FlowVoid

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[–] FlowVoid@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

You would have pressed it to retrieve a personal item? Seriously? Like if you're visiting a factory and your phone fell on the assembly floor you would run to the first red button you could find and press it without asking anyone? If so, please never get on an airplane.

[–] FlowVoid@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Why should they be forced to allow other retailers to sell Steam keys at whatever price they want

Because those other retailers already paid Steam for those keys.

If Steam doesn't want to compete against third party key retailers then the solution is not to sell keys to third party retailers. Once Steam takes their money, they have to accept the competition.

[–] FlowVoid@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

all media

Not true. The fairness doctrine only applied to broadcast media on public airwaves. It has never applied to newspapers (the NYT endorsed Eisenhower in 1952) or cable news.

And it was repealed in 1987, under Reagan. However, broadcast media (not newspapers or cable news) are still subject to the equal time rule.

The reason that these rules only affect broadcast media is that there is a limited number of broadcast licenses, but no limit to the number of newspapers or cable channels. It has nothing to do with Nazis, in fact the equal time rule originated in 1927.

[–] FlowVoid@lemmy.world -3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

No, that's not what I said.

Having more money provides an advantage, but so do many other things like media endorsements, union endorsements, incumbency, etc.

Plenty of candidates who outspent their opponents went on to lose their elections.

[–] FlowVoid@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

That's not true. Media have been endorsing and supporting particular candidates since the beginning.

One hundred years ago, the NYT endorsed John Davis for president over Calvin Coolidge. They weren't neutral.

[–] FlowVoid@lemmy.world -5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Money is a necessary part of politics. Which means that if you want to win, you need donors. And if your opponent wins over more donors than you do, that's on you. Do you think it's unfair that people are way more willing to donate to Harris than Trump?

 

Ending the Gaza war: Three phase proposal

PHASE ONE

  • It would begin with a six-week ceasefire, during which the IDF would withdraw from populated areas of Gaza
  • Hamas would release "a number" of hostages - including women, the elderly and the wounded - in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. Some remains of dead Israeli hostages would be returned to their families
  • Palestinian civilians would return to their homes in all areas of Gaza
  • Humanitarian assistance would "surge", with 600 trucks a day entering the strip, and hundreds of thousands of temporary housing units sent by the international community

During that six week period, negotiations mediated by the US and Qatar would continue. If successful, the next part of the plan would begin.

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