This, plus I don't want to be followed around by a salesperson when I'm shopping
Don't forget he also reinstated slavery throughout the French empire, which had been banned by the Republic he toppled. He also led thousands upon thousands to their death and caused massive loss of life in Europe. He did some good, but his legacy is definitely mixed to say the least
So what's the issue about that again?
I can't see any context where those two sentences wouldn't be awful
France refused asylum to Snowden when the US thew their weight around
Some people do think that the society we exist in is just part of the natural order and that it's vain to try to change it or even care about it. I had an ex that was like that: whenever I tried talking about politics with her she would just go "What's the point of talking about it, we can't change anything anyway"
I just use one of these bad boys
Placing cops in front of a bathroom just because a trans woman said she would go wash her hands there should sound crazy to anyone. It's sad that it's apparently just normal now
"Why should we solve the world's problems for free? The rest of the world should pay us!"
The UD absolutely could, but Microsoft couldn't without facing massive legal trouble. That is, if the US legal system follows through and actually enforces EU court orders.
Regardless, unless specifically being forced to do so by the US, Microsoft wouldn't have any reason to leave a billions-dollars market
This is peak Lemmy humor
Our form of capitalism is just what happens when capitalists try to placate the working class by giving them just barely enough breathing room that they stop actually revolting and keep to grumbling. And even that is under attack nowadays, under the pretext that their's suddenly not enough money to sustain it even though the rich keep getting richer