Advertising, political parties and religions. All of them.
Advertising, political parties and religions. All of them.
I will quote George Washington to explain the why: “However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.”
Alternatives:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_democracy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition (we use this in 1/3 of our government today - juries)
Political parties and religions. All of them.
I did! Hello from Scotland . . .
Hello my fellow Scot!
If you need color, then I highly recommend the Epson EcoTank line of printers. No printer cartridges AT ALL - just raw 4 color ink. They cost more than most inkjet printers up front . . but more than save in the long run. And NO DRM in site . . rather difficult to put DRM into liquid ink . . .
Trying to. This is a FANTASTIC tool to find new “subreddits” on Lemmy: https://sub.rehab/
MoneyManager EX. It is the closest FOSS application I’ve seen to Quicken. Imports bank statements, catagorize different expenses, monthly budgets . .
https://moneymanagerex.org/
Linux, Windows, Android, iOS versions all available.