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in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

While the USA can't sustain the "good guy" image that they used to have in past decades for some reason, the CCP doesn't automatically become the Good Guy.

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in reply to Schorsch

There are no "good guys" in geopolitics, but there are guys who builds roads and there are guys who bomb them.

And the US only had a "Good Guy Image" if you didn't have something they wanted and thought the could take.

in reply to Schorsch

The CPC are the good guys because China has been demonstrably a force for good around the wold. And no amount of seething from western racists is going to change this fact.
in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

Ask the Uighurs how China has demonstrated their Good to them, just to begin with...
in reply to Schorsch

Sure, let’s just begin with that, because it’s a textbook case of the US 1) being the bad guy and 2) pushing propaganda that China is the bad guy. And you bought into the propaganda, as nearly all Westerners have, including me for years.
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in reply to Schorsch

I agree with both of you.

China's human rights abuses should never go unmentioned.

That said, they've also been investing in developing countries more than Western nations have. While Westerners focus on cannibalizing their own populations, China sees the value in spreading out and building up where there's more room for growth.

Americans have nobody but themselves to blame for their increasing irrelevance on the world stage.

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in reply to Schorsch

The US only sustained the "Good Guy" image to westerners. Bombing and pillaging is all the US has done in it's entire existence. China's Belt and Road Initiative lifted over 40 million people out of poverty, with over a trillion dollars invested into the well-being of their fellow humans. Would the US ever do something like that?

in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

What does the authoritarian China have to do with socialism? They are a lot closer to state capitalism than anything imo. This just reads as propaganda. I think the world respects China about as much as people repect the States, that is to say not at all, only fear and or distrust at best.

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in reply to Rogers

You’ve had a lemmy.ml account for a year and a half and now you’re walking into c/socialism with this drivel?

Donny, you’re out of your element.

in reply to davel

I generally sort by top day and this sub rarely comes up with anything i disagree with, I've probably been subbed here since I joined.

for the record I'm not anti China or anti US I disagree with authoritarianism that all super powers have. And this poped up in my feed and looks like basic authoritarian boot licking. That's all, I'm not trying to attack socialism or even China

in reply to Rogers

Every government holds authority by its very nature because it has monopoly on legal violence. The only question is whose interest this authority is exercised in. The term authoritarian is utterly devoid of all meaning, and it's used to keep ignorant westerners scared of real world alternatives to the dictatorship of capital.


CPC reaffirms friendly relations with India’s left-wing political parties




The number of U.S. troops in Syria has doubled, Pentagon discloses




Harmful gas billowing from Texas and New Mexico comes mostly from smaller leaks, researchers say


Summary

In the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico, researchers found that small leaks collectively account for 72% of methane emissions from U.S. oil and gas fields, challenging the focus on “super emitters.”

Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, traps 80 times more heat than CO2 and contributes significantly to climate change.

Efforts to curb emissions include advanced satellite monitoring like MethaneSAT, new EPA rules requiring leak detection, and phasing out flaring.

With over 130,000 well sites, addressing both small and large emitters is essential for meaningful climate impact.

in reply to MicroWave

Here is JerryRigEverything who explains a lot of it and how he and others closed one. Hopefully more people can get involved.

in reply to MicroWave

Phasing out flaring? I thought flaring was the best thing you can do short of not harvesting in the first place.


Grml 2024.12 released


Grml is a bootable live system (Live-CD) based on Debian. Grml includes a collection of GNU/Linux software especially for system administrators. Users don't have to install anything on fixed storage. Grml is especially well suited for administrative tasks like installation, deployment and system rescue.

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'Unprecedented': How bird flu became an animal pandemic


in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

Good thing they're making masks illegal because of the pro-Palestinian protests and the CEO assassination.





in reply to moe90

Unfortunately because of email services being monopolized by Microsoft and Google I wouldn't be shocked to see them block X Mail and make it basically worthless.

For as much as the Joe Biden administration seems bent of increasing customer convenience with its dying breath, I wish they'd do something to keep Microsoft and Google from blocking personal/custom email servers.



ESPN College Football Playoffs motion graphics sizzle reel




Sid Meier's Civilization VII minimum and recommended GNU/Linux specs


Minimum:


  • OS: Ubuntu 22.04
  • Processor: Intel i5-4690 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1060 / AMD RX 580
  • Storage: 25 GB available space


Recommended:


  • OS: Ubuntu 24.04
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-10400 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA RTX 2070 / AMD RX 6700
  • Storage: 25 GB available space
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in reply to corsicanguppy

I guess this was being sarcastic, but just in case it wasn't:

If you launch the game through Steam that probably won't matter, because Steam brings along its own libraries for games to use. That collection of libraries is called "Steam Runtime", and if the game only uses libraries from the Steam Runtime, it will run on any distribution that the Steam Runtime is compatible with (what afaik means basically all distributions).

There are some exceptions though. Graphics drivers for instance are not bundled in the Steam Runtime.

And last, but not least: Even if you don't run the game through Steam, it's probably just a bunch of libraries that need to be installed. They only need to be the same or a newer version than those used on the developers' build server.







Living in China's Shadow: Why China will dwarf the US in under a decade


in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

I'm learning it little by little too, but I'm still at the very beginning. I agree It is known for its complexity. And It's quite different at least from European languages. But it's more interesting to study something unusual for you. :)
in reply to JustVik

For sure, it's an enjoyable kind of challenge. I also find some aspects of the language are actually easier than other languages I've learned. Not having conjugation is really nice since you just learn the word once, and the grammar is generally pretty straight forward. I got flustered about the tones at the start, but then just learned not to worry about it. People will understand you from the context even if you screw the tones up. Writing is the hardest part, but it's just a matter of repetition in the end.


Rappare skjuten i centrala Norrköping. Polisen fick ett larm om ett misstänkt grovt brott i centrala Norrköping kvart över 8 på torsdagskvällen. En man i 20-årsåldern påträffades skottskadad på platsen och fördes till sjukhus med ambulans där han senare dock avled av sina skador. Han ska ha träffats av många skott.

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