They link all their sources. So regardless of where their funding comes from I’d rather have a good source of information instead of a non-existent perfect source.

“I’m going to watch half the movie then complain about it not making sense and having a bad ending”

My understanding is that the “built by slaves” theory is a bit outdated. The pharaoh had access to a massive population and outside of harvest stations could be engaged in construction efforts. Slaves were very likely part of it too but not the majority of the workforce

That’s not the Reddit I’ve experienced, I’ve seen lots of anti-israel posts and comments with lots of upvotes.

Here on Lemmy though I got banned because I disagreed with someone calling North Korea democratic. It was .ml tho and their echo chamber couldn’t handle the difference of opinion.

It was not my intent to say it was amateurish or childish, just less effort required, without a value judgement.

Perhaps you’ll find this one more fitting: compare a single story house and a skyscraper. You can prefer one or the other, both can be beautiful, both require skill and expertise to construct but one is obviously more complicated and expensive to make.

I absolutely agree, compare the amount of skill and effort that goes into a 2d platformer versus something like red dead redemption 2.

It’s like comparing a school play versus an opera, the amount of passion they put in might be the same or often way more but the opera is aiming higher and with a bigger budget.

That’s not to say that an opera is necessarily more enjoyable, just that the tickets are justifiably more expensive

How do you switch? Is it a different app? I’m using boost atm for Lemmy

I’d argue NK and Florida are on different levels of democratic but I see your point.

You’re probably right with your last paragraph. I do find it amusing to read when they bend backwards trying to defend something that absurd.

Outside of the conservative American subreddits that’s standard too though. I rarely see anyone (not downvoted to hell) claim Israel should continue

People claim Lemmy is supposed to be “better” than Reddit but so far I’ve encountered more petty barons here than Reddit

Some people likely deserve getting banned but they have a very fragile echo chamber if they need to ban anyone not toeing the party line.

I was in an argument with someone on .ml unironically calling north Korea democratic and then they banned me because apparently I’m a “chauvinistic westerner” when I disagreed. I found that pretty hilarious.

Irony is that people in .ml ban you for not agreeing with their hivemind

Yeah, when w10 dies this is probably what I’ll end up doing too. I want to ditch windows but a lot of the programs I use don’t have Linux support

Couldn’t even answer my question lol

Well the votes need to mean something obviously. North Koreans also vote, would you class NK as a democracy?

Not defending anyone but this photo is taken with a long focal length and perspective is flattened. His hand could be close to her knee, or not, and it would look the same

Hope its good! I havent been a fan of the last couple of BF games but have many many hours in bad company 2 and bf3

Hmm, yeah the ethno-state that is china has never done anything wrong, especially not to its own citizens.

What will the Chinese government do to me?

What will a democratic government do to you?

Nations are allowed to choose alternative forms

Sure, but the people of china don’t have much say. If they voice a critical opinion they’re silenced, doesn’t seem like they’re allowed to choose.

I’m sure you’ve heard the Churchill quote: “Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.”

You’d rather live under a dictatorship than in a democracy? That’s an interesting opinion, not without its merit I’ll admit. A benevolent dictator can be the most effective form of government, the problem is what happens after they’re gone.

This discussion started with the question “is it better to have a democracy or a dictatorship spy on you” but sure.

China is a communist country governed by one political party that allows only limited democratic activity.

Interesting quote from your link. I’f they adopt democracy and allow fair elections then it wouldn’t be a problem but maybe that’s too European for your liking

This was never about performance, I hope we get more competitive products.

A democracy is the people voting lol. You also get what you vote for, some people vote against themselves. Nice thing about China is the state knows best and you dont need to vote :)