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Cake day: February 19th, 2024
  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoWorld News@lemmy.world•Trio of professors win Nobel economics prize for work on post-colonial wealthEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Here’s the thing: Economics is not a science.

    For instance, there’s no scientific “answer” to whether minimum wage causes more unemployment because it’s not a simplistic, binary question. It depends on a wide variety of social factors that are largely untestable, unfalsifiable, etc. The question itself is based on deep ideological assumptions (eg. it’s desirable for people to be even more used/employed).

    The issue of living wages is a social issue around basic human needs. Many and maybe most economists are paid precisely to justify the denial of human needs. That’s what econ is really about. So there will never be any consensus on this phony “issue”.

  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoWorld News@lemmy.world•Alarm as Pentagon Confirms Deployment of US Troops to IsraelEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Zionism is an anti-semitic ideology. It was concocted by atheist colonizers, not religious leaders. The goals are colonial, not religious. Most importantly zios commit these crimes while claiming to be the only true jews. This is extremely anti-semitic.

    So it’s no surprise that they’ve collaborated with literal nazis before WW2. And it’s no surprise that they continue to collaborate with racists and fascists all over the planet. In the usa the vast majority of zionists are christians that are generally very anti-semitic. They want jews to take over palestine so doomsday will come and kill the jews! These are the allies of zionism smh.