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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I agree with what you’re saying and also it feels worth pointing out how pervasive the rhetoric of profitability has become.

We don’t talk about the military running at a loss, or the department of transport, or any other part of the government. We talk about their cost, because that’s really what it is. Services don’t “lose” money, they cost money.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

What workplace is this that has dorms?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

A ton of stuff. Community colleges are typically located with good commuter access, offer classes outside of normal business hours, have open admissions, and don’t have to subsidize large research departments or typically have to support the cost of onsite residential buildings.

I mean, it would also be good to see the cost of in-state tuition at state universities come down, but community colleges fill a different niche and the primary reason they didn’t offer bachelors before was lack of demand, but that has now changed.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fortunate that the constitution explicitly makes protesting legal, right guys?…

[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And now I’ve ditched Proton. Andy Yen’s comments made me skeptical, but I was still confident that their mission was intact. This move, to a social media platform with a demonstrated willingness to censor non-corporatist views, confirms my fears that they are giving up their principles.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 month ago

I think this is right on the money.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Jfc. Just call it the SA at this point.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (12 children)

No, ethnic cleansing does not necessarily imply killing. It is the forced depopulation of an area, which can be by means of deportation, economic pressure, threat of violence, etc. Genocide is the most extreme form of ethnic cleansing.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

You’ve got two Cleopatra stories mixed up there.

She was said to bathe in ass’s (donkey’s) milk.

She killed herself by holding an asp (snake) to her breast.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago

Are you doing alright?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The other commenter is completely correct here. If you don’t point to the exact material on which you’re basing your argument, you haven’t cited the material.

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