Relevant: https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/09/1140437

Looks like the NDP and Liberals weren’t to happy about applauding Charlie. They were however happy to invite an actual Nazi and applaud him though.

Edit: who tf down voted and why?

People full of hate these days. You should ask for mod privileges of this sub from one of the admins, as I think both mods are currently inactive.

Carney constantly pulling the rug out from under Poilievre’s platform, but at the same time it seems like they’re reading from the same playbook.

I think Poilievre knows what Carney is planning and saying it first. Probably because as you say, they are reading form the same Playbook.

Carney constantly pulling the rug out from under Poilievre’s platform

Do you mean copying Poilievre’s platform? https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-fall-priority-ev-sales-mandate-1.7608935

Agree. Agriculture is not open rocket surgery. It doesn’t take long to train.

Not saying that it’s easy, as it’s super labour intensive.

Are you going to allow/promote/encourage these types of things if elected leader? https://youtu.be/jF-jlSKJuI8

Source: I’m running for NDP leadership

How’s that going?

As someone who worked in an electronic repair shop as a kid in the early 2000s, I can get behind this.

He’s literally criticising Pierre in this video. Would rather debunk his points with facts instead of just saying Conservative anti-immigrant garbage. He is far from conservative.

All good, thanks for letting me know!

Hey Otter, is the admin DM checked here? I sent a DM to there asking about taking over a specific community here that has an inactive mod and also inviting users from various Canadian Reddit subs to use this Lemmy, but it’s been like 2 or so weeks and no reply. No rush, or being pushy for a yes or anything, just want to know if it’s been received.

Don’t give up! I might start doing it, but need to check with the admins here.

Reddit too. Bring people to Lemmy.

It still benefits you! Less traffic on your way to work.

30%+ of all microplastics in the environment are from car tyres.

The post is about the *payment processor* being the bad actor. In that case, crypto is an alternative because it bypasses processors entirely.

If the bad actor is the *merchant*, then you already have consumer protection laws, and beyond that the legal system, same as with cash, crypto or credit cards.

You haven’t shown how cash or credit cards are inherently less risky than the Lightning Network. With cards, you can be debanked or have your account frozen by the processor (which is what happened in this post). With cash, a merchant can just take it and not deliver. Crypto doesn’t make this worse. In fact, it removes the risk of being debanked while functioning like digital cash (crypto payments can be made directly, not just through custodial processors).

Chargebacks exist with cards, but they’re double-edged (e.g. fraud, arbitrary reversals, censorship).

If you don’t understand crypto or don’t see the problems it solves, that’s fine, no one’s forcing you to use it. But dismissing it as “less accountability” doesn’t hold up under scrutiny.

What “bad actors”?

How does this differ than using cash? Or credit card. You are not being clear. What recourse do you have when using cash, for example?

You asked what recourse you have, I assumed you realised we have consumer protections in Canada. Then you tried to twist it into whether I’ve personally taken someone to court. That’s irrelevant since the point is that consumer protections already exist, so your whole argument falls apart. You’re just baiting at this point. And yes, I have returned stuff after paying with cash, crypto and credit card. This is not uncommon.

I’ve never had to take any company to court, because we have consumer protections. That covers purchases with crypto.