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3 hours agoSame. If you have some money for fun or time - give him some. Only if you have it.
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0·4 hours agoI’m not saying immigration fixes unemployment. I’m saying that over the long run, it doesn’t make it worse. When I say this and throughout my comment I mean immigration where newcomers have the same labour rights as the existing populatiom. I’m talking about PR immigration.
TFW immigration is a whole other matter which is obvious vehicle for cheap labour, which cannot create jobs, which increases PR/citizen unemployment, especially among youth because youth often works retail and that’s a major use of TFWs. That’s before we even consider the abuse TFWs get from their employers. I think the TFW program did most of the damage you speak of, along with the diploma mill foreign student program, which essentially functions as another TFW program. Temporary immigration for work should be shutdown yesterday. Any immigration for work must come with the same labour rights and that must include at least delayed PR. That guarantees fuckers can’t pay them less.
5·12 hours agoYou’re not wrong but some render their opposition to capitalism by reducing the scope of the capitalist system. Something liberals tend not to do. Are all reformists committed to bringing it down to zero? Maybe, maybe not. I probably wouldn’t call a self-proclaimed socislist who spends their life reducing the capitalist part of their state a lib if they are okay with say 10% of the economy remaining capitalist.
Being a socialist doesn’t mean you have to ban capitalism the moment you get power. Or at all. There are many ways to be socialist and do socialist policy. The overarching ideology is the belief we can do better than capitalism by distributing the resources we create according to amount of work and need, instead of profit maximization. How and how quickly we achieve that differs between different kinds of socialists. Sometimes dramatically.
True but general increase of the population also creates jobs as some portion create new businesses. It’s why unemployment hasn’t exploded over the decades of population growth via immigration. Not saying immigration can’t lead to higher unemployment under specific conditions. We’ve hit other real resource constraints that the system we have hasn’t provided enough of like housing, healthcare, etc. I think we need our gov’t to step in to fill the gaps. We also need the gov’t to start employing people the private sector won’t take and do the things it the private sector won’t do. Like filling those gaps.
A hostile US and Russia would give us the increased defense spending we already have, at least we wouldn’t have to buy US equipment.
That’s part of what I was referring to. We’d spend this locally or among partners. Right now a lot of NATO spending goes to the US military industrial complex.
Then the other economic impact is that the US loses one more leverage tool to coerce us on various trade disputes. Which means we’d be able to negotiate better deals for us.
As predicted by literally anyone paying attention to how the US operates for the benefit of its ruling class.
Jagmeet simply did not have the support to remotely have a chance to win instead of PP or Carney. That’s the context in which Carney “was the best choice at the time.” Not much else. I agree we’d been better off with Jagmeet.
I think things would shake out differently in a couple of years with Avi’s NDP on the docket. Perhaps not an NDP gov’t but I think we’d get significantly more seats than the last election.
52·23 hours agoGoddamn, I thought it was cheaper! I donate already to my instance and dev but I’ll throw what I can your way too.
We are calling very clearly for a single-tier immigration system, based on permanent residency and status on arrival, that gives rights and stability—like our grandparents received when they first came to this country. We need an immigration system that reunites families, welcomes refugees fleeing wars around the world, and does not create two classes of workers.
We will reverse Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cuts to immigration levels. Through Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, we will hire 3,000 immigrant caseworkers immediately to address the backlog of 1 million immigrant applications that are stuck and going nowhere.
We will end provincial rules that restrict and tie foreign workers to specific employers. We will end limits based on sector, hours, occupation, or category—restrictions that make workers vulnerable. We believe we should create a network of reception centres for refugees across the country, with real funding for shelters and housing. We also need to fix credentialling problems. Many people come to Canada because of their skills, but credentialling issues prevent them from using the skills they brought with them.
Yup, this is how you fix it without suppressing wages. Couple that with strengthened labour rights which he also wants to do - especially easier unionization and we’re looking for wage growth in addition to expanding economy that comes with growing population.
Too bad Iran is already deeply sanctioned. It’s what happens when you overuse your leverage. I suppose they could try the opposite - offer lifting of sanctions.
The PC party has never gone off the rails like the Republican party. Even the Reformacons (CPC) weren’t crazy during Harper’s leadership. Things only really sharpened with PP. So it’s no wonder federal governments have mostly oscillated between the libs and the cons for over a century.
I was looking at some vote data today and I think this one is also our friend: https://mander.xyz/u/Anyone
Possibly also: https://feddit.org/u/Quittenbrot
Here’s some of the list of matches between
- Anyone@mander.xyz
- Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org
- Quittenbrot@feddit.org
- randomname@scribe.disroot.org
- Scotty@scribe.disroot.org
- Sepia@mander.xyz
- tardigrade@scribe.disroot.org
where 5 of them appear on a vote tally.
# Num vote matches: vote tally link 5: https://lemvotes.org/comment/sh.itjust.works/comment/21402656 5: https://lemvotes.org/comment/lemmy.sdf.org/comment/22962978 5: https://lemvotes.org/comment/scribe.disroot.org/comment/6964264 5: https://lemvotes.org/comment/scribe.disroot.org/comment/6690122 5: https://lemvotes.org/comment/lemmy.sdf.org/comment/21999080 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/mander.xyz/post/42018522 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/5662899 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/45104150 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/45104825 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/45115500 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/44795915 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/5320580 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/43639018 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/43649678 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/43656968 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/4925578 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/4839560 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/mander.xyz/post/39067396 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/piefed.world/post/513359 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/43276509 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.world/post/36625693 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/4753629 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/42973822 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/42974263 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/4735256 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/42881979 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/4717810 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/42786144 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/4680903 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/4681271 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/4620709 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/42534372 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/4595270 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/42433145 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/42409798 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/42385155 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.world/post/35971816 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/42356948 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/42077068 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/mander.xyz/post/37757039 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.world/post/35706302 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.world/post/35708740 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/4480693 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/42022975 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/41994363 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/41995095 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/4444940 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/4370265 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/4226066 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/41107945 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.nz/post/27121125 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/40615493 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/4079950 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.world/post/34272105 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/40233079 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.world/post/34236339 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/40061722 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/3905505 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/feddit.org/post/17010899 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/3907142 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/39942527 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/39966582 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.sdf.org/post/39966726 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/3886842 5: https://lemvotes.org/post/scribe.disroot.org/post/6077659 5: https://lemvotes.org/comment/lemmy.ca/comment/20534858 5: https://lemvotes.org/comment/feddit.org/comment/10420416
Good? I don’t have super high regard for Coyne’s opinions but he’s not an idiot either.
A NATO without the US would have many benefits for its members, especially the downstream economic effects it would have.
I imagine vastly lower cost would be one reason. 450km range chargeable in 11 minutes would be enough for a significant proportion of people and likely desirable if the cost is low enough. I don’t think it’s likely that lithium would match the price/perf ratio of sodium so I think we’re likely to see a lot more sodium in applications that don’t require the absolute best energy density. So in a way, sodium might be the front runner, ahead of advanced lithium, in terms of what’s going to be adopted. 😅
E: Also we’re talking sodium batteries in production. If and when double-triple density lithium or another shows up, it might change the calculus depending on price, safety, etc.
The packs CATL makes now are 175Whr/kg which is very close to LFP. They’re already EV-worthy.
0·2 days agoI think it’s even worse than that. I’ve talked to people who voted Ford after the initial takedown of Kathleen. They tend to say something like “I don’t like him, but there’s no one else to vote for.” And it’s not about woke with them. Rather something like “I looked and Bonnie Crombie / Marit Stiles and they don’t look like leader material.” So they’re actively getting fucked, recognize it to an extent, but can’t bring themselves to flip the switch. Incredible stuff. You could make the argument a person like that simply isn’t getting fucked enough to feel it, and that’s probably true. Still kinda wild.
While at it, consider mopping up these as well:
- Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org
- randomname@scribe.disroot.org
- Scotty@scribe.disroot.org
- Sepia@mander.xyz
- tardigrade@scribe.disroot.org
They often come together to up/down vote, which is especially obvious deeper into threads where others aren’t engaging much like this:
- https://lemvotes.org/comment/lemmy.ca/comment/19643090
- https://lemvotes.org/comment/lemmy.ca/comment/19453597
Or when the majority opinion opposes:
Or to upvote their post:
There’s a lot more vote matches between these users. Here’s a few more samples from other instances:
- https://lemvotes.org/comment/lemmy.ca/comment/18333166
- https://lemvotes.org/comment/lemmy.ca/comment/18334464
- https://lemvotes.org/comment/lemmy.ca/comment/18428833
- https://lemvotes.org/comment/lemmy.ca/comment/20533722
- https://lemvotes.org/comment/lemmy.ca/comment/20534858
On occasion multiple would show up and engage a user in the same thread:
This has happened in the past more frequently but I think they wisened up to how obvious that is. There was a thread about EVs from last year where I think I got 3 of them show up on me but it seems search history has been trimmed to about 6 months so I can’t find it. I used to engage in good faith before I figured out what’s going on.
These two (Hotznplotzn and randomname) were created on two different instances, 6 minutes from each other:
Hotznplotzn and Sepia recently got caught at lemmy.world:
- https://lemmy.world/modlog/2840?page=1&actionType=ModBanFromCommunity&userId=18600642
- https://lemmy.world/modlog/2840?page=1&actionType=ModBanFromCommunity&userId=12728860
Actually now that I’m looking at this data, there’s probably more, but these are the most active ones from the set. There are some inactive ones too.
I knew it. As soon as rumors started circling that China is leaning on Iran to cease fire, I reasoned that China must have offered something in return, due to Iran’s extremely strong leverage. I thought expanded trade but weapons make sense too.
Excellent news either way.
Hopefully they’re effective enough against Israeli jets. If they are, this could serve as wiping Trump’s ass from being unable to force Iarael to obey the ceasefire. If Iran can defend itself against Israeli bombings, Trump can the off-ramp knowing Israel won’t drag him in again.