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You don’t have to welcome them, just don’t tell people they’re not welcome.

Besides which, they didn’t say they support profits over human welfare. They said that corporations will always maximise profits.

Yes, they could have delivered this pearl of wisdom in a more digestible tone, but what they said is true nevertheless.

Its a bit silly to think that a company would leave potential profits on the table.

Sure, but it’s also “stupid” for governments not to take a tougher line with them.

Don’t do that.

It’s fine to not like comments and commenters, but telling people they’re not welcome is something else.

The fediverse is already pretty homogenous, we could do with some dissenting opinion honestly.

We have something like this in Australia. Candidates receive a fixed amount, maybe $2.50, per first preference vote, provided that they achieve more than 4% of all votes.

The 4% requirement avoids creating an incentive for every idiot to register a political party so they can get a few hundred dollars from the Electoral Commission.

The effect is to essentially tie what you proposed into the election itself.

We do still have private donations, but I think they’re somewhat restrictive, and the public funding lessens the benefit of private donations.

I guess Google could just target specific types of users to review, rather than everyone. I’m sure there’s people out there who would love to give a shitty business a great review.

I refuse to believe that there’s a bipedal robot that can make my bed, with out ridiculous specific programming.

On the contrary.

We are in agreement that what’s happening is not malice, but incompetence and greed.

Its nonsensical.

If the billionaire class wanted everyone dead they wouldn’t do it with measles

I have et said anything like that, and it’s painfully obvious that you’re deflecting.

Given your criticism of Wong, I had thought that surely you would have some preferred strategy.

Instead it seems like you don’t really have e any idea what you’re talking about, other than “labor bad”

That’s not what I suggested, nor what I asked.

How would you like our foreign affairs minister to address this with a global super power on whom we are heavily dependent as one of our closest allies ?

This was such a bizarre interaction.

El Sayed seems brilliant at responding to these gotcha questions.

I think Trump has a lot more to lose in this fight, and he only has a few months to make something happen.

I thought so. No answers just criticism because she didn’t show up with a “Free Palestine” shirt.

I wonder how the foreign affairs minister from a liberal, national oor ON government would handle this?

Hmm… No most post apoc fiction is mindful of these issues.

My main concern is that most novels have a token nerdy / accountant type who’s role is to demonstrate how useless our skills are in a post apocalyptic wasteland. That’s me really. An accountant.

LOL.

It’s the way I say it is because reasons and any contrary information is a fabrication.

Indeed.

I don’t get the hate for Wong?

I understand that labor is not left enough for fediverse users.

She’s a diplomat though, she represents Australia to the world. It’s not her job to say mean things to the people you don’t like.

That’s what diplomats do?

As a diplomat, how would you like Wong to address this?

It seems that claim is not really true:

https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/penny_wong/policies/1

Besides which, do you want politicians to vote according bro their constituents wishes or according to their own interests?

A “low population phase” is a nice way to say “post apocalypse”.

I really enjoy this genre of fiction, but I don’t think I would enjoy it IRL.