Not The Onion

21168 readers

2407 users here now

Welcome

We're not The Onion! Not affiliated with them in any way! Not operated by them in any way! All the news here is real!

The Rules

Posts must be:

Links to news stories from...
...credible sources, with...
...their original headlines, that...
...would make people who see the headline think, “That has got to be a story from The Onion, America’s Finest News Source.”

Please also avoid duplicates.

Comments and post content must abide by the server rules for Lemmy.world and generally abstain from trollish, bigoted, ableist, or otherwise disruptive behavior that makes this community less fun for everyone.

And that’s basically it!

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

kescusay@lemmy.world

342

Melania Trump says rumours linking her to Epstein 'need to stop' (www.bbc.com)

submitted 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) by SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

64 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Oh, absolutely. They're living in the future over there, if you've got the money to enjoy it. The next century+ probably belongs to them. I would never dispute that. I only take issue with calling them anything other than something like crony capitalism despite the name of the party in charge. If I died right now and was told I was going to be reincarnated but unfortunately I would be born poor and was given a choice of where to go, China would be near the bottom of my list of developed nations. But if I was told I was going to be born rich, China would be near the top. I love visiting China.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago

I only take issue with calling them anything other than something like crony capitalism

The fundamental difference between Chinese Socialism and American Capitalism can be summed up in their retirement rates.

In China, white collar men can retire at 63. Blue collar women are out at 55. That upwards of twelve years gap in retirement age is why China has billionaires and America has trillionaires.

If I died right now and was told I was going to be reincarnated but unfortunately I would be born poor and was given a choice of where to go, China would be near the bottom of my list of developed nations.

The real value of a civilization is its infrastructure. And you're going to find it difficult to name a country more advanced and resilient - particularly to looming climate change.

But if you want to roll the dice on Starmer's UK or Takaichi's Japan or Milei's Argentina? Good luck.