Yeah, I didn’t/don’t disagree with the word, it’s just that it entirely depends on the point of view (as opposed to more technical terms).

All regimes, “good” or “bad” have oppositions, folk were warning about Hitler way before rising to power, and indeed there were always fighters against him. But same as with “occupation” determining if those are “domestic terrorists” or “freedom fighters” (also dubious terms in their own) depends on your side/your views.

Hippies pretesting war (an actual occupation) in Vietnam got so demonized that there are still official (bs) policies in place in USA from that era.
USA citizens had nothing to benefit from all the anti-hippie propaganda, it was all for war profiteering, so in a sense that the gov wasn’t working for the people, they were occupied.

Native Americans fighting against occupation & genocide are still branded as savages that attacked unprovoked. But had they won (somehow), that wouldn’t be the case. Much like German “terrorists” that fought the regime aren’t seen as that anyone (or even peaceful activists aren’t seen as traitors anymore, eg the famous wiki/Sophie_Scholl).

A lot of demonstrations get branded that way too (eg against big oil). And get met with force.
That def feels like a justification that someone occupied the country/government.

A sort of occupation is also when politicians of a nation are hijacked by interests groups (megacorps, powerful geopolitical players, some cabal).
And you get situations where citizens overwhelmingly support an issue (75+%) but no politicians won’ impellent it.

Will they warn about Play Services?
(In case they are even enabled :D.)

Soon - legally mandated predatory mortgages for anyone slightly above the poverty line!

/s

I was always thirsty for knowledge.

But you retain “enough” by understanding basic concepts* for later, if needed, to learn more & even get a proper skill out of it.

But it’s pointless to learn stuff you don’t get just got grades. Well, unless to train memory, but there are better ways for that.

(*depth of basic concepts can be pretty significant, I don’t mean that just as a superficial knowledge of a general subject)

He’s 81 and in for reelection in 2030?
(Last year he won over two other candidates like 15 years younger than him, still over retirement age.)

Who are his sponsors/who does he work for?
Was it about air travel?

If Olympic games/basketball/hockey/etc would be chosen by vote USA teams would all be over 80 probably.

I completely agree!

What I was saying was way more basic/direct/strict meaning, but if you extend the terms into systems like that, you are completely right.

How does communism (communal ownership) define what is produced?

Or capitalism or feudalism for that matter.

You could have democratic production under feudalism, but the land is owned by one person.
And you can have dictatorship in communism dictating what is produced (without any private capital, so not capitalism).

Afaik socialism (or even eg militarism?) is a direction taken or affected by government policy, not by ownership.

That’s why I said that propaganda deliberately mixed our understanding of economic systems & systems of government.

Yes, I agree with that sort of caution, but the tech giants have already been successful (MS in particular with their OneDrive locations).

A full revolt is a strong word, but perhaps a campaign to help EU bureaucratic workers (idk, the ones working professionally on legislative docs that don’t have political jobs - so eg various review agencies) bcs they are doing amazing job.

And with public understanding why privacy & digital ownership rules matter we make their jobs easier (otherwise they are between a loud lobby & a quiet public trying to do their best for the public).

According to this - Slowvlakia

Well, the first two are economic systems that differ who can own the means of production (and with that by usual extension the products).

The last one is how that economy (production and/or results) gets used.

Eg feudalism would be the third alternative on the same comparable lines (tho bcs of historical reasons usually reserved to the production factor of land).

It’s good to educate ppl, I’m just saying that equating those three along the same axis is what muddied the waters in the first place (and why we don’t seem to differentiate them - it’s the reasons why along those same bunch of words ppl will use ‘fascism’ or ‘dictatorship’ or even ‘democracy’ as alternatives for some reason, even those are systems of governance).

Sorry, my bad, there were four elections!!
(Edited the previous comment accordingly.)

Omg, I love this.

And you get to pack without rodent & bird shit everywhere!

occupied

The definition when a regional gov is occupying that region is a very dubious line.

If a war-time president extends their term twice (without elections) & starts building concentration camps for his own citizens - is that “an occupation”?
(I’m talking about Roosevelt.)

nwad

Oh … nvm, for a second there I thought you called me an n’wah …

When Holy Chicken Empire?
(And to a lesser extent, Kentucky-Roman fries?)

RAID5 nightmare

Never too early to revolt - why should we be paving the road for megacorps to own/enslave us even more?

At least educate the consumers on what is at stake, it’s a very complex subject.

Omg I get that so much.
Also it’s a motivation that doesn’t “get old” on it’s own (other circumstances would have to change).

Nice!

Lol (but ppl do that).

Hope this works for you for a long time.
Tho it’s good that your wife understands the mechanics behind it.

(Or maybe she already does and you maybe sometimes need the ‘tomorrow’ & she is looking out for you/managing your dysfunction better than you might think?)