So I understand the above items (latinum being the most important and fungible) being non-replicatable. But at the point where Starfleet is permanently on your station and has easy access to both replicators and infinite energy, why aren't the Bajorans also post-scarcity? You'd think that tech, while powerful, is a far more important thing to trade for and Starfleet has an incentive to uplift societies it isn't at war with to prevent scarcity wars and instability.
Is it wrong, now, for you and your culture to invade someone else and forcibly remove them from their land?
If no, then you don't have modern morality and you're likely making an argument like "we conquer people all the time, might makes right" etc.
If yes, then you have to apply that to benefits you and your society received and are still benefiting from. And that means making redress for past wrongs you personally didn't commit. Otherwise the logic follows that the sin or crime only follows to the direct perpetrator and transferring that benefit to another absolves that person, especially when transferal wasn't voluntary (inherited).
This doesn't mean that descendants of colonizers must vacate all land. It means the society needs to have a frank and honest discussion about what redress means. This is at the heart of similar movements like slavery reparations. We can't undo the wrongs of the past but we can stop making them and try to make it right to the descendants of those that were harmed.
Now this obviously can't be taken back all the way into prehistory. As everyone acknowledged: humanity is a brutal species. But we can make redress for the most recent and often still ongoing wrongs. We should also attempt to address past wrongs but to the level appropriate to the passage of time, existence of descendants, etc.
We can see this happening now with the return of art that colonizers and other thieves took from other countries. We can't undo the theft, but returning to the originating culture is a feasible solution. When talking about land stolen en masse a few hundreds of years ago, and the terrible atrocities committed to a still-existing culture to enforce that theft, there's a variety of solutions, none of which are total return of all land. In all things we can't unduly punish those existing now that didn't have a say while also trying to do right to those still burdened by past atrocities.
Very similar mentalities. In both cases you have people who know what they are doing is wrong but don't wish to admit it. So they craft justifications on why what they are doing is OK. Both tend to create cognitive dissonance that often leads to anger when confronted.
If only the people who wanted to go in went in there'd be practically no commutes. There'd be a lot less reason to have an office, but people can self-select jobs for that, too.
The Nobles of Iowa moved to blue Minnesota. The Huckinses of Oregon moved to red Missouri. Their separate journeys, five weeks apart, illustrate the fracturing of America.
It's weird how they think Missouri doesn't have homeless people. I can't get past paywall but I assume they moved into a rural area and not to someplace like St Louis.
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You can to an extent, but that's a losing venture. If pubic opinion goes against this tech hard enough, it'll keep some people from working in those industries. BUT if those products are profitable enough, they will simply pay more and that'll be moot.
Attacking the people who are earning a living isn't the answer. Most people take the job with the best combo of pay and work/life balance they can find in their area, or if they can afford to move. Not that many have the luxury to pick and choose based on their morality. And if compensation is high enough, it's a lot less likely.
It's far easier to try to prevent this tech from being used at all. I know political action is hard as hell but it's a lot easier than trying to ostracize an entire industry's worth of workers. It may feel easier to denigrate faceless individuals but that won't accomplish anything. Plenty of people work for weapons manufacturers and such.
I’m an engineer, I quit Intel (after the startup I worked for was acquired) because Intel powers much of the MI complex. I quit Illumina when it became clear I was directly assisting with state level genetic experiments. As an engineer I could easily get a job elsewhere where I was not directly contributing to the downfall of my fellow humans.
You are what we call, privileged. Maybe you should...check it?
After the network showed a clip of a young conservative activist saying that climate change was the number one issue for young voters, Fox News moderator Martha MacCallum asked for a show of hands in response to her question, “Do you believe human behavior is causing climate change?”...
I'm guessing Trump is betting on a conviction but having his sentence just be house arrest. And if they don't take away his phone, not that much difference than his current life sans touring. And if he wins the Presidency, obviously his sentence must be halted. Or just interpret the "house" as the white house and all presidential property or some shit.
"Check your privilege" has only ever meant that people want others to understand how situations and histories might be different. White guilt is a thing white people made up to make it about them.
It's mostly people who keep getting banned or keep making new accounts for some reason that fall into this. Or bots posting to generate tons of link karma but never posted comments and never got comment karma. It's to prevent those who get banned or bots from being able to flood a sub.
There is. And I've found a lot of couples that are great. But it's hard to find that amid the millions of "found stepsister asleep" quasi-rape fantasies. And of the ones that do seem loving, it often seems to trend towards the common tropes when they try to make a living at it. So I mostly avoid filmed porn.
Just this week, police departments in Salem, New Hampshire; Gresham, Oregon; and Luverne, Alabama announced the purchase of drones. More than 1,500 departments across the country now use them, “mostly for search and rescue as well as to document crime scenes and chase suspects,” according to a February report in the MIT...
When I get my fruit from our CSA home, I only rinse food that's visibly dirty, usually melons. Because they'd make a mess everywhere. Everything gets stored and washed at dinner time.
Incumbency advantage is huge. People have seen her name on the roles for years, decades. It's a familiar sight so it's a lot harder to win a primary. And the party is afraid a new face would win the general and flip the seat to Republicans. So it's "safer" to keep an ineffectual incumbent in since they can be controlled, mostly.
Republican presidential candidate and North Dakota Gov Doug Burgum is offering $20 gift cards to donors who give $1 to his campaign — but some supporters of Joe Biden say they have been funneling the gift card money to the president’s re-election campaign.
As of July 1, in addition to Vermont, four other states’ IDs will face extra scrutiny from police, as they may provide forms of identification to applicants who do not give proof of citizenship or legal status:...
It should be illegal to pass or sign a bill you know is illegal or unconstitutional. But... Then we'd have to prove Republicans actually know the constitution.
It wasn't the fact that there was a limit to see 1000 comments but what they were. The vast majority of my 12 years on Reddit I spent talking about dungeon and dragons 5th edition (DnD 5e) which I started playing early in is lifestyle. It was my first role playing game and I got sucked into the Internet to learn more. Before my...
The dozen or more subs I had on Reddit is what I miss most of leaving. I found so many map makers, item crafters, homebrew writers, and so much interesting rule debating that I lost overnight.
Thanks! I forgot to search for battlemaps when subscribing. I hope more content gets posted on these instances. Do need to figure out why dnd content never hits my subscribed feed when I'm a member of life 2 dozen dnd channels.
Nobody wants to change. It's hard and expensive. Until they have to because conditions have required it. Then they change as fast as possible to a new state that works in the new conditions so they can survive.
Some users wonder if the dev will be charged for having it still up, others argue Reddit can't charge him without having signed a contract. Everyone is confused as to why the API change hasn't made it inoperable....
Curious about if there is any discernable difference anyone can see if they may have popped in to Reddit today? I know it's probably naive to think there would be a big difference first day....
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Alaska Considers Joining Colorado in Disqualifying Trump From Primary Ballot ( truthout.org )
After the recent ruling in Colorado, other states are weighing in on Trump’s eligibility to appear on election ballots.
'Leave them stranded': Rideshare drivers shut off apps at Atlanta airport, boycott for hours ( www.fox5atlanta.com )
If you have company flying into Atlanta for the holidays, they may have a hard time getting a ride to your place.
xkcd #2868: Label the States ( xkcd.com )
Alt text: Even with a blank map, a lot of people can only name 45-50 of the 64 states.
How did money work on deep space 9?
Whenever there’s a storyline with quark, they talk about money/latinum....
"Pornography should be outlawed. The people who produce and distribute it should be imprisoned. Educators and public librarians who purvey it should be classed as registered sex offenders. " - GOP 2025 Mandate For Leadership ( www.project2025.org )
Full Text PDF Source...
Republicans Introduce Bill To Expel Palestinians From The United States ( www.huffpost.com )
Astonishingly accurate ( stockroom.wandering.shop )
found on Mastodon
The reason CEOs want workers to Return To Office is because they want you to quit ( www.fastcompany.com )
Salary Needed To Buy a Home In The US ( reddthat.com )
Jim Jordan's allies tried strong-arming his GOP critics. It backfired. ( www.politico.com )
“The one thing that will never work with me — if you try to pressure me, if you try to threaten me, then I shut off,” GOP Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart said.
[Analysis] Two Families Got Fed Up With Their States’ Politics. So They Moved Out. ( www.nytimes.com )
The Nobles of Iowa moved to blue Minnesota. The Huckinses of Oregon moved to red Missouri. Their separate journeys, five weeks apart, illustrate the fracturing of America.
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What if employers could gauge the ‘moods’ of workers? A dangerous new tech gains ground in India ( scroll.in )
Emotion recognition systems are finding growing use, from monitoring customer responses to ads to scanning for ‘distressed’ women in danger.
The Fox GOP debate melted down when the word “climate” was mentioned ( www.motherjones.com )
After the network showed a clip of a young conservative activist saying that climate change was the number one issue for young voters, Fox News moderator Martha MacCallum asked for a show of hands in response to her question, “Do you believe human behavior is causing climate change?”...
Trump's former lawyer was indicted in Georgia. She wants his defense funds to pay her legal fees. ( www.usatoday.com )
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I'm a trans man. I didn't realize how broken men are ( newsweek.com )
You know what I DON’T miss from Reddit? Having a 75% chance of having your submissions immediately removed anytime you post something. ( media.artemis.camp )
Pence Refuses to Rule Out Voting for Trump in 2024 ( www.rollingstone.com )
We Know “NoFap” Is Misleading Men About Masturbation. It Might Be More Dangerous Than That. ( slate.com )
When You Call 911, These Police Departments Send a Drone ( www.themarshallproject.org )
Just this week, police departments in Salem, New Hampshire; Gresham, Oregon; and Luverne, Alabama announced the purchase of drones. More than 1,500 departments across the country now use them, “mostly for search and rescue as well as to document crime scenes and chase suspects,” according to a February report in the MIT...
TIL you can soak freshly-picked blackberries to get larvae out ( www.kuow.org )
News: A confused Dianne Feinstein tried to give a speech in the middle of a Senate hearing vote and was told to 'just say aye' instead ( www.businessinsider.com )
"Just say aye," Senate Appropriations Chairwoman Patty Murray repeatedly pleaded to Feinstein during the vote. Eventually, Feinstein did just that....
News: Biden supporters exploit Republican’s $1 donation cashback campaign pledge: ‘I gave $1 to you and $20 to Biden’ ( www.independent.co.uk )
Republican presidential candidate and North Dakota Gov Doug Burgum is offering $20 gift cards to donors who give $1 to his campaign — but some supporters of Joe Biden say they have been funneling the gift card money to the president’s re-election campaign.
A Thunderous Fart Wrecked an RFK Jr. Event ( www.motherjones.com )
Even in a political era defined by demented characters and strange shit, nothing could have prepared me for this....
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the passing of a law that could render driver’s licenses and other forms of identification from several states invalid, including Vermont. ( www.mychamplainvalley.com )
As of July 1, in addition to Vermont, four other states’ IDs will face extra scrutiny from police, as they may provide forms of identification to applicants who do not give proof of citizenship or legal status:...
This is the Reddit app. They are making it really easy to want to migrate ( lemmy.world )
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1032247
Deleting my Reddit comments was a strange experience. ( kbin.social )
It wasn't the fact that there was a limit to see 1000 comments but what they were. The vast majority of my 12 years on Reddit I spent talking about dungeon and dragons 5th edition (DnD 5e) which I started playing early in is lifestyle. It was my first role playing game and I got sucked into the Internet to learn more. Before my...
Reddit seems to be scrambling behind the scenes to try and limit the effects of the migration. Damage control: ChatGPT bots are spamming pro-admin, astroturfed comments ( i.imgur.com )
Apologies if this is a repost. They’re scared lol....
3rd party app for Reddit, Boost, is still functioning well after July 1st ( www.reddit.com )
Some users wonder if the dev will be charged for having it still up, others argue Reddit can't charge him without having signed a contract. Everyone is confused as to why the API change hasn't made it inoperable....
Any change today? ( kbin.social )
Curious about if there is any discernable difference anyone can see if they may have popped in to Reddit today? I know it's probably naive to think there would be a big difference first day....
New kbin user guide (preparation for impending wave of reddit migrants in July) ( kbin.social )
This article is an x-post from m/quickstart...