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[–] 47 points 2 years ago (18 children)

Capitalism views maintenance as an expense, not revenue-in.

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  • [–] 71 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This probably has nothing to do with maintenance. The plane was only two months old. Enough for some inspections, but nobody would suspect or look for cracks in the fuselage at that point. So it's probably a manufacturing issue.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Capitalism views quality control as an expense, not revenue-in.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Anything views quality control as an expense.

    Are you even listening to yourself?

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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    There is a vocal segment of Lemmy that can ONLY frame the world through the lens of class warfare and nothing else. That's why they hijack every topic and thread with the same rhetoric. They have no plan, guidance or recommendations on what to do. They are only here to inform us about the ills of capitalism as if the collective psyche woke up yesterday and forgot all of history. They are so enlightened and privileged that they can't help themselves in their need to share this valuable knowledge with everyone else. Capitalism bad. That's it. Then they scuttle off to the next thread and start over. That's the extent of "the Revolution".

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yes god thank you.

    I thought I was going crazy, every single thread that's even remotely (very remotely) connected to politics is full of this.

    I'm seriously worried for the platform, because this shit is going to turn people off hard.

    Even saw someone suggesting an assassination of a supreme court justice AND PEOPLE WERE FUCKING DEFENDING IT. The mods removed the comment luckily, but I still managed to get like 30 downvotes on a "don't suggest assassinations, be better than them" comment, just check my history.

    We're becoming fucking Truth Social or Parler or whatever of the left.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I feel like it's too late for Lemmy. The echo chamber is already pretty strong. I hope I'm wrong.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    the flagship instance is lemmy.ml

    the software is made by tankies.

    did you think this place was politically neutral? the whole fediverse is a fuck you to the status quo.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (22 children)

    To be honest, I have nothing against socialists. I consider myself a soc Dem. I have many friends that are socialists. My issue is with how shallow and superficial the conversation is. Of your whole world thesis starts and ends with class warfare, there simply isn't much to discuss. There are no prescriptions- just empty rhetoric. At the end of the say it's horseshoe anti-establishment.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm trying to break through the echo chamber whenever I come across it, but it's a thankless endeavor, and I'm pretty close to giving up.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    I mean, I don't advocate political assassinations, but I also recognize that the SC really doesn't have any avenues for the people to remove a judge other than violence.

    A lot of problems would be solved if the people could call votes of no confidence.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Can't judges be impeached?

    Why are you downvoting? Judges can and have been impeached. The comment above implied this wasnt true.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That's not a mechanism the people control, especially with rampant gerrymandering by the GOP.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This is so uncharitable. There's a reason for this mechanism and it's not true. The Senate was a democratic majority just a few years ago so it's not impossible. The issue is we are always holding on by a thin margin to either the house or Senate. I don't think we should be advocating for assassinations on Lemmy or any platform.

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  • A supreme court justice requires a senate super majority to remove, and it's never been done successfully.

    Again, I'm not advocating anything, but if a system of government is no longer representing the will of the people, actively working to hurt those people, and the people have no mechanism to peacefully recall a high ranking member of the government, especially a lifetime appointment, the only option left is violence.

    This is just a statement of fact.

    Honestly, I think the founding fathers did it intentionally.

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Aircraft maintenance is heavily regulated. This was a new plane, and the result of the failure is that all planes of that type have been grounded.

    There are plenty of issues caused by corporate greed and lack of regulation as it is, but this isn't one of them.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Actually, you make my point. Without regulation that was outside the hands of capitalists, they wouldn't have been grounded. Capitalism only cares about profits. Thank hell, that there are a few regulations left, right?

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