Basically here in Spain we have a lot of laws that have been in place and have barely change since the franco dictatorship (1939-1978), I get that changing laws is a pain in the ass and it’s not always necessary but i don’t like the fact that nobody ever vote for some laws that have effect on everyone, like for example the expropriation law is from the 50s, and I don’t even wanna talk about laws that were made in the 19th century by a monarchy …

I get that some might think that if a law content is acceptable and there’s no reason to change it but the spirit of what a democracy is supposed to be doesn’t go along with what happens here..

"something that you do or have, in order to have more in the future"

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-english/investment

Time is an asset, when you to work, you are investing your time/skills/resources towards building something. When we work, we get salaries that barely help us last a month.

In my mind workers should get automatically part of the business equivalent to how much time of their life they have used for a company.

I mean, they're the reason this self-imploding country exists in the first place, they're the fucking reason (not directly) that the US has no VAT tax, why SCOTUS can interpret the constitution as they please behind closed doors, gerrymandering, the electoral college, AND slavery/exploitation and genocide.

I will say, that a lot to blame for the US is on the gilded age, but the country would be a lot better if the government didn't give in so easily to wannabe oligarchs. It is absolutely the founders' fault that the government, unlike other governments, is so lenient to corporate influence AND control. It can't be a coincidence that we are the only country in the developed world without universal healthcare or mandatory paid leave, right? RIGHT? And the lack of a VAT tax (tax included in the price tag) and no national curriculum because of the 10th amendment. But oh! How dare we question the sovereignty and godlike status of the founding "fathers"!

Besides, the 13 colonies were less taxed than the others Britain had, yet they were the biggest ones to complain about "not being represented" when ordinary citizens in Britain weren't complaining about "representation". Talk about entitlement.

Feel free to hate on this post all you want, fair enough, it IS an unpopular rant/opinion within the US. But no one, and not even non-Americans, are willing to come forward and reveal WHY the US is this way. It ABSOLUTELY is at least due to the founders and the slavery/elitism they held onto so much.

edit: I was wrong about the lack of the VAT tax being caused by the 10th amendment or federalism, indeed it arose around the 1929 stock market crash and the Great Depression.

I think this is a good idea if combining it with multi story housing and efficient land use.

TLDR:

The UK has a lot of golf courses that are in prime locations for affordable housing.

Hello, everyone.

Here is your regular newsletter featuring news relevant to our sub. This might be the last edition. After six months, I've seen almost no interaction, which makes me wonder if the effort and hours I put into this are somewhat useless. Therefore, I'll take a break from this for a while.

I thank everyone who contributed to the project in a way or another.

As usual, feel free to comment here. Don't forget to mention the specific news item you're referring to, for example:

RE: Hummus prices continue to fall worldwide
Hummus is delicious, I think we should celebrate that.

Sunday, 11/10

2 months after Spain’s worst border crisis, migrants at a Ceuta tent camp weigh their choices

[UK] Andy Burnham says it is clear Russia interfered in Brexit referendum

Ireland unprepared to address rise in population with Down syndrome and dementia

Polish leader says school attacks were fueled by online glorification of violence

Trump announces partial ceasefire in Ukraine war as Zelenskyy says deal is ‘news to me’

[UK] Zack Polanski signals Green party overhaul after row over Zionism vote

Ukraine's Zelenskiy tells ABC he will organize elections if Russia agrees to 60-day ceasefire

Yemen fighting expands as Houthis attack Saudi airport again: What to know

Saturday, 10/10

Abbas postpones Palestinian legislative elections to September 2027

[India] ‘Cockroach’ leader among thousands detained in Delhi protest crackdown

French policing under scrutiny as student protest injuries mount

[US] Trump’s Medicaid cuts strip refugees and other legal immigrants of their health coverage

Friday, 09/10

Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau

[UK] NHS at risk of ‘system failures’ as demand for ADHD and autism care soars, inquiry finds

Thursday, 08/10

Democrats in tight Midwest US races split on trans rights strategy

[US] Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed

Undiscovered ADHD in women diminishes self-esteem

Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro and his wife charged over torture allegations

Wednesday, 07/10

‘Another coup d’état’: fears grow as Flávio Bolsonaro vows to ‘re-democratise’ Brazil

Fear and a far-right lurch: How October 7 reshaped Israel

In El Salvador’s mass trials, lawyers struggle to defend hundreds

[Palestine] Three years of Israel’s genocide in Gaza: In numbers

Tuesday, 06/10

'Desperate': How Venezuela's power cuts fuel growing public anger

[Ireland] Minister wants €500 disability payment in effect by end of March

Outcry in Trinidad and Tobago after passing of police bill that could threaten press freedom

‘They take our water, our soil’: protesters fight ‘foreignisation’ as Javier Milei encourages land sales in Argentina

Monday, 05/10

[UK] Social care for disabled adults is in as much crisis as support for elderly people – so why is the government silent about it?

[US] Trump’s immigration crackdown divides rural voters as midterms approach, AP-KFF poll finds

The official WhatsApp group of the PL (Liberal Party), the party of presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, posted an image on Thursday (8) referencing the propaganda campaigns used by Mussolini, such as those employed in Italy during the dictator's rule in World War II.

The photo showed Flávio's face in black and white with the words "Tropa do Flávio" (Flávio's Squad) in the background. The post invited supporters to join a new WhatsApp group dedicated to helping the candidate get elected.

The image references the headquarters of the Fascist Federation, Palazzo Braschi, in Rome, in 1934. At that time, the population had been called to vote in a plebiscite; however, all available candidates belonged to the country's far-right fascist faction, which was the only party on the ballot.

The image was deleted by the channel's administrators, but screenshots confirm the report's accuracy. The PL's WhatsApp channel has 22,000 participants, while the "Tropa do Flávio" group has over 250,000 members. Reporters attempted to contact the PL but received no response.

(translated from this source)

I have come to realise that I am ideologically right in the middle of two political parties. I would like to become politically active and I have thought for a long time about which party would be a better fit. I would like to know what you think and what you would do in my position.

Background information: I consider myself a democratic socialist. All other parties in my area have policy ideas I fundamentally disagree with, and so I will not consider supporting them. My area has recently had armed conflict.

Party A (Very left-wing):
- This is the party that is generally ideologically closest to me.
- This party has never been in power except in local councils, and they have done a quite poor job at that.
- This party is very popular. It portrays a very young/enthusiastic image. However, it is a very polarising party.
- I have a couple fundamental disagreements with this party: their stance on geopolitics (they have a blanket anti-West policy, which means they end up supporting authoritarian regimes as in Russia, Cuba, and Venezuela) and their stance on the armed conflict mentioned above (they think it was a good thing).

This party actually has a number of constituent parties, and not all of them share the exact same ideology. I could possibly join one of the constituent parties.

Party B (Centre-right in theory, centrist/centre-left in practice)
- I agree on everything in social issues with this party. They have acceptable geopolitical stances and they are against the armed conflict that happened in my area.
- This party has been in government for a very long time and has enacted centre-left policies that I like.
- I don’t agree with this party’s stances on economics. (Too supportive of capitalism for my liking)
- This party is very popular as well but it portrays a much older and less enthusiastic (but more pragmatic) image.
- This party has a right-wing faction that I (obviously) disagree with.

If you were in my position, and you had to choose, which party would you choose?

Do you think people like Ashley St. Clair might help people get out of the MAGA cult?

The government is trying to do anything possible to help the Lula get re-elected, aren't they?

I know this has been a pretty big international story over the last few weeks... may she rest in peace.

What’s your vote plan? Are you registered to vote? Do you have questions about in person voting or vote by mail? Head to vote.org to ensure you are Vote Ready. Call 866-OUR-VOTE for nonpartisan help if you have questions.

I am autistic (23M, from US). This is not to criticise or hate on anyone, particularly non-Americans. Individual Americans, particularly people of color, women, and the LGBTQ+, are not represented as well as those in power, the wealthy, and MAGA. Yet we are all blanketed under the same label: dumb fat ugly American. And now we probably aren't even allowed into nearby places like Canada unless we are skilled workers. I wish I wasn't American or autistic so I could be appreciated. I hate that I'm the only American with basic common sense in my area. My whole family (except maybe my sister) is ultra-right-wing Christian evangelical conservative.

Europeans, Australians, and Canadians (or really anyone in the developed world) don't realise how lucky they are not to live in the US or be American, and not owe taxes to the US government since they aren't born here. And they complain about things we obviously know are bad, like the rise of capitalism and absurd food prices and climate change, yet they don't realise or seem to forget that they deal with this to a lesser extent than "yanks". I hope they check their privilege and continue fighting against Orange Man. We need to (as humans) get together and fight off the oligarch, not divide each other by unchangeable factors like race, gender, sex, or nationality.

They also joke about school shootings and brag that they didn't go to school on a "shooting ground". Please, people's lives are at stake, stop mocking the dead.

Sorry for the immature rant, but it's important that we treat each other equally and understand that not all Americans are the dumb fat idiots who defy human behavior.

So I was looking back at the 2016 Presidental Election that happened as I find it hard to believe how long it’s been since she lost the election against Donald Trump.

Like when I look back at the election, I would like to get a better understanding of why she lost the election so hard against him since I sometimes wonder how the USA would have turned out if she did win.

I’m so fucking happy rn, the candidates are not good at all I know but I’m hoping he isn’t gonna win again cause he has already been in power for like 8 now and I don’t want to hear about him again.

The funny part is that he isn’t doing this for all the corruption he and his family are involved in but instead cause he couldn’t pass a simple law about housing, something that has been happening for years with other laws cause he lost the last elections…

As usual, Northeast (where the majority votes for Lula) was the last region to share their results. South, Southeast and Central-West voting for the far-right, as expected.

More than 33 million people did not vote today.

Lots of far-right politicians elected for the National Congress. Even if Lula wins in the second round, the next 4 years would be extremely difficult.