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[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

We're in for a long arc.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

First of all, the goal here is simply to meet the Chinese governments "Sustainable Development Goals." That's what "could help protect ground water" means. It's a meaningless goal from the perspective of veganism or even global conservation.

But it's also a meaningless solution. The rate of consumption increases each year. In that context, the goal isn't just, "eat 10% less meat", it's, "establish a hard limit on the amount of meat consumed, which is 10% less than our current rate of production." Maintaining that hard limit becomes a larger and larger commitment each year, with a growing population sharing a fixed amount of meat. There might be a mechanism for accomplishing that IN CHINA, but globally that is an utterly unimplementable solution to any problem that animal ag is currently causing.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I don't give a shit about eating meat, I care about murdering individuals I love. You can't trick people into not committing atrocity. It will never work. They've already been thoroughly tricked by someone much more clever and devious than we. That's not a contest we can win. The only thing we have are our principles. It worked on us, it has worked on others, and it will continue to work.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah. Right. How long would a 10% reduction last before we were right back where we were.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's a rigged game. It's like you're at a casino. It doesn't matter HOW you play the game, the casino wins. The way to beat them is not to engage with them at all. Established capital exploits the artist and the audience alike. You have to work outside the system of coercive control to have a meaningful effect that doesn't just get turned back against you. Giving the artist more incentive to stay in an abusive situation ultimately helps the platform more than the artist, as compared to spending the same money through a direct channel.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Irrelevant but thanks

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

your brain has been fucked by capitalism.

Says the guy who wants to die fighting for some corporation's stable diffusion AI

I'm not going to unfold the thread to see what other benighted things you are saying

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago (9 children)

fucking children

says the guy having an actual temper tantrum over "Good use of AI, but put a sign on it next time!"

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not what animals are for

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

Show this post to your therapist.

 

Article contains significant errors. MEC was never owned by its members. If it were, we would have had a say when it was sold, voting on whether to accept the offer, and receiving a share of the payout. MEC was never actually a cooperative. I think there should be consequences for this deception. I also think there need to be more consumer cooperatives than there are. Please mention any you know below.

 

He's 101 years old, a WW2 veteran, and a fascinating interview.

 

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/20016751

Campaign by the US government to save rubber after the Japanese blocked supplies from Southeast Asia.

 

The Agenda: Is Monopoly Power Undermining the Canadian Food System?

19 Nov 2024

A new report from the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project argues Canada's food system is being undermined by monopoly. And while grocery stores have become an easy target for consumer anger over the cost of food, this report says consolidation has occurred at all levels of the supply chain. The Agenda looks at the implications of the report.

 

I love these nerds

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/31516170

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/31516123

It's happening, the worst mayor Toronto has ever had is removing three major recently completed bike lanes at tax payer expense. That's right, Ontario tax payers are footing the bill for Ford to meddle in Toronto municipal infrastructure. This is of course to distract us from failing healthcare and education while appealing to his mostly car centric base.

There is a protest happening Wed. 23rd of October, please come out if you can. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/rally-ride-for-road-safety-tickets-1045417761667

 

The article asks the question, why does the perception exist that bike lanes cause congestion? I think it's absurd that it does not even mention the culture war and toxic masculinity, which cast cyclists as effete, virtue signalling, holier-than-thou, radical leftists, who culture warriors feel it is their duty as a Real Man to harass, discourage, and endanger.

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