barnghoul
@barnghoul.bsky.social
patron saint of disappointment | TTRPGs, 40k, vidya gaems and art, sometimes jokes | opinions are not mine or anyone else’s | dungeon enjoyer | 1992
I'm starting to realize that you people trading parodies of what you think I believe is me saying those things, which is fucking idiotic.
September 17, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I'm starting to realize that you people trading parodies of what you think I believe is me saying those things, which is fucking idiotic.
I'm reclaiming it.
September 17, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I'm reclaiming it.
because the previous answer is sufficient and the reply was no ruder than the question.
September 17, 2025 at 4:01 AM
because the previous answer is sufficient and the reply was no ruder than the question.
a Bryce Youngquist's one weakness: not shutting up hours ago
September 17, 2025 at 3:59 AM
a Bryce Youngquist's one weakness: not shutting up hours ago
can you boil this down more for me
September 17, 2025 at 3:58 AM
can you boil this down more for me
you communists sure do like the multi-reply, huh.
September 17, 2025 at 3:56 AM
you communists sure do like the multi-reply, huh.
anyone can be wrong in an original way. being right tends to hem in the imagination.
September 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
anyone can be wrong in an original way. being right tends to hem in the imagination.
I don't think you people wonder about anything based on what I've been reading.
September 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I don't think you people wonder about anything based on what I've been reading.
if I'd rather get stabbed than shot, is that a ringing endorsement of getting stabbed?
September 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
if I'd rather get stabbed than shot, is that a ringing endorsement of getting stabbed?
I'm getting different numbers based on World Bank figures, but they aren't tracked as a group as far as I can tell.
regardless, for a good a/b test between communism and liberal democracy I'd just go with East vs. West Germany.
regardless, for a good a/b test between communism and liberal democracy I'd just go with East vs. West Germany.
September 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I'm getting different numbers based on World Bank figures, but they aren't tracked as a group as far as I can tell.
regardless, for a good a/b test between communism and liberal democracy I'd just go with East vs. West Germany.
regardless, for a good a/b test between communism and liberal democracy I'd just go with East vs. West Germany.
I do care about what's best for most people and I'm in favor of liberal governments that support that. I include the Scandinavian countries in that group.
you want to call that a victory for "communism," fine, just so long as Stalinism and Maoism stay dead.
you want to call that a victory for "communism," fine, just so long as Stalinism and Maoism stay dead.
September 17, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I do care about what's best for most people and I'm in favor of liberal governments that support that. I include the Scandinavian countries in that group.
you want to call that a victory for "communism," fine, just so long as Stalinism and Maoism stay dead.
you want to call that a victory for "communism," fine, just so long as Stalinism and Maoism stay dead.
if you're moving the goalposts to include mixed economies like Sweden and Denmark then why is the initial choice "communism or fascism?"
because if the choice is "fascism or Denmark," then of course everyone picks Denmark! the only reason anyone would hesitate is if you _don't_ mean Denmark!
because if the choice is "fascism or Denmark," then of course everyone picks Denmark! the only reason anyone would hesitate is if you _don't_ mean Denmark!
September 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
if you're moving the goalposts to include mixed economies like Sweden and Denmark then why is the initial choice "communism or fascism?"
because if the choice is "fascism or Denmark," then of course everyone picks Denmark! the only reason anyone would hesitate is if you _don't_ mean Denmark!
because if the choice is "fascism or Denmark," then of course everyone picks Denmark! the only reason anyone would hesitate is if you _don't_ mean Denmark!
there are no communist countries in northern Europe. if you have private ownership of the means of production, you're not a communist country.
I know people play fast and loose with the "socialist" charge to describe state welfare programs, but I am not one of them.
I know people play fast and loose with the "socialist" charge to describe state welfare programs, but I am not one of them.
September 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
there are no communist countries in northern Europe. if you have private ownership of the means of production, you're not a communist country.
I know people play fast and loose with the "socialist" charge to describe state welfare programs, but I am not one of them.
I know people play fast and loose with the "socialist" charge to describe state welfare programs, but I am not one of them.
it's not the egg breaking I'm critiquing here, it's the complete inability to show anything for it. where's the omelette.
September 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
it's not the egg breaking I'm critiquing here, it's the complete inability to show anything for it. where's the omelette.
yes, it's quite large. it's 23 out of every 10,000 people. that's bad and we should do more about it.
there are 2,132,856 households with a net worth about $10 million in the United States. the median household net worth is about $200,000 per the Federal Reserve.
there are 2,132,856 households with a net worth about $10 million in the United States. the median household net worth is about $200,000 per the Federal Reserve.
September 16, 2025 at 11:58 PM
yes, it's quite large. it's 23 out of every 10,000 people. that's bad and we should do more about it.
there are 2,132,856 households with a net worth about $10 million in the United States. the median household net worth is about $200,000 per the Federal Reserve.
there are 2,132,856 households with a net worth about $10 million in the United States. the median household net worth is about $200,000 per the Federal Reserve.
I'm open to a quantitative argument that communism has produced an omelette out of so many broken eggs, but so far no one has presented one. I think it's either because communism has underperformed relative to other authoritarian shitholes or because communists can't do math.
September 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I'm open to a quantitative argument that communism has produced an omelette out of so many broken eggs, but so far no one has presented one. I think it's either because communism has underperformed relative to other authoritarian shitholes or because communists can't do math.
for 2023 there were 43 times as many people living in households with a net worth exceeding $1 million than there were homeless people.
September 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
for 2023 there were 43 times as many people living in households with a net worth exceeding $1 million than there were homeless people.