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pekaschmitt.bsky.social @pekaschmitt.bsky.social · 6m

That's just coincidental.

What's new is the internet and social media, which are used to endlessly peddle disinformation and lies on account of the algorithms that create the most attention and outrage in order to make a max out profit for the platforms. The problem is:

There is NO regulation!

pekaschmitt.bsky.social @pekaschmitt.bsky.social · 12m

There should be something done about Microsoft stopping any updates on Windows, which makes the hardware useless. Or smartphones and laptops produced without the possibility to exchange the battery.

This is all factored into the profit margins of those companies:

Planned obsolescence!

pekaschmitt.bsky.social @pekaschmitt.bsky.social · 34m

14 years of abject Tory mismanagement. And Brexit.

If Labour won't reform the UK electoral system towards something representative and proportional, Farage will have a good chance to form the next government under FPTP!

pekaschmitt.bsky.social @pekaschmitt.bsky.social · 49m

Exceptions generally prove the rule. ;-)

pekaschmitt.bsky.social @pekaschmitt.bsky.social · 52m

What's all that got to do with capitalism?

Only because you're making it easy for yourself?

Just look at what communist/socialist regimes did to freedom and living standards, and get a reality check!

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pekaschmitt.bsky.social @pekaschmitt.bsky.social · 54m

You are too spoiled with an economy that is working reasonably well to realise what it would mean if it didn't!

The economy is providing good living standards, democracy and freedom. Just look back at the timeline of history and realise that this is not a matter of course!

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pekaschmitt.bsky.social @pekaschmitt.bsky.social · 57m

Where exactly is there a "socialist" party in power in Europe?

pekaschmitt.bsky.social @pekaschmitt.bsky.social · 58m

Na, komm schon, hab das letzte Wort - du weißt, dass du das willst! ;-)

pekaschmitt.bsky.social @pekaschmitt.bsky.social · 15h

Ja. Wasch mich, aber mach mich nicht nass!

pekaschmitt.bsky.social @pekaschmitt.bsky.social · 15h

Us Germans do totally understand what is going on in the US right now.

We've been there - and it didn't end well at all!

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pekaschmitt.bsky.social @pekaschmitt.bsky.social · 15h

Well, considering Nigel Farage might even be the next prime minister, they do have a point!

pekaschmitt.bsky.social @pekaschmitt.bsky.social · 15h

It's more that no-one cares about you.

pekaschmitt.bsky.social @pekaschmitt.bsky.social · 15h

If true, this is hilarious!

pekaschmitt.bsky.social @pekaschmitt.bsky.social · 15h

Oh no, and now a meme that is supposed to be funny and poignant, but so used up, it's utterly dreary.

Thanks for confirming my suspicions about parochialism. ;-)

pekaschmitt.bsky.social @pekaschmitt.bsky.social · 15h

Lügen-Lawrow glaube ich schon seit Jahrzehnten kein einziges Wort mehr!

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pekaschmitt.bsky.social @pekaschmitt.bsky.social · 15h

Don't get upset, duckie - not everybody needs to agree with you. ;-)

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pekaschmitt.bsky.social @pekaschmitt.bsky.social · 15h

Hoffentlich bleiben die im Fokus, und nicht andauernd vom Wesentlichen ablenkend mit irgendwelchen idiotischen populistischen Aufregern wie Frau Nietzhard!

Das hat wirklich niemandem geholfen.

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pekaschmitt.bsky.social @pekaschmitt.bsky.social · 15h

Only in your parochial little mind.;-)

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pekaschmitt.bsky.social @pekaschmitt.bsky.social · 15h

Whatever....

pekaschmitt.bsky.social @pekaschmitt.bsky.social · 15h

Only because you were not listening and understanding at all, but patronizing me.

Look at your own reactions as well occasionally! ;-)

pekaschmitt.bsky.social @pekaschmitt.bsky.social · 16h

Exactly. But only on the phone app. Just delete it and reinstall it, and you'll be able to read it until you reached your next limit.

This is not an issue on desktops or laptops.

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pekaschmitt.bsky.social @pekaschmitt.bsky.social · 16h

Do you always judge a book by its cover?

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pekaschmitt.bsky.social @pekaschmitt.bsky.social · 16h

I give up....

pekaschmitt.bsky.social @pekaschmitt.bsky.social · 16h

.... but people decided to believe Boris Johnson and Farage.

And now Farage is heading the polls with a good chance of becoming the next UK prime minister.

One couldn't make it up....

pekaschmitt.bsky.social @pekaschmitt.bsky.social · 16h

Jeez, you really are not the brightest, are you?

This restriction by the Guardian only appears on the phone-app. And I told you what to do if you don't want to pay any money.

Just do it - or shut the fuck up!

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