True. Capitalism can be made to work well for most people, as shown in many European and Asian countries. You need strong regulations (and for workers to engage in unions and in voting). People (specially on lemmy) seem to mix American oligarchy with capitalism.

I don’t know them.

Harz IV guarantees housing.

Harz IV, bro.

Current western Europe (Germany in particular) still has free education, free Healthcare, guaranteed housing, legalized LGBT marriage and weed, and many things more, and you don’t go to Siberia for making a joke about the leader.

Union and party membership were obligatory BTW, if you didn’t want to be labeled as a troublemaker.

Multiple kilowatts is the equivalent of an iron, or a small space heater. Not that much in the grand scheme of things. Definitely not enough to heat a whole house to tropical temperatures. Maybe one room, but that’s it.

If they were smart, they wouldn’t be allowed to be cops…

Yet.

So, a hypothesis?

I’m already home, in a functioning democracy with freedom and social welfare. What’s a fash?

Living standards have nothing to do with KGB overthrowing democratic governments.

And I lived in a Soviet-overthrown country, as did my parents and grandparents… you don’t need to convince me of anything.

Not only irrelevant, but also false.

KGB tried the same, but they lost.

Well, ads pay for bills, and most devs have a food and shelter habit…

And the dead

Not only pennies do melt, they are more valuable once molten. It’s just illegal to do it.

And garlic salt.

I feel like the plural of moose should be meese. Such an inconsistent language…

It’s an older meme sir, but it checks out.

So it’s finished! Congrats, you’re free!