Well yes, I 100% agree.

It is in fact possible to have well paid agricultural labour. My own family has done it. It's still hard labour, but it doesn't have to be low paid.

But at the risk of sounding like a neoliberal, I don't think it is wrong that middle class Americans, who are rich by Latin-American standards, have the opportunity to get their kids an education so that they can become UX designers, lawyers and doctors.

The same happened in my family, and we don't have anyone doing farm labour in my generation.

And I therefore also don't think it is morally wrong that poor Latin-Americans try and earn better wages so that they, too, can provide their kids the same opportunities.

Just stop the exploitation. Give them an honest wage and let them enjoy the fruits of their labour.

Good point.

It is curious to see though. Putin owns Trump, but Xi Jinping owns Putin. And both of them have Iran as a key ally.

So I really wonder how this all will play out. Trump talks a lot, but his leash is short.

And an American Republican at that.

Also, the tradition is the exact opposite as I understand.

In Finland they like to be alone and be left alone, so you don't just intrude on someone if they are in self-isolation.

I agree.

Ideally, there are two types of profiles:

Archivalists who have a lot of storage and need pretty good uptime, but no need for high bandwidth. They should be rewarded for archiving, because they don't really get a lot of upload credit.

Distributors who need low storage, high bandwidth, robust connections when online, but not necessarily high uptime. They just distribute the new and popular stuff.

I think the better private trackers recognize this and have systems in place to provide credit to people who seed rare torrents.

This whole adventure does seem like a win-win though.

Trump and his supporters won because Trump convinced them he got them something.

Colombia won because they didn't have to actually give away anything, but coffee prices did rise even further. If they can get 25% more for their coffee, then that's a cool extra billion on a $4B export.

BRICS also won because they are quickly becoming a more attractive trade organization than the WTO.

I guess only coffee drinking American libs got owned.

He should have said almost every.

But thanks for pointing out the mathematical truth ☝️

While I do agree with you, I also see twitch, TikTok and Patreon presenting models that are quite competitive with YouTube.

From a privacy perspective, free junk content like TikTok, YouTube and twitch will always be hard coupled with targeted advertising.

But Patreon (and onlyfans for that matter) do offer a model that can work without ads.

In fact, if Patreon also introduced an ad-supported tier and allowed you to more broadly see other content aside from the direct person you sponsor, it could probably grow quite a lot.

Fools, everyone knows that the congestion is at 1 - it's Benfords law.

We are again wasting taxpayer money on building bridges to nowhere, while traffic remains congested where it actually counts.

You are totally right.

Fascism appeals to humanity's most basic impulses and fascists will therefore always be a threat to democracy.

People crave the strong, authoritarian leader who will protect them from danger.

The way the US political system works is that it really requires solid majorities to want something.

So it will take a long time where nothing seems to happen and then suddenly big changes can happen.

I remember back in the 90s, it seemed impossible to ever get a black president, gay marriage or legal marijuana.

Or look at student loans or universal healthcare. Not perfect, but steps have been made.

So yeah, I do think the USA will lag for a long time and then suddenly surprise us all.

Would such a strategy legally work in the USA?

Here in the Netherlands, a plan to regulate maximum rents seems to be much more promising.

We will know if it worked in about 2-3 years.