Didn’t Bill Gates revolutionize home computing for the average user? I’d consider that important work.

And why is it just billionaires? What about people worth tens of millions? Shouldn’t we also talk about them? Steve Wozniak is estimated to be worth around 140 million. Is he also evil?

Thanks! You never know what’s real and what’s fake anymore.

Link to the times article?

None of these “recalls” have required you take the cars in.

My car downloads it and I install whenever is convenient for me.

So are all the birds dead in the UK

Except it’s not as evidenced by the vote totals, but keep on thinking that.

“Dang honey, guess it’s broke”

The statement still asks for criticism but asks for it to be polite.

You can say something is bad without sounding like an asshole.

No, they’re a good person. It’s the same as living by Buddhist tenets.

Religion is a template for living in a certain way. Most of the time, it’s for developing a society into a way that they don’t rip each other apart

To be fair, being a Christian (an actual Christian, not what 99% do and using the term to excuse their opinions and actions) means being like Christ.

So Christ had to be a Christian since it means being like him.

Edit: I wanna add that you can be a Christian without following the religion that exists. Being a Christian boils down to being a good person and helping others.

Yeah exactly lol USSR was not a communist nation. Soviets aren’t communist, Maoism is closer to Marxism.

People look at the name of the country and assume it all changed. USSR -> Russia was just a rebrand and trimming the fat of the less than useful “members” of the “alliance”

Definitely Henry VIII.

I can agree with Italy as well, it was supposed to be a show of strength and gaining of new territory. I wouldn’t call it colonization, Ethiopia was more advanced than what most neighbors were able to field.

USSR was barely communist. They were closer to fascist than communist.

Releasing the grip slightly to appeal more to the global market was strategic to adapt to the times.

Colonialism is a form of imperialism but imperialism isn’t always colonization. Read the comment I just made, or study the history of the USSR up to now to understand motivations for the actions.

Russia isn’t a federation. It’s still the USSR but different tactics and name.

Why did Russia start this in 2014? They lost their puppet government in Ukraine. Russia desires secure borders. They always have. Ukraine slipping away necessitated Russia to invade to reinstall a puppet government. The bonus for Putin was retaking Crimea after the USSR gifted it to Ukraine in the 80s I believe.

Yes, although WWI is a bad example. Continental domination wasn’t the goal of WWI, it was the result of the web of alliances. You could argue that taking control of colonies owned by the other European nations is imperialism, but that seems like late stage colonialism issues. Can’t colonize once everything is occupied.

Copy pasting what I said elsewhere:

Not every invasion is imperialism.

It was a stupid decision by a leader trying to cement his legacy by repairing the USSR and attempting to restore the lost power of years past.

Imperialism is expansion in to previously unoccupied lands. Scramble for Africa. Roman expansion. Colonization of the Americas.

Not invading a satellite of years past first through clandestine methods then with a true military force.

Calling everything imperialism is incorrect. It’s no different than calling somebody a Nazi because of a racist statement. It dilutes the meaning of the word.

Not every invasion is imperialism.

It was a stupid decision by a leader trying to cement his legacy by repairing the USSR and attempting to restore the lost power of years past.

Imperialism is expansion in to previously unoccupied lands. Scramble for Africa. Roman expansion. Colonization of the Americas.

Not invading a satellite of years past first through clandestine methods then with a true military force.

Imperialism has nothing to do with Ukraine

Look, I’m not sure of anything about you, but I grew up poor. I’ve worked in banking for 7 years. When people of poverty come in to money, the vast majority don’t save it for essentials, they go out and spend it on luxuries.

You could drop 10k in their accounts every year, it’s going to be spent on tvs, cars, clothes, iPhones, whatever.

The real solution is lowering the cost of essentials.