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Absolutely not federal employees, federally elected officials yes.

You don't want to empower random people with the ability to fire Dan at the CDC for working on the covid vaccine. Dan is a federal employee

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago* (2 children)

    I wouldn't call it a concentration camp. That refers more to things targeting mass groups of people.

    This is a selective prison camp for political enemies and anyone deemed "useful" to torture for information

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago (1 child)

    Fron my understanding the bulk of their sovereign wealth fund comes from socializing the profits of resource extraction within Norway. Minerals and fossil fuels primarily, not corporate taxes. Although those exist.

    Taking a global view to the issue is not something I thought about. Admittedly I was taking a view country by country that focused on how the state is impacting the individual citizens within their borders.

    I'll have to think more on this one. Evaluating whether or not a country is authoritarian towards its own people is useful for looking for places to migrate to or systems to replicate (at least in the short term), but it doesn't consider the greater suffering caused by those systems outside of borders.

    All very good points from you

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    Basically the title, just wanted to see how people are approaching the very real possibility of global fuel shortages in the coming months.

    I feel good on food to help lessen the blow of inflation, but looking at the el nino's effect on agriculture I'm reluctant to burn through my food supplies too much.

    How does everyone else feel? What are you doing to prepare?

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