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bunkyprewster@startrek.websiteto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Why don't nations purchase crude oil from each other only using their own currencies instead of US Dollars?English
2·5 days agoI’m curious why China isn’t tempted to get the Yuan to become the reserve currency of choice. Why would that cause capital flight?
bunkyprewster@startrek.websiteto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is there any way I can study Marxist theory in a way that wouldn't seem too boring or dry?English
1·10 days agoOh yes 1844, got confused with the later revolutions.
bunkyprewster@startrek.websiteto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•When did you realize that all laws are made to benefit the rich and/or oppress the rest of us, and a politician's job is to write the laws and sell them to the voters?English
453·10 days agoThey are enforced against poors. While rich rapists walk free.
bunkyprewster@startrek.websiteto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is there any way I can study Marxist theory in a way that wouldn't seem too boring or dry?English
2·10 days agoI thought the 1848 manuscripts were pretty rocking when I first read them.
I always felt Marx’s finished products had a kind of dull exposition, at least for large parts. I think he felt he had to lay out a system like that. But the unfinished stuff, even the Grundrisse have a lively dialectical feel that is pretty captivating.
bunkyprewster@startrek.websiteto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•is it a stupid idea to become a Physician Assistant if you're a Registered Nurse, tired of it and 46 years old?English
7·13 days agoWouldn’t it be easier to go from RN to ARNP than starting over to train as a PA?
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What is the fantasy book/series everyone should read?English
2·14 days agoYes Victoria Goddard. There are a lot of these books and they all intertwine in one universe.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What is the fantasy book/series everyone should read?English
6·14 days agoHand of the Emperor is the start of a many novel, interwoven set of stories. Calming, delightful.
bunkyprewster@startrek.websiteto
News@lemmy.world•Robinhood, BNY to build Trump Accounts appEnglish
2·18 days agoThis will be the only option when they remove Social Security
bunkyprewster@startrek.websiteto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•To those who grew up in religious schools, what's the craziest thing you remember a teacher telling you?English
13·18 days agoMy wife went to Catholic school in the 70s. Not sure how it came up, but someone asked how King Herod died and the nun said he ate so much his stomach exploded. My.mom went to Catholic school in the 50s. She was told that Martin Luther “ate babies”
bunkyprewster@startrek.websiteto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Can someone break down the real differences between kbin, mbin, Lemmy, and PieFed? I know they're all in the Threadiverse, but I'm not sure what the draw is to use one over another.English
10·21 days agoThat sounds pretty PieFed good. What’s a good android app to access the pie?
bunkyprewster@startrek.websiteto
News@lemmy.world•Judge orders Trump administration to halt White House ballroom construction unless Congress OKs itEnglish
2·24 days agoIf you were this current President, it would be a sex with minors thing.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What was the moment you knew you fucked up?English
55·24 days agoI was just a medical student. Called the senior resident when Mr. D wouldn’t wake up. Myxedema coma, likely triggered by the small dose of Ativan I ordered for him the night before. It was 36 years ago and I still think about him all the time.
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•What's the best way to read and study Marxist theory/literature in a way that you'd easily remember? (crosspost from [email protected] and [email protected])English
2·25 days agoDuring the more complex parts of Capital Vol 1, I sometimes read it out loud to help keep focus.
I actually just reread Vol 1 since there’s a new translation and felt some of the chapters in the back half could have been skipped.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Reddit banned Paul McCartney over phone-free concert photos post in their subredditEnglish
3·25 days agoMarasmus line?
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World News@lemmy.world•US uses hundreds of Tomahawk missiles on Iran, alarming some at PentagonEnglish
71·27 days agoThe war did raise the price of oil, and make buying Russian oil more popular - so helping his buddy Putin that way.
bunkyprewster@startrek.websiteto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•What's the best way to read and study Marxist theory/literature in a way that you'd easily remember? (crosspost from [email protected] and [email protected])English
11·1 month agoI love reading Marx’s Capital but it does drag a little in the latter half.


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