You do understand what zionist means?
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You do understand what zionist means?
Rorschach
Fanny Walden
Yes I do. Thanks.
So you don't trust anyone that thinks israel should exist?
Rorschach
Fanny Walden
That's not what I said. This is a strawman, but you know that.
Silly McSilly Face
Allan Nielsen
The Thatcher years were hard for the country as old industries that has sustained many communities were shut down. These industries were dying and she prepared the country for the modern era, repurposing it for a huge uplift in living standards. When Thatcher came to power genuine slum communities with no central heating, shared communal outside toilets and squalid living conditions were still present in the country. Infrastructure was failing and the country had been generally in terminal decline since WW2.
You said not to trust zionists.
Zionist means "a person who believes in the development and protection of a Jewish nation in what is now Israel."
That's why i aked if you know what it means.
ricky2tricky4city
Luka Modric
It is going to be interesting to see what happens when tech comes for the white collar worker?
LutonSpurs
Eric Dear
Zionism is the movement which says it deserves land because GHod promised them it 3000 years ago. Scara should see the existence of Zionism as an absurdity. However he is selective in how he treats religious zealots. That's the point he was making.
You can see it right now. Look at all the lay offs in the tech industry. They invented their replacement with ai.
Fair enough.
Rorschach
Fanny Walden
I understand the history of Zionism pretty well. Since the Hamas attack, I'm sure we all have been reading more on this. Now I might have qualified my comment with a qualification on the form of Zionism - labour, revisionist, etc. or this current ultra-nationalist flavour, but I have to be honest, I didn't think it needed it.
We all believe in fictions of one form or another. Everyone does, though they may not see it like that. A limited company is a fiction. It is not an actual thing outside of our acceptance that it exists. Civil rights are a fiction, and the laws are a fiction, and as you can see from the US, Trump and his goons can easily discard them if they so choose. Some of the biggest zealots on the planet are those who worship the great bull GHod, make line go up! Nation-states are a fiction and how they are created is often based on some arbitrary nonsense from history.
(edit: that is Noah Harari btw - not some great insight I've had!)
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Rorschach
Fanny Walden
That time is now, unfortunately. I'm trying to urge my kids into careers that will not disappear in the not-too-distant future.
Do a trade. Electrician, plumber...
No student debt. Can work anywhere in the world.
Rorschach
Fanny Walden
Yeah I agree. I'm trying to push my 2nd oldest to be an electrician but he's not biting.
ricky2tricky4city
Luka Modric
It is indeed. The human shrink at companies is underway, still at the beginning of the ramp though. Hope someone has modelled this out with realistic assumptions.
Will dwarf the issues compared to coal mines etc. (although they had a community destruction element to them as well)
Most people have religious fools in their govt, there's so many of the clams it's impossible to avoid.
But their government is democratically elected by a large number of non-religious people too.
In which case I'd suggest you don't remember them at all - or anything that's happened since.
monkeybarry
Les Medley
So has all of the civil service/public sector.
This is a cynical and tone deaf request.
The bottom line is, there isn't much money anywhere. If they want to make the case and convince the public to pay more tax, then they can have something akin to what they want, as can I and my colleagues. But the ask is clearly ridiculous and choosing to strike is both reckless, selfish and counterproductive.
I fully supported them last time. This time, I'd join a counter protest.
Grays_1890
Gary Stevens
I don't agree personally, but in the respect of peace, I respect your view.
Its a new day.......
ricky2tricky4city
Luka Modric
This is the overarching difficulty for the government (or any government tbf). Rock and a hard place.
There's a good analogy with our very own football club. Not much money, moaning about spending and improvements. The difference is DL could stick behind his plan and generally ignore (lock himself up in his underground lair if need be). The vision can then unfold.
And in Governing the country a vision and long term plan is what is needed. BUT the lack of patience, lack of understanding and short attention spans...almost forces those in charge into short termism to appease. And you just end up into a day to day battle.