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Cake day: June 29th, 2023

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  • you make it sound like he did this by himself.

    He is the public face of the government. Of course he didn’t do everything by himself, good or bad. Everybody knows that already, it’s a stupid point to make. He’s chosen to take on the job of being his governments public face, and statements about government being directed at him personally is just part of the job.

    Trump wasn’t personally throwing children in jail, but when people talk about the border detentions that happened during his presidency, we still say Trump did it.

    Obama didn’t personally approve every drone strike, he was backed up by plenty of other politicians, but we still say Obama increased the drone strikes.



  • So the exact same reaction that men the world over have when women start demanding equal rights.

    Because Korea in general has been historically misogynistic

    There’s nothing particularly Korean about this. Basically every culture is historically misogynistic, the exceptions are few and far between and are generally romanticized based on limited information.

    The exact same reactions took place in America 100 years ago during women’s suffrage, and are taking place again now with the abortion debacle.




  • UBI is supposed to replace other need-based social programs such as disability, welfare programs, government housing, etc. The entire point is that the money from those programs, which collectively have quite a lot of waste, goes into UBI so everyone can participate in society on a more fair level.

    Also read the reply to that comment for an example of the waste: https://lemmy.world/comment/4589897

    There’s basically an entire industry dedicated to denying and minimizing payouts. With UBI, that entire industry becomes obsolete.

    If UBI is done properly, it replaces those other social programs. The payouts are bigger and for more people, and the program administration costs are smaller.