Journal of Other Forum Analysis

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Chinese market be like. I'll give this game a 2 out of 5. It's a really good game, but giving anything a 4 or 5 out of 5 is too much.

American market be like. I'll give this game a 5 out of 5 because I'd like to keep getting early access copies and what do you mean about the swagbag of products I have next to my desk that all have the name of the games title on them.. No, I'm not getting paid off!

[benji]

Chinese reviewers are obviously more trustworthy considering they're free of capitalism, colonialism and white supremacy.

[Ethan]

Noodle found a new cause.

Life for those living in the third world would be considerably improved without the banal evil that is neoliberal capitalism, forced globalization, and the continued extraction of valuable resources (including labor) that worsens the environment with each passing day.

For everything that seems "efficient" or "comforting" on the surface, please know that it all comes at a cost—and that cost is our Earth and its uniquely bountiful biodiversity that is declining at an alarming rate. That's the reality of living in a system whose sole purpose is to promote infinite, unattainable growth.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/just-stop-oil-protestors-damage-stonehenge.905772/page-15?post=125046963#post-125046963

Don't let him near the Art Institute of Chicago.

bonus:

The science has said we either stop using fossil fuels as quickly as possible or between millions and billions die, depending upon how hot it gets. That's our choice. I've chosen the side of not wanting potentially billions to die.

She sold the Versa?

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Chinese reviewers are obviously more trustworthy considering they're free of capitalism, colonialism and white supremacy.

[Taco Bell Tower]

OP from that Bill Cosby I mean Cobbs thread

I messed up everybody I realized after doing my research LOL I was like bill Cosby is 86…

Now we know who snitched
Former mod ElectricBlanketFire

Wait…you really thought it was Bill Cosby?

Oof. To be a fly on the wall in the mod chat.

Give op a tag, can't tell old black men apart 🤣

[Boredfrom]

Life for those living in the third world would be considerably improved without the banal evil that is neoliberal capitalism, forced globalization, and the continued extraction of valuable resources (including labor) that worsens the environment with each passing day.

You don’t live in a third world country, my dude. Most people from poor countries just want the same things that first world countries usually have and their governments are incapable or unwilling to provide (whenever for foreign interference or simple incompetence). 

Most poor countries are not going to start to be Labour or environmental friendly only because “western” nations fuck off.

[benji]

Noodle found a new cause.

Life for those living in the third world would be considerably improved without the banal evil that is neoliberal capitalism, forced globalization, and the continued extraction of valuable resources (including labor) that worsens the environment with each passing day.

For everything that seems "efficient" or "comforting" on the surface, please know that it all comes at a cost—and that cost is our Earth and its uniquely bountiful biodiversity that is declining at an alarming rate. That's the reality of living in a system whose sole purpose is to promote infinite, unattainable growth.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/just-stop-oil-protestors-damage-stonehenge.905772/page-15?post=125046963#post-125046963

How would life for those living in the third world be improved by returning them to lower than subsistence living?

Biodiversity isn't declining, this is just outright factually false. It's something that scientists mistakenly thought a few decades ago before they realized they were counting wrong, it was a simple data error.

The science has said we either stop using fossil fuels as quickly as possible or between millions and billions die, depending upon how hot it gets. That's our choice. I've chosen the side of not wanting potentially billions to die.

No, you've chosen the side of wanting billions to die definitively. You didn't choose the opposite at all. Stopping fossil fuel usage will mean billions around the world will suffer and die. While the global temperature will still go up one degree in a century same as if they weren't stopped. You just refuse to believe it because you've decided it's morally important that whatever you want be correct.

The only alternative to fossil fuel usage is a crash global nuclear program but you're opposed to that too because you're religiously committed to degrowth in hopes it will stop capitalism both of which themselves demand billions dying.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

just sitting here waiting for noodles court date. 

[benji]

I guarantee most everyone in that thread thinks solar and wind power is literal magic. Not a single one finds out that both only work because they're backed by increased fossil fuel usage. Otherwise there's not a baseline load to both back them up and more importantly to produce them in the first place. And you have to run the plants increasingly so because they can't fire up fast enough when the supply drops, a standard grid of fossil fuels/nuclear can throttle with demand.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

bro just put up more turbines. Fuck the birds.

[benji]

"The power's out? But I wanted to buy skins for Lucio!"

Sorry, you wanted rid of fossil fuels.

[benji]

Solar Installation Incentives
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Not seeing 'em, Nep.

At least plagiarize filled his whole fucking roof with them.

[benji]

bro just put up more turbines. Fuck the birds.

How do we know there aren't enough turbines? Until biodiversity starts dropping.

[Ethan]

It's hard to see any of this nonsense going down in South America and not believe there's either CIA or American corporate money behind it.

No way those third world simpletons could have come up with ramming a vehicle into the doors of the government palace by themselves.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/bolivian-president-warns-%E2%80%9Cirregular%E2%80%9D-military-deployment-underway-in-capital-raising-coup-fears.912507/post-125042949

what a coincidence to find a reserve of lithium and have a coup the following year

An insightful geopolitical analysis

Multinationals eye up lithium reserves beneath Bolivia's salt flats - Wed 17 Jun 2009 19.26 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jun/17/bolivia-lithium-reserves-electric-cars

Feared the worst when I heard the news but it seems like it's already over. Thank goodness.

Comrade mekanos relieved he can go back to not give a shit about glorious socialist Bolivia until the next election/coup attempt.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/bolivian-president-warns-%E2%80%9Cirregular%E2%80%9D-military-deployment-underway-in-capital-raising-coup-fears.912507/post-125046426

[books]

Man, that's insulting.

Edit- my bad, I refresh and see pages I haven't seen.

[Garfield]

Life for those living in the third world would be considerably improved without the banal evil that is neoliberal capitalism, forced globalization, and the continued extraction of valuable resources (including labor) that worsens the environment with each passing day.

Life for those living in the third would be considerably improved if the people there didn't continue to vote for socialists that inevitably turn the country into a kleptocracy.  Of course reeeee thinks every individual failing of a person in the "global south" is the fault of white people who have never been there.  Without this "forced globalization" (which has generally been bad for the US, since it puts American workers out of work in favor of labor from countries that don't have any standards due to corrupt leaders) most people in the third world wouldn't have any of the modern technology that everyone there now wants.

For everything that seems "efficient" or "comforting" on the surface, please know that it all comes at a cost—and that cost is our Earth and its uniquely bountiful biodiversity that is declining at an alarming rate. That's the reality of living in a system whose sole purpose is to promote infinite, unattainable growth.

The people that live in Africa, Brazil, Indonesia, etc are the ones destroying their own environments in the name of palm oil trees, diamonds for corrupt leaders, rare earth metals in exchange for trinkets from the CCP.

The science has said we either stop using fossil fuels as quickly as possible or between millions and billions die, depending upon how hot it gets. That's our choice. I've chosen the side of not wanting potentially billions to die.

Why don't you start then Nep, and stop driving, using the internet, using air conditioning, modern heating, etc.  More people have been saved from cold temperatures due to fossil fuels than will die from "climate change;"  not to mention climate change is now uttered every time the weather is the least bit inconvenient, as if we never had blizzards in the winter, hot days in the summer, earthquakes, tornadoes, in the past.  It's also just magic that the "solution" to climate change is a laundry list of everything the progressives have demanded all along.  Al Gore's shitty manbearpig documentary is almost 20 years old now and we're all still here, although now the climate screechers claim the world is going to end in 5 years (they said 12 years in 2017 when Trump withdrew from the Paris agreement and it's been 7 years since then).

[Potato]

The science has said we either stop using fossil fuels as quickly as possible or between millions and billions die, depending upon how hot it gets. That's our choice. I've chosen the side of not wanting potentially billions to die.

She sold the Versa?

Dumb cunt understands that if we stopped production of oil tomorrow, literally billions of people would die, right?

[Boredfrom]

Life for those living in the third would be considerably improved if the people there didn't continue to vote for socialists that inevitably turn the country into a kleptocracy.  Of course reeeee thinks every individual failing of a person in the "global south" is the fault of white people who have never been there.  Without this "forced globalization" (which has generally been bad for the US, since it puts American workers out of work in favor of labor from countries that don't have any standards due to corrupt leaders) most people in the third world wouldn't have any of the modern technology that everyone there now wants.

 

You guys shouldn’t pretend that you didn’t have a hand in the destabilization of Latin and South America.

Also, pls, don’t go on about the “globalists”.

[Potato]

Life for those living in the third would be considerably improved if the people there didn't continue to vote for socialists that inevitably turn the country into a kleptocracy.  Of course reeeee thinks every individual failing of a person in the "global south" is the fault of white people who have never been there.  Without this "forced globalization" (which has generally been bad for the US, since it puts American workers out of work in favor of labor from countries that don't have any standards due to corrupt leaders) most people in the third world wouldn't have any of the modern technology that everyone there now wants.

 

I fundamentally disagree with this.

Globalisation has allowed a steady supply of cheap goods into advanced economies and those advanced economies have continued to adapt and add more highly skilled jobs over time. Yes, it has caused temporary pain to specialised workers, but over time, more jobs and higher paying jobs have been created to more than make up for the shortfall.

For example, I can buy a pair of boots made in China for $50 or I can buy a pair of boots made in Australia for $450. I know the Australian ones are likely better quality and will last longer, but the Chinese ones will suffice for my needs and allow me to buy multiple pairs of boots for different purposes as my needs change. How much would a basic t-shirt cost without access to cheap and skilled textile manufacturing labour in Bangladesh?

Without globalisation, much more of my income would be taken up by things like basic clothing and housing, food and technology would be far more expensive and my choice would be severely restricted.

The morality of globalisation and the willingness of companies and governments to exploit people in third world countries is another debate, but in a purely economic sense, globalisation has been a massive positive to everyone.

[benji]

The science has said we either stop using fossil fuels as quickly as possible or between millions and billions die, depending upon how hot it gets. That's our choice. I've chosen the side of not wanting potentially billions to die.

She sold the Versa?

Dumb cunt understands that if we stopped production of oil tomorrow, literally billions of people would die, right?

Well, hold on, what will their skin color be?

[Garfield]

Life for those living in the third would be considerably improved if the people there didn't continue to vote for socialists that inevitably turn the country into a kleptocracy.  Of course reeeee thinks every individual failing of a person in the "global south" is the fault of white people who have never been there.  Without this "forced globalization" (which has generally been bad for the US, since it puts American workers out of work in favor of labor from countries that don't have any standards due to corrupt leaders) most people in the third world wouldn't have any of the modern technology that everyone there now wants.

 

I fundamentally disagree with this.

Globalisation has allowed a steady supply of cheap goods into advanced economies and those advanced economies have continued to adapt and add more highly skilled jobs over time. Yes, it has caused temporary pain to specialised workers, but over time, more jobs and higher paying jobs have been created to more than make up for the shortfall.

For example, I can buy a pair of boots made in China for $50 or I can buy a pair of boots made in Australia for $450. I know the Australian ones are likely better quality and will last longer, but the Chinese ones will suffice for my needs and allow me to buy multiple pairs of boots for different purposes as my needs change. How much would a basic t-shirt cost without access to cheap and skilled textile manufacturing labour in Bangladesh?

Without globalisation, much more of my income would be taken up by things like basic clothing and housing, food and technology would be far more expensive and my choice would be severely restricted.

The morality of globalisation and the willingness of companies and governments to exploit people in third world countries is another debate, but in a purely economic sense, globalisation has been a massive positive to everyone.

I suppose my argument is more of a point against "free trade" than globalization. But, there have definitely been negative effects suffered by Americans as the result of globalization, both economic and cultural (and there have been both winners and losers economically from it, with most of the spoils of the wins going to big corporations and investment banks, and most of the losses going to the general public). Globalization has also led to the runaway immigration in America, and has made job markets in the US more competitive, housing less affordable, and the continued decay of American culture. Not to mention that globalization helped prop China up into a superpower at the expense of the world.

Anyway, reasonable people like you and I can "disagree to disagree" about the effects of free trade and globalization.

[Garfield]

Life for those living in the third would be considerably improved if the people there didn't continue to vote for socialists that inevitably turn the country into a kleptocracy.  Of course reeeee thinks every individual failing of a person in the "global south" is the fault of white people who have never been there.  Without this "forced globalization" (which has generally been bad for the US, since it puts American workers out of work in favor of labor from countries that don't have any standards due to corrupt leaders) most people in the third world wouldn't have any of the modern technology that everyone there now wants.

 

You guys shouldn’t pretend that you didn’t have a hand in the destabilization of Latin and South America.

Also, pls, don’t go on about the “globalists”.

I'm talking about now, not things that happened in the 1950s, and even then you give too much credit to the CIA/US foreign establishment. Nor would I consider many/most of those countries to have been "stable" before so-called US interference. In the absence of western "interference" those countries would have either done then what they are doing now: continually electing socialists that never deliver anything other than misery and failed economic plans, or they would have been interfered with/submitted to worse actors than the US.

[Boredfrom]

Life for those living in the third would be considerably improved if the people there didn't continue to vote for socialists that inevitably turn the country into a kleptocracy.  Of course reeeee thinks every individual failing of a person in the "global south" is the fault of white people who have never been there.  Without this "forced globalization" (which has generally been bad for the US, since it puts American workers out of work in favor of labor from countries that don't have any standards due to corrupt leaders) most people in the third world wouldn't have any of the modern technology that everyone there now wants.

 

You guys shouldn’t pretend that you didn’t have a hand in the destabilization of Latin and South America.

Also, pls, don’t go on about the “globalists”.

I'm talking about now, not things that happened in the 1950s, and even then you give too much credit to the CIA/US foreign establishment. Nor would I consider many/most of those countries to have been "stable" before so-called US interference. And if the US hadn't interfered, those countries would have either done then what they are doing now: continually electing socialists that never deliver anything other than misery and failed economic plans, or submit to domination by the USSR or China.

 

I’m not a Nep to be obsessed about reparations, but another thing is washing your hands about it and then complaining about “those immigrants in their corrupt countries”. Some of those countries were the U.S. and other super powers benefited from that corruption.

[Garfield]

 

You guys shouldn’t pretend that you didn’t have a hand in the destabilization of Latin and South America.

Also, pls, don’t go on about the “globalists”.

I'm talking about now, not things that happened in the 1950s, and even then you give too much credit to the CIA/US foreign establishment. Nor would I consider many/most of those countries to have been "stable" before so-called US interference. And if the US hadn't interfered, those countries would have either done then what they are doing now: continually electing socialists that never deliver anything other than misery and failed economic plans, or submit to domination by the USSR or China.

 

I’m not a Nep to be obsessed about reparations, but another thing is washing your hands about it and then complaining about “those immigrants in their corrupt countries”. Some of those countries were the U.S. and other super powers benefited from that corruption.

Not everything the US did was right, but it's also wrong to pretend that these countries were/would have been some sort of utopia back then if the US hadn't done anything, and living in the present is superior to atoning for some never-ending original sins. As for immigration, as it stands right now the US both accepts millions of people from these countries(both legal and illegal immigrants) and also gives tons of foreign aid to many of these countries.  That is a failing policy and we are seeing the consequences unfold before our eyes right now.

[benji]

Another trans woman going full mask off and allying with those who want us dead.

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[Boredfrom]

I'm talking about now, not things that happened in the 1950s, and even then you give too much credit to the CIA/US foreign establishment. Nor would I consider many/most of those countries to have been "stable" before so-called US interference. And if the US hadn't interfered, those countries would have either done then what they are doing now: continually electing socialists that never deliver anything other than misery and failed economic plans, or submit to domination by the USSR or China.

 

I’m not a Nep to be obsessed about reparations, but another thing is washing your hands about it and then complaining about “those immigrants in their corrupt countries”. Some of those countries were the U.S. and other super powers benefited from that corruption.

Not everything the US did was right, but it's also wrong to pretend that these countries were/would have been some sort of utopia back then if the US hadn't done anything, and living in the present is superior to atoning for some never-ending original sins. As for immigration, as it stands right now the US both accepts millions of people from these countries(both legal and illegal immigrants) and also gives tons of foreign aid to many of these countries.  That is a failing policy and we are seeing the consequences unfold before our eyes right now.

[Potato]

 

I fundamentally disagree with this.

Globalisation has allowed a steady supply of cheap goods into advanced economies and those advanced economies have continued to adapt and add more highly skilled jobs over time. Yes, it has caused temporary pain to specialised workers, but over time, more jobs and higher paying jobs have been created to more than make up for the shortfall.

For example, I can buy a pair of boots made in China for $50 or I can buy a pair of boots made in Australia for $450. I know the Australian ones are likely better quality and will last longer, but the Chinese ones will suffice for my needs and allow me to buy multiple pairs of boots for different purposes as my needs change. How much would a basic t-shirt cost without access to cheap and skilled textile manufacturing labour in Bangladesh?

Without globalisation, much more of my income would be taken up by things like basic clothing and housing, food and technology would be far more expensive and my choice would be severely restricted.

The morality of globalisation and the willingness of companies and governments to exploit people in third world countries is another debate, but in a purely economic sense, globalisation has been a massive positive to everyone.

I suppose my argument is more of a point against "free trade" than globalization.  But, there have definitely been negative effects suffered by Americans as the result of globalization, both economic and cultural (and there have been both winners and losers economically from it, with most of the spoils of the wins going to big corporations and investment banks, and most of the losses going to the general public).  Globalization has also led to the runaway immigration in America, and has made job markets in the US more competitive, housing less affordable, and the continued decay of American culture. Not to mention that globalization helped prop China up into a superpower at the expense of the world.

Anyway, reasonable people like you and I can "disagree to disagree" about the effects of free trade and globalization.

This is genocide. Stop genociding me.

[Potato]

Life for those living in the third would be considerably improved if the people there didn't continue to vote for socialists that inevitably turn the country into a kleptocracy.  Of course reeeee thinks every individual failing of a person in the "global south" is the fault of white people who have never been there.  Without this "forced globalization" (which has generally been bad for the US, since it puts American workers out of work in favor of labor from countries that don't have any standards due to corrupt leaders) most people in the third world wouldn't have any of the modern technology that everyone there now wants.

 

You guys shouldn’t pretend that you didn’t have a hand in the destabilization of Latin and South America.

Also, pls, don’t go on about the “globalists”.

I'm talking about now, not things that happened in the 1950s, and even then you give too much credit to the CIA/US foreign establishment. Nor would I consider many/most of those countries to have been "stable" before so-called US interference. In the absence of western "interference" those countries would have either done then what they are doing now: continually electing socialists that never deliver anything other than misery and failed economic plans, or they would have been interfered with/submitted to worse actors than the US.

Latin America is what happens when the colonisers leave

[Polident]

To be blunt, the third world only reaches a higher status if they’re forced to. Don’t mean an outside power. The “success stories” are borderline fascistic, or receive accusations of such, to condition the people into a different way of life. To add, lots of people like the third world way of life. When given resources and aid, or find themselves in the first world, they hang onto the third world mentality.

More power to them. But I like living in the first world. Having visited the third world and interacted with third worlders abroad, wearing long jeans with flip flops isn’t a look I’m after.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Of all the days to do this...