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[–] pearable@lemmy.ml 13 points 11 months ago

Boeing used to be a fairly effective company. They had a good union and the work was largely engineer led.

The rightward turn of the 1970s eroded the union and culture. By the 2000s there was only two big players in the commercial aerospace market: Boeing and Airbus. McDonnell Douglas were limping along in a distant third place.

Boeing hoped to diversify their offerings by buying MD and using their more successful military aerospace business. MD's officers ended up gaining a lot of power in the merger and they began the process of running the firm into the ground. They went full cost cutting short term bullshit after that.

Summary of this article

Seems a bit lib but I think there's some truth there

[–] pearable@lemmy.ml 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Outside left. Funny that they put it near the center given I tend to think of myself well to the left of the Democrats.

[–] pearable@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Netanyahu has propped up Hamas for decades in order to separate the West Bank from Gaza. There hasn't been an election in Gaza for 18 years so nobody there had had the opportunity to choose an alternative anyway. Hamas didn't even get the majority of votes in that election. Finally, plenty of people who don't support Hamas, like queer folks and babies, are being indiscriminately murdered by the IDF.

The people in this photo are making a not uncomplicated but ultimately moral stance.

[–] pearable@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

You might reread my last sentence, I didn't say anything about the EU.

The amount of material the US supplies to both Israel and the Saudis amounts to complicity. The tendency for the US to covertly cause coups throughout the world goes beyond complicity. The resulting government are almost always authoritarian and always support US economic interest. If Israel and the Saudis weren't there to serve the US's interests they would install someone who would.

I wish it was a simple issue of conservatism in the states causing this problem but is seems to be nonpartisan.

[–] pearable@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Al-Hirak is the most prominent

I like this Jacobin writeup of the recent history in Yemen if you'd like more context

[–] pearable@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago (7 children)

The frustrating thing is both Hamas and the Houtis are as powerful as they are because of the massive suppression of alternatives by the various powers at play in their respective conflicts.

Israel picked Hamas to be it's enemy. They suppressed the alternatives and funded Hamas.

In Yemen the government in the North and the Saudis are much more interested in fighting the Houtis than allowing the pro democratic forces to become ascendant.

This whole situation is the fault of US allies.

[–] pearable@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Would Franco's Spain and Pinoche's Argentina somewhat contradict that assertion? They both lasted a good long time before there was a slow transition away from their regimes from what I remember.

[–] pearable@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The word you're looking for is regressive

[–] pearable@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

They'll just have to move up the nomination. There's nothing preventing the party from doing so.

[–] pearable@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I hope rentable cargo bikes show up in my city soon. I can't justify spending the money on a bike I'll only occasionally use. Currently I'll rent a car instead but there are plenty of times when a cargo bike would work fine

[–] pearable@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I had to install a different launcher Bliss is not my style. I've been enjoying lawnchair tho

[–] pearable@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Thanks for posting this! I've been meaning to get something in this vein.

A bit of advice for those like me who don't like sunscreen, long sleeve fishing shirts with SPF protection are awesome for hot weather. They breathe wonderfully and have kept me from burning despite all day rides. I don't like that they're all plastic of some kind, so I've been looking into hemp shirts, they naturally block uv, and I've had good luck with them as well.

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