KevinOnEarth

@Quittenbrot
I agree in that I don’t believe there will ever be such a thing.
Some people are more cooperative-oriented, others more selfish. It seems that this mix has existed throughout the history of humanity, although it’s always the selfish ones, while lower in number, that end up in positions of power, irrespective of the political system in place.

@SapphironZA
I guess you *reeeally* have to WANT a 90k pickup truck.
Especially when your neighbor just got an 80k one. :blobamused:

@john_t @trollercoaster
“It’s just an app”. 🤦

@dubak @Akh
Great idea to invite Netanyahoo & then arrest him on arrival & send him to The Hague. :ablobcool:

@HowRu68
Yes, it’s the better of the two options but #Magyar still has to prove himself.

@plyth @Honytawk
Trump has only one reason for all his actions & that is the $$ value in his portfolios.

@Quittenbrot
Yes, they are irrespective of labels or systems or ideologies. There is a small % of humanity that are self-righteous, self-interested, double-dealing control freaks. The worst amongst them will always end up competing for power. The rest of us are essentially credulous, malleable serfs.

@Quittenbrot @bearboiblake
This is because of the nature of “Leadership”: It is impossible to become a “Leader” of a major nation (/corp/institution) with any tangible power without having done strings of deals (i.e. compromises, i.e. selling out popular interests for private/personal ones, i.e. corruption).
The most successful “Leaders” are simply the most convincing liars.

@Quittenbrot @bearboiblake
How would you define equilibrium in this context anyway?

@CyberEgg @HaraldvonBlauzahn
I lost a friend to head injury in a bike accident a month ago. (Hit by a car.)
I don’t know what state I would be in now if I hadn’t been wearing a helmet the numerous times I’ve come off.
Exposed rider of ANY vehicle using a road or a bike lane should wear a helmet. Like car seatbelts, this should be law.

@Quittenbrot
And where would you draw their borders?

@Quittenbrot @Aqarius
“more part of the problem than of the solution”
What is the solution in your view?

@luciferofastora
Sure. 👍 Keep the accounts for that reason but make them secondary & obvious mirrors to their official accounts.
That said, I think it’s too complete an idea (not just the Fedi server but the entire comprehensive & inter-compatible EU IT ecosystem) & EU logic is typically particulate (too many cooks imo), so I don’t see anything like this happening for a long time.

@luciferofastora @NorskSud
Is it such a radical idea that the EU, Parliament + Commission, should have its own Fedi server to base ALL its public discussions & comms on, with easily locatable layers & sub-layers for departments & offices + for nations, regions & municipalities, & even for citizens & the European public?
X, Fb, Insta etc. should all at best be clones/bots, so they wouldn’t lose audience but the audience would know where they come from + exactly how/where to contact s/o.

@HocSunt @Pip
Sounds a bit like “#Insurance” today. :ablobcool:

@NorskSud @GardenGeek
Countries don’t.
Countries’ LEADERS do.
And that makes the *countries* that much easier to extort and compromise.

@Gorilladrums @kossa
“IF their claim to asylum was genuine AND they aren’t causing real harm to the host society.”
So, logically, if the “IF” condition is True and the “AND” condition is False, they maintain their rights to asylum. 🤷
“Moral arguments” are subjective. (Especially in this thread. 😏) “Send them to certain death” & “All humans have rights” can both claim subjective moral rectitude. 🤷

@JensSpahnpasta @geissi
I’m actually using cash more & more (& will not put my bank account on my phone!!). Rather that than some far-foreign digital “financial service” with all its tracking tech.

@CanadaPlus @plyth
So in other words ALL Americans are now bombing schools & arming genocide.

@Gorilladrums
I guess the fact you’re “pretty sure” is encouraging. Along with “no evidence that these individuals are going to be tortured”.
What we really need is ACTUAL evidence that they are NOT mistreated on their return. THAT is what is absent.
Personally, I don’t see how Germany could care less once it’s no longer their problem.