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    Do you need to vent about things COVID-19?

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    21 hours ago, Tolya Ugajin said:
    21 hours ago, Dhyaanee said:

    Capitalism is inherently exploitative, unsustainable, creates economic inequality, anti-democratic, leads to an erosion of human rights, and it incentivizes imperialist expansion and war. Other than that it's just dandy!

    If there is no need to have a loser (someone who dies, starves, lives in squalor), then why have one?

    and yet capitalism has lifted more people out of extreme poverty in the last 20 years than all the global social programs combined, while socialism has proven time and again to lead to starvation and tyranny the loss of rights and no socialist country in history has ever been a democracy.  But, hey, you keep wrapping yourself in comfortable lies, while those who understand history know that in the 20th century the countries with capitalistic economies largely gave up their "imperialist expansion", while the National Socialists in Germany started a rather large war as it embarked on rapid imperialist expansion, the United Soviet Socialist Republic took over Eastern Europe and fomented war throughout Latin America and Asia, and currently China, which at least has the honesty to call its ruling (and sole) party Communist uses imperialistic expansion (via economic means mostly) like nobody's business in Africa while bullying around its Asian neighbors.  But, hey, at least they all have strict gun control and socialized medicine.

    Well that depends on the metrics one uses to define 'poverty' - there are debates about just how much capitalism per se has helped.

    Neither unfettered capitalism, socialism, or communism by themselves is the answer. We need something new. Unregulated capitalism simply isn't working now -- it only works with growth, and we can't keep growing anymore because the earth has limits (and there's no more Native Americans to steal from, and no Black people to exploit slave labor from, and fewer and fewer little countries outside the US to exploit in the name of freedom). Since pure unfettered capitalism is based on growth to survive, we have a problem.

    Today, in the USA, the richest 1 per cent own 34 per cent of the wealth and the richest 10 per cent own 74 per cent of the wealth. In the UK, the richest 1 per cent own 12 per cent of the wealth and the richest 10 per cent own 44 per cent of the wealth. In France the figures are 24 cent and 62 per cent respectively. The richest 1 percent own 35 percent of the wealth in Switzerland, 24 per cent in Sweden and 15 percent in Canada. Although there are important variations, other developed countries show similar patterns of inequality within this range.

    (Data are for 2010 and from the Credit Suisse Research Institute (2012). And Piketty in 2014)

    Do you need to vent about things COVID-19?

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    20 hours ago, Tolya Ugajin said:

    CNN let us know that the lockdowns could result in 1.5 million more dying of TB.

    Honestly I don't know when the economy should open up again, but I trust Fauci (an infection disease specialist) and Birx over Trump and his minions of Trump-supporting doctors. And Fauci is saying (at least as of May 12) that it's a bit too risky at this time.
    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/senate-grill-fauci-admin-officials-reopening-videoconference/story?id=70619278

    As to economic problems from lockdown, well the government could have actually supported the economy for awhile, even enabling those businesses they love to stay afloat so they can easily rehire when it's safer to open up (they are doing this in some other countries). Then there would not have been as much lockdown trauma they are so "concerned" with. Of course they didn't/don't want to present this option -- it goes against their conservative principles of every man for himself and and little to none interference by government.
    So basically the ship has pretty much sailed -- many of the businesses are already failed that could have been saved had our leaders done what many other countries have done -- kept them afloat until they could hire again.

    What Are You Binge Watching?

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    15 hours ago, Tarina Sewell said:
    22 hours ago, Dhyaanee said:

    I bet she'll be in a new series soon if she's not already. Good actress.

    Xena actress got a new series, watched part of it but then closed that channel as it seemed expensive to subscribe to too many. Want to see the rest!

    I have a girl crush on her....she still looks great.

    Her new series is on the Acorn channel.  I prefer to see her as Xena in a fantasy setting, but it's good to see her as a detective dragged back into service in modern times too.

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    Is this alien avatar too "evil" or "strange" looking....

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    4 hours ago, Fauve Aeon said:
    On 5/20/2020 at 9:37 PM, Dhyaanee said:

    Was he from your imagination or from the outer limits dimension all around us?

    Not sure - that state between sleeping and waking lets you think and see a ton of things and if you are too young for people to have said anything much about it yet, you don’t have the preconceived notions that come after people either dismiss it or call you nuts! Do I think grey aliens visit me in my sleep? Of course not. But do I think this sort of thing is something other than my brain simply playing sleep tricks? Yes. 😉

    I don't rule out other dimensions existing alongside our own.  Nobody has proved this does not exist!

    Do you need to vent about things COVID-19?

    in General Discussion Forum

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    1 hour ago, Tolya Ugajin said:

    You make it sound like there is something wrong with a competitive capitalist market creating both winners and losers.

    Capitalism is inherently exploitative, unsustainable, creates economic inequality, anti-democratic, leads to an erosion of human rights, and it incentivizes imperialist expansion and war. Other than that it's just dandy!

    If there is no need to have a loser (someone who dies, starves, lives in squalor), then why have one?

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    I’m curious how many of you posting here are actually still active in SL?

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    What is the difference between a sheep and a goat?

    In Summary:

    • The goat is the thinner of the two, while a sheep is greedier.
    • The sheep belong to the species Aries Ovas and have 54 chromosomes, while the goats belong to Capra hircus species and have chromosomes 60.
    • The tail of a goat is the most part pointing always upwards, while the sheep it hangs down.
    • A goat feeds on leaves, shrubs, branches and vines. A sheep instead loves to feed on grass and clover.
    • Goats are curious by nature and are completely independent. A sheep instead prefers to stay in his flock.
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    When did you last see a Bellessarian home available?

    in Linden Homes

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    8 minutes ago, AnnaelleJanvier said:

    I am wishing that you wave of hoppers would apply the brakes for a while so those without homes can get into a fresh, new, sparkly region.

    It's not like that. There are homes I'd like from the very first region that was released. Like on a cliff facing the ocean without a boat salvage yard ruining my view.  And roooooocks everywhere!

    There's no value in a fresh, new region.  The only value is in the landscape no matter when it was released.

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