Hey no problem with having an opinion I just can’t stand people online spewing hyperbolic divisive type stuff, we already get enough of it from every corner of the internet

And sorry that you think having a discussion online is confrontational bullshit maybe you are just being too sensitive

I actually do agree with some of the stuff you are saying which is the funny part, the world is seeing a tilt towards far right/populist types but there is no need to fire up the bullshit with exaggerated statements

Why do you think places like Lampedusa want their borders closed you had an influx of migrants that was more than the total population of the island that’s not sustainable so it’s not just a “Italy bad” scenario

I find it funny that you talk of rhetoric from the media and then go right ahead and do it yourself, fair enough on how you should have phrased it but then you still stay on the same line… there are those out there smarter than me that have seen this coming

Seen what coming? Possible closing of borders? Limiting immigration? Forced immigration from climate change? Rise in populist politicians?

Straight from the Canadian Government website

• In the 2023–2025 Immigration Levels Plan, Canada aims to welcome from 410,000 to 505,000 new permanent residents in 2023, from 430,000 to 542,500 in 2024 and from 442,500 to 550,000 in 2025. These targets are incremental record highs for Canada and reflect the government’s belief that newcomers are instrumental in driving economic growth and building our communities. Achieving these levels will also mean reuniting more families and protecting democratic and human rights on a larger scale than ever before.*

So once again you are saying Canada is talking about immigration what are you even trying to say? You are pushing your narrative

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/departmental-plan-2023-2024/departmental-plan.html

lol what counties are starting to close their borders? Only countries that have closed borders have had them for a while Korea, Armenia/Turkey/Azerbaijan and Columbia/Venezuela

You straight up just made this shit up… speaking of rhetoric

I’m always amazed at the amount of international political scholars that are on Lemmy

Ffs date her and see what happens, you know find out what she’s like and all that…

Date the person not the number…

Also cuz I know the internet likes to be ridiculous with stuff don’t take the above statement and say some dumb shit like what if a 12 yr old was the number, this thread is about an 18 year old who is of legal age for the most part in most places

As others here have already mentioned the infrastructure costs alone are a huge problem, where I live we are currently just trying to electrify the corridor and it’s not even the entire system, once again the overall rail infrastructure is already there (it’s just electrification) yet this is still going to take a minimum of a decade and the minimum cost is going to be more than $11bn, technically this saves money as you don’t need to buy a new fleet of rolling stock just upgrade the old ones.

So ya for a maglev you would need a completely different infrastructure and the rolling stock

Super cool thanks for posting this

Reading the guardian article I was like meh… some stuff is good and anything is better than nothing but then I read the actual DMA

“Fines: of up to 10% of the company’s total worldwide annual turnover, or up to 20% in the event of repeated infringements

Periodic penalty payments: of up to 5% of the average daily turnover

Remedies: In case of systematic infringements of the DMA obligations by gatekeepers, additional remedies may be imposed on the gatekeepers after a market investigation. Such remedies will need to be proportionate to the offence committed. If necessary and as a last resort option, non-financial remedies can be imposed. These can include behavioural and structural remedies, e.g. the divestiture of (parts of) a business.”

Fuck ya break up some of these fuckers if they keep breaking the rules and percentages of worldwide turnover? I can only get so errect

Even though this is EU based, if they actually follow through with the fines and possible breaking companies up I can’t see why the companies would not just make this a worldwide standard… I could be wrong of course cuz corporations are shit

Enshitification will continue until morale improves

Even though you got the downvotes it still made me laugh

Come on people lighten up a bit

Oh yeah what are my leanings?

Okay sure fuck Freeland and the rest of the Liberal party, how’s that? He isn’t the problem? The guy that’s prime minister isn’t the problem okay…

No shit they are two different parties, they are still both Liberal parties, cuz they sure asf aren’t conservatives

Absolutely I blame Trudeau he’s a fuckwit

I’m just amazed that even when it’s 2 supposed Liberal parties working together and these incompetent fucks still can’t pass Liberal issues

I voted NDP last election, so it’s not a bashing a party thing for me I dislike politicians regardless of their party, and I get really upset when the ones I vote for are fucking useless

The Liberals have been in power for way to long I’m good to let the NDP fuck things up

Also I was wondering what do you mean about even on Lemmy? Is this supposed to be a Liberal only platform?

Right sorry I meant the supply and confidence deal which was supposed to have them working together on affordability issues, 2 “liberal” parties and they can’t even do that

Are you trying to tell me a one time (okay second time) payout of $500 isn’t gonna solve anything?

These fucking chimps have a coalition government and still can’t do anything… politicians have to be some of the worst slimebags on the planet

I get it’s still a problem I agree, my point is it shouldn’t always just be assumed this is the case that a person has no ability to fend off anyone with a larger power dynamic

Okay fair enough, but stating it like that means that it’s impossible for anyone to fight against that? So once again people have no agency?

I get the sentiment but fuck… every time I see this type of comment it makes it seem as though women are meek powerless individuals it’s like backhanded feminism

Or this also might be hard to believe but she could actually be fully grown and capable of having her own agency

When I’m at home I can only drink coffee with the Silk, tastes so much better than cream

For anyone in Canada I use Silk Half and Half same kinda idea and tastes like 10% cream to me