That’s a part of the problem… also this ‘protective’ approach labels prostiutes per se as victims and denys them autonomy.

Here are two intersting reads about ‘the nordic model’ :

https://www.academia.edu/50493737/The_Nordic_Model_in_Europe_Prostitution_Trafficking_and_Neo_Abolitionism

https://scholar.google.de/scholar?as_ylo=2025&q=nordic+model+of+prostitution&hl=de&as_sdt=0%2C5#d=gs_qabs&t=1770060948847&u=%23p%3Db8BF5LYTIuwJ

Over all it seems like ‘the nordic model’ doesn’t make prostiution disappear but reduces its general visibility… rather to the worse for men and women working (or being forced to worked) in this profession.

Imho: This was forceable… declaring things illegal doesn’t make them disappear, being it postitution (for which the efffort was made many times in history) or e.g. alcohol.

…also: How to prepare your recruits early.

Given the current ‘success’ of protests against Trump Inc. I highly doubt there will be a point in the near future were enough Americans can be mobilized to actually achieve something even if the elections are skipped… they’ll come for the active opposition leads (identifiable by the stock pile of data they process) first framing them as terrorists. The remains will have to wait till this admin as inevitably turned the whole country so shitty a majority is actually ready to leave their comfort zone.

Currently protest are as effective as ‘strongly worded letters’ as both rely on the addressee to actually give a fuck about the sender.

I know I’m being pessimistic here, and God knows I hope I’m wrong… but the last few months, watching the “land of the free, home of the brave” turn into a hyper-corrupt dictatorship without any significant resistance, have made me very sober.

He’s afraid of the midterms. As soon as he won them they’ll be marching back twice as repressive.

Wurde ja vermutlich auch nicht für den öffentlichen Erfolg gemacht… sonder eher um den Trump-Clan zu schmieren. Was danach mit dem Produkt passiert ist ja eigentlich egal.

Invest in local politicians election campaign through official or unofficial ‘donations’.

Shape the public opinion by buying a few (or all, if possible) influential media outlets.

Accuse every other party if being dishonest (there’s always some dirt to be found) and portray ‘your’ politicians as only solution.

Once your representatives are in power max out your influence on economics and media while you rely on the rule of law to protect your assets from the opposition if they accidentally come back to power.

--> Profit

To this end, many dissidents have been and continue to be persecuted and imprisoned, even in socialist states.

The whole issue is not black and white.

Hängt auch von der Verlässlichkeit des Systems ab… Google Reviews ist dank spezialisierter Anwälte mittlerweile nahezu nutzlos. Hat ein Laden nur 5 Sterne ist das für mich ein Zeichen einen großen Bogen drum zu machen.

Ministry of truth at work…

Yes and no.

Better diversify by also relying on one unstable dictator instead of just one batshit crazy one.

This will most probably will be ‘limited’ gun control. Limited as in ‘everyone left oft the GOP is a domestic terrorist’.

Steigerung um 150% klingt nach so wahnsinnig viel… könnte aber auch bedeuten das statt 2 Nutzern pro Monat nun 5 Leute die App deinstalliert haben.

Hat jemand die tatsächlichen Zahlen?

You can’t. We can’t. We need each other,

Pretty telling were he sees his loyalty when he in fact should represent ALL of NATO instead of just the US.

Anyone got ‘nuclear disaster’ on their bingo card for 2026 or 2027 ?

Actually this makes things even more interesting imho as it allows or even demands a sophisticated museum and exhibition concept.

If they aren’t contributing to our community and, on the contrary, only extract wealth which is then used to corrupt and manipulate our cooperation… what exactly is the point of wanting to keep them?

I recently contacted a content creator at youtue asking if they might also share their content on peertube as they have the rights to do so. Maybe this is a way of getting more content.

Since the videos are already made for yt it shouldn’t be a lot of more work to do for creators.

I’m just in favour of decentralisation, every time power has been centralised in Europe it has ended badly.

I want to express my thoughts on this point. I believe that two things are true at the same time:

1. Cooperation beats competition since competition wastes resources by hindering each other when those could have been better invested in reaching the shared goal.
2. Representative systems get less efficient and more prone to corruption the bigger they get.

Concerning European this imho boils down to two contrary tendencies: The bigger the EU and its bureaucracy gets the less efficient it works while at the same time the efficiency of the EU economy is increasing through ever deeper cooperation and standardization.

Following this line of thought, the question of whether the EU benefits or harms its citizens is largely decided by the ratio of additional costs due to bureaucracy to benefits due to cooperation. Since the advantages of cooperation, especially within the single market, are immense (and are becoming increasingly important in a world where the major powers are increasingly hostile to European states), I tend to view the EU positively, even if centralized administration can create new problems. After all, what would be the alternative? European nation states have worked against each other and waged war for centuries. Now that the European colonial empires have collapsed and lost a great deal of influence, I find it highly questionable that this model would be promising in today’s world.

Besides acid and liquid buttermilk will most probably add to the fat balance of the recipe. For this reason I’d use both the watery and the fatty phase of the coconut milk.

Makes sense. If nothing else is available, we have to work with what we have.

And thank you for the clarification. To clarify my point: I am not saying that Brexit was an absolute economic disaster… but that some wealthy Brexit supporters benefited disproportionately compared to the average citizen and therefore pushed forward the populist campaign that ultimately led to the exit.