@Jayjader@jlai.lu
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- on LGBT tolerance slumps in the Netherlands as debate turns vicious in c/europe@feddit.org · 2d ago
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on LGBT tolerance slumps in the Netherlands as debate turns vicious in c/europe@feddit.org · 2d ago
Why learn about minorities when you don’t feel like one yourself?
I agree, it’s terrifying. I interpret it as our collective chickens coming home to roost after almost 100 years of celebrating victory over the Nazis without doing the work to dismantle the thought patterns they exploited.
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on The battle to save the dying heart of rural France: the village bistro in c/europe@feddit.org · 14 Sep 2026
After the country-wide quarantine was lifted here in France, I hoped for a moment that we would capitalize on the remote-work experience to push as much employment as possible out of the cities and suburbs and into rural communities, but that never materialized.
I don’t think it’s necessary to empty rural villages, but there definitely needs to be a concerted effort to revitalize these parts instead of letting what amount to market forces drain them of their capacity to sustain life and communities.
The currently-employed “more efficient” farming methods are also only possible by continuing to centralize more and more land under single owners and by heavy use of fertilizers and mono-culture; there’s no telling how long they will remain effective and in the meanwhile we’re starting to recreate the landed gentry/ serfs class divide…
Unless you’re joking, I’m disappointed you read “dismantle the thought patterns that the Nazis exploited” and respond with “thought police”.