I know I originally subscibed to some popular feeds on lemmy.ml. Not sure now which ones but they were filled with what was probably Russian propaganda so I had to dump them.
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Not sure what they are talking about. Maybe sarcastic. The podcast mentioned various actors were spreading fake AI generated "official" reports within days.
Russia. Or pick any other authoritarian state.
There is not a better system. People need to remember that democracy is a terrible system but that it is better then any other known system and for it to work all parties have to be more or less open, honest, and accepting. The problem is that wealth and power always find a way to corrupt any system and the only counter to that is people demanding better.
The two issues in my view are wealth distribution and power distribution, and population X consumption. Climate change, propaganda, tribalism, authoritarianism, etc are symptoms.
I think it depends on what you mean by socialism. If you mean a system that is concerned with equitable distribution of income, wealth, and opportunity, along with a bunch of basic protections, it is quite possible. The more or less liberal democracies in Europe and America have had huge success. It is just that there are powerful forces that do not like that.
Geopolitically Russia and China are not liberal democracies and are lead by autocrats and kleptocrats. We are already in world war 3, but most people probably to not realize that. In the west, the rich and powerful care more about money and power and a lot of the system and the propaganda is directed against the social good. They are autocrats and kleptocrats and the systems sometimes feel more like autocracy/kleptocracy lite. There are powerful interests that vilify anything that might help people as ooh "socialism", bad. What we need in the west is really high turnout grass-roots engagement with people that actually educate themselves, demands a more representative system, and yes the hard one a population that realizes that a more or less and open honest accepting liberal democracy that cares more about people then power and wealth concentration is the way, and that fear, tribalism, and people that seek to divide people are not. People need to remember that democracy is a terrible system but that it is better then any other known system and for it to work all parties have to be more or less open, honest, and accepting.
Regarding companies. Automation is good. It allows for better jobs and cheaper goods. AI is just another automation tool. What is not good is how income, wealth, and power are distributed. Hence stronger Unions, less corporate giveaways, and more progressive tax systems would be a start. The other issue is wealth should not mean power, but it does because wealth controls everything. They buy the politicians, control the media, control the law including tax law.
I wonder if this has to do with the fact that probably for most Americans, it is not a number 1 issue. Now the administration as made it a big issue for everyone and in a way that is basically not acceptable to many of us and that they said they would not do during their campaign (Who could have known...). It is also kind of laughabe that on one hand there are people screaming about low birth rates, not enough workers, and on the other screaming about too much immigration. If birth rates are too low and there are not enough workers, immigration is a solution and it has always been a big part of the American identity. So has push back against it, and so has isolationism, and racism too. So I have more wonders about this then answers, but it is "interesting".
I suppose this is because he ended the Russian agression in Europe months ago!!! \s
Tables are a great starting point. So is something like alternativeto.net and just go down through the list by popularity until you get to something sane.
There is also going to be disagreements about what is best. There is no best app. We all have unique needs and concerns. I know I disagree with many things Op said in such an absolute way.
Was he the one that went to Mexico during that big power outage?
Love how he and the admin do not want to take some ownership of this after wrecking the government. Saying Bidens fault or you should not be asking the question.
More of a rant. Post is kind of nuts. They are talking about a comparison matrix not a check list. How else are you going to compare.
Not surprising. The US is a petro state. It will never want to switch to something else. China and the EU are far more motivated.
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So does this mean essentially about 1.5 kids per female on average? So why are we rounding up immigrants and kicking them out of the country if we need more people? And why are we not supporting families better? And since the world is already over populated, is this a problem?