ew sarcasm

Just what I’m looking for!

why would you think a video of your best friend abusing a bunch of animals is real?

Why is a difference you can’t notice important to you?

Das Kapital in the original German

non-fiction

what

and similar to calling the USA ‘America’

(totum pro parte versus pars pro toto)

You’re making a distinction between

• Seeking power for profit
• Seeking profit for power

How would we empirically tell which is happening?

Transport is so ridiculously good that you can glide between Amsterdam and Rotterdam without even really noticing you’ve changed cities.

Why does someone with €20 billion strive to get €30 billion? Will that get them nicer food or a softer bed?

In non-monetary historical societies, the rulers still sought power.

The ruling class, the capitalists, don’t do evil things for the sake of power or control. They do it for profits

Are those very different things? Wealth certainly grants power and control, no?

Having said that, I agree with the spirit of your comment.

PPS: the gov stopped supporting thepars pro toto name in 2020: https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/netherlands-holland-official-name-change

PS, I’m wrong, it’s two provinces, North Holland and South Holland

Holland’s one province, only about 20% of the Netherlands is Holland

That looked ok and I was nodding along until I got to the part where it’ll be governed by Blair and Trump.

why the lying war criminal Blair?

because he has a sterling track record of fixing Middle Eastern countries, of course!

Yeah, kinda one of the assumptions of my pet comm !noyank@lemmy.ml

I don’t think propaganda has a lot to do with intention