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  • Source does speak about it more. It’s a question of not only how much work is being done, but what’s the difference of wages for the same work:

    Despite contributing 90–91% of the total labour that goes into global production and the production of traded goods in 2021, including the majority of high-skilled labour, the global South received less than half (44%) of global income, and Southern workers received only 21% of global income in that year. In other words, while global production is overwhelmingly performed in the global South, the yields are disproportionately captured in the global North, indicating a disproportionate command of the global product.

    labour exchange:

    In 2021, the global North imported 906 billion hours of embodied labour from the South while exporting only 80 billion hours in return (a ratio of 11:1). On average across the period, the North imported 15x more labour from the South than it exported in return. In other words, the North net-appropriates large quantities of labour from the South.

    and labour’s share of GDP:

    We find that, globally, labour received, on average, 51.6% of world GDP during the 5-year period 2017–2021. In other words, only half of all value produced in the world economy (that is represented in prices and included in GDP accounts) is captured by workers in the form of wages... Southern workers’ share of Southern GDP is notably lower than the global average, at an average of 47.5% during the 2017–2021 period, while Northern workers’ share of Northern GDP is higher, at an average of 54.7% during the same period.




  • I want to learn more about the LGBT community and since I'm a cis white guy living in a post soviet country, who grew up in a conservative family, I know jack shit.

    So I want to ask this question, is it okay for minors to have an opportunity to make surgeries on themselves? Like, we have age gaps for a reason, is there something that I'm missing here? Should there not be any regulations regarding this?

    Like, minors are notoriously not great at making decisions or being reasonable, I wouldn't trust myself doing something this big, that's for sure.


  • I think meanings of words just change. Liberal 100 years ago is different from a liberal today, so usually when we say liberal, we probably mean neoliberal. Is it academically correct? No, but it's an internet forum, we don't need to use as precise language as possible.

    But don't take my word for it. I could be completely wrong and there might be another reason.






  • Okay, so I wanted to make a comment saying that a shit ton, if not the majority of g*mers (in the triple-A industry) are anti-woke racist fuckers, but I'm not sure how true that sentiment is.

    The reason why I wanted to say that is because the overall narrative that I see among "woke", sweet baby topics is dominated by these kinds of people. And the other side is represented, maybe, only among the developers and a small portion of not braindead gamers, who don't play only Sony AAA exclusives.

    But I hesitated because sales numbers don't usually lie. Those scary "woke" games still made a shit ton of money, so I could probably just be exaggerating the number of people who actually care about this.

    What do you think?


  • m5rki5n@lemmygrad.mltoShit Reactionaries Say@lemmygrad.mlIrony is dead
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    3 months ago

    Fascism < Territory

    Liberals got their priorities straight, probably why they were giving up Europe to Nazis so easily... Oh wait, well, war could have started, so then peace probably is more important than Territory.

    Fascism < Territory < Peace

    But USSR wanted to help out France and Britain in case of German expansion and they didn't took this proposal, so it probably looks like this.

    Being allies with Soviets < Fascism < Territory < Peace

    Got it, Soviets are evil, case closed.







  • No no, don't get me wrong, I totally get it. While I think that the statement is true, it's not the only way I tried to explain my position. Like I said, we are having respectful discussions with one another and I try to not be overly emotional. It's very important to find a nicer footing in the dialogue in order to convey your thoughts more clearly.





  • Sorry if I confused any of you, should've clarified that I'm straight, now I feel kind of shitty because I probably tricked a lot of people into thinking otherwise. Not that only LGBTQ+ people can comment under the post, but still.

    Saying that, because of the mobilisation, male population is still under a shit ton of pressure in Ukraine, only multiplied if you're queer, but I don't think much will change under Russia's rule, if there will be one. For liberals, Ukraine might appear as western rainbow utopia where LGBTQ+ people are widely accepted, but considering how many Nazis are here... I have my fair share of doubts about this perspective.

    People are so confused, in fact, that in my university I have a person, who is an open Bandera supporter, while being gay and friends with a Jewish girl. Pretty crazy mind fuck if I ever saw one.

    If we're talking about the future of Ukraine, man, I just want all of this to end as fast as possible. I don't care whether it be Russia or Ukraine, because at the end of the day, what's the difference? (except that Russia is anti-west, sort of, and Ukraine is pro-west)

    I wish we took that deal at the start, many people would still be alive, economy and morale wouldn't be so fucked and I probably could've returned home, now I'm not sure about that no more.