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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • Poland is still inaccurate, as it was when it was posted here the last time

    Edit: I tried to search for my comment last time but I didn’t find it. So short summary: In Poland, an authoritarian far-right party ruled for a long time that acted heavily against the rule of law and separation of powers (they replaced their Supreme Court and discharged judges on other courts that didn’t rule as they wanted) and was very anti-democratic (they turned the national TV into a propaganda broadcast). Amid huge protests, the opposition won the election, and while it is not a very left coalition, they were pretty successful in reversing many of this horrible things, e.g. taking back control of the TV broadcast with a completely new team. They couldn’t undo everything as the president with a veto power is still from the old party but with the president elections coming soon this could change soon. And it’s generally very euphoric and awesome what happened because it was really terrible what the other party did to this country.











  • This might be a hot take (that’s why I put it in a separate comment), but I think that the system is bad doesn’t mean (in my personal opinion) that it’s morally wrong to use it, at least if you take care that you don’t invest in really awful stuff like coal. Especially since the rich ones use it, not using it just leads to a bigger gap between poor and rich. Living and wanting to improve the society doesn’t mean having to reject it.

    (I’m open for any arguments though.)


  • I dislike the stock market. In the end, just like in capitalism, most of the companies profiting the well, are just the ones screwing over their customers the most. Of course there are exceptions, but that’s the system. You only earn money if customers have to always pay more, not for the lightbulb that never pay. Focusing the economy on the stock market and its wellbeing denies the basic facts that we have a finite earth and that maybe the companies shouldn’t be maximising the profits but rather look for their customers. It’s sad, but the less you care about ethics, the easier it is to make money.