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  • Not really. People forget that most of the rest of the industrialized world at the time was devastated by one of the most destructive wars in human history. Essentially the rest of the world was dependent on US manufacturing, which was virtually unscathed.

    That being said, the current situation is absolutely unacceptable. We are fully in the late stages of capitalism, and wages have not be remotely linked to productivity. The only reason anyone in the United States is living in poverty is greed. (I can't speak of other places as I don't know enough about their economies to have an informed opinion).

    We live in the richest nation in the world, and the shrinking/struggling economic middle class is a direct result of Reaganomics and under-regulated free market capitalism.

  • Poverty isn't a flaw its a feature.
  • Exactly that. Homelessness isn't a social issue that needs to be solved, it's the consequences of the unhomed's poor choices and absolutely nothing else.

    Arguing with willful ignorance is fucking exhausting, you literally can't get them to see past their blind beliefs because most of them wear "you can't change my mind" like a badge of honor.

  • Moms for Liberty members call the cops on Florida librarians
  • 80% of self identified Christians in America haven't read the bible cover to cover.

    They base their entire identity on a fucking book they haven't even read. They just go listen to some asshole tell them what to think, and say "yup, that's what I'll base my idea of morality on!"

  • Apple cider gang
  • But, in this sense, she's almost certainly referring to mulled cider, which is pretty much exclusively made with the hard stuff, with the some additional flavors and spices, and likely spiked as well.

    My personal favorite recipe involves hard cider, cranberry juice, spices, and then spiked with rum.

    It's much more fall feeling and alcoholic than either cider alone.

  • Israeli air strike hits Gaza hospital sheltering thousands of war-displaced
  • What Hamas did was horrible, a terrorist attack and atrocity for sure, but we're watching an actual genocide and half of the world is cheering it on. I feel like I'm talking crazy pills. What the fuck is wrong with people and what can we do to stop this?!?

  • TIL Minimum wage has only increased by $7.00 in 85 years in the USA.
  • Also remember the student loan crisis in the US, so going to a college, university, or trade school is simply not a viable option for many of the most vulnerable and neediest of folks in the US, especially when they are already working during HS to help support their family.

    The working classes in the USA really do have the deck actively stacked against them, and something needs to change or we as a nation are completely fucked.

  • First US Abrams tanks arrive in Ukraine
  • I am by no means an expert, but what I have gathered is that it, like almost everything in combat, is incredibly complex.

    With the correct support and combined arms usage tanks are an absolute devastating force on the battlefield still. Used correctly they can completely change a battle.

    But they aren't war winners by themselves, and have never been. Unsupported a single tank is exactly a big expensive target, just like a modern fighter and or a single soldier.

    The idea that tanks can be wonder weapons and that they alone can turn the tide of a war has existed since WW2, but they have always had weaknesses that need to be covered by supporting elements in order to be used effectively.

    How the Abrams will do in Ukraine is anyone's guess. The Abrams has never seen combat without the might of the US's military logistics backing it up.

    All that being said, if you are in a firefight, would you rather have a tank backing you up, or not? I'd take the tank support.

  • Rupert Murdoch steps down as Fox and News Corp. chairman
  • I'd be happy to see a world where people don't actively create problems for others due to greed, ignorance, or bigotry.

    We got enough problems from natural disasters, disease, accidents, etc. If people could just not be dicks and not fuck each other over constantly that would be cool.

  • I printed and Painted the first boss my players will face next Saturday!

    I'm DMing my first DnD campaign, and after 3 sessions my players are about to face their first boss. Printed on an anycubic photon D2 ultra in anycubic's craftsman DLP grey resin.

    They're all new players, so I'm pretty excited to see their reaction.

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    Shouty Deadly extra-galactic space bug

    Not sure if mini gaming and resin prints are welcome here, but I'm trying my hand at printing an extra-galactic space bug army and this is my first finished print. Printed on my anycubic photon ultra D2 in anycubic's craftsman DLP grey resin.

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    InitialsDiceBearhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Initials” (https://github.com/dicebear/dicebear) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)PY
    pyromaster55 @lemmy.world
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