It is in the supply chain, but there is something on the horizon:

EU - CS3D

This is an actual EU regulation with some very good parts in it. This surely wont solve everything, but it creates precedent and can be given more teeth to bit with in the future.

No idea, but I notice it too

Just blocked and reported an account and the single shill-post it produced. Not sure what to do about it, maybe we need more mods

Do it

I cant wait for some conservative idiot to spin this in the worst possible way. Mixed in with some lies, whataubout-isms and straw-mans for a delicious disinformation-coktail!

There is a pretty good reasons why shopping local is better in the long run:

The money you put in stays local in large parts or entirely and keeps the comminuty alive, paying peoples jobs, who in turn pay other people once they buy local.

Large companies siphon the communities wealth away until there is nothing left, before closing shop and running of to the next victim, leaving empoverisht people behind.

The effect is compounding. The more local shops close, the more other jobs dissappear and the less people have. Then they are forced to move away or buy less in general. Other firms cant hold their workers and have to cut down wages, or let people go due to reduced business operstion because no one can afford their services, continuing the spiral.

At the end of that process, all you will find are dollar-stores and junkfood-chains in your area. It happened a few times already and the effect is well understood.

TLDR: Shopping local is good for the community, buying everything online is siphoning money away from it instead.

The only risk of war is coming from China, like all things Taiwan

For a lesson in what happens when you trust dictators or authoritarian countries in regards to security:

Maybe take a look at Ukraine to get a clear picture of what is in store for you, if you lack defensive capability…

If it only was JUST the use of concrete…

In China, real-estate and owning a home is a big show or success in life and therefore highly desirable.

Over the years the construction sector ran rampant, building homes faster then they could be sold by banks to bidders. A lot of these homes are so shoddy, they are starting to fall appart while people are living inaide them (google “tofu-buildings” and see for yourself, its horrific).

With high ammounts of corruption and in-party dealings, China continued to overbuild, using up massive ammounts of concrete on buildings with the lifespan of an average laptop. If they would build highly efficient buildings to house the massive population with high quality and affordable rooms, that would probably justity the high us of concrete and material.

But they are not…

And here we are now, locked in a perpetual cycle of building and breaking stuff, because a lot of finances and political positions are entwined with constructionnand lland-dealings.

The CCP could intervene, they are the fake-communist authoritarian rulers after all and their word is law. Im just not sure they want to. Or know how.

There is currently a massive movement against the far-right in Germany

Revently a meeting was leaked, where the AfD went just mask-out-the-window and openly talked about deportation (They call it “Remigration”) of German Citicens who are the children of immigrants.

After that the vague threats to society have become tangible for a lot of people. Now an ever increasing ammount of the general public is turning against the AfD, who is further slipping into fascism as a reaction, prompting usuql fascist infighting and splitting.

Unlike in the US our judicial system is not quite as bad, but, with all things German, burocratic processes are quite slow. Also a lot of parties dont want to cooperate with the AfD in any regard, even the center-right (CDU) is having issues.

From the outside it looks bleaker then it is in reality, but the danger is still very real

Forcing someone other than yourself to suffer because of your morals is sociopathic.

An accurate description of conservatives who will, Im very sure of that, fight to never make this a reality in other parts of the world.

Just look at abortion or trans-rights to get peek into the right-wings barely functional mind on these topics. This will be all the same again, because they just hate you.

For a time now I heard that the UK is a dying empire, desperatly clinging on to a version long gone and being stuck in the past.

In wake of recent anti-trans legislation, Brexit, migration-panics and general declining lifestile, I tend to agree with the statement. The UK is falling behind rapidly, but instead of combating that with progressive policy, the embrace of conservtaive ideas like this will just accelerate the decay.

I just hope Scotland and northern Ireland can get out before its too late.

AI

Always Indian

Research has not let anyone down.

For years it has shown the way on how to deal with these things, just look at statistics, measurable tests and their results.

But conservatives, who again just hate other humans for being living proof that their antics need to finally die out. Your queer existence is a danger to their paper-thin ego, so you need to die. Because being wrong is just not an option to them.

To say that research failed is simply wrong and always has been.

Just in case, I assume this opion is brought forth in good faith.

While you could might be correct on paper, the reality is that between “Helping prevent Genocide” and “Anything else” is much clearer.

Does that make you a russian bot? I would say yes, it does. Because there is no middle ground here, no “enlightend centrist”, towering over us plebs who care for human lives not being devastet.

Maybe the Ukrain Goverment has a problem with corruption, hell I agree it probably does. Every Government has to deal with this.

What not every Goverment has is an active Genocide waged against its people.

Having corruption does not excuse to allow Genocide. And stading idly by is doing just that!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie

Partisan Debate?

You mean the GOP sabotaging Democracy again?

For Elon, ego-death is just death.

The ammount will not hurt him.

The damage to his frail ego certainly will.

This opinion is true, unpopular and truly unpolular.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning

I work in IT, there the situation for corpos who want to force RTO is just a nightmare.

There are a bunch of companies waiting with open arms and better contracts to gather these disgruntled workes with knowledge in the industry. So not only do you loose a lot, your competition grows stronger at the same time.

On top of that, if you dont need to rent a huge building at high price, massively cutting costs on overhead an maintenance.

And once the bleeding starts its hard to stop: Others need to pick up more work, get pissed and then also leave for greener pastures.

All because you are stuck in the past.