steeznson

joined 2 years ago
[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

Tax advantages, makes managing your estate easier if one of you dies, social status, etc.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

We don't have the draft for team sports in the rest of the world and it creates these megateams of galactico superstars. There is also relegation in European football/rugby so teams can push into the upper echelons if they are extremely lucky in terms of getting amazing performances out of nominally mid players.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm mainly basing my opinion on my experiences living in the UK where everyone complains about "right-wing tabloids" but these newspapers enjoy huge sales figures.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 32 points 5 days ago (25 children)

From an outsider's perspective it seems like the Democrats behave like that because the US electorate is genuinely right-wing and need pandered to.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah if I were being charitable I might imagine they aren't on the list because they are already subject to extremely high tarrifs and embargoes. Maybe increased those tarrifs could be a bargaining chip in ending the Ukraine invasion. Impossible to tell with Trump though.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (12 children)

I'm looking forward to the Year of the Linux desktop ™️