I’m not a U.S. citizen, but I’ve never missed an election in my home country.

Edit: Just in case it wasn’t clear—I don’t live in the U.S. either.

With people like Schumer, not a single thing will change.

As an observer from afar, I can of course only be pleased that U.S. citizens have taught the current regime a lesson. Nevertheless, it’s sobering to see how little this will actually change. Things will stay the same: The U.S. is an oligarchy in which a child molester and serious criminal is president—the opposition cannot be taken seriously, since its leadership prevents people who actually want to change the status quo from reaching positions of power.

There will be no prosecution for all the crimes the regime has openly committed; everything will remain as it is, with the only difference being that it will be less obvious. That is as certain as death and taxes, as long as corrupt politicians like Schumer are not held accountable.

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It’s interesting that in France they’re named after Gabriel Morris. In Germany, they’re called Litfaßsäulen, after their inventor, Ernst Litfaß.

This is a “Litfaßsäule” (advertising column), the kind still found in many cities across Europe today.

Litfaßsäulen are cylindrical advertising columns located in public spaces. They were invented in 1854 by the German printer Ernst Litfaß and are particularly common in Germany to this day. The first 100 columns were erected in Berlin in 1855.

Unfortunately, it is not clear what is being advertised in this painting, but on the day Béraud captured this scene, it likely included contemporary advertising posters for products or perhaps announcements of upcoming events.

Edit: This is what these things look like today. Advertising posters are gradually pasted onto them one after another until the layer gets too thick, at which point all the old posters are cut off. Then the process starts all over again.

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Alphonse Mucha was one of the most important representatives of Art Nouveau. You can find a list of his works here.

On Wikipedia, you can also find more information about this style here, as well as some other Art Nouveau posters and prints by other artists.

Hope this helps a bit :)

I didn’t say anything of the sort, and I never would, since I reject political violence. I’m simply saying that there shouldn’t be any billionaires, since the concentration of too much power in a single place is clearly harmful to a fair and free society. This is by no means a call for violence—you’re reading that into my statement.

It would be enough if there were (once again) reasonable top tax rates and if monopolies were broken up. The situation we find ourselves in today is a direct consequence of deregulation dating back to the 1980s.

There is nothing political extremist about basing one’s views on reality.

There simply shouldn’t be any billionaires.

Yes, I think so too. Unfortunately, I’ve never seen the painting in person, but I imagine it must be impressive, especially since the canvas is quite large (222 × 300 cm or 87.4 × 118.1 inches).

Cool, thanks so much for the info! It’s wonderful to hear that people are still keeping this traditional craft alive.

Sorry, I didn’t realize this picture had already been posted several times on Lemmy, but yeah, I also think it has a nostalgic feel to it.

Unfortunately, I’ve never seen a Warhammer store like that here in Germany. But hey, the two that were around where I live have been closed for five or ten years now.

I never really got into the hobby much, but as a kinda nerd, I still enjoyed going there back then—especially since one of them wasn’t just a Games Workshop store, but actually a specialized and very well-stocked bookstore, complete with a selection of board games (also playable in the store), a small café, and even a life-size H.R. Giger Alien statue—it’s a shame that this store no longer exists. Unfortunately, it hadn’t been able to stay in business before the pandemic, which I think led to somewhat of a revival for stores like that.

I can definitely imagine that. I’m not particularly knowledgeable about the subject, but I think he was probably quite amused by the pseudo-intellectual ramblings the art world came up with when discussing his works in the culture sections or elsewhere.

Yeah, that was totally Magritte’s thing. He painted a lot of clever—and also pretty strange—pictures. A surrealist through and through, and even one of the best-known representatives of the movement. He was particularly recognized for placing familiar objects in unusual and unexpected settings.

If you like that kind of art and happen to be in the area, I highly recommend the Dalí Theater-Museum in Figueres (Spain)—it’s pretty trippy.

I’m glad you like it :)

What I meant by that was that many tech companies hire people, who frequently perform these tasks on a project basis for only short periods of time, and pay them a pittance for their work. Their numbers are likely to fluctuate greatly.

I was by no means trying to emphasise the fact that these people mostly live in countries where wages are particularly low and where there are virtually no labor protections; I was simply pointing out that they are usually hired on a short-term basis.

This exploitative practice, as well as other “gig-work” arrangements, is unfortunately quite widespread, especially in the tech industry, and serves to increase corporate profitability. Many tech companies use this approach to reduce the number of permanent employees—a practice that, of course, isn’t unique to the tech industry—but using these practices there are many tech companies that generate astronomical revenues with a comparatively small workforce.

Mechanical Turk

I don’t understand what you’re getting at. Of course tech companies have a lot of employees if you count all the “mechanical turks”. That’s simply misleading.

None of that has much to do with what my original comment was about.

You’re saying that it’s impossible for powerful, completely degenerate people to be capable of playing their power games.

My take on this is that a look at the history books proves you wrong. LinkedIn-style fairy tales about leadership and all that bogus doesn’t change much about that.

Because they have the money to do so. Those who have it simply pay good people. You should know this if you’ve ever dealt with large companies. It doesn’t take good management—just the money to pay the people who do the work. You should also know that giant online corporations like Meta have an incredibly small number of employees compared to industrial companies, and labor is the biggest cost factor in any business.

What do you actually do for a living? You claim to have insights. Where did you get them?