferociously self-loathing moment. 11.55pm at Brooklyn Horror Film Festival https://projectedfigures.com/2014/03/07/wake-in-fright-1971-2
@mfioretti "New clean energy" is quite something. Fukushima? Tschernobyl? Harrisburg? Never heard of it. And the final deposition of nuclear waste? What's the problem - we have South America.
I am old enough to remember the Google motto "Don't be evil". Well, I have to remember because they certainly don't.
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And for those who worry about compulsory voting, here’s a thing:
On the left are 98 informal votes counted at the Ted Blackwood Community Centre. They can be mistakes or deliberately unfilled ballots, or whatever.
On the right, 2,569 total votes counted.
If you ask me, having a large turnout (always over 90% because you get fined if you don’t vote) and having 96% of voters make their view known is pretty bloody awesome.
Immigrant Dr. Humbug
- Pronouns
- Yes, please
- Location
- Berlin, London, Athens
German, left Brexit island after more than a decade, now living in sunny Athens/Greece
#politics #privacy #healthcare #CoSoDailyArt
Joined Apr 2022