In the dark communist days certain American movies were banned in Russia. I recall why one was banned (but cannot remember the movie name). It was banned not because of political views or any message - it was a very family friendly movie. Gone With the Wind or something, I forget.
Fake news, alternative facts etc
Never fear! The diet is generally high in fibre. Yesterday was a bit special (early call in for an extra shift and no food until lunch time) and today I was shitting an hour ahead of my usual schedual. I love being regular with the business.
Statistical manipulations can make any number look how they wish. The fact is that many wealthy people are giving very Large sums of money and time to needy causes. That's a good thing.
Pretty sure chia sesame and sun flower seeds are going to come in high for you. As well as fruit. I'm not sure anyone could get fat eating fruit.
Having worked for an NGO charity for a fair while a few years back, it is my experience that Australians of all wealth categories are not that generous and the trend seemed to be getting worse rather than good. The prickly part of being wealthy is that you can have a bit more say in how/where you give as well. You might suddenly decide to form your own charity and then become the ceo and appear very generous or you may say something like I have $500k to donate, but I'm only giving it to this group for this purpose...and I'm also in the business of supplying for that industry. One of my favourites was used linen from one of Australia's biggest private hospitals specifically to go to a 3Rd world country ravaged by natural disaster. Cool, but how do we get it there? If you just give us money we can buy on the ground or next door...no we can't give money.
I'm not saying that what wealthy individuals are already giving is a bad thing by any means. But the statistics do give you pause to think about just how selfless these people actually are. If you look at what Bill and Melinda Gates are doing, that's pretty fucking impressive. It doesn't look like any wealthy Australian is contributing at anywhere near the same level.
Thanks for asking.
Indeed, stat can be twisted in your favour.
Finally someone has mentioned the elephant in the room.
Votes.
Slow down Commie, you can't legislate the poor into prosperity.
Relative to the ebb and flow of the universe, these are pretty small issues.
I think fascist might have been a more accurate description of the old USSR. I don't think Marx or Engels would have been too pleased with how Stalin and his replacements ran things. As for how things went for them; I'd say there was some massive economic, technology, health/medical, education, military, agriculture, manufacturing, industry, and social reforms in the first 50 or so years in comparison to the Russia that existed under the Romanov Czars. There was also a lot of negatives, you know...like the fascist persecution and purging. That shit isn't too cool at all.
...and the AK-47. So much better than the American comparison on the era. Ice cream bacon Sunday down the barrel and it will still shoot.
...and there was heavy censorship and black listing in America, the UK, Australia, and a lot of other Western nations as well. Both sides of the coin were propaganda heavy about why the other side was a bad choice.
Don't be hating on the M14!
