@mousecove@greenTetra_@baroquespiral "Many Luddites were owners of workshops that had closed because factories could sell the same products for less."
Does the second paragraph of the wikipedia article help at all? If you wanna chase that chain of references I'm sure there's info out there both ways.
@Baltcate58 @NoLieWithBTC@RonFilipkowski I'm not religious either but isn't the point of Christianity to emulate Christ? I'm not seeing the "blasphemy" at all.
@KCP757 @Palle_Hoffstein You should probably reflect on whatever mindset led you to repeat something that wasn't true. Did you just want it to be true? Maybe someone you thought was trustworthy lied to you.
@ChrisFitzMelb@agent_of_change If people are advocating that the world cup should be held regardless of Qatar's human rights abuses then that would be textbook whataboutism to justify something shitty. imo FIFA is awful enough that they should just stop entirely.
@ChrisFitzMelb@agent_of_change I agree but the whataboutism always feels like it's protecting the white/christian/capitalist countries from criticism because Qatat or North Korea or whoever is worse.
@MarxistPikaJew@HalftoneDoom@lackingsaint I think they're paraphrasing Tim Pool there. So if you want to know in what way you'd have to ask him and I doubt even he knows.
@sleepingsooty @LilySimpson1312 If you're ever looking for the source of some problem, starting with "This is probably Reagan's fault" is a good instinct
@PdRaffle @_ArtsyMarxist_@JoshuaPotash Y'know what, I didn't need to be this hostile, you were being annoying so I felt like it was justified, but I am offering genuine advice here, which gets kind of muddied by my attitude.
@PdRaffle @_ArtsyMarxist_@JoshuaPotash Just be honest say "I don't believe you" giving people the option to try and change your mind or not. Instead of trying to trick them into a debate they didn't sign up for that you can therefore try and "win" and feel good aboot yourself.
@PdRaffle @_ArtsyMarxist_@JoshuaPotash The problem with this approach of course is that the majority of people will respond, "Cool? I don't give a shit" (Of course that's only a problem for you)