[-] matter@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago

In UK/Australia/NZ we pronounce it as written, with the l.

[-] matter@lemmy.world 34 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I don't think that's right, context matters. It spreads when it is shared uncritically and people come across it in a context where they don't have their guard up. I believe it is preventative, to some extent, the other way around, when it is shared in a context ripping it to shreds.

People will come across antisemitism in the wild, and it is important that they learn to recognise it. This quote is pretty extreme, but it is important that people know that antisemites use words like e.g. "dialectical" as a dog whistle. The next time they hear someone say something about it when one of their facebook friends share something they might notice that they talk about "Hollywood elites" or whatever in the same way.

Without a good understanding of how antisemitism works we are all susceptible.

[-] matter@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Because it still puts men on top in most ways, even while it hurts them too.

And it definitely applies to all western societies.

You can see it in this very story. "Men are strong, they don't need help. Women are weak and emotional, that's why they need support." Yeah, it's devastating for men in this situation, but it's the same logic which makes people say men are natural leaders or whatever.

[-] matter@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Correction: they have spent some fraction of 73M on propaganda, and likely embezzled the rest.

[-] matter@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

"Everyone can kill people regardless of skill" seems much worse than 'only highly skilled people can". None of these shooters ever "spent their life training".

[-] matter@lemmy.world 32 points 10 months ago

To be fair, meat eaters who come into a vegan community to be whiny little dicks because their masculinity is threatened don't represent the majority of normal people.

[-] matter@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

Geez, I hope they're paying you to suck their dick this hard

[-] matter@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

I assure you these people are not eating healthy meals lol, it's all bad faith because the idea of them not eating meat makes them feel threatened about the size of their peepee.

[-] matter@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago
[-] matter@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

Ah, the enterprise solution

[-] matter@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

whynotboth_es.jpg

[-] matter@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Germany is a terrible comparison here. Home ownership in Germany is about 50%, true, much lower than the US' 65%. However, the majority of those rentals are apartments rather than houses, since even small towns are highly densified, very unlike the USA. There are many state landlords which provide rentals at a very attractive price; it's rare for people to spend more than 30% of their post-tax income on rent. Furthermore, there are extremely strong protections for renters, restrictions on rent increases, and they can renovate their apartments as they please. That's very different from what American real estate corporations want.

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