I’ve been using Kobo devices for several years now. I tried a Kindle last year and it was a horrible experience in comparison.

Kobo is not European though, but it’s also not American. It was founded in Canada in 2009 and later acquired by a Japanese company Rakuten.

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So your position is that their system is “Fascist Corporatism,” but also… that’s fine, actually?

Great point. That was a mistake from my part. So what China is doing is indeed not fine at all, even though it kind of works for them.

I’ve yet to find any such person who’s actually willing and capable to engage in a discussion of “what should they do/have done economically” as opposed to just bashing them.

I didn’t say they weren’t doing fine or that they shouldn’t be doing what they’re doing.

I just said that they’re not communists. This is not a bad thing! But lying about it is of course somewhat distasteful, especially for those people who think themselves as being communists.

What does it mean though? China’s gini coefficient is higher than Europe’s, and they have a growing number of billionaires.

What do they do in China, exactly? It looks like single-party fascist corporatism. If it’s communism, why do they have a rising number of billionaires and worse conditions for workers than many european countries?

Fascism vs communism is a prime example of a false dichotomy.

Sir, this is lemmy. Moderate politics are highly upvoted and deeply resented here.

Would be great if they got some of that out there.

It’s a pretty old cryptocoin: initally released back in 2015, and a significant change deployed in 2022. It was then when they changed from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake, which basically means that they don’t use mining anymore to keep the network running. They use like 1% of energy compared to PoW coins.

Also they have some smart contract capabilities which I suppose Ethereum people think are important. But I’ve never seen any practical use for that stuff.

Still, I think Eth is one of the cryptos that actually tries to be useful and efficient in some way and not just a stupid pump and dump scheme. Turns out, nobody gives a fuck about that, perhaps?

Not Lemmy though. Based.