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Like if your vegan anarchist grandma and vegan anarchist dad were the same person.

I am an engineer (closer to toot toot then clicky clacky) cosplaying as a farmer in unceded aninstanabe territory in eastern ontario.

Pronouns: she/they

Maybe the real vegan theory club were the friends we made along the way ✨

  • TIL the term bourgeois originated in medieval France, where it denoted an inhabitant of a walled town

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  • Thanks for responding and for taking a look for it.

    For what it's worth my understanding is that in Marx's time the term middle class applied to the people he called bourgeoisie because they were in the middle between aristocrats and peasants. Aristocrats made money from their land (taxes, rent, tributes, etc), peasants were either serfs/sustenance farmers and the middle class made their money from capital.

    As the industrial revolution progressed more of the bourgeoisie made money directly from the labour of others and the peasant class was replaced by the proletariat as they shifted to wage labour from serfdom.

    So I don't think saying the French Revolution was a revolution of the bourgeoisie is different than saying it was a revolution of the middle class, at least using the word as it was used at the time.

  • TIL the term bourgeois originated in medieval France, where it denoted an inhabitant of a walled town

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  • I would be interested in hearing more about this thought if you would like to share. (Or clarification if this is in agreement with the quoted text, contrary to it, or independent?)

  • Stephen Miller Wants To Take A Hard Look At Banning Travelers Who Happen To Be Pregnant

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  • Except it isn't referencing the proposed rule because the proposed rule only applies if the father is not a US citizen or lawful permanent resident.

  • Meta is adding ridiculous ‘rate limits’ and a soft paywall to its smart glasses

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  • Y'all still think things are priced according to how much it costs to produce or deliver them?

    Idk, if it's offline it sure seems like meta can't sell data from it so that's costing them.

  • As Trump’s Reflecting Pool Disaster Turns ‘Dystopian,’ Fully-Dressed Mamdani Jumps Into NYC Public Pool With a Joyful Smile - “He’s in the running as best mayor NYC has ever had. Look out LaGuardia.”

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  • Apparently it's a revival of a previous mayor's tradition, but from 2003. When I first read about the tradition I thought it would be much older lol.

    On the one hand I want to gag at the thought of a suit being in the pool but on the other I love and miss public pools. I really took for granted the outdoor pools in my home town (not NY) even though I used them regularly. I thought they were normal 😭

  • If you walk forward inside a Shinkansen car while the train is moving at top speed, does your personal momentum actually compress the distance between Tokyo and Nagoya, or are you just changing the ra

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  • Can you finish the sentence in your title? I think I know the answer but want to make sure I'm not guessing wrong!

  • HISSSSSS

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  • lol my first professional job had me on the overnight bus network (lovingly called the Vomit Comet) at 5 am. It was typically full of people who were drunk or high but they were tired so there was no trouble. Everyone minded their own business and we lived in peace.

    I wish I could have said the same for the pre-game crowd when I was coming home from jobs that ended 9 pm or later.

  • They're so spacious

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  • The cute girls and dogs were there all along, comrade.

  • women of Lemmy, how do you find cooling when you're on your period?

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  • Do you know what part of swimming was uncomfortable for her? There is no universal rule about not swimming while bleeding, it's largely cultural or related to the type of product she wants to use (internal vs external). I think understanding what the restriction is will help you understand options.

    A splash pad might be an option if she wants to use pads and therefore keep parts of her body dry. Wading pools, sitting on a dock with feet in the water, etc.

    Other than that, anything that doesn't involve submerging the body would work:

    • cold compress + fan
    • cold fruits
    • popsicles lol

  • Trump Team Dumps Bleach in Reflecting Pool to Hide Renovation Failure

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  • This article specifies the use of both 12% hydrogen peroxide and calcium hypochlorite powder. Hope they turned off the ozone generator too.

  • Why they always do this?

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  • Why do people keep inventing ways to make people feel insecure about their appearances? Because there is a lot of money in it, comrade.

  • What was your experience with organized crime like?

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  • I worked near a clubhouse which used to be a lot more publicly active, in a trade that used to skew a lot more "rough".

    I heard that they trafficked women and that they would come to the job site to "work". There were people with serious drug problems who could not be let go because of their affiliation. This last one I find the hardest to believe for some reason but apparently people were pressured into buying t shirts? Like with the clubs name and logo. Seems strange.

  • Monarchists: can you explain the appeal?

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  • The 1988 election was called because the Senate refused to sign off on the ratification of NAFTA. It wouldn't have even gotten to the GG without that.

    The story about the queen visiting Mulroney...are you getting that mixed up with the visit that happened immediately after the Meech Lake accord failed?

  • Monarchists: can you explain the appeal?

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  • Look, I'm not saying this because I am assigning some moral or ethical judgement to paying taxes but calling the set up of the Royal Estate as tax is...flawed.

    That is like saying an individual who withdraws a salary from their corporation is taxed at the rate equivalent to what they didn't withdraw.

    Further,

    The revenues from these hereditary possessions have been placed by the monarch at the disposition of His Majesty's Government in exchange for relief from the responsibility to fund the Civil Government

    ...

    In 1760, George III surrendered control over the estate's revenues to the Treasury,[6] thus relieving him of the responsibility of paying for the costs of the civil service, defence costs, the national debt, and his own personal debts. In return, he received an annual grant known as the Civil List.

    I guess the revenues don't fully cover the cost of the government? Seems like a good deal for the monarchy vs a tax?

  • Monarchists: can you explain the appeal?

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  • Maybe I should mention I live in Canada.

    I don't really follow this example with the GC. Are you referring to Harper/Michaëlle Jean?

    The opposition parties based their strategy on the constitutional authority of the Governor General Michaëlle Jean to appoint a Liberal-NDP coalition able to hold the confidence of the House of Commons to form a government, should the Conservative government fall on a matter of confidence.

    Let's put aside what Harper was doing to explore this: they were not even asking for a new election, they were asking to be recognized as an official coalition government, something that happened once before.

    My understanding with respect to the prorogue is that there was no legal basis to deny it. What was agreed upon was a short duration and that a budget be proposed when they returned. Failure of the budget would mean the government would have to dissolve.

    So I guess she did exert some influence, but we can't know for sure how much of that was imposed on the Harper gov vs seen as legitimizing the action? The public was pretty split.

  • Monarchists: can you explain the appeal?

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  • Thank you for your detailed reply! Some of what you said didn't match my understanding. I recognize I'm taking this from wiki vs your experience as a person from the UK, but maybe you can help me understand?

    But they're still an aristocratic family, which means they have access to extraordinary wealth and control of a vast business empire... except they don't. All their estates, land, businesses, interests, etc are held in reserve as the Crown Estate which is operated on their behalf by a Government-appointed manager. The income from the Crown Estate goes straight to the Government and the Government pays the Royal Family a salary - the Sovereign Grant - which is typically between 25% and 35% of the Crown Estate's profits.

    I don't think this is true. For example:

    • they own private residences
    • some of the privately owned residences are maintained by a self sustaining not for profit which means admission costs etc pay for the upkeep of these private properties.
    • the holdings of the Crown Estate are massive, but the intent of the money is to cover the cost of being a royal.
    • "In addition to the Sovereign Grant, the monarch continues to receive the revenue of the Duchy of Lancaster, while the Prince of Wales receives the revenues of the Duchy of Cornwall."
    • they have private wealth

    "ThEy'Re TaX dOdGiNg PaRaSiTeS": they pay an effective tax rate of at least 60%, which is about 60% more than anyone else with that income.

    This article says the crown is tax exempt and that the dutchy of Cornwall claims this too. It states the Sovereign Grant is tax exempt, but individuals have voluntarily paid equivalent amounts.

    Royal.UK says:

    Taxation The King pays tax.

    In 1992, Queen Elizabeth II volunteered to pay income tax and capital gains tax, and since 1993 the Monarch's personal income has been taxable as for any other taxpayer.

    His Majesty is subject to Value Added Tax and pays local rates on a voluntary basis.

    And

    Under the 1337 charter, as confirmed by subsequent legislation, The Prince of Wales does not own the Duchy's capital assets, and is not entitled to the proceeds or profit on their sale, and only receives the annual income which they generate (which is voluntarily subject to income tax).

    The 2024-2025 financial statement mentions that

    In addition to the funding received by the Royal Household, income from the Duchy of Cornwall funds the private and official expenditure of the Prince and Princess of Wales and is taxed to the extent it is not used to meet official expenditure.

    But the above states that this is voluntary. I'm not seeing anything about the 60% effective tax rate. What am I missing?

  • Monarchists: can you explain the appeal?

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  • Would it be fair to say that the income they have from their position (i.e income from land) is seen as fairly derived and a fair amount?

  • Monarchists: can you explain the appeal?

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  • Are you saying the UEL are pro British monarchy and anti Canadian government? I would consider pro Canada+ pro commonwealth + pro monarchy people to be monarchists as well...but like at a distance if that makes sense? The monarchy seems abstract in Canada.

  • Monarchists: can you explain the appeal?

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  • Thank you. The appeal of stability makes sense.

    I really hope this doesn't sound like arguing, but you mention "they have a personal interest in keeping the country functional and prosperous for the next centuries". That made me think of places or eras where they got taxes or "rent" from the citizens. I guess this means the citizens accept this as the price?

  • Monarchists: can you explain the appeal?

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  • Okay, that makes sense.