damn was that the most unenforced law I've ever seen.

Also drug prohibition did worked in socialism

Did it?

"Sergei Lebedev, the Chairman of the Association of Independent Advocates in Leningrad at the time, argued that the steady escalation of criminal penalties for drug use was 'indicative of the Soviet authorities' resignation to their complete inability to solve drug problems in a constructive and humane way'." (Wikipedia).

lol when has the US built it's last nuclear weapon? Is there even anyone left who knows how to do this?

She should just beat her up tbh

What did he say to Truss?

Masons/bricklayers are the better architects.

Nah, it's not dystopian enough. Just sad

I thought the Nazis first and foremost hated communists, but since huge parts of the population were industrial workers (and due to communist agitation quite informed about their exploitation through capitalism), their disdain had to be redirected to convince them to vote for the Nazis. Jews were a convenient scapegoat since antisemitism had been rampant in Germany for centuries and was still thriving.

Antisemitic stereotypes made that easy - Jews were said to be extortioners and instead of capitalism, they were blamed for the workers' misery. What happened then is interesting imo because part of it still happens - Nazis claimed communism was a Jewish conspiracy, and since Jews were discredited as capitalism's evil, communism had to be anti worker.

The Nazis went great length to convince the population how the Soviet Union was anti worker, e.g. by creating an exhibition and a propaganda film that ironically used footage from Nazi concentration camps.

The first concentration camps weren't built for Jews btw. - first they came for the socialists.

This is not meant to diminish the horror and brutality of the following Shoah in any way. I'm not a historian and I'd be glad if someone corrected me on that matter.

Really depends on your priorities (e.g. aesthetics vs. comfort).

Extremely steep stairs

are quite space efficient, and if you can't walk those, chances are less steep stairs are difficult too. That's why stairlifts exist.

high ceilings with big windows

are the most important feature in an apartment for me. I don't like the claustrophobic feel of modern low ceilings, and windows have gotten smaller in the 50s and are now ridiculously big but without the intricate features or good proportions of pre war buildings, which were perfected over time and make for nice, bright living quarters.

High ceilings are also much more comfortable in the heat of the coming climate, and I don't have the money to really heat my apartment anyway so I use blankets and hot bottles.

I'm absolutely with you on the shitty landlords' special. Fake fireplaces are neither original nor necessary and usually only there to increase the rent.

Also I didn't watch the video, sorry. The power of the thumbnail just compelled me to leave this comment

The video has the single message that enforcing a lot of internal circulation leads to the development of bigger apartment blocks with mostly one bedroom apartments. Allowing a single staircase (which isn't a security risk any more thanks to better fire prevention measures) makes it possible to develop a variety of apartment layouts and generally build more housing.

Where is this?

From NATO headquarters, 3 February 2024. The supreme command of NATO announces that the battle of Ukraine has come to an end. True to its oath of allegiance, the Azov battalion under the exemplary leadership of Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been annihilated by the overwhelming superiority of enemy numbers . . . The sacrifice of the Azov battalion was not in vain. As the bulwark of our historic European mission, it has held out against the onslaught of six Russian armies . . .They died so that the West^TM^ might live.