NostraDavid

I would argue that you’d need Publically Traded Companies, and thus Stocks, and thus a Stock Market, and also Stock Exchanges to be able to form a Capitalism.

Of course, “private ownership of the means of production” is an important aspect as well.

they were older then me at the time.

The an hero kid was 14 at the time (for context).

Downvoted for being unnecessarily antagonistic.

That attitude existed before Tate came onto the scene. Try again.

It’s what clocks are “supposed” to be set at

Even better for us Dutchies: CEST shifts us one hour, but our timezone is the same as the rest of the mainland, but technically we’re inside the UTC zone, so we’re actually shifted 2 hours from where we’re supposed to be!

Fuck the economy, I want our times fixed, so we can sleep better!

I wasn’t sure if you were joking, but nope: https://newsroom.heart.org/news/heres-your-wake-up-call-daylight-saving-time-may-impact-your-heart-health

HOW IS THIS THE ONLY MENTION OF THE FUNGUS!?

Dialectical Materialism

How about “a tug-of-war between owners and workers for jobs, resources, and technology”

Three examples:

Factory Work and Labour Unions

Early 20th-century factory jobs involved long hours, low pay, and unsafe working conditions. When workers tried to unionize, factory owners often resisted, viewing unionized labour as a threat to profits. This created a direct conflict: owners wanting to keep costs low vs. workers demanding better wages and safer workplaces.

Automation in Warehouses

Warehouses (e.g., Amazon fulfilment centres) are increasingly adopting robotic systems to speed up sorting and packing. Employees might feel pressure to meet higher performance metrics set by a partly automated workflow, while also fearing that further automation will reduce human jobs. Here, the “tug-of-war” is between technological efficiency (and profit) vs. workers’ job security and well-being.

Tech Industry Outsourcing

Companies sometimes outsource tech-related jobs to countries with cheaper labour costs. This lowers expenses for the company but can lead to local layoffs and economic hardship for employees in higher-wage regions. The conflict revolves around the benefit of increased profit margins for the company vs. the material needs of domestic workers who lose their livelihoods.

The USA actually spends several billions, if not trillions on Medicare (meant for the old) and Medicaid (meant for the poor, and single mothers, and young children) combined.

In 2023, the federal government spent about $848.2 billion on Medicare, accounting for 14% of total federal spending.

source - and that’s just Medicare.

I agree with you that it’s weird that corporations get a bailout, instead of selling the company to competitors, but no need to act like the USA doesn’t spend a TON of money on its citizens, keeping their head above water :)

Domestic violence is a huge issue, and women are more likely to suffer from it!

Yes and yes.

and scientifically literate readers won’t dismiss your credibility along with your cause.

No. If you care about women’s lives, you’ll focus on cancer instead.

Homocide per 100k capita of women (summed the separate numbers on page 9, worldwide): 7.4

Deaths per 100k capita of women just in the USA (listed under “Sex and Race/Ethnicity”): 126

Here’s your headline: Women are 1602.70% more likely to die of cancer, than of homicide at home!!!

Now… Homicide bad. very bad. Homicide very bad (self-defence does obviously not count). But compared to some other numbers that are also bad, maybe homicide relatively not that bad.