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Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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Electric Wrigglies posted:

Blockchain has applications outside cryptocoin, especially in supply chain.

In the supply chain context, what's the difference between 'blockchain' and any other distributed database software that we all agree to use? Like I just make my SQL DB API accessible to anyone I want. Why is ETH better?

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Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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How many tens/hundreds of thousands are y'all in rn? Why can't you answer a simple question with a simple answer?

tl;dr you're in deep lol

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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Labor's cutting it because they're confident they're going to fix the root cause of the spiralling mental health crisis. Bonus, it's also going to stop further climate change and imperialism. It was difficult, took a lot of work and time, but I'm really glad I voted labor.

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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Konomex posted:

What is wrong with this person's face? Is it meant to look like this?

Turn on your monitor

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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Bucky it's a bit odd that it took you this long to realize what Capital has been up to, but welcome to the show. You should dig into Dialectical Materialism if you want to know more. It will really help you tie things together with regards to your work on contemporary fascism and conspiracy.

Bald Stalin fucked around with this message at 10:37 on Jan 7, 2023

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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It boils down to not understanding what acab means.

All cops, under capitalism, are bad. Their role is to violently enforce the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie. Hence even the cute gay cop that directs traffic to the tune of abba is bad despite never having directly touched an aboriginal person.

So it's simply supporters and attempted reformers of capitalism vs. revolutionaries.

Thorpe is not a revolutionary.

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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She isn't even radical. Thorpe thinks capitalism is ok (but needs to be nicer). So there will always be cops, even in her version of capitalism. Her position is nonsense.

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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Non Compos Mentis posted:

That feels like it shouldn't be allowed

:capitalism:

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

Cops very much get workers comp.

No they don't cops aren't workers

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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Sounds like someones cousin lied. Weird.

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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go_banana posted:

What's the go with SMH front page talking about war with China - we'd be hosed. Why stoke flames.

ABC did a big piece on just how loving bad it would be, even if the USA went alone and Australia for the first time DIDN'T join in.

I don't get it either.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-20/what-would-war-with-china-look-like-for-australia-part-1/101328632

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-21/china-us-war-what-would-conflict-look-like-taiwan/101998772

No call for "MOAR fighter jets!!", just "yeah this wont be like anything seen since WW2 and Australians will SUFFER"

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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The voice will do nothing to improve the material conditions for indigenous people. It grants no power, and consultation will be ignored like it always has been.

The voice will as actually cause more harm than good because people will think it's a big win, that things will change for the better, so the fight doesn't need to be fought, as hard or st all.

No to the voice.

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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They don't need to fool around with something that grants zero power lol

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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lih posted:

the issue between different indigenous groups is about the order things happen in and what the objective of the treaty should be.

You've just grossly ignored the indigenous people and organizations that are against treaty and voice entirely.

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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lih posted:

not sorry for ignoring the right-wingers

This is incredibly racist holy poo poo

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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A spectre is haunting Asia. The spectre of dumb cunts.

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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Pleasant Friend posted:

Blaming Australia buying submarines for defence "destabilizing" the region is like saying Ukraine provoked Russia by having pro NATO policies. Basically you're full of poo poo and gently caress Chinese imperialism.


Ranter posted:

dumb cunts.

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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JBP posted:

Please offer rebuttal.

You first

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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swimsuit posted:

how many countries has Australia invaded in the last 40 years, and how many has China?

Australia has invaded every country the USA has since WW2, plus more

Will this be your "are we the baddies?" moment? Probably not hey

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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swimsuit posted:

can someone give me a breakdown of chinas imperialism im new to geopolitics

Chinese capital is used to set up neo colonial projects in poor countries to steal their resources to create more Chinese capital which is then used to invade Tibet to free the slaves n peasants #freetibet

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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lol got em

crepeface posted:

dumb oval office

Bald Stalin fucked around with this message at 13:50 on Mar 17, 2023

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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It got way worse than this. At one point a terf was on the mic rambling about protecting children from pedo men in dresses and then their speech veered into paraphrasing the 14 words. "We must secure the future for our children" etc

When sewell and the other open Nazis started their little march around past us and try to get in our faces,, a cop initially went to block Sewell but then apparently notice who it was and let him get closer, like he recognized him.

One of the Nazis Nathan Bull is the son of a cop, too.

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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Jpb is trolling. Learned a while ago to put them on ignore.

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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freebooter posted:

In terms of feeling safe from the government, or picking a country to raise my children in while imagining what that country might look like by 2040 or 2050, America by a country mile. (And Australia above America by another country mile).

What exactly do you, a worker, have to fear from the Chinese government? What do you do now in your life that makes you fearful? Is it your browsing habits? Are you a billionaire? You do realize you can criticize the Chinese government in China if you're a worker, right? It's not the harshest COVID lockdowns in the world, you said that was Melbourne VIC AU. You do realize you can live in America and be targeted, arrested, hurt, murdered for what you say, right? Have you not been paying attention the past 100 years?

You've been fed a lot of propaganda. I don't think you understand just how deeply this has affected your ideology.

Bald Stalin fucked around with this message at 12:04 on Mar 22, 2023

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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Konomex posted:

Why should it be the purview of a local council to deal with homeless? They're hardly going to have the resources to deal with such an issue. Homelessness should be a state government issue. And those fucks should build more social housing.

gently caress social housing. Public housing only. Start building high quality modern housing now while also capping how many homes 1 person can own (2 for now), extra homes are acquired by the state, homeless people and people working too far from their job get put in these homes if they want while we keep building.

Or did you mean public housing? Yeah cool

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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Konomex posted:

I'm unsure of the difference. Just give people homes.

Social housing is a mix of rapidly being sold off public housing owned and administered by the state (what it used to all be after the war), mixed with (increasingly) privately owned and administered housing "the market" partially funded and poorly regulated by the state. It's inefficient neoliberal privatization poo poo subject to a lot of the same problems as landlords/capitalism. Labor and the greens are fine with it, wonder why??

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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Amethyst posted:

Bucky owns and should not be banned

And fritz needs to gently caress off

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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Bucky mate, we know that fascists take advantage of cultural conspiracies and idiots. The Nazis did it, it will happen again. Please consider sinking your energy into addressing the root cause of fascism and reaction, capitalism. You'll do far more good than trying to change a social fascist's mind.

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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SecretOfSteel posted:

Nurses Union being declared both right-wing fascists and left-wing commies is an achievement in itself. I don't think these people know what words mean.

It's very straight forward if you're a liberal. It's aka Horseshoe theory.

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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Why do they write 9 in ten instead of 9 in 10? Is this something I would have learned in high school English?

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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gently caress they're so bad. They really don't want to improve things for workers too much.

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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I'm shocked that Labor is doing this. We need Hawk and Keating back, they knew what was best for workers.

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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Recoome posted:

Idk whether I'm shocked though, the ALP have been centrist for ages now and have been really gunning for the economic conservative but socially progressive vote for ages. Jim Chalmers IIRC is from the Right faction but I guess it's just amazing that Labor are tying themselves in knots to defend effectively indefensible tax cuts.

lol that's literally the joke. hawk and keating sold out the workers to neoliberalism 40 years ago. why would it be shocking for labor to continue being neoliberal cunts? "less bad than the Liberals" doesn't mean they're not bad.

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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Electric Wrigglies posted:

eh, if you don't think what Hawke and Keating delivered was overall good, you are just someone that fell for Alan Jones talking points.

You're retarded. Cyas in a week or whatever.

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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Konomex posted:

Calling Australia a country founded by mentally ill rejects is pretty harsh. From a class perspective it's downright offensive. And the trashing of Australia's music scene is loving bonkers, for a nation our size we have some amazing bands and solo acts.

What class do you think you're in if you find calling aristocrats and bourgeoisie mentally ill rejects offensive?

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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Sadistik Exekution - imagine Norwegian Nazis had grown up in suburban straya but were too scared to blow up some 20 year old catholic churches

This is your kulcha

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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Can't post about politics itt unless you studied political science and economics at uni.

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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Yeah nah bucky you're wrong on this one I read your posts otherwise, don't be a dickhead liberal wrt capitalism.

Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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Bucky Fullminster posted:

I'm not being a dickhead liberal, I'm being a communist. You guys are the ones trying to be capitalist by making it all about a financial incentive and saying "people shouldn't lift a finger to help their community unless they get paid".

wow you're actually an idiot

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Bald Stalin
Jul 11, 2004

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hooman posted:

You realise this suggestion is literally ensuring people get paid for the labour they do right?!

Right??!

Yes. Should people who run guides and scouts also get paid? Yes. Whether in payment in kind or in other ways. If people are dedicating their time to serve our collective best interest, our collective society should be compensating that. Why do you think carers payments exist? Or support for parents?

No No, you're not a communist. Communists believe people should work for free under capitalism, because I don't understand what communism, socialism or marxism is but I'm a communist

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